Dra. Gaviria-Marín, María

Las economías alternativas se han convertido progresivamente en objeto de interés para la comunidad científica, tanto por ser un tema multidisciplinario que abarca una gran cantidad de áreas de estudio, principalmente las ciencias económicas y geografía, como por la posibilidad de acercarse y estructurar otras formas posibles de conceptualizar el desarrollo económico y social. A través de una búsqueda bibliográfica realizada en la Web Of Science, una de las principales plataformas de investigación, se desarrolló un análisis bibliométrico establecido en un período de tiempo comprendido entre 1928 y 2023, obteniendo como búsqueda final 3.723 resultados sobre documentos científicos pertenecientes al campo de estudio de las economías alternativas. Este análisis permitió establecer los autores, instituciones, países, publicaciones y revistas más influyentes y productivas en este tema de las economías alternativas; asimismo, la utilización del software VOSviewer permitió el desarrollo de un mapeo científico donde se analiza la co-ocurrencia de palabras claves utilizadas por los autores. Éstas fueron agrupadas en clústeres de análisis, estableciendo así los temas con mayor producción e importancia dentro del ámbito de las economías alternativas, entre los cuales se denota la importancia que han cobrado dentro de la producción científica términos vinculados a la economía colaborativa y economía circular, entre otras, tan mediáticos actualmente. En definitiva, con el fin de aportar argumentos al debate científico sobre la relevancia de las economías alternativas se plasman tanto las conclusiones como las limitaciones que se han encontrado en la realización de este análisis bibliométrico y las posibles líneas futuras que pueden desarrollarse sobre la cuestión.

Sustainability, entrepreneurship and tourism, destination and hospitality research have attracted scholars’ attention for their relevance in bringing to fruition a future that links economic well-being with the environmental, cultural, and social sustainability of human beings. This article provides a bibliometric overview of the academic research where these topics intersect. To accomplish this, various bibliometric methods are implemented, which include a performance analysis and graphic mapping of the academic production in this specific topic. This research uses the Web of Science database to identify and classify the most preponderant investigations in the field and considers articles, authors, institutions, countries, and journals. To complete the performance analysis, a series of indicators, such as number of papers and number of citations, are used. Graphic visualization maps are produced using the co-citation and co-occurrence of keywords under the Visualization of Similarities—VOSviewer—software. The results show a growing concern for entrepreneurship in sustainable tourism development research, which is evidenced in the increasing number of studies during the last decade. Some influential research institutions and authors from countries including the USA, New Zealand, and Norway are found to be influential leaders in this topic. Additionally, the results show that journals from the area of hospitality, leisure, sport, and tourism are frontrunners in this subject.

Knowledge management (KM) is a field of research that has gained wide acceptance in the scientific community and management literature. This article presents a bibliometric overview of the academic research on KM in the business and management areas. Various bibliometric methods are used to perform this overview, including performance analysis and science mapping of the KM field. The performance analysis uses a series of bibliometric indicators, such as the h-index, productivity and citations. In addition, the VOSviewer software is used to map the bibliographic material. Science mapping uses co-citations and the concurrency of keywords. References were obtained from the Web of Science database. We identified and classified the most relevant research in the field according to journals, articles, authors, institutions and countries. The results show that research in this field has increased significantly in the last ten years and that the USA is the most influential country in all aspects in this field. It is important to consider, however, that science continues to advance in this and in all fields and that data rapidly change over time. Therefore, this paper fulfills an informational role that shows that most of the fundamental research of KM is in business and management areas.