An examination of tourism journal development

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-61

  Cheng, Chia Kuen ^a   Li, Xiang Robert ^b   Petrick, James F ^c   O'Leary, Joseph T ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Journal topics; Knowledge development; Tourism research trends

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLISHING; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649829400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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