The systemic approach is being disseminated in the field of tourism as one of the main epistemological bases for scientific studies. Meira, Conceição and Anjos (2015) studied the use of systemic approach-related expressions in papers taken from the proceedings of the ANPTUR seminars. This work used their research as a basis, investigating the issue further. The objective was to analyze the level of coherency of the methodology presented in those papers, in terms of the use of the systemic approach as a foundation for the development of research. This is a descriptive study with a quantitative/qualitative approach, using content analysis. To conduct the analysis, we proposed a table with the following levels of evidence: low, partial and high. We also established criteria that would portray the actual use of the systemic approach in the papers. This study contributes to the area in that it establishes relations and parameters that allow a better understanding of the epistemological and methodological construction of research in tourism - in this case, according to the systemic approach perspective.