SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLICATION ACTIVITY IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM:  COMPARISON OF KAZAKHSTAN, TURKEY AND POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES USING  THE SCOPUS DATABASE

K. KANTARCI; M. ALPER BAŞARAN; N. ABDIRAZAKOV

SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLICATION ACTIVITY IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM: COMPARISON OF KAZAKHSTAN, TURKEY AND POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES USING THE SCOPUS DATABASE

Authors

K. KANTARCI Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University
M. ALPER BAŞARAN Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi
N. ABDIRAZAKOV International University of Tourism and Hospitality

Keywords:

Академическая деятельность, научная работа, постсоветские страны, анализ научных данных, индустрия туризма

Abstract

Kazakhstan ranked 80th in the 2019 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index, and only less than 5% of research and development work is being put into production. To study and compare academic productivity in the field of tourism in Kazakhstan, data from Scopus, the largest database of interdisciplinary scientific literature, were analyzed. This study contains important findings for the relevant institutions.