An investigation into fishing and maritime literature: an analysis of Spanish geographic journals (1950–2015)

Abstract

This article presents a bibliometric study of the production published in ten Spanish Geographic journals, that are considered the main means of diffusion of the investigation carried out by geographers in Spain. In particular, we consider geographic research related to the study of coastal communities, the organization of their societies, and the characterization of the activities related to the sea and the coastal spaces. We emphasize that this theme is concentrated in a few journals, in certain lines of research, and in a small number of authors. This situation is common in all the Spanish Regions, even in those where these activities have a great socio-economic weight. We advance a series of conclusions regarding the causes of this situation and propose some work topics.