Bob McKercher

16.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
231 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Bob McKercher is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Transportation and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bob McKercher has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 75 papers in Transportation and 49 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bob McKercher's work include Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (180 papers), Cruise Tourism Development and Management (55 papers) and Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (48 papers). Bob McKercher is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (180 papers), Cruise Tourism Development and Management (55 papers) and Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (48 papers). Bob McKercher collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, Australia and Macao. Bob McKercher's co-authors include Alan A. Lew, Hilary du Cros, Bendegül Okumuş, Fevzi Okumuş, Rob Law, Pamela S. Y. Ho, Noam Shoval, Bruce Prideaux, Eva Ng and Matthew Yau and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Business Research.

In The Last Decade

Bob McKercher

219 papers receiving 11.4k citations

Hit Papers

Modeling Tourist Movements 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2015 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Modeling Tourist Movements
    2006 433 citations Bob McKercher et al. Annals of Tourism Research profile →
  2. Ideal image in process: Online tourist photography and impression management
    2015 167 citations Bob McKercher et al. Annals of Tourism Research profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Bob McKercher 10.0k 3.5k 2.4k 1.9k 1.6k 231 12.3k
Alastair M. Morrison 9.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.6× 3.8k 1.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 320 12.9k
Chris Ryan 10.3k 1.0× 2.1k 0.6× 2.8k 1.2× 2.0k 1.0× 935 0.6× 277 13.2k
Philip L. Pearce 9.1k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 2.2k 0.9× 2.5k 1.3× 983 0.6× 256 10.9k
Donald Getz 11.1k 1.1× 1.6k 0.5× 1.6k 0.7× 2.4k 1.3× 2.5k 1.6× 164 13.6k
J. R. Brent Ritchie 13.6k 1.4× 3.3k 0.9× 4.2k 1.8× 1.9k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 118 16.1k
Abraham Pizam 8.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 2.4k 1.0× 1.8k 0.9× 859 0.6× 194 10.7k
Metin Kozak 7.6k 0.8× 2.3k 0.6× 2.3k 1.0× 960 0.5× 720 0.5× 209 9.4k
Liping A. Cai 6.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 2.5k 1.1× 1.0k 0.5× 831 0.5× 194 8.3k
Muzaffer Uysal 16.1k 1.6× 3.7k 1.0× 4.7k 2.0× 4.1k 2.1× 1.5k 1.0× 210 19.6k
Girish Prayag 7.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.3× 3.1k 1.3× 1.3k 0.7× 429 0.3× 172 10.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Bob McKercher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bob McKercher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bob McKercher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bob McKercher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bob McKercher based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bob McKercher. Bob McKercher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McKercher, Bob. (2025). Ageing, transition and the end of travel. Tourist Studies. 25(4). 350–365.
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McKercher, Bob & Brent Moyle. (2024). Beware of framework bias. Tourism Management. 106. 104992–104992. 7 indexed citations
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McKercher, Bob. (2024). A dream vacation typology. International Journal of Tourism Research. 26(3).
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McKercher, Bob, et al.. (2023). Tourism gentrification and neighbourhood transformation. International Journal of Tourism Cities. 9(4). 923–939. 6 indexed citations
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McKercher, Bob, Bruce Prideaux, & Michelle Thompson. (2023). The impact of changing seasons on in-destination tourist behaviour. Tourism Review. 79(6). 1197–1209. 7 indexed citations
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McKercher, Bob. (2021). Can pent-up demand save international tourism?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 100020–100020. 14 indexed citations
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McKercher, Bob. (2020). Anatomy of successful tourism shopping districts. International Journal of Tourism Cities. 6(4). 831–846. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Tingting Elle, Bob McKercher, & Eric T.H. Chan. (2019). Towards a conceptual framework for diaspora tourism. Current Issues in Tourism. 23(17). 2109–2126. 52 indexed citations
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McKercher, Bob & Ran Zhang. (2017). Hong Kong as a supranational destination for Chinese tourists. Journal of China Tourism Research. 13(2). 178–192. 5 indexed citations
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McKercher, Bob, et al.. (2016). A review of life cycle models by plog & butler from a marketing perspective. Routledge eBooks. 145–154. 5 indexed citations
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McKercher, Bob & Feier Chen. (2014). Non-travel: Real barriers or lack of interest. 1024. 1 indexed citations
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Prideaux, Bruce, Alexandra Coghlan, & Bob McKercher. (2009). Identifying Indicators Measure the Tourists’ Views on Climate Change. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 1768. 2 indexed citations
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McKercher, Bob & Pamela S. Y. Ho. (2006). Assessing the tourism potential of smaller cultural and heritage attractions.. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 14(5). 473–488. 74 indexed citations
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Packer, Tanya, et al.. (2006). Understanding the complex interplay between tourism, disability and environmental contexts. Disability and Rehabilitation. 29(4). 281–292. 90 indexed citations
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McKercher, Bob, et al.. (2006). Living on the edge. Annals of Tourism Research. 33(2). 508–524. 10 indexed citations
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McKercher, Bob & Kaye Chon. (2004). The Over-Reaction to SARS and the Collapse of Asian Tourism. Annals of Tourism Research. 31(3). 716–719. 224 indexed citations
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McKercher, Bob & Hilary du Cros. (1998). I climbed to the top of Ayers rock but still couldn't see Uluru: The challenge of reinventing a tourist destination. 376. 3 indexed citations
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McKercher, Bob, et al.. (1998). Do as I say and not as I did: A tourist operator perspective on developing and operating successful nature based tourism businesses. 257. 3 indexed citations
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Lindberg, Kreg & Bob McKercher. (1997). Ecotourism: a critical overview.. PLoS ONE. 1(1). 65–79. 55 indexed citations
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