Abstract:
The aim of the research is to reveal academic publications related to recreation and tourism in termsof bibliometric indicators. In this context, 553 publications published between 2021-1964 were reached as a resultof the scan performed in the Scopus database on May 4, 2021. According to the findings, it has been determinedthat the studies on recreation and tourism generally tend to increase over the years and the most studies werepublished in 2019. Most of the publications are in the type of article and the most preferred language is English.The words "tourism" and "recreation" are the most used keywords. Although “Tourism Recreation Research” hasthe most publications, “Journal of Travel Research” is the most cited journal. Beside, Pickering C.M. (2007) is themost cited document. In addition, America is the country with the highest number of publications, cooperation,and citations and has played an important role in the development of this field.
