Kellee Caton

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kellee Caton is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Kellee Caton has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Demography and 9 papers in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management. Recurrent topics in Kellee Caton's work include Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (17 papers), Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (13 papers) and Hospitality and Tourism Education (8 papers). Kellee Caton is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (17 papers), Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (13 papers) and Hospitality and Tourism Education (8 papers). Kellee Caton collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Israel. Kellee Caton's co-authors include Yaniv Belhassen, Carla Almeida Santos, William P. Stewart, Bryan S. R. Grimwood, Rob Hales, David J. Hill, Christian Schott, Roberto Daniele, Ana María Munar and Dianne Dredge and has published in prestigious journals such as Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research and Journal of Travel Research.

In The Last Decade

Kellee Caton

30 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

The search for authenticity in the pilgrim experience 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300
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. The search for authenticity in the pilgrim experience
    2008 344 citations Yaniv Belhassen, Kellee Caton et al. Annals of Tourism Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kellee Caton Canada 15 1.0k 378 338 257 198 31 1.4k
Keıth Hollınshead United Kingdom 20 1.2k 1.2× 304 0.8× 379 1.1× 281 1.1× 179 0.9× 60 1.4k
Hazel Tucker New Zealand 23 1.0k 1.0× 236 0.6× 417 1.2× 123 0.5× 260 1.3× 58 1.4k
Samuel C. Heílman United States 15 1.4k 1.4× 309 0.8× 474 1.4× 60 0.2× 243 1.2× 65 1.9k
Carol J. Steiner United States 12 1.2k 1.1× 338 0.9× 140 0.4× 102 0.4× 219 1.1× 26 1.6k
Nelson Graburn United States 20 1.2k 1.1× 381 1.0× 258 0.8× 119 0.5× 138 0.7× 107 1.7k
Donna Chambers United Kingdom 15 712 0.7× 145 0.4× 207 0.6× 157 0.6× 112 0.6× 31 910
Cara Aitchison United Kingdom 17 1.4k 1.3× 142 0.4× 210 0.6× 239 0.9× 502 2.5× 47 1.8k
Deepak Chhabra United States 20 1.7k 1.7× 388 1.0× 172 0.5× 141 0.5× 293 1.5× 81 2.1k
Dennison Nash United States 18 950 0.9× 202 0.5× 238 0.7× 193 0.8× 219 1.1× 60 1.4k
Jennie Small Australia 17 657 0.6× 79 0.2× 165 0.5× 83 0.3× 304 1.5× 41 979

Countries citing papers authored by Kellee Caton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kellee Caton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kellee Caton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kellee Caton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kellee Caton 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 Kellee Caton. Kellee Caton 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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Grimwood, Bryan S. R., et al.. (2020). Becoming common plantain: metaphor, settler responsibility, and decolonizing tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 29(2-3). 234–252. 22 indexed citations
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Caton, Kellee, et al.. (2020). Wine and Culinary Tourism Futures: Introduction to the Special Issue. Tourism Analysis. 26(2). 105–108. 1 indexed citations
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Grimwood, Bryan S. R., et al.. (2019). Story and moral development in tourism education. Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism. 19(1). 22–38. 10 indexed citations
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Belhassen, Yaniv, et al.. (2019). Boot camps, bugs, and dreams: Metaphor analysis of internship experiences in the hospitality industry. Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education. 27. 100228–100228. 8 indexed citations
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Caton, Kellee & Bryan S. R. Grimwood. (2018). Ethics for a Wild World. Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism. 18(1). 1–7. 4 indexed citations
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Hales, Rob & Kellee Caton. (2017). Proximity ethics, climate change and the flyer’s dilemma: Ethical negotiations of the hypermobile traveller. Tourist Studies. 17(1). 94–113. 21 indexed citations
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Caton, Kellee. (2015). Growing on the go? Moral development and tourism. Annals of Leisure Research. 18(1). 1–8. 11 indexed citations
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Caton, Kellee, Christian Schott, & Roberto Daniele. (2014). Tourism’s Imperative for Global Citizenship. Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism. 14(2). 123–128. 7 indexed citations
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Caton, Kellee. (2014). The Routledge handbook of cultural tourism. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 14(1). 88–89. 5 indexed citations
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Caton, Kellee. (2014). On the practical value of a liberal education. 75–86. 7 indexed citations
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Caton, Kellee. (2013). Between You and Me: Making Messes with Constructivism and Critical Theory. Tourism Culture & Communication. 13(2). 127–137. 5 indexed citations
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Caton, Kellee. (2012). Taking the moral turn in tourism studies. Annals of Tourism Research. 39(4). 1906–1928. 122 indexed citations
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Belhassen, Yaniv & Kellee Caton. (2011). On the need for critical pedagogy in tourism education. Tourism Management. 32(6). 1389–1396. 98 indexed citations
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Caton, Kellee & Carla Almeida Santos. (2009). Images of the Other. Journal of Travel Research. 48(2). 191–204. 96 indexed citations
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Caton, Kellee. (2008). Encountering the Other through study abroad. 1 indexed citations
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Belhassen, Yaniv, Kellee Caton, & William P. Stewart. (2008). The search for authenticity in the pilgrim experience. Annals of Tourism Research. 35(3). 668–689. 344 indexed citations breakdown →
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Caton, Kellee & Carla Almeida Santos. (2008). Closing the hermeneutic circle? photographic encounters with the other. Annals of Tourism Research. 35(1). 7–26. 123 indexed citations
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Caton, Kellee & Carla Almeida Santos. (2007). Heritage Tourism on Route 66: Deconstructing Nostalgia. Journal of Travel Research. 45(4). 371–386. 140 indexed citations
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Belhassen, Yaniv & Kellee Caton. (2006). Authenticity Matters. Annals of Tourism Research. 33(3). 853–856. 76 indexed citations

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