Rita Ralston

704 total citations
17 papers, 543 citations indexed

About

Rita Ralston is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Ralston has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 543 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Demography and 6 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Rita Ralston's work include Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (12 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (10 papers) and Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (7 papers). Rita Ralston is often cited by papers focused on Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (12 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (10 papers) and Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (7 papers). Rita Ralston collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Cyprus. Rita Ralston's co-authors include Paul Downward, Geoff Nichols, Les Lumsdon, Elizabeth M. Ineson and Kirsten Holmes and has published in prestigious journals such as Tourism Management, Urban Studies and Journal of Sustainable Tourism.

In The Last Decade

Rita Ralston

17 papers receiving 496 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rita Ralston United Kingdom	13	492	177	173	123	48	17	543
Marjut Jyrkinen Finland	7	183 0.4×	192 1.1×	55 0.3×	18 0.1×	73 1.5×	31	324
Cynthia Rexroat United States	10	289 0.6×	180 1.0×	65 0.4×	30 0.2×	54 1.1×	14	391
Zenaida R. Ravanera Canada	13	344 0.7×	165 0.9×	198 1.1×	34 0.3×	6 0.1×	58	477
Yinni Peng Hong Kong	12	341 0.7×	80 0.5×	120 0.7×	20 0.2×	11 0.2×	23	460
Abigaïl Gregory United Kingdom	9	235 0.5×	156 0.9×	67 0.4×	27 0.2×	24 0.5×	18	377
Isabella Crespi Italy	9	198 0.4×	116 0.7×	55 0.3×	43 0.3×	4 0.1×	51	355
Esther de Ruijter Netherlands	9	268 0.5×	188 1.1×	79 0.5×	19 0.2×	15 0.3×	17	340
Katherine Weisshaar United States	8	211 0.4×	240 1.4×	45 0.3×	35 0.3×	37 0.8×	9	427
Nicky Le Feuvre Switzerland	14	263 0.5×	212 1.2×	39 0.2×	29 0.2×	32 0.7×	49	495
Bhagyashree Ranade United States	7	237 0.5×	13 0.1×	137 0.8×	34 0.3×	56 1.2×	8	325

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17 of 17 papers shown

Holmes, Kirsten, Geoff Nichols, & Rita Ralston. (2018). It's a Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience and Opportunity—Deal with it! Volunteer Perceptions of the Management of the Volunteer Experience at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Event Management. 22(3). 389–403. 23 indexed citations

Nichols, Geoff, Rita Ralston, & Kirsten Holmes. (2017). The 2012 Olympic Ambassadors and sustainable tourism legacy. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 25(11). 1513–1528. 19 indexed citations

Nichols, Geoff & Rita Ralston. (2016). Talking ’bout my generation: generational differences in the attitudes of volunteers at the 2012 Olympic Games. Voluntary Sector Review. 7(2). 127–147. 8 indexed citations

Nichols, Geoff & Rita Ralston. (2014). The legacy costs of delivering the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games through regulatory capitalism. Leisure Studies. 34(4). 389–404. 18 indexed citations

Nichols, Geoff & Rita Ralston. (2012). The Rewards of Individual Engagement in Volunteering: A Missing Dimension of the Big Society. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 44(12). 2974–2987. 8 indexed citations

Nichols, Geoff & Rita Ralston. (2011). Social Inclusion through Volunteering: The Legacy Potential of the 2012 Olympic Games. Sociology. 45(5). 900–914. 51 indexed citations

Nichols, Geoff & Rita Ralston. (2011). Lessons from the Volunteering Legacy of the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Urban Studies. 49(1). 169–184. 42 indexed citations

Ineson, Elizabeth M., et al.. (2009). Volunteer motivation in heritage railways: a study of the West Somerset Railway volunteers. Journal of Heritage Tourism. 4(1). 19–36. 25 indexed citations

Ralston, Rita, et al.. (2007). Cabin crew training to control disruptive airline passenger behavior: A cause for tourism concern?. Tourism Management. 29(3). 538–547. 34 indexed citations

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Downward, Paul & Rita Ralston. (2006). The Sports Development Potential of Sports Event Volunteering: Insights from the XVII Manchester Commonwealth Games. European Sport Management Quarterly. 6(4). 333–351. 95 indexed citations

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Ralston, Rita, Les Lumsdon, & Paul Downward. (2005). The Third Force in Events Tourism: Volunteers at the XVII Commonwealth Games. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 13(5). 504–519. 42 indexed citations

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Ralston, Rita, et al.. (2005). The motivations and expectations of volunteers on cycle trails: The case of the National Cycle Network, UK. 2(2). 101–114. 16 indexed citations

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Downward, Paul & Rita Ralston. (2005). Volunteer motivation and expectations prior to the XV commonwealth games in manchester, UK. 2(1). 17–26. 36 indexed citations

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Downward, Paul, Les Lumsdon, & Rita Ralston. (2005). Gender differences in sports event volunteering: insights from Crew 2002 at the XVII Commonwealth Games. Managing Leisure. 10(4). 219–236. 58 indexed citations

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Ralston, Rita, Paul Downward, & Les Lumsdon. (2004). THE EXPECTATIONS OF VOLUNTEERS PRIOR TO THE XVII COMMONWEALTH GAMES, 2002: A QUALITATIVE STUDY. Event Management. 9(1). 13–26. 66 indexed citations

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Ralston, Rita. (2001). Clinical governance. One year on: Part 1.. PubMed. 4(5). 34–6. 1 indexed citations

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Ralston, Rita. (2001). Clinical governance. One year on: Part 2.. PubMed. 4(6). 33–4. 1 indexed citations

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