A citation analysis of tourism scholars

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1226-1232

  McKercher, Bob ^a  

^a THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Citation count; Citations; Impact analysis

Indexed keywords

PUBLISHING; TOURISM; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 52349096302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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