Belinda Wheaton

3.3k total citations
61 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Belinda Wheaton is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Belinda Wheaton has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Social Psychology, 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 30 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Belinda Wheaton's work include Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (44 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (38 papers) and Sports, Gender, and Society (28 papers). Belinda Wheaton is often cited by papers focused on Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (44 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (38 papers) and Sports, Gender, and Society (28 papers). Belinda Wheaton collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Belinda Wheaton's co-authors include Paul Gilchrist, Holly Thorpe, Becky Beal, Rebecca Olive, Alan Tomlinson, Louise Mansfield, Jayne Caudwell, Tim Dant, Beccy Watson and Reidar Säfvenbom and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal of Health and Social Behavior and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Belinda Wheaton

57 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Belinda Wheaton New Zealand 25 1.5k 1.3k 754 142 106 61 2.0k
Holly Thorpe New Zealand 30 1.0k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 1.3k 1.8× 122 0.9× 106 1.0× 142 2.6k
Tracey J. Dickson Australia 19 504 0.3× 812 0.6× 247 0.3× 165 1.2× 18 0.2× 76 1.2k
Barbara Humberstone United Kingdom 19 666 0.5× 298 0.2× 156 0.2× 22 0.2× 55 0.5× 56 994
Maarten van Bottenburg Netherlands 20 395 0.3× 1.3k 1.0× 722 1.0× 19 0.1× 15 0.1× 74 1.9k
Kimberly J. Shinew United States 28 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 272 0.4× 10 0.1× 51 0.5× 71 2.4k
Clifton Evers Australia 15 325 0.2× 370 0.3× 205 0.3× 21 0.1× 92 0.9× 27 708
Tonia Gray Australia 22 889 0.6× 335 0.3× 63 0.1× 59 0.4× 37 0.3× 109 1.7k
Susan Houge Mackenzie New Zealand 20 754 0.5× 490 0.4× 37 0.0× 83 0.6× 51 0.5× 47 1.3k
Jason Laurendeau Canada 12 438 0.3× 404 0.3× 196 0.3× 65 0.5× 48 0.5× 22 729
Diana C. Parry Canada 27 696 0.5× 943 0.8× 341 0.5× 7 0.0× 52 0.5× 68 2.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Belinda Wheaton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wheaton, Belinda, et al.. (2024). Hydrophobia, dis/connection, and difference: Understanding Chinese immigrants’ fear of coastal swimming in Aotearoa New Zealand. Health & Place. 89. 103309–103309. 2 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Belinda, et al.. (2023). The Attempted Grobalization of Parkour by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. The International Journal of the History of Sport. 40(6-7). 556–581. 1 indexed citations
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Mansfield, Louise & Belinda Wheaton. (2023). Leisure and the Politics of the Environment. 1 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Belinda & Louise Mansfield. (2022). Fact, faction and fiction: exploring fictional composition as a tool for knowledge production in leisure research. Annals of Leisure Research. 26(5). 776–787. 1 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Holly & Belinda Wheaton. (2021). Young Gazan Refugees, Sport and Social Media: Understanding Migration as a Process of Becoming. International Migration Review. 55(3). 902–928. 9 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Belinda & Holly Thorpe. (2021). Action Sports and the Olympic Games. OAPEN (The OAPEN Foundation). 13 indexed citations
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Säfvenbom, Reidar, Belinda Wheaton, & Jennifer P. Agans. (2018). ‘How can you enjoy sports if you are under control by others?’ Self-organized lifestyle sports and youth development. Sport in Society. 21(12). 1990–2009. 38 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Belinda & Mark Doidge. (2015). Exploring the Social Benefit of Informal and Lifestyle Sports. University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton). 68. 45–49. 3 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Belinda. (2013). The Cultural Politics of Lifestyle Sports. 152 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Belinda. (2010). Introducing the consumption and representation of lifestyle sports. Sport in Society. 13(7-8). 1057–1081. 100 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Belinda. (2009). The cultural politics of lifestyle sport (re)visited: beyond white male lifestyles. 131–160. 4 indexed citations
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Wagg, Stephen, et al.. (2009). Key Concepts in Sports Studies. 11 indexed citations
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Gilchrist, Paul & Belinda Wheaton. (2008). Whatever happened to the leisure society? Theory, debate and policy.. 10 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Belinda. (2007). After Sport Culture. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 31(3). 283–307. 80 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Belinda. (2007). Identity, Politics, and the Beach: Environmental Activism in Surfers Against Sewage. Leisure Studies. 26(3). 279–302. 104 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Belinda & Becky Beal. (2003). `Keeping It Real'. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 38(2). 155–176. 186 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Belinda & Alan Tomlinson. (2001). The changing gender order in sport? The case of windsurfing subcultures.. 427–441. 4 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Belinda. (2000). “New Lads”?. Men and Masculinities. 2(4). 434–456. 58 indexed citations

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