Structural elements of articles and diachronous citation analysis among top-ranking tourism journals (1990-2010) Academic Article

abstract

• This paper analyses the influence of structural elements of articles (i.e., field-, journal-, article-, and author/reader related factors) along with place-related factors (i.e., destination, attraction, hotel/resort, or festival/special event/mega event) on citations received by research papers in the three top-tier tourism journals: Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Travel Research, and Tourism Management from 1990 to 2010. Multiple linear regression tests showed that number of years since an article was published, length of an article, and frequency of journal publication were significant in predicting the frequencies of articles cited in SSCI and/or Scopus. The order of articles within an issue was also a significant predictor in Scopus. In addition, the citation frequency in the three journals differed with each other across SSCI and Scopus. Lastly, mentioning of place in the title of an article had a significant relationship, although it was negative, with the frequency of citations the article received in SSCI and Scopus. 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

authors

• Jiang, Jingxian

published proceedings

• TOURISM MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES

author list (cited authors)

• Jiang, J., Woosnam, K. M., & Draper, J.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Jiang, Jingxian||Woosnam, Kyle M||Draper, Jason

publication date

• January 2014

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Tourism Management Perspectives  Journal

keywords

• Citation Analysis
• Diachronous Citations
• Research Papers
• Top-ranking Tourism Journals

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.tmp.2014.06.004

start page

• 48

end page

• 56

volume

• 12

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2014.06.004