Sandro Carnicelli

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 649 citations indexed

About

Sandro Carnicelli is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandro Carnicelli has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 649 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Social Psychology and 9 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Sandro Carnicelli's work include Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (10 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (8 papers) and Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (8 papers). Sandro Carnicelli is often cited by papers focused on Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (10 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (8 papers) and Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (8 papers). Sandro Carnicelli collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Brazil and Canada. Sandro Carnicelli's co-authors include Karla Boluk, Gayathri Wijesinghe, Freya Higgins‐Desbiolles, Gisele Maria Schwartz, David McGillivray, Gayle McPherson, Robert Snape, Thomas Fletcher, Jelena Farkić and Peter Varley and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Tourism Management and Annals of Tourism Research.

In The Last Decade

Sandro Carnicelli

30 papers receiving 616 citations

Hit Papers

Degrowing tourism: rethinking tourism 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. Degrowing tourism: rethinking tourism
    2019 317 citations Freya Higgins‐Desbiolles, Sandro Carnicelli et al. Journal of Sustainable Tourism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sandro Carnicelli United Kingdom 11 445 163 141 85 81 37 649
Dominic Lapointe Canada 10 397 0.9× 120 0.7× 111 0.8× 42 0.5× 79 1.0× 46 615
Lynn Minnaert United Kingdom 12 574 1.3× 166 1.0× 220 1.6× 59 0.7× 88 1.1× 21 691
Gareth Butler Australia 15 492 1.1× 118 0.7× 106 0.8× 71 0.8× 180 2.2× 33 721
Xavier Matteucci Austria 11 493 1.1× 104 0.6× 146 1.0× 131 1.5× 38 0.5× 25 659
Trudie Walters New Zealand 12 371 0.8× 94 0.6× 91 0.6× 69 0.8× 30 0.4× 46 563
Bernadette Quinn Ireland 18 857 1.9× 129 0.8× 197 1.4× 72 0.8× 64 0.8× 48 1.1k
Gayle Jennings Australia 15 467 1.0× 134 0.8× 76 0.5× 118 1.4× 65 0.8× 33 774
Suosheng Wang United States 13 627 1.4× 98 0.6× 200 1.4× 79 0.9× 134 1.7× 33 745
Tara Duncan New Zealand 12 515 1.2× 227 1.4× 60 0.4× 140 1.6× 103 1.3× 34 739
Yingzhi Guo China 13 499 1.1× 65 0.4× 97 0.7× 112 1.3× 167 2.1× 29 673

Countries citing papers authored by Sandro Carnicelli

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sandro Carnicelli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandro Carnicelli

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carnicelli, Sandro, et al.. (2025). Settler colonialism and tourism routes in Southern Brazil. Tourism Management Perspectives. 56. 101347–101347.
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Carnicelli, Sandro, et al.. (2025). Isolation of Acanthamoeba Species and Bacterial Symbiont Variability in Puna Salt Plains, Argentina. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 17(1). e70059–e70059. 1 indexed citations
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Carnicelli, Sandro. (2024). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Elkington, Sam & Sandro Carnicelli. (2023). Leisure and the University: International Perspectives. TeesRep (Teesside University). 6(1). 1–9.
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Carnicelli, Sandro, et al.. (2023). Leisure, inequalities, and the Global South. Leisure Studies. 42(3). 328–336. 5 indexed citations
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Carnicelli, Sandro, et al.. (2022). Tourism Development in Algeria and the Horizon 2025 Plan. The UWS Academic Portal (University of the West of Scotland). 2 indexed citations
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McGillivray, David, et al.. (2021). Embedding Child Rights Principles and Practises in Mega Sport Event Planning. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 3. 695666–695666. 5 indexed citations
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Carnicelli, Sandro, et al.. (2020). Making the connection using Action Research: serious leisure and the Caledonian Railway. Journal of Heritage Tourism. 16(6). 615–631. 4 indexed citations
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Boluk, Karla & Sandro Carnicelli. (2019). Tourism for the emancipation of the oppressed: towards a critical tourism education drawing on Freirean philosophy. Annals of Tourism Research. 76. 168–179. 30 indexed citations
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Higgins‐Desbiolles, Freya, et al.. (2019). Degrowing tourism: rethinking tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 27(12). 1926–1944. 317 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carnicelli, Sandro, Thomas Fletcher, & Robert Snape. (2015). The Leisure Studies Association: past, present and future. Cadernos de Linguística e Teoria da Literatura (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais). 2(2). 34–45.
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McGillivray, David, Gayle McPherson, & Sandro Carnicelli. (2015). Sporting and cultural events: contested legacies. Annals of Leisure Research. 18(4). 441–444. 7 indexed citations
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Boluk, Karla & Sandro Carnicelli. (2015). Activism and Critical Reflection through Experiential Learning. Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism. 15(3). 242–251. 13 indexed citations
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Carnicelli, Sandro, et al.. (2013). A presença das atividades de aventura nas aulas de Educação Física. 1(1). 4 indexed citations
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Carnicelli, Sandro. (2013). THE EMOTIONAL LIFE OF ADVENTURE GUIDES. Annals of Tourism Research. 43. 192–209. 35 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Gisele Maria, et al.. (2011). Risk, Emotion, and Aggressiveness in Virtual Leisure: Brazilian Players Standpoints. 1(2). 90–114.
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Carnicelli, Sandro, et al.. (2010). O ecoturismo em Itacaré/BA na visão de atores sociais e comunidade local. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 10(3). 61–74. 1 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Gisele Maria, et al.. (2010). Leisure and the Internet: Mood states of the elderly during their first Internet contact. World Leisure Journal. 52(2). 129–134.
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Carnicelli, Sandro, et al.. (2009). Fear and adventure tourism in Brazil. Tourism Management. 31(6). 953–956. 84 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Gisele Maria & Sandro Carnicelli. (2006). (Desin)Formação profissional e atividades de aventura: focalizando os guias de "Rafting". LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 20(2). 103–109. 4 indexed citations

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