2026 Chris Ryan: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	84	285	241	2	1	566	30808

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

1672
Citations
Antecedents of Tourists’ Loyalty to Mauritius: The Role and Influence of Destination Image, Place Attachment, Personal Involvement, and Satisfaction

Girish Prayag;Chris Ryan

1537
Citations
Analysing Service Quality in the Hospitality Industry Using the SERVQUAL Model

Farouk Saleh;Chris Ryan

1186
Citations
Researching Tourist Satisfaction: Issues, Concepts, Problems

Chris Ryan

1023
Citations
The Tourist Experience

Chris Ryan

1023
Citations
Recreational Tourism: A Social Science Perspective

Chris Ryan

971
Citations
Place attachment, identity and community impacts of tourism - the case of a Beijing Hutong

Huimin Gu;Chris Ryan

775
Citations
Equity, management, power sharing and sustainability—issues of the ‘new tourism’

Chris Ryan

733
Citations
Application of leisure motivation scale to tourism

Chris Ryan;Ian Glendon

733
Citations
The relationship between the ‘push’and ‘pull’factors of a tourist destination: The role of nationality–an analytical qualitative research approach

Unknown

660
Citations
Destination image, romance and place experience—an application of intimacy theory in tourism

Birgit Trauer;Chris Ryan

611
Citations
Recreational tourism: Demand and impacts

Unknown

562
Citations
Sex Tourism: Marginal People and Liminalities

Chris Ryan;C. M. Hall

552
Citations
Decline of the sea turtles: causes and prevention

Unknown

495
Citations
Structuring Destination Image: A Qualitative Approach

Chris Ryan;Jenny Cave

451
Citations
The attitudes of Bakewell residents to tourism and issues in community responsive tourism.

Chris Ryan;Chris Ryan;David Montgomery

443
Citations
Crime, violence, terrorism and tourism: an accidental or intrinsic relationship?

Chris Ryan

424
Citations
About the choice of the protogenic group in PEM separator materials for intermediate temperature, low humidity operation: a critical comparison of sulfonic acid, phosphonic�…

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389
Citations
THE GAZE, SPECTACLE AND ECOTOURISM

Chris Ryan;Karen Hughes;Sharon Chirgwin

343
Citations
Client perceptions of hotels: A multi-attribute approach

Farouk Saleh;Chris Ryan

338
Citations
The travel career ladder an appraisal.

Chris Ryan

338
Citations
Social conflict in communities impacted by tourism

Jingjing Yang;Chris Ryan;Lingyun Zhang

329
Citations
Business networks and the uptake of sustainability practices: the case of New Zealand

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

300
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William L. Griffin Macquarie University

David N. Jamieson University of Melbourne

David L. Paterson University of Queensland

Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University

Enzo Lombi University of South Australia

Joël Brugger Monash University

Khin Zaw University of Tasmania

Erica Donner University of South Australia

Terrence P. Mernagh Australian National University

Anthony E. Hughes Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

External Links

Personal website of Chris Ryan Google Scholar page

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