Cruise Tourism Development and Management
Cruise Tourism Development and Management is a research topic within Transportation. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 22.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores various aspects of cruise tourism, including its environmental impact, economic contribution, sustainability, port management, passenger behavior, and the impact of COVID-19. It also delves into topics such as destination satisfaction, shore excursions, and marine waste management in the context of cruise tourism. The focus is primarily on the Caribbean region but extends to global perspectives on cruise tourism.
- Cruise Tourism
- Environmental Impact
- Economic Contribution
- Sustainability
- Port Management
- Passenger Behavior
- COVID-19 Impact
- Destination Satisfaction
- Shore Excursions
- Marine Waste Management
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +38% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Cruise Tourism Development and Management research?
By volume, Indonesia and China publish the most (531 and 391 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Indonesia 531 works
- 2 China 391 works
- 3 Spain 192 works
- 4 United States 176 works
- 5 Türkiye 160 works
- 6 Malaysia 146 works
- 7 Brazil 137 works
- 8 India 136 works
- 9 Philippines 131 works
- 10 Portugal 120 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Cruise Tourism Development and Management research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universiti Teknologi MARA publishes the most Cruise Tourism Development and Management research, followed by University of Rijeka and Shanghai Maritime University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 24 works
- 2 University of RijekaCroatia 22 works
- 3 Shanghai Maritime UniversityChina 19 works
- 4 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 19 works
- 5 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 18 works
- 6 University of ZagrebCroatia 16 works
- 7 College of TourismBulgaria 16 works
- 8 University of Novi SadSerbia 15 works
- 9 Universidad de MálagaSpain 13 works
- 10 Universiti of Malaysia SabahMalaysia 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Cruise Tourism Development and Management?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Cruise Tourism Development and Management include Cyrus Cooper, C. Michael Hall and Heesup Han.
- 1 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 7.2k citations
- 2 C. Michael Hall New Zealand 2.2k citations
- 3 Heesup Han South Korea 2.1k citations
- 4 Peter Nijkamp Netherlands 2k citations
- 5 Dimitrios Buhalis United Kingdom 2k citations
- 6 Rob Law Hong Kong 1.9k citations
- 7 Paresh Kumar Narayan Australia 1.8k citations
- 8 Erik Cohen Israel 1.2k citations
- 9 Doğan Gürsoy United States 1.2k citations
- 10 Muzaffer Uysal United States 1.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Cruise Tourism Development and Management research done?
The largest centres of Cruise Tourism Development and Management research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia), Shanghai (China) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rijeka.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- RijekaHR · 23.1 works38×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cruise Tourism Development and Management than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Cruise Tourism Development and Management?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Novi Sad, Universidad de Málaga and University of Kragujevac score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Novi SadSerbia | 82.2 | 44.7% | 12.0× | 15 | +153.6% |
| 2 | Universidad de MálagaSpain | 72.0 | 42.0% | 10.6× | 13 | +65.2% |
| 3 | University of KragujevacSerbia | 67.6 | 33.1% | 18.7× | 9 | +648.1% |
| 4 | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran CanariaSpain | 65.6 | 29.9% | 18.8× | 9 | +186.2% |
| 5 | Prince of Songkla UniversityThailand | 63.4 | 32.0% | 10.4× | 9 | +125.0% |
| 6 | University of RijekaCroatia | 61.3 | 11.6% | 39.4× | 22 | +79.6% |
| 7 | Universiti of Malaysia SabahMalaysia | 61.3 | 14.3% | 16.0× | 13 | +192.8% |
| 8 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 60.7 | 33.6% | 5.1× | 18 | +11.0% |
| 9 | Universiti Malaysia TerengganuMalaysia | 59.9 | 15.1% | 20.7× | 12 | +151.4% |
| 10 | Shanghai Maritime UniversityChina | 57.3 | 21.4% | 19.2× | 19 | -35.1% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Cruise Tourism Development and Management research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Cruise Tourism Development and Management.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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