2026 Dimitrios Buhalis: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	106	32	30	3	2	499	65599

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Dimitrios Buhalis is affiliated with Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within social sciences and business, management, and accounting. The primary areas of study include sociology and political science, marketing, organizational behavior and human resource management, artificial intelligence, and information systems and management.

Their research work covers a range of main topics, including:

Digital Marketing and Social Media
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
Sharing Economy and Platforms
AI in Service Interactions
Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts

Key recent papers involving Dimitrios Buhalis include:

"Opinion Paper: 'So what if ChatGPT wrote it?' Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy" (2023), published in International Journal of Information Management
"Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy" (2022), published in International Journal of Information Management
"Metaverse marketing: How the metaverse will shape the future of consumer research and practice" (2022), published in Psychology and Marketing
"Shaping the Metaverse into Reality: A Holistic Multidisciplinary Understanding of Opportunities, Challenges, and Avenues for Future Investigation" (2023), published in Journal of Computer Information Systems
"Metaverse as a driver for customer experience and value co-creation: implications for hospitality and tourism management and marketing" (2022), published in International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Frequent coauthors include:

Daisy X.F. Fan
Ioannis Assiouras
Yogesh K. Dwivedi
Garry Wei-Han Tan
Peter O'Connor

Dimitrios Buhalis has contributed extensively to several publication venues, often publishing multiple papers in the following journals and collections:

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
Current Issues in Tourism
International Journal of Hospitality Management
The "business & management collection"
Psychology and Marketing

They have also authored at least one book, "Gamification for Tourism" (2021), published by Multilingual Matters eBooks.

Best Publications

Marketing the competitive destination of the future

Dimitrios Buhalis

6461
Citations
Progress in information technology and tourism management: 20 years on and 10 years after the Internet - the state of eTourism research.

Dimitrios Buhalis;Rob Law

5442
Citations
Opinion Paper: “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy

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3396
Citations
Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy

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2950
Citations
eTourism: Information technology for strategic tourism management

Dimitrios Buhalis

2199
Citations
Strategic use of information technologies in the tourism industry

Dimitrios Buhalis

2066
Citations
Social media in tourism and hospitality : a literature review

Daniel Leung;Rob Law;Hubert van Hoof;Dimitrios Buhalis

1854
Citations
Social media as a destination marketing tool: its use by national tourism organisations

Stephanie Hays;Stephen John Page;Dimitrios Buhalis

1286
Citations
The future eTourism intermediaries

Dimitrios Buhalis;Maria Cristina Licata

1102
Citations
Smart Tourism Destinations

Dimitrios Buhalis;Aditya Amaranggana

1032
Citations
Progress in tourism management : a review of website evaluation in tourism research

Rob Law;Shanshan Qi;Dimitrios Buhalis

984
Citations
Progress on information and communication technologies in hospitality and tourism

Rob Law;Dimitrios Buhalis;Cihan Cobanoglu

938
Citations
A Typology of Technology‐Enhanced Tourism Experiences

Barbara Neuhofer;Dimitrios Buhalis;Adele Ladkin

924
Citations
Metaverse marketing: How the metaverse will shape the future of consumer research and practice

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920
Citations
Smart Tourism Destinations Enhancing Tourism Experience Through Personalisation of Services

Dimitrios Buhalis;Aditya Amaranggana

879
Citations
Technological disruptions in services: lessons from tourism and hospitality

Dimitrios Buhalis;Tracy Harwood;Vanja Bogicevic;Giampaolo Viglia

878
Citations
Conceptualising technology enhanced destination experiences

Barbara Neuhofer;Dimitrios Buhalis;Adele Ladkin

774
Citations
Social Media Use and Impact during the Holiday Travel Planning Process

John N. Fotis;Dimitrios Buhalis;Nicos Rossides

758
Citations
Smart technologies for personalized experiences: a case study in the hospitality domain

Barbara Neuhofer;Dimitrios Buhalis;Adele Ladkin

757
Citations
Smart tourism destinations: ecosystems for tourism destination competitiveness

Kim Boes;Dimitrios Buhalis;Alessandro Inversini

722
Citations
A model of perceived image, memorable tourism experiences and revisit intention

Hongmei Zhang;Yan Wu;Dimitrios Buhalis

692
Citations
Technology in tourism-from information communication technologies to eTourism and smart tourism towards ambient intelligence tourism: a perspective article

Dimitrios Buhalis

612
Citations
Serious games and the gamification of tourism

Feifei Xu;Dimitrios Buhalis;Jessika Weber

543
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Law University of Macau

Simon Darcy University of Technology Sydney

Mike Peters University of Innsbruck

Haiyan Song Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Marcello M. Mariani University of Bologna

Giampaolo Viglia University of Portsmouth

Graham Miller Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Alan Fyall University of Central Florida

Hannes Werthner TU Wien

Rodolfo Baggio Bocconi University

External Links

Personal website of Dimitrios Buhalis Google Scholar page

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