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Researcher · Moi University · Kenya

John S. Akama

John S. Akama publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Transportation and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, on topics such as Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts and Cruise Tourism Development and Management.

OpenAlex
World rank
#377,158
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#312
of 7,520
Works
41
Citations
1.6k
Citations per work
39.4
h-index
17
i10-index 20Top 9.1% in Sociology and Political Science
John S. Akama

What does John S. Akama research?

John S. Akama's work is mostly in Social Sciences (50%), Environmental Science (19%).

Social Sciences: 20 works · 49.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 20 works · 49.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 14 works · 33.7% of their workTransportation: 4 works · 9.9% of their workDemography: 2 works · 5.9% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 31.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 18.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 8 works · 18.8% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 works · 8.9% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 works · 5.9% of their workEcology: 2 works · 4.0% of their workTHEIR WORKJohn S. Akama41works
Physical Sciences19%Social Sciences50%

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 Sciences2049.5%
  2. Everything else1331.7%
    1. Environmental Science818.8%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science34% of their works
  2. 2Transportation10% of their works
  3. 3Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law9% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change6% of their works
  5. 5Demography6% of their works
  6. 6Ecology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John S. Akama's research?

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

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. COVID-19 Impact282 topics
  2. Sustainability243 topics
  3. Destination Image181 topic
  4. Tourist Satisfaction181 topic
  5. Climate Change142 topics
  6. Mega Events121 topic
  7. Sport Tourism121 topic
  8. Cruise Tourism101 topic
  9. Environmental Impact101 topic
  10. Pastoralists81 topic
  11. Rangeland Degradation81 topic
  12. Development61 topic
  13. Environmental Services61 topic
  14. Tropical Deforestation61 topic
  15. Volunteer Tourism61 topic
  16. Eritrea41 topic
  17. Ethiopia41 topic
  18. Hospitality Management41 topic
  19. Tourism Education41 topic

Where does John S. Akama work?

John S. Akama's main affiliation in the publication record is Moi University, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does John S. Akama have?

OpenAlex counts 41 works and 1,617 citations for John S. Akama, an h-index of 17, ranking #377,158 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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