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James Higham 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 James Higham sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 205 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James Higham 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 James Higham sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James Higham is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand and specializes in social sciences, with a specific focus on sociology, political science, social psychology, geography, planning and development, and transportation. Their research explores various dimensions of tourism and sustainability, with significant engagement in environmental education and climate change communication.

The scientist's recent publications include the following:

  • "An analysis of ways to decarbonize conference travel after COVID-19" (2020, Nature)
  • "The Low-Carbon Imperative: Destination Management under Urgent Climate Change" (2020, Journal of Travel Research)
  • "Justice and ethics: towards a new platform for tourism and sustainability" (2020, Journal of Sustainable Tourism)
  • "Managing tourism emissions through optimizing the tourism demand mix: Concept and analysis" (2020, Tourism Management)
  • "Drivers of global tourism carbon emissions" (2024, Nature Communications)

Key publication venues where James Higham frequently contributes include:

  • Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  • Journal of Travel Research
  • Tourism Geographies
  • Tourism Management
  • Energy Research & Social Science

Their main fields of study comprise:

  • Social Sciences

Important subfields are:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Social Psychology
  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Transportation

James Higham's research addresses main topics such as:

  • Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
  • Conferences and Exhibitions Management
  • Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
  • Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James Higham include:

  • Debbie Hopkins
  • Stefan Gößling
  • Eivind Farstad
  • Iratxe Landa-Mata
  • Ya-Yen Sun

Best Publications

  • Sport tourism development

    Thomas Hinch;James E. S. Higham

  • Sport tourism: a framework for research

    T. D. Hinch;J. E. S. Higham

  • Tourism, sport and seasons: the challenges and potential of overcoming seasonality in the sport and tourism sectors

    James Higham;Tom Hinch

  • Commentary - Sport as an Avenue of Tourism Development: An Analysis of the Positive and Negative Impacts of Sport Tourism

    James Higham

  • Tourism, recreation and climate change.

    C. M. Hall;James E. S. Higham

  • Twenty-five years of sustainable tourism and the Journal of Sustainable Tourism: looking back and moving forward

    Bill Bramwell;James Higham;Bernard Lane;Graham Miller

  • Managing the impacts of dolphin-based tourism through the definition of critical habitats: the case of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand

    D. Lusseau;J.E.S. Higham

  • Sustainable Market Orientation: A New Approach to Managing Marketing Strategy

    Robert W. Mitchell;Ben Wooliscroft;James Higham

  • Resilience and sustainability: a complementary relationship? Towards a practical conceptual model for the sustainability–resilience nexus in tourism

    Stephen Espiner;Caroline Orchiston;James Higham

  • Binge flying: Behavioural addiction and climate change

    Scott A. Cohen;James E. S. Higham;Christina T. Cavaliere

  • Critical Issues in Ecotourism: understanding a complex tourism phenomenon

    James E. S Higham

  • An analysis of ways to decarbonize conference travel after COVID-19.

    Milan Klöwer;Debbie Hopkins;Myles Allen;James Higham

  • Are technology myths stalling aviation climate policy

    Paul Peeters;James Higham;Diana Kutzner;Scott Cohen

  • Climate change, tourist air travel and radical emissions reduction

    James Higham;James Higham;Scott A Cohen;Christina T Cavaliere;Arianne Carvalhedo Reis

  • Canary in the coalmine: Norwegian attitudes towards climate change and extreme long-haul air travel to Aotearoa/New Zealand

    James E.S. Higham;Scott A. Cohen

  • Can we fly less? Evaluating the ‘necessity’ of air travel

    Stefan Gössling;Stefan Gössling;Stefan Gössling;Paul Hanna;James Higham;Scott Cohen

  • Urban ecotourism: a contradiction in terms?

    James Higham;Michael Lück

  • Tourists and albatrosses: the dynamics of tourism at the Northern Royal Albatross Colony, Taiaroa Head, New Zealand

    J. E. S. Higham

  • The Low-Carbon Imperative: Destination Management under Urgent Climate Change

    Stefan Gössling;James Higham

  • Eyes wide shut? UK consumer perceptions on aviation climate impacts and travel decisions to New Zealand

    Scott Allen Cohen;James E.S. Higham

  • Knowledge management and tourism recovery (de)marketing: the Christchurch earthquakes 2010–2011

    C. Orchiston;J.E.S. Higham

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott A. Cohen
Scott A. Cohen University of Surrey
Stefan Gössling
Stefan Gössling Linnaeus University
Lars Bejder
Lars Bejder University of Hawaii at Manoa
David Lusseau
David Lusseau Technical University of Denmark
Rob Williams
Rob Williams Oceans Initiative
Ghazali Musa
Ghazali Musa University of Malaya
Susanne Becken
Susanne Becken Griffith University
Daniel Scott
Daniel Scott University of Waterloo
Geoffrey Wall
Geoffrey Wall University of Waterloo
Sander van der Linden
Sander van der Linden University of Cambridge

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