Doğa Temelli Turizm Literatürü Üzerine Araştırma: Scopus’ta Bibliyometrik Bir İnceleme

Year 2025, Volume: 14 Issue: 4, 1675 - 1691, 03.10.2025

Melahat Avşar

https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.1650576

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, doğa temelli turizm konusunda yayınlanmış çalışmaları belirlenen kriterler doğrultusunda incelemek ve bütüncül bir bakış açısıyla ele almaktır. “Doğa temelli turizm” anahtar kelimesi ile belirlenen kriterler doğrultusunda Scopus veri tabanından 1571 veri elde edilmiştir. Bu veriler bibliyometrik analiz tekniği ile VOSviewer programı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonuçlarına göre, doğa temelli turizmle ilgili yayınlar yıllar içinde düzenli olarak artmıştır. Ve bu yayınların artmaya devam edeceği öngörülmektedir. Bu konuda en çok yayın yapan yazar Peter Fredman olurken, en çok atıf alan yazar ise Tsung Hung Lee olarak belirlenmiştir. En çok yayının “Journal of Sustainable Tourism” dergisinde yayınlandığı belirlenmiştir. Amerika Birleşik Devletleri en çok yayın yapılan ülke olarak belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca Griffith Üniversitesi de en çok yayın yapan kurum olarak belirlenmiştir. “Doğa temelli turizm” (705) en sık kullanılan anahtar kelime olurken, bunu “ekoturizm” (430), “turizm” (292), “turizm gelişimi” (203) ve “korunan alan” (154) takip etmiştir. Bu çalışma, sadece “doğa temelli turizm” kavramını bibliyometrik analiz ile ele alan çalışma olduğu için literatüre bu alanda katkı sağlanmaya çalışılmıştır.

Keywords

Doğa Temelli Turizm , Turizmde Sürdürülebilirlik , Bibliyometrik Analiz , Scopus

Ethical Statement

“Doğa Temelli Turizm Literatürü Üzerine Araştırma: Scopus’ta Bibliyometrik Bir İnceleme” başlıklı çalışmanın yazım sürecinde bilimsel kurallara, etik ve alıntı kurallarına uyulmuş; toplanan veriler üzerinde herhangi bir tahrifat yapılmamış ve bu çalışma herhangi başka bir akademik yayın ortamına değerlendirme için gönderilmemiştir. Bu araştırma doküman incelemesine dayalı olarak yapıldığından etik kurul kararı zorunluluğu bulunmamaktadır.

Research on Nature-Based Tourism Literature: A Bibliometric Analysis in Scopus

Abstract

The main aim of this study is to investigate the published studies on nature-based tourism in line with the criteria determined and to address them from a holistic perspective. In line with the criteria determined with the keyword “nature-based tourism”, 1571 data were obtained from the Scopus database. These data were analysed by using VOSviewer programme with bibliometric analysis technique. According to the results of the study, publications on nature-based tourism have increased regularly over the years. And it is predicted that these publications will continue to increase. The author who published the most on this subject was Peter Fredman, while the most cited author was Tsung Hung Lee. It was determined that the most publications were published in the “Journal of Sustainable Tourism”. United States was determined as the country with the most publications. In addition, Griffith University was identified as the institution with the highest number of publications. “Nature-based tourism” (705) is the most frequently used keyword, afterwards “ecotourism” (430), “tourism” (292), “tourism development” (203) and “protected area” (154). This is the study that deals only with the concept of “nature-based tourism” with bibliometric analysis, so it has contributed to this field in the literature.

Keywords

Nature-based Tourism , Tourism Sustainability , Bibliometric Analysis , Scopus

Ethical Statement

During the writing process of the study titled “Research on Nature-Based Tourism Literature: A Bibliometric Analysis in Scopus”, scientific rules, ethics and citation rules were followed; no falsification was made on the collected data and this study was not sent for evaluation to any other academic publication environment. The study does not require ethical approval.

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