Publish or perish: The proportion of articles versus additional sections in tourism and hospitality journals
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2020
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Elservier
Abstract
In academia, there appears to be a “publish or perish” (PoP) risk, resulting in the repetition of identical studies.
Publishers and/or editors of journals, on the supply side, have decided to exclude additional sections to meet the
increasing demand of only full articles. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the number of journal
issues, articles, research notes, book reviews, and conference notes published in tourism and hospitality journals
has varied over the last two decades. As well as using bibliometric analysis, interviews were also conducted with
the editors of various tourism journals. Results conclude that the number of journal issues and articles has
increased significantly while the number of book reviews and conference notes has had a sharp decline. The
study finally notes the implications for the literature and avenues for future research.
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Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management 43 (2020) 149–156
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Tourism journals,Hospitality journals,Publish or perish,Journal editors,Journal issues