Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies is a research topic within Demography. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 27.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the phenomenon of lifestyle migration, focusing on the movement of individuals, particularly retirees, to seek a better way of life in different locations. It encompasses topics such as retirement migration, second homes, amenity migration, elderly mobility, transnational lifestyles, rural development, community fragmentation, and the impact of global population aging on migration patterns.
- Lifestyle Migration
- Retirement Migration
- Second Homes
- Amenity Migration
- Elderly Mobility
- Tourism and Migration
- Transnational Lifestyles
- Rural Development
- Community Fragmentation
- Global Population Aging
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 27.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +26% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies research?
By volume, the United States and Spain publish the most (731 and 573 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 731 works
- 2 Spain 573 works
- 3 China 491 works
- 4 United Kingdom 335 works
- 5 Australia 233 works
- 6 Japan 191 works
- 7 Canada 179 works
- 8 Germany 165 works
- 9 Italy 162 works
- 10 France 149 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universitat de Barcelona publishes the most Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies research, followed by Universidad de Málaga and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 30 works
- 2 Universidad de MálagaSpain 30 works
- 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 28 works
- 4 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 24 works
- 5 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 23 works
- 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 21 works
- 7 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 19 works
- 8 Universidad de SevillaSpain 18 works
- 9 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 17 works
- 10 University of AlicanteSpain 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies include Jo Moriarty.
- 1 Jo Moriarty United Kingdom 4.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies research done?
The largest centres of Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Málaga.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MálagaES · 29.8 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and University of Groningen 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 | Universitat de BarcelonaSpain | 67.7 | 30.2% | 11.6× | 30 | +65.1% |
| 2 | Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain | 62.9 | 31.5% | 11.7× | 24 | +34.9% |
| 3 | University of GroningenNetherlands | 61.2 | 50.2% | 6.6× | 15 | +115.8% |
| 4 | Universidade da CoruñaSpain | 61.2 | 29.2% | 19.9× | 14 | +173.6% |
| 5 | Universitat Rovira i VirgiliSpain | 59.8 | 33.8% | 18.7× | 13 | +120.3% |
| 6 | Universidad de ZaragozaSpain | 58.5 | 34.0% | 8.7× | 15 | +139.7% |
| 7 | Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain | 57.3 | 41.5% | 10.1× | 9 | +126.6% |
| 8 | Universidad Pablo de OlavideSpain | 56.7 | 34.3% | 16.1× | 8 | +254.9% |
| 9 | City University of MacauMacau | 56.3 | 37.4% | 11.2× | 8 | — |
| 10 | Universidad de MálagaSpain | 56.2 | 17.7% | 20.0× | 30 | +3.0% |
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 Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.