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Brijesh Thapa publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brijesh Thapa sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 139 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Brijesh Thapa D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brijesh Thapa sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Brijesh Thapa is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the social sciences, with a specialization in sociology and political science, social psychology, organizational behavior and human resource management, demography, and economics and econometrics.

Their work addresses diverse aspects of tourism research, digital marketing and social media, recreation, leisure, and wilderness management, customer service quality and loyalty, tourism, volunteerism, and development, as well as urban green space and health and urban heat island mitigation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brijesh Thapa include the following:

  • Visualizing fairness: distributional equity of urban green spaces for marginalized groups (2021, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management)
  • Bidirectional association between leisure time physical activity and well-being: Longitudinal evidence (2020, Journal of Leisure Research)
  • Valuing Recreational Beaches: A Spatial Hedonic Pricing Approach (2020, Coastal Management)
  • Visitors' experience at Angkor Wat, Cambodia: evidence from sentiment and topic analysis (2020, Journal of Heritage Tourism)
  • Green hotel selection: the effects of social learning and eco-labels (2022, Tourism Review)

Brijesh Thapa frequently publishes in venues including:

  • Journal of Leisure Research
  • Journal of Heritage Tourism
  • Journal of Ecotourism
  • Tourism and Hospitality
  • Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Brijesh Thapa include:

  • Jinwon Kim
  • Rojan Baniya
  • Eunjung Yang
  • Changwook Kim
  • Ramesh Paudyal

Best Publications

  • RESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES OF A WORLD HERITAGE SITE: The Pitons Management Area, St. Lucia

    Lorraine Nadia Nicholas;Brijesh Thapa;Yong Jae Ko

  • The Effect of Risk Perceptions on Intentions to Travel in the Aftermath of September 11, 2001

    Myron F. Floyd;Heather Gibson;Lori Pennington-Gray;Brijesh Thapa

  • Volunteer Motivations and Constraints Among College Students Analysis of the Volunteer Function Inventory and Leisure Constraints Models

    Richard L. Gage;Brijesh Thapa

  • Perceived value and flow experience: application in a nature-based tourism context.

    Minseong Kim;Brijesh Thapa

  • Quality of Life, Event Impacts, and Mega-Event Support among South African Residents before and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup

    Kyriaki (Kiki) Kaplanidou;Kostas Karadakis;Heather Gibson;Brijesh Thapa;Brijesh Thapa

  • The Mediation Effect of Outdoor Recreation Participation on Environmental Attitude-Behavior Correspondence

    Brijesh Thapa

  • Psychic income and social capital among host nation residents: a pre-post analysis of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

    Heather J. Gibson;Matthew Walker;Brijesh Thapa;Brijesh Thapa;Kyriaki Kaplanidou

  • Evaluation of ecotourism: a comparative assessment in the Annapurna Conservation Area Project, Nepal.

    Gyan P. Nyaupane;Brijesh Thapa

  • Environmentalism: The Relation of Environmental Attitudes and Environmentally Responsible Behaviors Among Undergraduate Students

    Brijesh Thapa

  • Moderator and Mediator Effects of Scuba Diving Specialization on Marine-Based Environmental Knowledge-Behavior Contingency.

    Brijesh Thapa;Alan R. Graefe;Louisa A. Meyer

  • Specialization and Marine Based Environmental Behaviors Among SCUBA Divers

    Brijesh Thapa;Alan R. Graefe;Louisa A. Meyer

  • Risk perception and evacuation decisions of Florida tourists under hurricane threats: a stated preference analysis

    Corene Matyas;Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan;Ignatius Cahyanto;Brijesh Thapa

  • The power of sport to unite a nation: the social value of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

    Bob Heere;Matthew Walker;Heather Gibson;Brijesh Thapa

  • Win in Africa, with Africa: Social Responsibility, Event Image, and Destination Benefits. The Case of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

    Matthew Walker;Kiki Kaplanidou;Heather Gibson;Brijesh Thapa

  • Visitor perspectives on sustainable tourism development in the Pitons Management Area World Heritage Site, St. Lucia

    Lorraine Nicholas;Brijesh Thapa

  • Relationship of Ethical Leadership, Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Performance

    Min-Seong Kim;Brijesh Thapa

  • Tourism in Nepal: Shangri-La's Troubled Times

    Brijesh Thapa

  • Perceptions of environmental impacts of tourism: A case study at ACAP, Nepal

    Gyan P. Nyaupane;Brijesh Thapa

  • Environmental Concern: a comparative analysis between students in Recreation and Park Management and other departments

    Brijesh Thapa

  • Entrepreneurship and women's empowerment in gateway communities of Bardia National Park, Nepal

    Smrittee Kala Panta;Brijesh Thapa

  • Forest Recreationists and Environmentalism

    Brijesh Thapa;Alan R. Graefe

  • Attitudes and opinions of local and national public sector stakeholders towards Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana

    Naomi N. Moswete;Brijesh Thapa;Brian Child

Frequent Co-Authors

Lori Pennington-Gray
Lori Pennington-Gray University of South Carolina
Alan R. Graefe
Alan R. Graefe Pennsylvania State University
Heather J. Gibson
Heather J. Gibson University of Florida
Matthew C. Walker
Matthew C. Walker University College London
Kyriaki Kaplanidou
Kyriaki Kaplanidou University of Florida
Spiro Kiousis
Spiro Kiousis University of Florida
Yong Jae Ko
Yong Jae Ko University of Florida
Yvette Reisinger
Yvette Reisinger Gulf University for Science & Technology
Deborah L. Kerstetter
Deborah L. Kerstetter Pennsylvania State University
Myron F. Floyd
Myron F. Floyd North Carolina State University

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