A bibliometric analysis of environmental knowledge in hospitality: an outlook from KM perspective

Resumen

• The purpose of this study is to provide an understanding of the ongoing research by examining the current status, development and future research directions, taking into account the main general evolution areas in this field, through a systematic review methodology using a bibliographic database.• Environmental knowledge is a grown interest in the sustainability issue due the importance of environment and knowledge. Besides, considering tourism is one of the biggest employers and sector of economic development, environmental knowledge in hospitality represents a worldwide challenge.• This work analyses how research into environmental knowledge in hospitality have evolved over the period 1994-2019 with a longitudinal study of 25 years. The current work reviewed 717 documents collected from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database and analysed with Science Mapping Analysis Software Tool (SciMAT).• The results identify the development status and the leading trends in terms of impact, main journals, papers, topics, authors, and countries. This paper contributes significantly to the existing literature and provides future research plans in the field.