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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
Analyzing MHTW tourism for sustainable development

4. Results Figure 2 indicates that Lin, Hsiao-Hsien, Hsu, Chin-
Hsien, Ariza-Montes, Antonic, Han, and Heesup are
4.1. Trends discovered in the extant literature centrally positioned on this map and have recorded their
Figure 1 illustrates the publication trends observed from work for many years. Thus, they represent core members of
2014 to 2024 on the topic of sustainable development in the research field or act as opinion leaders in the field. The
MHTW tourism as indexed by the Web of Science. The data connecting lines between the authors indicate partnerships.
demonstrated an increase from no publications in 2014 to 46 Figure 2 portrays several intensive collaborative teams,
in 2023, with 17 publications recorded up to June 2024. This indicating that strong research teams and partnerships
trend indicates the increasing scholarly interest in this field. exist in the research domain of fashion design and
The significant growth observed from 2020 to 2021 reflects sustainability. Table 2 presents the top ten representative
heightened research activity, driven possibly by the wider authors selected according to the number of publications.
dissemination of sustainability concepts (Fischer et al., 2022). It reveals that key authors such as Hsiao-Hsien Lin, Chin-
The changes in publication numbers also suggest shifts in Hsien Hsu, Rosa Anaya-Aguilar, and German Gemar
research hotspots and focus areas. The gradual annual rise have significantly shaped the discourse through multiple
in publications from 2014 to 2018 signals the initiation publications over several years. The concentration of the
of exploratory studies in this field. The steady increase in research output in this domain has grown notably since
publications from 2014 to 2021 highlights the maturation of 2015, reflecting a growing recognition of sustainability
research themes and methodologies in this discipline. The
number of published studies has remained relatively stable
since 2022, indicating that more researchers in this domain Table 2. Authors contributing to Medical, health, therapy,
are now focusing on mature research themes and methods. and wellness tourism and sustainable development
(2014 – 2024)
4.2. Authors collaboration knowledge map Count Authors Articles

Table 2 and Figure 2 show the “author collaboration 6 Lin, Hsiao-Hsien Oxygen- and growth rate-dependent
network” apropos the theme of tourism and sustainability. regulation of Escherichia coli fumarase
The “author collaborative knowledge atlas” represents a tool (FumA, FumB, and FumC) activity
that can be utilized to demonstrate collaborations between 4 Hsu, Chin-Hsien How to defend COVID-19 in Taiwan? Talk
authors. It can reveal the strengths of partnerships, display about people’s disease awareness, attitudes,
core and edge authors, and indicate the relevant research behaviors, and the impact of physical and
mental health
teams and collaboration models (Luo et al., 2022). The
author collaborative contribution map displayed in Figure 2 3 Azadi, Hossein Organic farming and small-scale farmers:
Main opportunities and challenges
functions primarily to demonstrate collaborations forged
between authors researching the sustainable development 3 Szromek, Adam Melatonin and neurotrophins NT-3,
R
BDNF, and NGF in patients with varying
of medical treatment, health, and recuperative and health- levels of depression severity
related tourism and reveals the intensities and patterns 3 Anaya-aguilar, Delphi assessment of occupational hazards
of cooperation between different research teams in the Rosa in the wineries of Andalusia, in southern
domain. Spain
3 Gemar, German Measuring the eco-efficiency of
wastewater treatment plants under data
80 uncertainty
70 62 3 Anaya-Aguilar, Challenges of spa tourism in Andalusia:
60 48 46 Carmen Experts’ proposed solutions
PUBLICATIONS 50 25 38 2 Han, Heesup The post-coronavirus world in the
international tourism industry:
40
Application of the theory of planned
30
20 10 14 17 behavior to safer destination choices in the
case of US outbound tourism
7
10 3
0 2 Hall, C. Michael Trends in ocean and coastal tourism: The
0 end of the last frontier?
2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
2 Tseng, PlantPAN3.0: A new and updated
YEARS Kuan-Chieh resource for reconstructing transcriptional
Figure 1. Research trends noted in medical, health, therapy, and wellness regulatory networks from ChIP-seq
tourism for sustainable development (2014 – 2024) experiments in plants
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