Rejeb Abderahman, Abdollahi Alireza, Rejeb Karim, Mostafa Mohamed M
Via Columbia, 2, 00133 Rome, Italy Department of Management and Law, Faculty of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
Tehran, Iran Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management, Kharazmi University.
Qual Quant. 2023;57(3):2183-2209. doi: 10.1007/s11135-022-01440-7. Epub 2022 Jun 22.
Restaurant research has received significant attention globally. This article aims to examine the evolution and the knowledge structure of restaurant research over the past decades. We also investigate the restaurant research hotspots and knowledge diffusion paths based on 1489 articles extracted from the Web of Science database. Furthermore, we conduct a keyword co-occurrence network analysis and four different types of main path analyses to scrutinize the historical formation of the restaurant research. Results revealed that restaurant research mainly focused on five research themes: consumer behavior, consumer satisfaction, social media, green restaurants, and authenticity. While consumer behavior has been the mainstream topic, the focus of this line of research has recently shifted from traditional to luxury and ethnic restaurants. Furthermore, our analysis has detected several recent changes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. By examining the knowledge structure of restaurant research, we reveal its knowledge diffusion paths and provide avenues for future research in this vast and interdisciplinary research field.
餐饮研究在全球范围内受到了广泛关注。本文旨在探讨过去几十年来餐饮研究的发展历程和知识结构。我们还基于从科学网数据库中提取的1489篇文章，研究了餐饮研究的热点和知识传播路径。此外，我们进行了关键词共现网络分析和四种不同类型的主路径分析，以审视餐饮研究的历史形成。结果表明，餐饮研究主要集中在五个研究主题上：消费者行为、消费者满意度、社交媒体、绿色餐厅和真实性。虽然消费者行为一直是主流话题，但这一研究领域的重点最近已从传统餐厅转向豪华餐厅和民族餐厅。此外，我们的分析发现了近期因新冠疫情而产生的一些变化。通过研究餐饮研究的知识结构，我们揭示了其知识传播路径，并为这一广阔的跨学科研究领域的未来研究提供了途径。
