Roman Egger

4.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
43 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Roman Egger is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Marketing and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roman Egger has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Marketing and 6 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Roman Egger's work include Digital Marketing and Social Media (21 papers), Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (16 papers) and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (8 papers). Roman Egger is often cited by papers focused on Digital Marketing and Social Media (21 papers), Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (16 papers) and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (8 papers). Roman Egger collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Macao and United States. Roman Egger's co-authors include Joanne Yu, Larissa Neuburger, Mattia Rainoldi, Astrid Dickinger, Kevin Kam Fung So, Barbara Neuhofer, Dominik Walcher, Dimitrios Buhalis, Krzysztof Celuch and Irene Cheng Chu Chan and has published in prestigious journals such as Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research and Journal of Travel Research.

In The Last Decade

Roman Egger

38 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Travel risk perception and travel behaviour during the CO... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2020 2022 2019 2023 100 200 300 400
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. Travel risk perception and travel behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020: a case study of the DACH region
    2020 483 citations Roman Egger et al. profile →
  2. A Topic Modeling Comparison Between LDA, NMF, Top2Vec, and BERTopic to Demystify Twitter Posts
    2022 419 citations Roman Egger, Joanne Yu Frontiers in Sociology profile →
  3. Virtual reality in tourism: a state-of-the-art review
    2019 284 citations Mattia Rainoldi, Roman Egger et al. profile →
  4. Artificial intelligence-generated virtual influencer: Examining the effects of emotional display on user engagement
    2023 122 citations Joanne Yu, Astrid Dickinger et al. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roman Egger Austria 19 1.2k 407 286 226 215 43 2.0k
Jang Hyun Kim South Korea 26 922 0.8× 240 0.6× 223 0.8× 84 0.4× 163 0.8× 143 2.1k
Joanne Yu Austria 17 914 0.7× 420 1.0× 587 2.1× 73 0.3× 339 1.6× 43 1.8k
Karen Levy United States 21 865 0.7× 139 0.3× 402 1.4× 177 0.8× 134 0.6× 64 2.0k
Daeho Lee South Korea 24 686 0.6× 573 1.4× 240 0.8× 84 0.4× 207 1.0× 109 2.2k
João Guerreiro Portugal 21 1.1k 0.9× 857 2.1× 334 1.2× 411 1.8× 200 0.9× 46 2.2k
Bernie Hogan United Kingdom 20 1.3k 1.1× 113 0.3× 121 0.4× 124 0.5× 217 1.0× 57 2.4k
Christian Pieter Hoffmann Germany 23 1.0k 0.8× 389 1.0× 213 0.7× 52 0.2× 138 0.6× 108 1.9k
Viriya Taecharungroj Thailand 15 683 0.6× 251 0.6× 263 0.9× 46 0.2× 105 0.5× 45 1.3k
Patric R. Spence United States 35 2.9k 2.4× 147 0.4× 800 2.8× 200 0.9× 873 4.1× 135 4.7k
Nikolaos Korfiatis United Kingdom 21 1.2k 1.0× 689 1.7× 395 1.4× 59 0.3× 73 0.3× 60 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roman Egger

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Egger, Roman & Joanne Yu. (2025). Epistemological challenges at data-theory intersection. Annals of Tourism Research. 115. 104044–104044.
2.
Hong, Wilson Cheong Hin, Joanne Yu, & Roman Egger. (2025). Decoding linguistic complexity in tourism studies. Annals of Tourism Research. 111. 103899–103899.
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Egger, Roman, et al.. (2025). The double-edged sword of user reviews: how customer feedback can build and break hotel brands. Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management. 34(7). 925–963. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Joanne, Astrid Dickinger, & Roman Egger. (2024). Leveraging emojis as visual semiotics for enhanced engagement in destination marketing. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management. 33. 100925–100925. 2 indexed citations
5.
Yu, Joanne, Wilson Cheong Hin Hong, & Roman Egger. (2024). The Art of Post Captions: Readability and User Engagement on Social Media. Journal of Travel Research. 64(4). 853–866. 7 indexed citations
6.
Chen, Zhaoyu, Irene Cheng Chu Chan, & Roman Egger. (2023). Gastronomic image in the foodstagrammer’s eyes – A machine learning approach. Tourism Management. 99. 104784–104784. 22 indexed citations
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Yu, Joanne, Astrid Dickinger, Kevin Kam Fung So, & Roman Egger. (2023). Artificial intelligence-generated virtual influencer: Examining the effects of emotional display on user engagement. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. 76. 103560–103560. 122 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aschauer, Wolfgang & Roman Egger. (2023). Transformations in tourism following COVID-19? A longitudinal study on the perceptions of tourists. Journal of Tourism Futures. 8 indexed citations
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Yu, Joanne & Roman Egger. (2022). Looking behind the scenes at dark tourism: a comparison between academic publications and user-generated-content using natural language processing. Journal of Heritage Tourism. 17(5). 548–562. 8 indexed citations
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Egger, Roman, et al.. (2022). When BERT Started Traveling: TourBERT—A Natural Language Processing Model for the Travel Industry. MDPI (MDPI AG). 2(4). 546–559. 8 indexed citations
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Egger, Roman, et al.. (2022). Aesthetic perception analysis of destination pictures using #beautifuldestinations on Instagram. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management. 24. 100702–100702. 47 indexed citations
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Egger, Roman & Joanne Yu. (2022). A Topic Modeling Comparison Between LDA, NMF, Top2Vec, and BERTopic to Demystify Twitter Posts. Frontiers in Sociology. 7. 886498–886498. 419 indexed citations breakdown →
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Egger, Roman, et al.. (2021). A machine learning approach to cluster destination image on Instagram. Tourism Management. 85. 104318–104318. 102 indexed citations
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Rainoldi, Mattia, et al.. (2018). Virtual Reality: An Innovative Tool in Destinations’ Marketing. 9. 53–68. 32 indexed citations
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Egger, Roman, et al.. (2016). Open tourism : open innovation, crowdsourcing and co-creation challenging the tourism industry. Springer eBooks. 25 indexed citations
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Egger, Roman, et al.. (2015). Gamification in tourism : designing memorable experiences. 29 indexed citations
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Egger, Roman. (2013). Near Field Communication in Tourism: A Conceptual Paper. 5. 1–12. 1 indexed citations
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Plaza, Antonio Jesús Guevara, et al.. (2010). Informática y Turismo. 6–11.
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Egger, Roman & Dimitrios Buhalis. (2008). eTourism case studies : management and marketing issues. Butterworth-Heinemann eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Egger, Roman, et al.. (2007). Tourismus: Herausforderung: Zukunft. 7 indexed citations

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