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Most cited papers in Museums and Cultural Heritage

What are the most cited papers in Museums and Cultural Heritage?

The most cited paper in Museums and Cultural Heritage is "Virtual reality: Applications and implications for tourism" (Daniel A. Guttentag, 2009), with 1,739 citations. Next come "The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics" (1,539) and "Materialist returns: practising cultural geography in and for a more-than-human world" (1,218).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 224 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Virtual reality: Applications and implications for tourism Daniel A. Guttentag · Tourism Management 24 Aug 2009 1,739
2 The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics Richard Handler · Museum Anthropology Sep 1996 1,539
3 Materialist returns: practising cultural geography in and for a more-than-human world Sarah J. Whatmore · Cultural Geographies Open access 20 Aug 2006 1,218
4 Art and Agency An Anthropological Theory Stephanie Takaragawa · Visual Anthropology Review Sep 1998 1,119
5 Bridging In-school and Out-of-school Learning: Formal, Non-Formal, and Informal Education Haim Eshach · Journal of Science Education and Technology 18 Dec 2006 865
6 Creativity and tourism Greg Richards · Annals of Tourism Research 11 Sep 2011 827
7 Photo tourism Noah Snavely, Steven M. Seitz, Richard Szeliski Conference paperOpen access 2006 696
8 The indiscipline of tourism John Tribe · Annals of Tourism Research 1997 660
9 Photography in Anthropology: A Report on Two Experiments John Payne Collier · American Anthropologist Oct 1957 630
10 Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory Karin E. Peterson, Alfred Gell · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews Mar 2000 615
11 The recognition and misrecognition of community heritage Emma Waterton, Laurajane Smith · International Journal of Heritage Studies 2010 606
12 Visitors’ memories of wildlife tourism: Implications for the design of powerful interpretive experiences Roy Ballantyne, Jan Packer, Lucy A. Sutherland · Tourism Management 11 Jul 2010 560
13 Digital photography: communication, identity, memory José van Dijck · Visual Communication Open access 21 Jan 2008 513
14 Towards a More Authentic Science Curriculum: The contribution of out‐of‐school learning Martin Braund, Michael Reiß · International Journal of Science Education Open access 31 Mar 2006 512
15 SOUGHT EXPERIENCES AT (DARK) HERITAGE SITES Avital Biran, Yaniv Poria, Gila Oren · Annals of Tourism Research 19 Feb 2011 504
16 When art meets tech: The role of augmented reality in enhancing museum experiences and purchase intentions Zeya He, Laurie Luorong Wu, Xiang Robert Li · Tourism Management 18 Mar 2018 493
17 Photography and travel brochures: The circle of representation Olivia Jenkins · Tourism Geographies 2003 482
18 Affirming authenticity Alison Jane McIntosh, Richard C Prentice · Annals of Tourism Research Jul 1999 481
19 Experiencing immersive virtual reality in museums Hyunae Lee, Timothy Hyungsoo Jung, M. Claudia tom Dieck et al. · Information & Management 6 Nov 2019 472
20 Using the contextual model of learning to understand visitor learning from a science center exhibition John H. Falk, Martin Storksdieck · Science Education Open access 2005 460
21 The effects of transparency on trust in and acceptance of a content-based art recommender Henriette S. M. Cramer, Vanessa Evers, Satyan Ramlal et al. · User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction Open access 19 Aug 2008 451
22 A Short Review of School Field Trips: Key Findings from the Past and Implications for the Future Jennifer DeWitt, Martin Storksdieck · Visitor Studies Open access 16 Oct 2008 451
23 Designs for learning: Studying science museum exhibits that do more than entertain Sue Fay Allen · Science Education 2004 448
24 Event-sampling and other methods for studying everyday experience. Harry T. Reis, Shelly L. Gable 2000 445
