Christopher Gaffney

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 928 citations indexed

About

Christopher Gaffney is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Gaffney has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 928 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Gender Studies and 5 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Christopher Gaffney's work include Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (14 papers), Sports, Gender, and Society (10 papers) and Physical Education and Sports Studies (6 papers). Christopher Gaffney is often cited by papers focused on Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (14 papers), Sports, Gender, and Society (10 papers) and Physical Education and Sports Studies (6 papers). Christopher Gaffney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Russia. Christopher Gaffney's co-authors include Martín Müller, David Gogishvili, Sven Daniel Wolfe, Jules Boykoff, Bruno Eeckels, Joseph P. Messina, Eva Kaßens-Noor, Robert Oliver, Korine N. Kolivras and Vincent Gaffney and has published in prestigious journals such as Tourism Management, Sustainability and Nature Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Gaffney

27 papers receiving 850 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mega-events and socio-spatial dynamics in Rio de Janeiro, 1919-2016

2010 202 citations Christopher Gaffney Journal of Latin American geography profile →

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John Lauermann United States

Charles H. Heying United States

Beatriz García United Kingdom

Sacha Reid Australia

Philip Feifan Xie United States

Nina Mistilis Australia

Nikolaos Boukas Cyprus

Linda Osti Italy

María D. Álvarez Türkiye

Cecilia Pasquinelli Italy

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Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Gaffney

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Gaffney

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Gaffney

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Müller, Martín, et al.. (2022). Peak event: the rise, crisis and potential decline of the Olympic Games and the World Cup. Tourism Management. 95. 104657–104657. 19 indexed citations

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Müller, Martín, et al.. (2021). An evaluation of the sustainability of the Olympic Games. Nature Sustainability. 4(4). 340–348. 97 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher. (2021). Geoporn: spectacular reproduction in Olympic Rio de Janeiro. Sport in Society. 25(10). 2124–2144. 1 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher & Bruno Eeckels. (2020). COVID-19 and Tourism Risk in the Americas. Journal of Latin American geography. 4 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher & Bruno Eeckels. (2020). Covid-19 and Tourism Risk in the Americas. Journal of Latin American geography. 19(3). 308–313. 22 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher. (2018). Can We Blame it on Rio?. Bulletin of Latin American Research. 38(3). 267–283. 16 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher. (2017). MEGAEVENTOS E DINÂMICAS SÓCIO-ESPACIAIS NO RIO DE JANEIRO, 1919-2016. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 2 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher. (2016). Transforming Rio – for the benefit of whom?. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 70. 35–42. 2 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher, et al.. (2016). Smarter than Smart: Rio de Janeiro's Flawed Emergence as a Smart City. Journal of Urban Technology. 25(3). 47–64. 95 indexed citations

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Oliver, Robert, et al.. (2016). Negotiating “New” Narratives. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 41(1). 70–93. 15 indexed citations

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Kaßens-Noor, Eva, et al.. (2016). Olympic Transport Legacies: Rio de Janeiro’s Bus Rapid Transit System. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 38(1). 13–24. 31 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher. (2015). Gentrifications in pre-Olympic Rio de Janeiro. Urban Geography. 37(8). 1132–1153. 107 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher. (2014). The mega-event city as neo-liberal laboratory: the case of Rio de Janeiro. 4(8). 217–237. 13 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher. (2013). Virando o jogo. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 39(2). 155–174. 10 indexed citations

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White, Roger, et al.. (2013). Wroxeter, the Cornovii and the Urban Process. Volume 2: Characterizing the City. Final Report of the Wroxeter Hinterland Project, 1994-1997. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Scherer, Kurt, et al.. (2012). How Can I Be Politically Involved in Radiology? A Report of the Florida Radiology Resident's Challenge. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 9(11). 846–847. 1 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher, et al.. (2010). Rio de Janeiro e Barcelona: os limites do paradigma olímpico.. Biblio 3w: revista bibliográfica de geografía y ciencias sociales. 17. 2 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher. (2009). Stadiums and society in twenty‐first century Buenos Aires. Soccer and Society. 10(2). 160–182. 11 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher. (2008). The application of the inclusion-exclusion principle in learning Monotone Boolean functions. 39–56. 1 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Christopher, et al.. (2006). The soccer stadium as a disciplinary space.. 1(1). 1–16. 9 indexed citations

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