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Journal of Ecotourism
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Journal of Ecotourism

1472-4049

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/reco20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 504 17 12 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 30
Documents by Best Scientists*: 32
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 50
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.682
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Ecotourism?

The scientific interests tackled in Journal of Ecotourism are Ecotourism, Tourism, Environmental resource management, Sustainability and Environmental planning. Wildlife tourism is a key component of Ecotourism research discussed in it. The journal focuses on Tourism but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as National park, Recreation, Public relations and Economy.

It connects research in National park with the related topic of Socioeconomics. The journal explores themes in Environmental resource management like Protected area and links them with other fields of study like Context (language use). The Sustainability study featured in Journal of Ecotourism draws connections with the study of Sustainable development.

The work on Marketing tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Advertising and Destinations.

  • Ecotourism (97.58%)
  • Tourism (52.42%)
  • Environmental resource management (29.71%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Ecotourism: The Evolving Contemporary Definition (183 citations)
  • The Use of Importance-Performance Analysis and Market Segmentation for Tourism Management in Parks and Protected Areas: An Application to Tanzania's National Parks (180 citations)
  • Wildlife Viewing Preferences of Visitors to Protected Areas in South Africa: Implications for the Role of Ecotourism in Conservation (180 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Ecotourism:

The most cited publications aim to foster the development of research in Ecotourism, Environmental resource management, Tourism, Sustainability and Environmental planning. While the journal papers focused on Ecotourism, they were also able to explore topics like Recreation, Environmental impact assessment, Sustainable tourism, Marketing and Environmental economics. The studies on Environmental resource management discussed at the published articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Wildlife, Tourism geography, Traditional society and Natural resource management.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • China
  • Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Ecotourism, Tourism, Sustainable tourism, Environmental planning and National park. While Journal of Ecotourism focused on Ecotourism, it was also able to explore topics like Biodiversity, Wildlife, Environmental resource management, Marketing and Socioeconomics. The studies on Environmental resource management discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Range (biology), Cave and Nature based tourism.

It holds forums on Tourism that merges themes from other disciplines such as Government, Resource (biology), Stakeholder perceptions and Economy. While Sustainable tourism is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Marine protected area, Natural resource economics, Indigenous and Ecosystem services. Topics in Environmental planning explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Cost–benefit analysis, Local community and Ecological footprint, Sustainable development.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Ecotourism’s contributions to conservation: analysing patterns in published studies (26 citations)
  • The potential of ecotourism opportunities to generate support for mountain gorilla conservation among local communities neighboring Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda (13 citations)
  • Ecotourism related search for information over the internet: a technology acceptance model perspective (6 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Ecotourism (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ralf Buckley (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Ross Dowling (11 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • David Newsome (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Michael Hughes (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David A. Fennell (7 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Ecotourism (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Griffith University (24 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Murdoch University (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Waterloo (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Clemson University (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Texas A&M University (11 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 12.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.51% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.76% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.07% of all publications and 53.66% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Protecting the million-dollar mantas; creating an evidence-based code of conduct for manta ray tourism interactions

    Annie Murray;Eleanor Garrud;Isabel Ender;Katie Lee-Brooks

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Ecotourism: the ‘human shield’ for wildlife conservation in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

    Beatriz Lopez Gutierrez;A. M. Almeyda Zambrano;G. Mulder;C. Ols

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Why are some animals popular with wildlife tourists: insights from South Africa

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Redefining provisioning in marine wildlife tourism

    Lauren Meyer;Christine Barry;Gonzalo Araujo;Adam Barnett

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Towards a model for the assessment of conservation, welfare, and governance in wildlife tourism attractions

    (2023)
    10 Citations
  • Birds are valuable: the case of vagrants.

    Corey T. Callaghan;Ian Benson;Richard E. Major;John M. Martin

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Conservation, education, and adventure tourism: a case study of adventure parks as potential venues for communication in Monteverde, Costa Rica

    Autumn A. Amici;Nalini M. Nadkarni;N. Qwynne Lackey;Kelly S. Bricker

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • The environmental dimension of ecotourism in Italian protected areas: a comparison of two bio-geographical regions based on the assessment of accredited hiking guides

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Visitors’ perception when participating in a poorly planned ecotourism activity: the case of dolphin watching in Northeastern Brazil

    Rafaela C. F. de Souza;Marcelo A. Ramos;Ulysses P. de Albuquerque;Antonio Souto

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Tourists, selfies and coastal monitoring during COVID-19

    (2023)
    3 Citations

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