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Unregistered labour in tourism: A bibliometric analysis of immigrant workers’ challenges and research trends Cover

Unregistered labour in tourism: A bibliometric analysis of immigrant workers’ challenges and research trends

By: Bartola Mavrić and  Orhan Akova  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

Annual number of publications on unregistered labour in the tourism industry from 1992 to 2024, highlighting a notable increase in research output after 2015
Annual number of publications on unregistered labour in the tourism industry from 1992 to 2024, highlighting a notable increase in research output after 2015

Figure 2:

Co-authorship network in international research collaborations on informal labour in the tourism industry
Co-authorship network in international research collaborations on informal labour in the tourism industry

Figure 3:

Represents relationships between core journals frequently cited together in studies on unregistered labour in the tourism industry
Represents relationships between core journals frequently cited together in studies on unregistered labour in the tourism industry

Figure 4:

Most frequently used terms in the literature on migrant and unregistered workers in the tourism industry
Most frequently used terms in the literature on migrant and unregistered workers in the tourism industry

Figure 5:

Geographic distribution of research output on informal labour in the tourism industry
Geographic distribution of research output on informal labour in the tourism industry

Figure 6:

How frequently key authors are cited together, mapping the intellectual structure of the field
How frequently key authors are cited together, mapping the intellectual structure of the field

Most cited authors during the period 2000 to 2023

Most Cited Authors
Author(s)Total
Manalansan, MF363
Lundberg, C; Gudmundson, A; Andersson, TD230
Robinson, RNS; Martins, A; Solnet, D; Baum, T162
Sparke, M; Sidaway, JD; Bunnell, T; Grundy-Warr, C130
Janta, H; Ladkin, A; Brown, L; Lugosi, P119
Janta, H; Brown, L; Lugosi, P; Ladkin, A98
Baum, T95
Joppe, M86
Janta, H; Lugosi, P; Brown, L; Ladkin, A84
Moscardo, G; Konovalov, E; Murphy, L; McGehee, N72
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ejthr-2025-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2182-4924 | Journal ISSN: 2182-4916
Language: English
Page range: 341 - 352
Submitted on: Feb 7, 2025
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Accepted on: Nov 19, 2025
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Published on: Dec 31, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2025 Bartola Mavrić, Orhan Akova, published by Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
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