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2025

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
65
Citations
26765
World Ranking
1011
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Erik Cohen is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their academic work is situated primarily within the field of Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Education, Public Administration, General Health Professions, and Economics and Econometrics.

The research topics that feature prominently in Cohen's work cover a range of social issues and educational themes. These topics include Social Work Education and Practice, Homelessness and Social Issues, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Impulse Buying and Technology Impacts, Labor Market and Education, Place Attachment and Urban Studies, and Urban and Rural Development Challenges.

Cohen has authored several recent papers across various academic journals. These papers are:

  • "Management in social enterprises-Management style, challenges, and strategies," 2020, published in the Journal of General Management
  • "Arab Youth Involvement in Delinquent Behaviors: Exploring Hirschi's Social Bond Theory from a Qualitative Perspective," 2023, published in Societies
  • "Community engagement of underrepresented college students: Ultra-orthodox students in Israel as social change agents," 2023, published in Learning Culture and Social Interaction
  • "Israeli-Palestinian social work encounters," 2020, published in the Journal of Social Work
  • "The dark side of community development and place attachment in a diverse neighborhood," 2024, published in Community Development

The journals where Cohen frequently publishes are diverse, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of General Management
  • Community Development
  • Societies
  • Learning Culture and Social Interaction
  • Journal of Social Work

Collaboration has been a component of Cohen's research activities, with several coauthors working repeatedly alongside them. These frequent coauthors include Mimi Ajzenstadt, Milana Yaari, Riki Savaya, Ayala Wohl, and Mona Khoury-Kassabri.

Best Publications

  • Authenticity and commoditization in tourism.

    Erik Cohen

  • A Phenomenology of Tourist Experiences

    Erik Cohen

  • Toward a Sociology of International Tourism

    Erik Cohen

  • Food in tourism - Attraction and Impediment

    Erik Cohen;Erik Cohen;Nir Avieli;Nir Avieli

  • The tourist guide: the origins, structure and dynamics of a role.

    Erik Cohen

  • Current sociological theories and issues in tourism

    Erik Cohen;Scott A. Cohen

  • Rethinking the sociology of tourism

    Erik Cohen

  • The Sociology of Tourism: Approaches, Issues, and Findings

    Erik Cohen

  • WHO IS A TOURIST?: A CONCEPTUAL CLARIFICATION1

    Erik Cohen

  • Authentication: Hot and Cool

    Erik Cohen;Scott A. Cohen

  • Tourism as an Anthropological Subject [and Comments and Reply]

    Dennison Nash;Anne V. Akeroyd;John J. Bodine;Erik Cohen

  • Contemporary tourism - trends and challenges: sustainable authenticity or contrived post-modernity?

    E. Cohen;R. W. Butler;D. Pearce

  • Nomads from Affluence: Notes on the Phenomenon of Drifter-Tourism1

    Erik Cohen

  • The impact of tourism on the physical environment

    Erik Cohen

  • Traditions in the qualitative sociology of tourism

    Erik Cohen

  • Authenticity, Equity and Sustainability in Tourism

    Erik Cohen

  • Educational dark tourism at an in populo site: The Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem

    Erik H. Cohen

  • Backpacking: diversity and change.

    Erik Cohen

  • Primitive and remote: Hill tribe trekking in Thailand

    Erik Cohen

  • Pilgrimage centers: Concentric and excentric

    Erik Cohen

  • Tourism and modernity: a sociological analysis

    Erik Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott A. Cohen
Scott A. Cohen University of Surrey
David A. Fennell
David A. Fennell Brock University
Patrick Gaudreau
Patrick Gaudreau University of Ottawa
Dallen J. Timothy
Dallen J. Timothy Arizona State University

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