Jarkko Saarinen

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Jarkko Saarinen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Transportation. According to data from OpenAlex, Jarkko Saarinen has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 33 papers in Demography and 22 papers in Transportation. Recurrent topics in Jarkko Saarinen's work include Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (77 papers), Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (28 papers) and Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (22 papers). Jarkko Saarinen is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (77 papers), Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (28 papers) and Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (22 papers). Jarkko Saarinen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, South Africa and Sweden. Jarkko Saarinen's co-authors include C. Michael Hall, Eva Kaján, Anna Torres Delgado, Kaarina Tervo-Kankare, Christian M. Rogerson, Wame L. Hambira, Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir, Alix Varnajot, Haretsebe Manwa and Dieter K. Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Tourism Management.

In The Last Decade

Jarkko Saarinen

118 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Traditions of sustainability in tourism studies 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jarkko Saarinen Finland 32 3.1k 795 795 584 447 134 4.0k
Gyan P. Nyaupane United States 31 2.8k 0.9× 575 0.7× 687 0.9× 844 1.4× 326 0.7× 77 3.5k
Brijesh Thapa United States 36 3.0k 1.0× 605 0.8× 427 0.5× 955 1.6× 444 1.0× 118 4.4k
Brian Garrod United Kingdom 31 2.8k 0.9× 644 0.8× 388 0.5× 394 0.7× 220 0.5× 101 3.9k
Harold Goodwin United Kingdom 23 2.1k 0.7× 451 0.6× 808 1.0× 303 0.5× 434 1.0× 53 2.7k
Sanjay K. Nepal Canada 32 1.9k 0.6× 448 0.6× 474 0.6× 554 0.9× 734 1.6× 75 3.2k
William P. Stewart United States 29 2.3k 0.7× 449 0.6× 335 0.4× 1.0k 1.7× 429 1.0× 105 3.4k
Melville Saayman South Africa 32 3.3k 1.1× 779 1.0× 278 0.3× 1.0k 1.8× 332 0.7× 285 4.5k
James Higham New Zealand 45 4.0k 1.3× 756 1.0× 452 0.6× 1.1k 1.9× 581 1.3× 142 6.0k
B. Bynum Boley United States 31 2.5k 0.8× 329 0.4× 665 0.8× 483 0.8× 217 0.5× 94 3.4k
Stephen F. McCool United States 25 2.5k 0.8× 656 0.8× 426 0.5× 1.2k 2.0× 789 1.8× 116 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Jarkko Saarinen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jarkko Saarinen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Jarkko Saarinen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Jarkko Saarinen. The network helps show where Jarkko Saarinen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jarkko Saarinen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jarkko Saarinen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jarkko Saarinen 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 Jarkko Saarinen. Jarkko Saarinen 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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Saarinen, Jarkko, et al.. (2025). Institutional limits of sustainability in tourism governance: changing governance rationalities in protected area tourism in Finland. Journal of Ecotourism. 24(4). 461–481. 2 indexed citations
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Tichaawa, Tembi Maloney & Jarkko Saarinen. (2024). From recovery to resilience building in tourism. Development Southern Africa. 41(4). 667–668.
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Seyfi, Siamak, C. Michael Hall, Jarkko Saarinen, & Tan Vo‐Thanh. (2022). Do international sanctions help or inhibit justice and sustainability in tourism?. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 31(12). 2716–2733. 9 indexed citations
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Müller, Dieter K., Doris A. Carson, Gunnar Þór Jóhannesson, et al.. (2020). Arctic Tourism in Times of Change: Dimensions of Urban Tourism. TemaNord. 11 indexed citations
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Więckowski, Marek & Jarkko Saarinen. (2019). Tourism transitions, changes, and the creation of new spaces and places in Central-Eastern Europe. Przegląd Geograficzny. 82(4). 369–377. 9 indexed citations
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Więckowski, Marek & Jarkko Saarinen. (2019). Tourism transitions, changes, and the creation of new spaces and places in Central-Eastern Europe. Geographia Polonica. 92(4). 369–377. 16 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Jarkko & Sandra Wall-Reinius. (2019). Enclaves in tourism: producing and governing exclusive spaces for tourism. Tourism Geographies. 21(5). 739–748. 23 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Jarkko. (2016). Cultural tourism and the role of crafts in Southern Africa: The case of craft markets in Windhoek, Namibia. University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE). 64(4). 409–418. 11 indexed citations
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Hambira, Wame L. & Jarkko Saarinen. (2015). Policy-makers’ perceptions of the tourism–climate change nexus: Policy needs and constraints in Botswana. Development Southern Africa. 32(3). 350–362. 30 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Jarkko. (2015). The social construction of tourist destinations: the process of transformation of the Saariselkä tourism region in Finland. Jukuri (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)). 3 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Jarkko, et al.. (2015). Näkökulmia suomalaiseen maisematutkimukseen ja -suunnitteluun.. Jukuri (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)).
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Hambira, Wame L., et al.. (2015). Perceptions of tourism operators towards adaptations to climate change in naturebased tourism: the quest for sustainable tourism in Botswana. Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies. 27(1). 69–85. 3 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Jarkko. (2014). Tourism Geographies: Connections with human geography and emerging responsible geographies. Geographia Polonica. 87(3). 343–352. 14 indexed citations
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Duim, V.R. van der, et al.. (2011). New Alliances for Tourism, Conservation and Development in Eastern and Southern Africa. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 28 indexed citations
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Hall, C. Michael & Jarkko Saarinen. (2010). Polar Tourism: Definitions and Dimensions. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. 10(4). 448–467. 80 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Jarkko, et al.. (2009). Sustainable Tourism Planning and Regional Development in Peripheries: A Nordic View. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. 9(4). 424–435. 81 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Jarkko & Haretsebe Manwa. (2008). Tourism as a socio-cultural encounter: host-guest relations in tourism development in Botswana. Botswana notes and records. 39. 43–53. 7 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Jarkko. (2003). Tourist destinations and the production of representations in tourism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 32(2). 1–9–1–9. 1 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Jarkko, et al.. (2002). Matkailun aluetaloudellisten vaikutusten arviointi : matkailun tulo- ja työllisyysvaikutukset Pelkosenniemellä. Jukuri (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)). 114(1). 3 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Jarkko. (1995). Matkailualueen hahmottuminen: kaksi näkökulmaa matkailualueen kehittymiseen. Jukuri (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)). 107(4).

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