Hall, CM. 2011. Publish and perish? Bibliometric analysis, journal ranking and the assessment of research quality in tourism. TOURISM MANAGEMENT 32 (1): 16-27.

[Eugene Garfield]

Hall, CM. 2011. Publish and perish? Bibliometric analysis, journal ranking and the 
assessment of research quality in tourism. TOURISM MANAGEMENT 32 (1): 16-
27.

Author Full Name(s): Hall, C. Michael
Language: English
Document Type: Article

Author Keywords: Journal impact; Journal prestige; Journal ranking; SCImago; 
Scopus; Institutional context; Neoliberalism; Economization
KeyWords Plus: RESEARCH ASSESSMENT EXERCISE; EVALUATING RESEARCH 
PERFORMANCE; INSTITUTIONAL CONTRIBUTORS; SOCIAL-SCIENCES; UNITED-
KINGDOM; INDICATORS; HOSPITALITY; MANAGEMENT; METRICS; IMPACT

Abstract: Bibliometric analysis is important in tourism as a result of external 
evaluation of research quality, interest in impact and prestige factors, and 
study of the field's development. Although bibliometric analysis can be applied 
to any type of publication the main focus is on journals. Five approaches to the 
evaluation of journal quality are identified: stated preference, citation-based, 
derived, hybrid, and expert panels. Different productivity, impact and hybrid 
metrics are used to identify rankings of tourism journals from Scopus/SCImago 
data, compared with a derived RAE ranking, and three expert panel rankings. 
The different rankings reinforces that bibliometric understanding of scientific 
impact is a multi-dimensional construct. However, bibliometric analysis does not 
occur in an institutional and policy vacuum. The institutional context of 
government and private organization evaluations of research quality 
increasingly determine which metrics are applied, with subsequent effects on 
performance evaluation, career development and future direction of tourism-
studies. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Addresses: [Hall, C. Michael] Univ Canterbury, Coll Business & Econ, Dept 
Management, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand; [Hall, C. Michael] Univ Oulu, 
Dept Geog, Oulu, Finland; [Hall, C. Michael] Linnaeus Univ, Linnaeus Univ Sch 
Business & Econ, Kalmar, Sweden
Reprint Address: Hall, CM, Univ Canterbury, Coll Business & Econ, Dept 
Management, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.

E-mail Address: michael.hall at canterbury.ac.nz
ISSN: 0261-5177
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.07.001
fulltext: http://canterbury-
nz.academia.edu/CMichaelHall/Papers/199361/Publish_and_Perish_Bibliometric_A
nalysis_Journal_Ranking_and_the_Assessment_of_Research_Quality_in_Tourism