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Researcher · Education Scotland · United Kingdom

Cara Aitchison

Cara Aitchison publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Social Psychology, on topics such as Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research.

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World rank
#487,383
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#42,484
of 367,258
Works
82
Citations
2.5k
Citations per work
30.6
h-index
19
i10-index 30Top 7.2% in Sociology and Political Science
Cara Aitchison

What does Cara Aitchison research?

Cara Aitchison's work is mostly in Social Sciences (62%), Psychology (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (4%).

Social Sciences: 65 works · 78.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 51 works · 61.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 29 works · 35.9% of their workGender Studies: 12 works · 14.6% of their workUrban Studies: 6 works · 7.8% of their workDemography: 3 works · 3.4% of their workPsychology: 10 works · 12.6% of their workSocial Psychology: 10 works · 12.6% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 works · 4.4% of their workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 4 works · 4.4% of their workEverything else: 17 works · 21.3% of their workTHEIR WORKCara Aitchison82works
Social Sciences79%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5161.7%
    2. Psychology1012.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting44.4%
  2. Everything else1721.3%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science36% of their works
  2. 2Gender Studies15% of their works
  3. 3Social Psychology13% of their works
  4. 4Urban Studies8% of their works
  5. 5Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management4% of their works
  6. 6Demography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Cara Aitchison's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Economic Impact, Mega Events, Sport Tourism, Leisure, Well-being, Masculinity, Destination Image and Tourist Satisfaction.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Impact532 topics
  2. Mega Events371 topic
  3. Sport Tourism371 topic
  4. Leisure241 topic
  5. Well-being241 topic
  6. Masculinity222 topics
  7. Destination Image181 topic
  8. Tourist Satisfaction181 topic
  9. Gender171 topic
  10. Sport171 topic
  11. Creative Economy161 topic
  12. Urban Development161 topic
  13. Hospitality Management81 topic
  14. Tourism Education81 topic
  15. Advertising61 topic
  16. Gender Roles61 topic
  17. Gender Identity51 topic
  18. Health Behaviors51 topic

Where does Cara Aitchison work?

Cara Aitchison's main affiliation in the publication record is Education Scotland, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Cara Aitchison have?

OpenAlex counts 82 works and 2,506 citations for Cara Aitchison, an h-index of 19, ranking #487,383 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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