Palmer AL, Sese A, Montano JJ "Tourism and statistics - Bibliometric study 1998-2002 " Annals of Tourism Research 32 (1): 167-178 JAN 2005

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: alfonso.palmer at uib.es


Title: Tourism and statistics - Bibliometric study 1998-2002

Author(s): Palmer AL, Sese A, Montano JJ

Source: ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH 32 (1): 167-178 JAN 2005

Document Type: Article   Language: English
Cited References: 7      Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
The use of statistics in any scientific discipline can be considered a key
element in evaluating its degree of maturity and demonstrates the
generation of nonspeculative knowledge. The aim of this study is to carry
out a bibliometric analysis of the rise of statistical methods in tourism
research. To accomplish this, a group of 12 tourism journals published
within a 5-year period (1998-2002) were chosen and 1,790 articles were
reviewed by means of a taxonomy with 24 statistical categories. The main
results show the percentage of articles that apply statistical techniques
as compared to those that do not, and a ranking of the techniques most
often used and their distribution according to journal.


EXCERPT FROM PAPER :

"Results suggest that there is a nonsignificant correlation between the ISI
(Institute for Scientific Information) impact factor and the percentages of
use of statistical techniques.  This may be because impact factor
calculations do not take into account these types of statistics, but
instead deal with the number of references to articles published, weighted
by the number of articles published over a certain period of time.  It is
debatable whether the capacity of this "citation" index describes the
quality of a publication, but a discussion of this interesting topic is not
an objective of this paper."

Addresses: Palmer AL (reprint author), Dept Psychol, Ctra Valldemossa Km 7-
5, Pahna, 07122 Spain
Dept Psychol, Pahna, 07122 Spain
Univ Balearic Isl, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

E-mail Addresses: alfonso.palmer at uib.es

Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE,
KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND

Subject Category: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; SOCIOLOGY
IDS Number: 912PY

ISSN: 0160-7383


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