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Lori Pennington-Gray 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 Lori Pennington-Gray sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 144 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lori Pennington-Gray 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 Lori Pennington-Gray 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: 38 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lori Pennington-Gray is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research primarily resides within the broad field of Social Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Marketing, and Communication.

Their scholarly output extensively covers diverse aspects of tourism research, disaster management and resilience, sport and mega-event impacts, mosquito-borne diseases and control, public relations and crisis communication, digital marketing and social media, as well as the sharing economy and platforms.

Frequent publication venues for Lori Pennington-Gray include:

  • Annals of Tourism Research
  • Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
  • Journal of Destination Marketing & Management
  • International Journal of Hospitality Management
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism

Recent papers by Lori Pennington-Gray include:

  • Does tourism matter in measuring community resilience? (2021, Annals of Tourism Research)
  • Social media information and peer-to-peer accommodation during an infectious disease outbreak (2021, Journal of Destination Marketing & Management)
  • Predicting Chikungunya disease personal protective behaviors: Results of a cross-sectional survey of US-Caribbean travelers (2020, Health Promotion Perspectives)
  • Spatial Effect of Crime on Peer-to-Peer Lodging Performance (2021, Journal of Travel Research)
  • Destination images of the ten most visited countries for potential Brazilian tourists (2020, Tourism & Management Studies)

Collaborations have been established with several scholars, with frequent coauthors including Estefania Basurto-Cedeno, Seonjin Lee, Jinwon Kim, Christa D. Court, and João Pedro Ferreira.

Best Publications

  • The Effect of Risk Perceptions on Intentions to Travel in the Aftermath of September 11, 2001

    Myron F. Floyd;Heather Gibson;Lori Pennington-Gray;Brijesh Thapa

  • The dynamics of travel avoidance: The case of Ebola in the U.S.

    Ignatius Cahyanto;Michael Wiblishauser;Lori Pennington-Gray;Ashley Schroeder

  • Testing a Constraints Model within the Context of Nature-Based Tourism

    Lori A. Pennington-Gray;Deborah L. Kerstetter

  • Profiling risk perceptions of tourists

    Myron F. Floyd;Lori Pennington-Gray

  • The Role of Social Media in International Tourist’s Decision Making

    Ashley Schroeder;Lori Pennington-Gray

  • Risk perception and evacuation decisions of Florida tourists under hurricane threats: a stated preference analysis

    Corene Matyas;Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan;Ignatius Cahyanto;Brijesh Thapa

  • Destination risk perceptions among U.S. residents for London as the host city of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games

    Ashley Schroeder;Lori Pennington-Gray;Kiki Kaplanidou;Fangzi Zhan

  • Using Social Media in Times of Crisis

    Ashley Schroeder;Lori Pennington-Gray;Holly Donohoe;Spiro Kiousis

  • Tourism crisis management: can the Extended Parallel Process Model be used to understand crisis responses in the cruise industry?

    Bingjie Liu;Lori Pennington-Gray;Janice Krieger

  • Cohort segmentation: an application to tourism.

    Lori Pennington-Gray;Joseph D. Fridgen;Daniel Stynes

  • Cruise Line Customers’ Responses to Risk and Crisis Communication Messages: An Application of the Risk Perception Attitude Framework:

    Bingjie Liu-Lastres;Ashley Schroeder;Lori Pennington-Gray

  • What Do University-Educated Women Want from Their Pleasure Travel Experiences?

    Lori A. Pennington-Gray;Deborah L. Kerstetter

  • Predicting information seeking regarding hurricane evacuation in the destination

    Ignatius Cahyanto;Lori Pennington-Gray;Brijesh Thapa;Siva Srinivasan

  • Crisis planning and preparedness in the United States tourism industry.

    Lori Pennington-Gray;Brijesh Thapa;Kyriaki Kaplanidou;Ignatius Cahyanto

  • Does location matter? Exploring the spatial patterns of food safety in a tourism destination

    YongJin Lee;Lori Pennington-Gray;Jinwon Kim

  • Understanding the domestic VFR drive market in Florida

    Lori Pennington-Gray

  • Understanding women's professional basketball game spectators: sociodemographics, game consumption, and entertainment options.

    J. J. Zhang;L. Pennington-Gray;D. P. Connaughton;J. R. Braunstein

  • An empirical evaluation of the determinants of tourist's hurricane evacuation decision making

    Ignatius Cahyanto;Lori Pennington-Gray;Brijesh Thapa;Siva Srinivasan

  • Cognitive and affective responses of Florida tourists after exposure to hurricane warning messages

    Jorge Villegas;Corene Matyas;Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan;Ignatius Cahyanto

  • Bed bugs bite the hospitality industry? A framing analysis of bed bug news coverage.

    Bingjie Liu;Lori Pennington-Gray

Frequent Co-Authors

Brijesh Thapa
Brijesh Thapa University of Florida
Deborah L. Kerstetter
Deborah L. Kerstetter Pennsylvania State University
Spiro Kiousis
Spiro Kiousis University of Florida
Kyriaki Kaplanidou
Kyriaki Kaplanidou University of Florida
Christine A. Vogt
Christine A. Vogt Arizona State University
Svetlana Stepchenkova
Svetlana Stepchenkova University of Florida
Myron F. Floyd
Myron F. Floyd North Carolina State University
Heather J. Gibson
Heather J. Gibson University of Florida
Yvette Reisinger
Yvette Reisinger Gulf University for Science & Technology
Tazim Jamal
Tazim Jamal Texas A&M University

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