25 Consuming heritage Gordon Waitt · Annals of Tourism Research Oct 2000 441
26 Intangible Heritage as Metacultural Production Barbara Kirshenblatt‐gimblett · Museum International 2014 438
27 Shades of dark tourism Carolyn J. Strange, Michael Kempa · Annals of Tourism Research Apr 2003 423
28 Tourism as experience Richard C Prentice, Stephen F. Witt, C. J. A. v. d. Hamer · Annals of Tourism Research 1998 413
29 Toward a Theoretical Foundation for Experience Design in Tourism Iis P. Tussyadiah · Journal of Travel Research 18 Dec 2013 401
30 Bridging the Gap Between Formal and Informal Science Learning Avi Hofstein, Sherman Rosenfeld · Studies in Science Education 1996 397
31 The museum environment and the visitor experience Christina Goulding · European Journal of Marketing Apr 2000 391
32 On the Relation between ‘Visual Research Methods’ and Contemporary Visual Culture Gillian Rose · The Sociological Review 31 Oct 2013 378
33 Designing creative places: The role of creative tourism Greg Richards · Annals of Tourism Research Open access 5 Aug 2020 375
34 Embodiment of Wearable Augmented Reality Technology in Tourism Experiences Iis P. Tussyadiah, Timothy Hyungsoo Jung, M. Claudia tom Dieck · Journal of Travel Research 29 May 2017 372
35 Auschwitz: Museum Interpretation and Darker Tourism William F. S. Miles · Annals of Tourism Research Oct 2002 368
36 New development: COVID-19 as an accelerator of digital transformation in public service delivery Deborah Agostino, Michela Arnaboldi, Melisa Diaz Lema · Public Money & Management 19 May 2020 364
37 Wrestling with the Social Value of Heritage: Problems, Dilemmas and Opportunities Siân Jones · Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage Open access 11 Jul 2016 354
38 Value of augmented reality at cultural heritage sites: A stakeholder approach M. Claudia tom Dieck, Timothy Hyungsoo Jung · Journal of Destination Marketing & Management 28 Mar 2017 353
39 Management of immersive heritage tourism experiences: A conceptual model Alexandra Bec, Brent Moyle, Ken Timms et al. · Tourism Management Open access 26 Nov 2018 350
40 Travel and Learning: A Neglected Tourism Research Area John H. Falk, Roy Ballantyne, Jan Packer et al. · Annals of Tourism Research 12 Dec 2011 348
41 Learning Through STEM-Rich Tinkering: Findings From a Jointly Negotiated Research Project Taken Up in Practice Bronwyn Bevan, Joshua P. Gutwill, Mike Petrich et al. · Science Education 25 Nov 2014 348
42 NEOCOLONIAL COLLABORATION: Museum as Contact Zone Revisited Robin Boast · Museum Anthropology Mar 2011 344
43 Augmented reality in informal learning environments: A field experiment in a mathematics exhibition Peter Sommerauer, Oliver M. Müller · Computers & Education 5 Aug 2014 337
44 Picturing practices: research through the tourist gaze Mike Crang · Progress in Human Geography Open access Jun 1997 327
45 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Phillip Seitz · Curator The Museum Journal Oct 2011 326
46 The commodification of the past, postmodern pastiche, and the search for authentic experiences at contemporary heritage attractions Christina Goulding · European Journal of Marketing Aug 2000 322
47 Innovating the cultural heritage museum service model through virtual reality and augmented reality: the effects on the overall visitor experience and satisfaction Mariapina Trunfio, Maria Della Lucia, Salvatore Campana et al. · Journal of Heritage Tourism 6 Jan 2021 320
48 Tacit narratives: The meanings of archives Eric Ketelaar · Archives and Museum Informatics Jun 2001 319
49 A content service deployment plan for metaverse museum exhibitions—Centering on the combination of beacons and HMDs Hee-Soo Choi, Sang‐Heon Kim · International Journal of Information Management 6 May 2016 315
50 Moving from task-oriented to learning-oriented strategies on school excursions to museums Janette Griffin, David Symington · Science Education Nov 1997 310

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