Geoheritage and Geosites: A Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Review
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Herrera-Franco, Gricelda; Carrión-Mero, Paúl; Montalván Burbano, Néstor; Caicedo-Potosí, Jhon; Berrezueta, EdgarFecha
2022-04-13Resumen
Geological heritage represents and brings together geological elements of great local and global relevance. It also promotes conservation and sustainable use. This study aims to perform a bibliometric analysis of the contributions that address the topics of geological heritage and geosites, using the Scopus and Web of Science databases for the knowledge of trends and research focuses in this area. The methodology consists of: (i) the preparation of the idea and gathering information from a search on the subjects of interest (geoheritage and geosites); (ii) the merging of the databases and applying automated conversions; and (iii) the analysis of the results and the literature review. The first phase of the work identified 2409 and 1635 documents indexed in Scopus and WoS, respectively. The merged global database (2565 documents) identified the following words as analysis topics: geoconservation, geotourism, geopark, and geodiversity. The analysis also revealed the top five countries in...
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geotourism
geoconservation
Scopus
Web of Science
research trends
scientometric analysis