An Evaluation of Beach Management through Bibliometric Techniques

Abstract

Several bibliometric tools are being used to complement the literature review with application in the field of research, allowing to relate authors, works, research institutions, countries, among other topics. However, there was a lack of publications on beach management, governance, beach indicators and sustainability indicators. The aim of this work, within a descriptive and bibliographic approach, is to present through a bibliometric study using the VOSviewer tool, in Scopus Database, which authors are working on these topics, the most relevant journals, which universities are studying this subject and which countries have published the most in relation to the proposed theme. Despite the limitations related to bibliographic methods, the VOSviewer tool allowed us to present the evolution over time of which authors are publishing together with different disciplinarities, the most relevant publications, the degree of relationship between authors and between topics and journals.