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October 8, 2024
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Overtourism and sustainability: A bibliometric study (2018-2021)

Publicated to:Technological Forecasting And Social Change. 188 122285- - 2023-03-01 188(), DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122285

Authors: Santos-Rojo, Cristina; Llopis-Amoros, Malar; Garcia-Garcia, Juan Manuel

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Avda Valdenigrales S-N - Author
ESIC Business & Mkt Sch, Avda Blasco Ibanez 55 - Author
Univ Int Valencia VIU, C Pintor Sorolla 21 - Author

Abstract

The term overtourism refers to the negative impact of tourism on the quality of life of citizens and visitor experiences in a destination. It is a relatively new concept in scientific research. Any discussion of overtourism is meaningless without also considering sustainability. When costs exceed benefits, tourism development is no longer sustainable, and interventions become necessary. This review provides a rigorous and up-to-date synthesis of overtourism and its relationship with sustainability. The aim is to provide a clear and comprehensive picture of the increasingly strong link between the two. This article presents bibliometric analysis of documents published from 2018 onwards. It objectively and quantifiably assesses the state of the literature on overtourism in the context of sustainability. The evidence confirms that new research trends in overtourism are closely linked to European urban areas. The paper also reveals the agents directly or indirectly involved in the analysis and research process through an active funding strategy for this field of study. The main contribution of this study lies in showing public-private collaboration in the design and promotion of socio-technical and environmental transitions in tourism.

Keywords

BibliometricBibliometric analysisBibliometrics analysisChallengesCitiesCocitationConsequencesEuropeInnovationIntellectual structureManagementOvertourismPerceptionsPublic-privatePublic-private collaborationPublic-private partnershipQuality of lifeScientific researchesSocio-technical transitionsSociologyStatistical analysisSustainabilitySustainable developmentTourismTourism developmentTourist destinationVisitor experiences

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Technological Forecasting And Social Change due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 4/304, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Business. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 3.82. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 4.25 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 34.89 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-08, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 21
  • Scopus: 31

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-08:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 165.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 206 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (García García, Juan Manuel).