@misc{10481/95018,
year = {2020},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/95018},
abstract = {The present paper presents the results of a bibliometric analysis of published academic research dealing with
restaurants in the fields of hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism. In particular, it aims to identify the structure of
relationships between previous and current themes, predict emerging trends and provide a longitudinal perspective
on this research, covering the period 2000–2018. This approach provides an exhaustive analysis for the
past two decades from over 700 papers.
The findings show, for example, that customer satisfaction is the motor theme with the greatest impact and
the study of emotions is an underdeveloped theme; interest in healthy eating is witnessing gradual growth; and
brand equity, culture and innovation all constitute new research themes. The future of research dealing with
restaurants will tend to focus on new emerging technologies, both in the restaurant sphere and in the context of
research methodologies.},
organization = {Grupo de Investigación ADEMAR (University of Granada)},
organization = {Spanish National Research Programme (R+D+i Research Project ECO2017-88458-R)},
keywords = {Restaurants},
keywords = {Bibliometric analysis},
keywords = {Co-word analysis},
title = {A review of restaurant research in the last two decades: A bibliometric analysis},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijhm.2019.102387},
author = {Rodríguez López, María Eugenia and Alcántara Pilar, Juan Miguel and Barrio García, Salvador Del and Muñoz Leiva, Francisco},
}