ABSTRACT

Emphasis on research quantity over quality in the modern corporatised university disincentivises mindful research where citations accurately reflect source content. To indicate the extent of this problem in tourism, this research analyses the 155 citations in peer-reviewed journals to Weaver's (2011) article “Can sustainable tourism survive climate change? published in Journal of Sustainable Tourism, which questions conventional wisdom on the need for tourism to prioritise climate change action. Over one-third (36.8%) of citations were ‘knowledge impeding’ due to inaccurate content citation, while none were ‘knowledge developing’ through application, testing or alteration of Weaver (2011) content. The remaining citations accurately cited source content and were therefore ‘knowledge facilitating’. No statistically significant relationship pertained between citation quality and journal quality, or between the former and concurrent reference to Scott's (2011) rejoinder “Why sustainable tourism must address climate change” published in Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Significant relationships were identified with publication time and journal specialisation, with more recent years and non-tourism journals having lower quality citations; specifically, 64.0% of citations in non-tourism journals during 2016–2020 were knowledge impeding. Recommendations include author disclosure statements confirming citation accuracy, random pre-publication audits of accepted papers, and provision of ‘good citation’ guidelines on journal websites.

摘要

在现代公司化大学中，强调研究数量而不是质量，会抑制引文准确反映源内容的正念研究。为了表明旅游业中这一问题的严重程度，本研究分析了同行评审期刊中对 Weaver（2011 年）文章“可持续旅游业能否在气候变化中幸存下来？”的 155 次引用。发表在《可持续旅游杂志》上，质疑旅游业需要优先考虑气候变化行动的传统智慧。由于内容引用不准确，超过三分之一 (36.8%) 的引用是“知识障碍”，而没有一个是通过应用、测试或更改 Weaver (2011) 内容来“发展知识”。其余的引文准确地引用了源内容，因此是“知识促进”。引文质量和期刊质量之间没有统计学上的显着关系，或者前者和同时引用 Scott (2011) 在可持续旅游杂志上发表的“为什么可持续旅游必须应对气候变化”的反驳。发现与出版时间和期刊专业有重要关系，最近几年和非旅游期刊的引用质量较低；具体而言，2016-2020 年间非旅游期刊中 64.0% 的引用是知识障碍。建议包括确认引用准确性的作者披露声明、对已接受论文的随机发表前审核以及在期刊网站上提供“良好引用”指南。s (2011) 反驳发表在可持续旅游杂志上的“为什么可持续旅游必须应对气候变化”。发现与出版时间和期刊专业有重要关系，最近几年和非旅游期刊的引用质量较低；具体而言，2016-2020 年间非旅游期刊中 64.0% 的引用是知识障碍。建议包括确认引用准确性的作者披露声明、对已接受论文的随机发表前审核以及在期刊网站上提供“良好引用”指南。s (2011) 反驳发表在可持续旅游杂志上的“为什么可持续旅游必须应对气候变化”。发现与出版时间和期刊专业有重要关系，最近几年和非旅游期刊的引用质量较低；具体而言，2016-2020 年间非旅游期刊中 64.0% 的引用是知识障碍。建议包括确认引用准确性的作者披露声明、对已接受论文的随机发表前审核以及在期刊网站上提供“良好引用”指南。近年来和非旅游期刊的引用质量较低；具体而言，2016-2020 年间非旅游期刊中 64.0% 的引用是知识障碍。建议包括确认引用准确性的作者披露声明、对已接受论文的随机发表前审核以及在期刊网站上提供“良好引用”指南。近年来和非旅游期刊的引用质量较低；具体而言，2016-2020 年间非旅游期刊中 64.0% 的引用是知识障碍。建议包括确认引用准确性的作者披露声明、对已接受论文的随机发表前审核以及在期刊网站上提供“良好引用”指南。