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Researcher · University of Otago · New Zealand

James Higham

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

ORCID 0000-0003-1405-7035 OpenAlex
World rank
#72,908
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#190
of 4,714
Works
56
Citations
356
Citations per work
6.4

What does James Higham research?

Sociology and Political Science: 41.3%Social Psychology: 10.7%Gender Studies: 8.0%Transportation: 5.3%other fields: 34.7%41%top field
Sociology and Political Science41.3%Social Psychology10.7%Gender Studies8.0%Transportation5.3%other fields34.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science41% of their works
  2. 2Social Psychology11% of their works
  3. 3Gender Studies8% of their works
  4. 4Transportation5% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change5% of their works
  6. 6Demography4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James Higham's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: COVID-19 Impact, Sustainability, Destination Image, Mega Events, Sport Tourism, Tourist Satisfaction, Convention Attendees and Gender.

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.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. COVID-19 Impact132 topics
  2. Sustainability123 topics
  3. Destination Image91 topic
  4. Mega Events91 topic
  5. Sport Tourism91 topic
  6. Tourist Satisfaction91 topic
  7. Convention Attendees51 topic
  8. Gender51 topic
  9. Leisure51 topic
  10. Sport51 topic
  11. Trade Shows51 topic
  12. Well-being51 topic
  13. Cruise Tourism41 topic
  14. Environmental Impact41 topic
  15. Development31 topic
  16. Volunteer Tourism31 topic
  17. Anthropogenic Noise21 topic
  18. Marine Mammals21 topic

Where does James Higham work?

James Higham's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Otago, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does James Higham have?

Science Explorer counts 56 works and 356 citations for James Higham, ranking #72,908 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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