Sam Spector

1.1k total citations
27 papers, 789 citations indexed

About

Sam Spector is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Sociology and Political Science and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Spector has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 789 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Sam Spector's work include Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (11 papers), Space exploration and regulation (11 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (4 papers). Sam Spector is often cited by papers focused on Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (11 papers), Space exploration and regulation (11 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (4 papers). Sam Spector collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Israel and Norway. Sam Spector's co-authors include Caroline Orchiston, Girish Prayag, Mesbahuddin Chowdhury, James Higham, Janet Stephenson, Alaric McCarthy, Debbie Hopkins, Erik Cohen, Adam Doering and Cheryl Mallen and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Travel Research and Journal of Sustainable Tourism.

In The Last Decade

Sam Spector

24 papers receiving 750 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sam Spector New Zealand	12	308	260	132	113	90	27	789
Jib Fowles United States	10	303 1.0×	49 0.2×	36 0.3×	45 0.4×	4 0.0×	26	770
Robert S. McNamara United States	14	192 0.6×	80 0.3×	103 0.8×	8 0.1×	3 0.0×	72	832
Thomas de Graaff Netherlands	15	256 0.8×	47 0.2×	402 3.0×	19 0.2×	4 0.0×	41	768
John S. Strong United States	11	95 0.3×	209 0.8×	89 0.7×	2 0.0×	69 0.8×	45	716
Jamie K. Wardman United Kingdom	14	398 1.3×	132 0.5×	92 0.7×	1 0.0×	32 0.4×	31	833
Jonathan N. Goodrich United States	16	1000 3.2×	44 0.2×	97 0.7×	12 0.1×	3 0.0×	61	1.3k
David Brunsdon New Zealand	9	259 0.8×	313 1.2×	98 0.7×		168 1.9×	22	683
Alberto Amore United Kingdom	13	506 1.6×	60 0.2×	125 0.9×		18 0.2×	22	699
Todd R. LaPorte United States	8	236 0.8×	196 0.8×	31 0.2×	2 0.0×	258 2.9×	14	808
Lucy A. Arendt United States	9	322 1.0×	95 0.4×	45 0.3×		30 0.3×	19	740

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Spector

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Spector

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Spector

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Spector. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Spector 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 Sam Spector. Sam Spector 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

Spector, Sam & James Higham. (2025). Space tourism and sustainable trajectory. Tourism Geographies. 27(6). 1343–1361.

Prayag, Girish, Lucie K. Ozanne, & Sam Spector. (2021). A psychological wellbeing perspective of long-term disaster recovery following the Canterbury earthquakes. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 63. 102438–102438. 20 indexed citations

Spector, Sam. (2020). Delineating acceptable risk in the space tourism industry. Tourism Recreation Research. 45(4). 500–510. 23 indexed citations

Spector, Sam, James Higham, & Stefan Gößling. (2020). Extraterrestrial transitions: Desirable transport futures on earth and in outer space. Energy Research & Social Science. 68. 101541–101541. 9 indexed citations

Cohen, Erik & Sam Spector. (2020). Comparative visions of cosmic expansion: implications for sustainability. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 30(9). 2207–2222. 2 indexed citations

Spector, Sam. (2019). Space travel and the limits to growth. Annals of Tourism Research. 81. 102733–102733. 10 indexed citations

Spector, Sam & James Higham. (2019). Space tourism in the Anthropocene. Annals of Tourism Research. 79. 102772–102772. 29 indexed citations

Prayag, Girish, Sam Spector, Caroline Orchiston, & Mesbahuddin Chowdhury. (2019). Psychological resilience, organizational resilience and life satisfaction in tourism firms: insights from the Canterbury earthquakes. Current Issues in Tourism. 23(10). 1216–1233. 193 indexed citations

Cohen, Erik & Sam Spector. (2019). Space tourism-past to future : a perspective article. Tourism Review. 75(1). 136–139. 15 indexed citations

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Spector, Sam. (2019). The cosmic-local nexus: intersections between outer space and rural communities. Tourism Recreation Research. 45(1). 94–106. 5 indexed citations

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Cohen, Erik & Sam Spector. (2019). Transhumanism and cosmic travel. Tourism Recreation Research. 45(2). 176–184. 5 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Mesbahuddin, Girish Prayag, Caroline Orchiston, & Sam Spector. (2018). Postdisaster Social Capital, Adaptive Resilience and Business Performance of Tourism Organizations in Christchurch, New Zealand. Journal of Travel Research. 58(7). 1209–1226. 154 indexed citations

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Stephenson, Janet, Sam Spector, Debbie Hopkins, & Alaric McCarthy. (2017). Deep interventions for a sustainable transport future. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 61. 356–372. 61 indexed citations

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Spector, Sam, James Higham, & Adam Doering. (2017). Beyond the biosphere: tourism, outer space, and sustainability. Tourism Recreation Research. 42(3). 273–283. 33 indexed citations

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Spector, Sam. (2017). Environmental communications in New Zealand’s skiing industry: building social legitimacy without addressing non-local transport. Journal of Sport & Tourism. 21(3). 159–177. 12 indexed citations

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Spector, Sam. (1973). Old Age and the Sages. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 4(3). 199–209. 3 indexed citations

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Spector, Sam. (1970). The constitutionality of of municipal and county zoning in a changing urban environment. University Microfilms eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Spector, Sam. (1966). Adolescent Behavior Patterns in a Large Typical City. Psychological Reports. 18(3). 713–714. 1 indexed citations

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Spector, Sam & Trigant Burrow. (1957). Science and Man's Behavior.. Journal of Educational Sociology. 30(7). 335–335. 6 indexed citations

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Spector, Sam, et al.. (1955). Gentile Reactions to Jewish Ideals.. Journal of Educational Sociology. 28(5). 237–237. 1 indexed citations

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