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Business and Management
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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 76 206 191 11 11 272 24800

Bob McKercher publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Bob McKercher between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Bob McKercher published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 9.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2020. 29 of the 331 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 37. Peak 37 publications in 2020. 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 3 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 16 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 37 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 9 publications
1991 2025

331 publications in total across all disciplines

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Bob McKercher: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 2
1992 1
1993 3
1994 0
1995 3
1996 5
1997 2
1998 7
1999 3
2000 2
2001 6
2002 7
2003 16
2004 11
2005 6
2006 11
2007 6
2008 12
2009 9
2010 4
2011 8
2012 14
2013 12
2014 21
2015 15
2016 11
2017 13
2018 5
2019 6
2020 37
2021 17
2022 12
2023 15
2024 20
2025 9
Total 331
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Bob McKercher publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bob McKercher sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 35–39 to 436+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 122. Most scientists, 122, have 95–99 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 270–274 publications, is where this scientist sits. 35–39 publications: 2 scientists 40–44 publications: 2 scientists 45–49 publications: 5 scientists 50–54 publications: 20 scientists 55–59 publications: 39 scientists 60–64 publications: 66 scientists 65–69 publications: 52 scientists 70–74 publications: 80 scientists 75–79 publications: 83 scientists 80–84 publications: 116 scientists 85–89 publications: 94 scientists 90–94 publications: 111 scientists 95–99 publications: 122 scientists 100–104 publications: 104 scientists 105–109 publications: 113 scientists 110–114 publications: 96 scientists 115–119 publications: 97 scientists 120–124 publications: 112 scientists 125–129 publications: 93 scientists 130–134 publications: 79 scientists 135–139 publications: 69 scientists 140–144 publications: 80 scientists 145–149 publications: 81 scientists 150–154 publications: 85 scientists 155–159 publications: 50 scientists 160–164 publications: 74 scientists 165–169 publications: 61 scientists 170–174 publications: 40 scientists 175–179 publications: 44 scientists 180–184 publications: 47 scientists 185–189 publications: 59 scientists 190–194 publications: 35 scientists 195–199 publications: 37 scientists 200–204 publications: 49 scientists 205–209 publications: 48 scientists 210–214 publications: 34 scientists 215–219 publications: 31 scientists 220–224 publications: 37 scientists 225–229 publications: 34 scientists 230–234 publications: 25 scientists 235–239 publications: 28 scientists 240–244 publications: 34 scientists 245–249 publications: 28 scientists 250–254 publications: 23 scientists 255–259 publications: 22 scientists 260–264 publications: 11 scientists 265–269 publications: 16 scientists 270–274 publications: 23 scientists 275–279 publications: 12 scientists 280–284 publications: 16 scientists 285–289 publications: 10 scientists 290–294 publications: 12 scientists 295–299 publications: 12 scientists 300–304 publications: 8 scientists 305–309 publications: 13 scientists 310–314 publications: 13 scientists 315–319 publications: 6 scientists 320–324 publications: 10 scientists 325–329 publications: 9 scientists 330–334 publications: 7 scientists 335–339 publications: 10 scientists 340–344 publications: 10 scientists 345–349 publications: 7 scientists 350–354 publications: 4 scientists 355–359 publications: 10 scientists 360–364 publications: 3 scientists 365–369 publications: 7 scientists 370–374 publications: 2 scientists 375–379 publications: 8 scientists 380–384 publications: 4 scientists 385–389 publications: 5 scientists 390–394 publications: 5 scientists 395–399 publications: 2 scientists 400–404 publications: 2 scientists 405–409 publications: 4 scientists 410–414 publications: 3 scientists 415–419 publications: 2 scientists 420–424 publications: 5 scientists 425–429 publications: 3 scientists 430–434 publications: 1 scientist 435 publications: 1 scientist 436+ publications: 100 scientists
35–39 publications 436+

This scientist: 272 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

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Number of Business and Management scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
35–39 2
40–44 2
45–49 5
50–54 20
55–59 39
60–64 66
65–69 52
70–74 80
75–79 83
80–84 116
85–89 94
90–94 111
95–99 122
100–104 104
105–109 113
110–114 96
115–119 97
120–124 112
125–129 93
130–134 79
135–139 69
140–144 80
145–149 81
150–154 85
155–159 50
160–164 74
165–169 61
170–174 40
175–179 44
180–184 47
185–189 59
190–194 35
195–199 37
200–204 49
205–209 48
210–214 34
215–219 31
220–224 37
225–229 34
230–234 25
235–239 28
240–244 34
245–249 28
250–254 23
255–259 22
260–264 11
265–269 16
270–274 23 272
275–279 12
280–284 16
285–289 10
290–294 12
295–299 12
300–304 8
305–309 13
310–314 13
315–319 6
320–324 10
325–329 9
330–334 7
335–339 10
340–344 10
345–349 7
350–354 4
355–359 10
360–364 3
365–369 7
370–374 2
375–379 8
380–384 4
385–389 5
390–394 5
395–399 2
400–404 2
405–409 4
410–414 3
415–419 2
420–424 5
425–429 3
430–434 1
435 1
436+ 100
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Bob McKercher D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bob McKercher sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 60 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 89+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 171. Most scientists, 171, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 76 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

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Number of Business and Management scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 156
31 159
32 171
33 161
34 135
35 124
36 114
37 111
38 103
39 89
40 81
41 97
42 80
43 69
44 68
45 63
46 54
47 69
48 50
49 58
50 54
51 62
52 54
53 43
54 49
55 35
56 40
57 44
58 34
59 29
60 48
61 32
62 30
63 22
64 22
65 19
66 20
67 18
68 17
69 21
70 20
71 19
72 14
73 10
74 16
75 24
76 13 76
77 19
78 8
79 6
80 4
81 12
82 7
83 7
84 6
85 10
86 4
87 11
88 6
89+ 96
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Australia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Business and Management in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Bob McKercher is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of tourism research. Their primary research spans social sciences and business, management, and accounting, with numerous publications in these domains.

