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New Zealand
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
84
Citations
30808
World Ranking
285
National Ranking
2

Chris Ryan 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 Chris Ryan sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 566 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chris Ryan 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 Chris Ryan sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Chris Ryan is affiliated with the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Their research primarily contributes to the Social Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Education, Global and Planetary Change, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their work spans several main topics, reflecting a diverse research agenda. These topics include:

  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
  • Smart Cities and Technologies
  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Chris Ryan has coauthored with a number of colleagues, demonstrating collaborative engagement across various domains. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Robert Webb
  • Xuemei Bai
  • Ché Biggs
  • Tayanah O'Donnell
  • Kate Auty

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on urban systems, resilience, education economics, welfare policy, and tourism studies. Selected recent papers are:

  • "Visions of Resilience: Design-led transformation for climate extremes" (2024), published in Minerva Access (University of Melbourne)
  • "Enabling urban systems transformations: co-developing national and local strategies" (2023), published in Urban Transformations
  • "Socioeconomic disadvantage, ability to pay and university attendance in Australia" (2022), published in Education Economics
  • "Literature review on the impact of welfare policy design on children and youth" (2021), published in Journal of Economic Surveys
  • "Residents' perceptions of tourism and Chinese central policies: the case of Anhui's UNESCO sites" (2024), published in Tourism Critiques Practice and Theory

The publication venues for Chris Ryan's work include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Urban Transformations
  • Education Economics
  • Tourism Critiques Practice and Theory
  • Journal of Economic Surveys

The scope of Chris Ryan's scholarship emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches bridging social sciences with practical concerns such as climate governance, urban transformation, education accessibility, and tourism impacts. Their research contributes to understanding mechanisms of social development, policy design, and institutional interactions within these contexts.

Best Publications

  • Destination Positioning Analysis through a Comparison of Cognitive, Affective, and Conative Perceptions

    Steven Pike;Chris Ryan

  • Antecedents of Tourists’ Loyalty to Mauritius: The Role and Influence of Destination Image, Place Attachment, Personal Involvement, and Satisfaction

    Girish Prayag;Chris Ryan

  • Analysing Service Quality in the Hospitality Industry Using the SERVQUAL Model

    Farouk Saleh;Chris Ryan

  • Researching Tourist Satisfaction: Issues, Concepts, Problems

    Chris Ryan

  • The Tourist Experience

    Chris Ryan

  • Recreational Tourism: A Social Science Perspective

    Chris Ryan

  • Place attachment, identity and community impacts of tourism - the case of a Beijing Hutong

    Huimin Gu;Chris Ryan

  • Equity, management, power sharing and sustainability—issues of the ‘new tourism’

    Chris Ryan

  • Application of leisure motivation scale to tourism

    Chris Ryan;Ian Glendon

  • The relationship between the ‘push’and ‘pull’factors of a tourist destination: The role of nationality–an analytical qualitative research approach

    Unknown

  • Destination image, romance and place experience—an application of intimacy theory in tourism

    Birgit Trauer;Chris Ryan

  • Recreational tourism: Demand and impacts

    Unknown

  • Sex Tourism: Marginal People and Liminalities

    Chris Ryan;C. M. Hall

  • Decline of the sea turtles: causes and prevention

    Unknown

  • Structuring Destination Image: A Qualitative Approach

    Chris Ryan;Jenny Cave

  • The attitudes of Bakewell residents to tourism and issues in community responsive tourism.

    Chris Ryan;Chris Ryan;David Montgomery

  • Crime, violence, terrorism and tourism: an accidental or intrinsic relationship?

    Chris Ryan

  • About the choice of the protogenic group in PEM separator materials for intermediate temperature, low humidity operation: a critical comparison of sulfonic acid, phosphonic�…

    Unknown

  • THE GAZE, SPECTACLE AND ECOTOURISM

    Chris Ryan;Karen Hughes;Sharon Chirgwin

  • Client perceptions of hotels: A multi-attribute approach

    Farouk Saleh;Chris Ryan

  • The travel career ladder an appraisal.

    Chris Ryan

  • Social conflict in communities impacted by tourism

    Jingjing Yang;Chris Ryan;Lingyun Zhang

  • Business networks and the uptake of sustainability practices: the case of New Zealand

    Eva Marie Collins;Stewart R. Lawrence;Kathryn Pavlovich;Chris Ryan

Frequent Co-Authors

William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
David N. Jamieson
David N. Jamieson University of Melbourne
David L. Paterson
David L. Paterson University of Queensland
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University
Enzo Lombi
Enzo Lombi University of South Australia
Barbara Etschmann
Barbara Etschmann Monash University
Alicia J. Jenkins
Alicia J. Jenkins University of Sydney
Joël Brugger
Joël Brugger Monash University
Khin Zaw
Khin Zaw University of Tasmania
Erica Donner
Erica Donner University of South Australia

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