Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Publications on Space Tourism

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze research development on space tourism over time using various parameters through a bibliometric analysis approach. Accordingly, a bibliometric analysis of articles in the Web of Science database between years of 1988-2023 was performed. As a result of the scanning, a total of 461 studies were reached and only 180 academic articles that are related with space travel and tourism were selected. The studies reached were classified according to various parameters such as subject, keyword, author, journal/institute, publication date and frequency. As a result, publications on space tourism are still in their infancy, but the number of articles has increased since 2020. In this context, it can be suggested that with the development of space tourism, research methods will also diversify with the increasing quantity of academic studies.