The subfields in which Bob McKercher has produced work include sociology and political science, transportation, tourism, leisure and hospitality management, social psychology, and demography.

The main topics covered in their research encompass diverse aspects of tourism research, cruise tourism development and management, hospitality and tourism education, recreation, leisure and wilderness management, sport and mega-event impacts, religious tourism and spaces, and tourism, volunteerism, and development.

Frequent coauthors with whom Bob McKercher has collaborated are Bruce Prideaux, Hilary du Cros, Denis Tolkach, Aaron Tkaczynski, and IpKin Anthony Wong.

Bob McKercher has a strong presence in several scholarly venues, including:

  • Tourism Review
  • Tourism Recreation Research
  • Tourism Management
  • Annals of Tourism Research
  • International Journal of Tourism Research

Significant book publications authored by Bob McKercher have been released by Goodfellow Publishers eBooks and Goodfellow Publishers Ltd eBooks. The titles include Tourism Theories, Concepts and Models (2020) and Understanding Tourism (2024).

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Bob McKercher are:

  • Cultural tourism market: a perspective paper, 2020, Tourism Review
  • Travel by Chinese: a generational cohort perspective, 2020, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research
  • Choosing the Optimal Segmentation Technique to Understand Tourist Behaviour, 2022, Journal Of Vacation Marketing

Other notable publications by collaborators in related fields include works such as From tourism and disability to accessible tourism: a perspective article (2020) published in Tourism Review, and Reflecting on tourism and COVID-19 research (2022) featured in Tourism Recreation Research.

Best Publications

  • Cultural Tourism: The Partnership Between Tourism and Cultural Heritage Management

    Bob McKercher;Hilary du Cros

  • Incorporating local and international cuisines in the marketing of tourism destinations: The cases of Hong Kong and Turkey

    Bendegul Okumus;Fevzi Okumus;Bob McKercher

  • Towards a classification of cultural tourists

    Bob McKercher

  • Modeling Tourist Movements: A Local Destination Analysis

    Alan Lew;Bob McKercher

  • Testing a cultural tourism typology

    Bob McKercher;Hilary du Cros

  • A chaos approach to tourism

    Bob McKercher

  • Tourism and online photography

    Iris Sheungting Lo;Bob McKercher;Ada Lo;Catherine Cheung

  • TRAVELING WITH A DISABILITY More than an Access Issue

    Matthew Kwai-sang Yau;Bob McKercher;Tanya L. Packer

  • Relationship between tourism and cultural heritage management: evidence from Hong Kong

    Bob McKercher;Pamela S.Y. Ho;Hilary du Cros

  • Food Tourism as a Viable Market Segment: It's All How You Cook the Numbers!

    Bob McKercher;Fevzi Okumus;Bendegul Okumus

  • Some Fundamental Truths About Tourism: Understanding Tourism's Social and Environmental Impacts

    Bob McKercher

  • Exploration Versus Acquisition: A Comparison of First-Time and Repeat Visitors

    Anita L. S. Lau;Bob McKercher

  • Rating tourism and hospitality journals

    Bob McKercher;Rob Law;Terry Lam

  • Travel agents as facilitators or inhibitors of travel: perceptions of people with disabilities.

    Bob McKercher;Tanya Packer;Matthew K. Yau;Patrick Lam

  • Hotel location and tourist activity in cities

    Noam Shoval;Bob McKercher;Erica Ng;Amit Birenboim

  • Understanding Tourist Movement Patterns in a Destination: A GIS Approach:

    Gigi Lau;Bob McKercher

  • Achieving voluntary reductions in the carbon footprint of tourism and climate change

    Bob McKercher;Bruce Prideaux;Catherine Cheung;Rob Law

  • Movement patterns of tourists within a destination.

    Bob Mckercher;Gigi Lau

  • The Over-Reaction to SARS and the Collapse of Asian Tourism.

    Bob McKercher;Kaye Chon

  • First and Repeat Visitor Behaviour: GPS Tracking and GIS Analysis in Hong Kong

    Bob McKercher;Noam Shoval;Erica Ng;Amit Birenboim

  • The unrecognized threat to tourism: Can tourism survive ‘sustainability’?

    Bob McKercher

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce Prideaux
Bruce Prideaux Central Queensland University
Noam Shoval
Noam Shoval Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Alan A. Lew
Alan A. Lew Northern Arizona University
Rob Law
Rob Law University of Macau
IpKin Anthony Wong
IpKin Anthony Wong University of Macau
Seongseop Sam Kim
Seongseop Sam Kim Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Simon Darcy
Simon Darcy University of Technology Sydney
Alexandra Coghlan
Alexandra Coghlan Griffith University
Fevzi Okumus
Fevzi Okumus University of South Carolina
Catherine Cheung
Catherine Cheung Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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