Leon Mach

849 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 585 citations indexed

About

Leon Mach is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon Mach has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 585 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Social Psychology and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Leon Mach's work include Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (8 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (7 papers) and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (6 papers). Leon Mach is often cited by papers focused on Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (8 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (7 papers) and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (6 papers). Leon Mach collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and United Kingdom. Leon Mach's co-authors include Heather Thomson, Cory Budischak, Willett Kempton, Dana E. Veron, Jess Ponting, Ana Manero, James Connors, B. Bynum Boley, Jesse Abrams and Daniel Guttentag and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Power Sources and Tourism Management.

In The Last Decade

Leon Mach

16 papers receiving 564 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.

Cost-minimized combinations of wind power, solar power and electrochemical storage, powering the grid up to 99.9% of the time

2012 403 citations Cory Budischak, Heather Thomson et al. Journal of Power Sources profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leon Mach United States	10	319	142	118	83	78	18	585
Meinrad Bürer Switzerland	9	220 0.7×	40 0.3×	92 0.8×	14 0.2×	125 1.6×	17	599
Ju‐Hee Kim South Korea	14	125 0.4×	61 0.4×	183 1.6×	17 0.2×	119 1.5×	71	659
Francesco Mancini Italy	16	227 0.7×	65 0.5×	30 0.3×	20 0.2×	139 1.8×	34	605
Nikolaos Tasios Greece	7	271 0.8×	58 0.4×	39 0.3×	9 0.1×	216 2.8×	11	552
Jon Terés-Zubiaga Spain	17	184 0.6×	42 0.3×	74 0.6×	46 0.6×	221 2.8×	30	776
Tetsuya Tamaki Japan	8	191 0.6×	111 0.8×	25 0.2×	9 0.1×	125 1.6×	19	529
Thomas Boermans Denmark	7	585 1.8×	128 0.9×	39 0.3×	34 0.4×	437 5.6×	10	904
Zenaida Mourão Portugal	14	97 0.3×	31 0.2×	56 0.5×	25 0.3×	68 0.9×	32	526
Reza Fazeli Iceland	14	205 0.6×	84 0.6×	32 0.3×	8 0.1×	192 2.5×	28	548
Glenn Costin Australia	7	76 0.2×	31 0.2×	30 0.3×	24 0.3×	70 0.9×	13	307

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leon Mach

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All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

Ponting, Jess & Leon Mach. (2025). Big fines and fake signs: lessons for natural recreation resource governance from surfing in the time of COVID-19. Sport in Society. 28(2). 234–257.

Mach, Leon, et al.. (2025). Lifestyle migration and the emergence of ‘Airbnburbs’ in the Global South. Tourism Geographies. 27(5). 917–938.

Collin, Rachel, Andrew H. Altieri, Kathryn E. Clark, et al.. (2024). Using forty years of research to view Bahía Almirante on the Caribbean Coast of Panama as an integrated social-ecological system. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 306. 108878–108878. 3 indexed citations

Mach, Leon, et al.. (2024). Whose Cultural Ecosystem Service Values Matter? Exploring Power Inequities in Diverse Mangrove Communities. Human Ecology. 52(1). 81–97. 12 indexed citations

Mach, Leon, et al.. (2024). Place attachment, wellbeing, and conservation in surf destination communities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1 indexed citations

Manero, Ana & Leon Mach. (2023). Valuing surfing ecosystems: an environmental economics and natural resources management perspective. Tourism Geographies. 25(6). 1602–1629. 11 indexed citations

Boley, B. Bynum, et al.. (2023). Expanding protected areas: a case for repairing intergenerational social capital rather than taking the path of least resistance. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 32(10). 2098–2117. 5 indexed citations

Mach, Leon, et al.. (2023). Wildlife tourism maps and the governance of environmental collapse. Tourism Geographies. 25(5). 1465–1482. 6 indexed citations

Mach, Leon, et al.. (2022). Party tourism impacts on local stakeholders. Anatolia. 33(2). 222–235. 6 indexed citations

10.

Armenta, Richard F., Jeff A. Nessler, Matthew M. Schubert, et al.. (2021). Fluid Loss in Recreational Surfers. International journal of exercise science. 14(6). 423–434. 2 indexed citations

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Mach, Leon & Jess Ponting. (2021). Establishing a pre-COVID-19 baseline for surf tourism: Trip expenditure and attitudes, behaviors and willingness to pay for sustainability. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 100011–100011. 38 indexed citations

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Mach, Leon. (2021). Surf Tourism in Uncertain Times: Resident Perspectives on the Sustainability Implications of COVID-19. Societies. 11(3). 75–75. 16 indexed citations

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Mach, Leon, et al.. (2019). Tourists want to be spooked, not schooled: sustaining indigenous tourism in the Bastimentos Island National Marine Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama. Journal of Ecotourism. 20(2). 130–144. 16 indexed citations

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Mach, Leon. (2019). Surf-for-Development: An Exploration of Program Recipient Perspectives in Lobitos, Peru. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 43(6). 438–461. 11 indexed citations

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Mach, Leon, et al.. (2019). Protected area entry fees and governance quality. Tourism Management. 77. 104003–104003. 12 indexed citations

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Mach, Leon & Jess Ponting. (2018). Governmentality and surf tourism destination governance. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 26(11). 1845–1862. 24 indexed citations

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Mach, Leon, et al.. (2018). Riding waves of intra-seasonal demand in surf tourism: analysing the nexus of seasonality and 21^stcentury surf forecasting technology. Annals of Leisure Research. 23(2). 184–202. 19 indexed citations

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Budischak, Cory, et al.. (2012). Cost-minimized combinations of wind power, solar power and electrochemical storage, powering the grid up to 99.9% of the time. Journal of Power Sources. 225. 60–74. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

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