Ko Koens

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ko Koens is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Transportation. According to data from OpenAlex, Ko Koens has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Demography and 8 papers in Transportation. Recurrent topics in Ko Koens's work include Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (25 papers), Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (10 papers) and Cruise Tourism Development and Management (5 papers). Ko Koens is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (25 papers), Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (10 papers) and Cruise Tourism Development and Management (5 papers). Ko Koens collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, South Africa and United Kingdom. Ko Koens's co-authors include Albert Postma, Bernadett Papp, Fabian Frenzel, Frans Melissen, Carlo Aall, Claudio Milano, Rhodri Thomas, Carel Dieperink, Miriam Miranda and Igor Mayer and has published in prestigious journals such as Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Ko Koens

30 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Is Overtourism Overused? Understanding the Impact of Tourism in a City Context

2018 437 citations Ko Koens, Albert Postma et al. Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ko Koens Netherlands	19	889	300	230	192	118	31	1.1k
Claudio Milano Spain	12	792 0.9×	307 1.0×	232 1.0×	176 0.9×	103 0.9×	32	997
Albert Postma Netherlands	10	942 1.1×	396 1.3×	175 0.8×	257 1.3×	109 0.9×	22	1.1k
Hugues Séraphin United Kingdom	18	1.0k 1.2×	303 1.0×	233 1.0×	228 1.2×	113 1.0×	83	1.3k
Gemma Cànoves Spain	16	828 0.9×	221 0.7×	231 1.0×	113 0.6×	121 1.0×	82	1.1k
Karla Boluk Canada	16	773 0.9×	167 0.6×	406 1.8×	153 0.8×	110 0.9×	50	1.3k
Eugenia Wickens United Kingdom	13	958 1.1×	223 0.7×	271 1.2×	107 0.6×	123 1.0×	33	1.2k
Sheela Agarwal United Kingdom	16	929 1.0×	479 1.6×	247 1.1×	176 0.9×	87 0.7×	34	1.2k
Azizan Marzuki Malaysia	19	831 0.9×	261 0.9×	153 0.7×	139 0.7×	124 1.1×	103	1.1k
Raoul Bianchi United Kingdom	16	908 1.0×	212 0.7×	381 1.7×	82 0.4×	166 1.4×	24	1.1k
Joseph M. Cheer Australia	18	1.3k 1.4×	338 1.1×	414 1.8×	165 0.9×	262 2.2×	63	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ko Koens

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ko Koens

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ko Koens

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ko Koens. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ko Koens 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 Ko Koens. Ko Koens is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Milano, Claudio, Ko Koens, & Antonio Paolo Russo. (2024). The politics of urban tourism (im)mobilities: Critical perspectives on inequalities and social justice. Cities. 152. 105148–105148. 3 indexed citations

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Nieuwland, Shirley, Mariangela Lavanga, & Ko Koens. (2024). Using adaptive cycles and panarchy to understand processes of touristification and gentrification in Valencia, Spain. Tourism Management. 106. 105011–105011. 3 indexed citations

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Mzembe, Andrew Ngawenja, Ko Koens, & Licia Calvi. (2023). The institutional antecedents of sustainable development in cultural heritage tourism. Sustainable Development. 31(4). 2196–2211. 18 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Robert, et al.. (2023). From overtourism to undertourism... and back? The struggle to manage tourism regrowth in post-pandemic Amsterdam. Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles. 3 indexed citations

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Matteucci, Xavier, et al.. (2022). Envisioning the futures of cultural tourism. Futures. 142. 103013–103013. 21 indexed citations

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Milano, Claudio & Ko Koens. (2021). The paradox of tourism extremes. Excesses and restraints in times of COVID-19. Current Issues in Tourism. 25(2). 219–231. 48 indexed citations

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Koens, Ko. (2021). Reframing urban tourism.. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations

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Walmsley, Andreas, Ko Koens, & Claudio Milano. (2021). Overtourism and employment outcomes for the tourism worker: impacts to labour markets. Tourism Review. 77(1). 1–15. 22 indexed citations

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Melissen, Frans, et al.. (2020). Identifying stakeholder perspectives and worldviews on sustainable urban tourism development using a Q-sort methodology. Current Issues in Tourism. 24(4). 520–535. 30 indexed citations

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Koens, Ko, Jeroen Klijs, Jessika Weber, et al.. (2020). Serious gaming to stimulate participatory urban tourism planning. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 30(9). 2167–2186. 19 indexed citations

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Calvi, Licia, et al.. (2020). The future of cultural tourism: steps towards resilience and future scenarios.. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2020(2). 2 indexed citations

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Aall, Carlo & Ko Koens. (2019). The Discourse on Sustainable Urban Tourism: The Need for Discussing More Than Overtourism. Sustainability. 11(15). 4228–4228. 48 indexed citations

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Koens, Ko, et al.. (2018). Presentation of UNWTO Report ‘Overtourism? Understanding and managing urban tourism growth beyond perceptions’. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 22 indexed citations

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Koens, Ko. (2018). Dealing with overtourism in European cities. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).

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Koens, Ko, et al.. (2017). Ownership perceptions in European hotel management agreements. International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration. 20(4). 449–467. 6 indexed citations

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Koens, Ko & Rhodri Thomas. (2016). “You know that's a rip-off”: policies and practices surrounding micro-enterprises and poverty alleviation in South African township tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 24(12). 1641–1654. 33 indexed citations

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Frenzel, Fabian & Ko Koens. (2015). Tourism and geographies of inequality : the new global slumming phenomenon. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations

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Melissen, Frans & Ko Koens. (2015). Adding researchers' behaviour to the research agenda: bridging the science–policy gap in sustainable tourism mobility. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 24(3). 335–349. 19 indexed citations

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Koens, Ko. (2014). Small Businesses and Township Tourism around Cape Town. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 5 indexed citations

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Frenzel, Fabian & Ko Koens. (2012). Slum Tourism: Developments in a Young Field of Interdisciplinary Tourism Research. Tourism Geographies. 14(2). 195–212. 75 indexed citations

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