Cara Aitchison

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Cara Aitchison is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Cara Aitchison has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Social Psychology and 16 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Cara Aitchison's work include Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (23 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (16 papers) and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (13 papers). Cara Aitchison is often cited by papers focused on Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (23 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (16 papers) and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (13 papers). Cara Aitchison collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Cara Aitchison's co-authors include Sally Everett, Fiona Jordan, Nicola E. MacLeod, Stephen Shaw, Celia Brackenridge, Mei‐Po Kwan, Peter Hopkins, Annette Pritchard, Karla A. Henderson and Sonja van Wichelen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association and Leisure Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Cara Aitchison

45 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Role of Food Tourism in Sustaining Regional Identity:... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cara Aitchison United Kingdom 17 1.4k 502 369 361 239 47 1.8k
Deepak Chhabra United States 20 1.7k 1.3× 293 0.6× 342 0.9× 172 0.5× 141 0.6× 81 2.1k
Carol J. Steiner United States 12 1.2k 0.9× 219 0.4× 282 0.8× 87 0.2× 102 0.4× 26 1.6k
Kellee Caton Canada 15 1.0k 0.7× 198 0.4× 162 0.4× 100 0.3× 257 1.1× 31 1.4k
Lena Mossberg Sweden 22 1.6k 1.2× 209 0.4× 731 2.0× 166 0.5× 352 1.5× 49 2.4k
Samuel C. Heílman United States 15 1.4k 1.0× 243 0.5× 136 0.4× 92 0.3× 60 0.3× 65 1.9k
Jillian M. Rickly United Kingdom 19 1.2k 0.8× 363 0.7× 204 0.6× 76 0.2× 50 0.2× 47 1.5k
Nelson Graburn United States 20 1.2k 0.9× 138 0.3× 182 0.5× 71 0.2× 119 0.5× 107 1.7k
Heather Mair Canada 20 837 0.6× 269 0.5× 83 0.2× 96 0.3× 81 0.3× 58 1.2k
Avital Biran United Kingdom 15 1.5k 1.1× 618 1.2× 78 0.2× 91 0.3× 78 0.3× 20 2.0k
Barbara A. Carmichael Canada 15 659 0.5× 193 0.4× 165 0.4× 53 0.1× 228 1.0× 32 961

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cara Aitchison

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aitchison, Cara. (2021). Gender and Tourism: Social, Cultural and Spatial Perspectives.
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Aitchison, Cara. (2013). Gender and Leisure. 12 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara. (2012). TOURISM IMPACT of WIND FARMS: Submitted to Renewables Inquiry Scottish Government. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 1 indexed citations
4.
Aitchison, Cara. (2009). Exclusive discourses: leisure studies and disability. Leisure Studies. 28(4). 375–386. 62 indexed citations
5.
Everett, Sally & Cara Aitchison. (2008). The Role of Food Tourism in Sustaining Regional Identity: A Case Study of Cornwall, South West England. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 16(2). 150–167. 390 indexed citations breakdown →
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Everett, Sally & Cara Aitchison. (2007). Food tourism and the regeneration of regional identity in Cornwall: An exploratory case study. UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol). 167–192. 6 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara. (2005). Feminist and gender perspectives in tourism studies. Tourist Studies. 5(3). 207–224. 80 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara. (2003). Gender and Leisure: Social and Cultural Perspectives. UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol). 103 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara. (2003). From leisure and disability to disability leisure: developing data, definitions and discourses. Disability & Society. 18(7). 955–969. 106 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara. (2002). Can the subaltern speak (in tourism): Theorizing other discourses of tourism, gender and culture. UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol). 1 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara & Fiona Jordan. (2001). Tourism, gender and corporeality: Disciplining the body for the beach. UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol). 1 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara. (2001). Gender and Leisure Research: The "Codification of Knowledge". Leisure Sciences. 23(1). 1–19. 70 indexed citations
14.
Aitchison, Cara, Nicola E. MacLeod, & Stephen Shaw. (2000). Leisure and Tourism Landscapes: Social and Cultural Geographies. 119 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara. (2000). Women in leisure services: managing the social-cultural nexus of gender equity. Managing Leisure. 5(4). 181–191. 16 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara. (1999). New cultural geographies: the spatiality of leisure, gender and sexuality. Leisure Studies. 18(1). 19–39. 114 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara, et al.. (1998). Gendered (bed)spaces: the culture and commerce of women only tourism. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 163(4). 47–68. 25 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara, et al.. (1998). Sub-cultural strategies in patriarchal leisure professional cultures.. 89–108. 4 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara, et al.. (1998). Flexible work, disappearing leisure? Feminist perspectives on women's leisure as spaces for resistance to gender stereotypes.. 111–126. 4 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Cara. (1996). PATRIARCHAL PARADIGMS AND THE POLITICS OF PEDAGOGY: A FRAMEWORK FOR A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF LEISURE AND TOURISM STUDIES. World Leisure & Recreation. 38(4). 38–40. 4 indexed citations

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