John Ap

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

John Ap is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Transportation and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, John Ap has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Transportation and 7 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in John Ap's work include Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (21 papers), Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (7 papers) and Cruise Tourism Development and Management (7 papers). John Ap is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (21 papers), Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (7 papers) and Cruise Tourism Development and Management (7 papers). John Ap collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United States and Macao. John Ap's co-authors include John L. Crompton, Kevin Wong, Yong Zhou, Hanqin Qiu Zhang, King Man Eric Chong, Nelson K. F. Tsang, Dan Wang, Alan A. Lew, Guangrui Zhang and Turgut Var and has published in prestigious journals such as Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research and Journal of Travel Research.

In The Last Decade

John Ap

26 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Residents' perceptions on tourism impacts 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 400 800 1.2k
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. Residents' perceptions on tourism impacts
    1992 1.2k citations John Ap Annals of Tourism Research profile →

Peers

John Ap
Claudia Jurowski United States
Patrick Long United States
Graham M. S. Dann United Kingdom
Ady Milman United States
Natan Uriely Israel
Ercan Sirakaya United States
Jafar Jafari United States
Alan Fyall United States
Cevat Tosun Türkiye
G.J. Ashworth Netherlands
Claudia Jurowski United States
John Ap
Citations per year, relative to John Ap John Ap (= 1×) peers Claudia Jurowski

Countries citing papers authored by John Ap

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of John Ap's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by John Ap with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites John Ap more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by John Ap

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by John Ap. 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 John Ap. The network helps show where John Ap may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Ap

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Ap. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Ap 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 John Ap. John Ap 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
1.
Ap, John, et al.. (2023). An Exploration of Collective Memory in the Tourism Context. Journal of China Tourism Research. 20(3). 676–707. 3 indexed citations
2.
Ap, John, et al.. (2017). The impacts of casino tourism development on Macao residents’ livelihood. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes. 9(3). 260–273. 12 indexed citations
3.
Lam, Chi Chiu & John Ap. (2016). Review and analysis of the film tourism literature. PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University).
4.
Chon, Kaye Sung, Guangrui Zhang, Alan A. Lew, John Ap, & Lawrence X. Yu. (2013). Tourism in China. 3 indexed citations
5.
Zhou, Yong, John Ap, & Thomas Bauer. (2012). Government motivations for hosting the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 10(2). 185–201. 5 indexed citations
6.
Ap, John. (2010). Tourism in China: destinations, culture and communities. Journal of Heritage Tourism. 5(1). 85–86. 15 indexed citations
7.
Kim, Seongseop, et al.. (2008). Is There Competition in the Exhibition Market in Asia? Analysis of the Positioning of Major Asian Exhibition Host Cities. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. 13(3). 205–227. 29 indexed citations
8.
Tsang, Nelson K. F. & John Ap. (2007). Tourists’ Perceptions of Relational Quality Service Attributes: A Cross-Cultural Study. Journal of Travel Research. 45(3). 355–363. 111 indexed citations
9.
Lew, Alan A., et al.. (2002). Tourism in China. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 69 indexed citations
10.
Ap, John & John L. Crompton. (2001). Response to Lankford. Journal of Travel Research. 39(3). 317–318. 2 indexed citations
11.
Ap, John & Kevin Wong. (2001). Case study on tour guiding: professionalism, issues and problems. Tourism Management. 22(5). 551–563. 383 indexed citations
12.
Zhang, Hanqin Qiu, King Man Eric Chong, & John Ap. (1999). An analysis of tourism policy development in modern China. Tourism Management. 20(4). 471–485. 174 indexed citations
13.
Ap, John & John L. Crompton. (1998). Developing and Testing a Tourism Impact Scale. Journal of Travel Research. 37(2). 120–130. 403 indexed citations
14.
Sandiford, Peter John & John Ap. (1998). The Role of Ethnographic Techniques in Tourism Planning. Journal of Travel Research. 37(1). 3–11. 10 indexed citations
15.
Ap, John. (1995). Understanding host residents' perceptions of the impacts of tourism through social exchange theory. UMI eBooks. 11 indexed citations
16.
Ap, John. (1992). Development of a tourism impact scale in the host resident context.. 4 indexed citations
17.
Ap, John. (1992). Residents' perceptions on tourism impacts. Annals of Tourism Research. 19(4). 665–690. 1246 indexed citations breakdown →
18.
Ap, John, et al.. (1991). Perceptions of tourism impacts: insights from a qualitative study of four Texan communities.. 2 indexed citations
19.
Ap, John & Turgut Var. (1990). Does tourism promote world peace?. Tourism Management. 11(3). 267–273. 20 indexed citations
20.
Ap, John. (1990). Residents' perceptions research on the social impacts of tourism. Annals of Tourism Research. 17(4). 610–616. 245 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Claudia Jurowski Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Patrick Long Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Graham M. S. Dann Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ady Milman Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Natan Uriely Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ercan Sirakaya Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jafar Jafari Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Alan Fyall Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Cevat Tosun Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by G.J. Ashworth
Rankless by CCL
2026