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Huijbens, Edward H.  PhD

Senior researcher with 116 publications in the last 22 years
EDWARD H. HUIJBENS (b. 1976) Geographer, scholar of tourism, professor and chair of Wageningen University cultural geography research group and part time senior scientist at the Stefansson Arctic Institute. Edward finished a B.Sc. in Geography at the University of Iceland in the spring 2000, MA and later a PhD in Cultural Geography mid-year 2005, both at Durham University, England. In 2004 – 2006, along with completing the PhD, he taught and did research at the University of Iceland, both in the faculty of science and the faculty of economics and business administration. From 2006 – 2015 he directed the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre and developed a holistic research agenda for tourism during a period of the industry’s exponential growth in Iceland. From 2015 till 2019 Edward was a professor at the school of social sciences and humanities at the University of Akureyri, where he also served as department head for the faculty of social sciences and law from 2017 till February 2019. Beyond regular academic mentoring and course teaching Edward has taught twice on the prestigious programme Semester at Sea, run by the Institute of Shipboard Education from the US, autumn 2016 and autumn 2018. On the latter occasion he ran Global Studies, the course all student aboard are require to attend. Edward is the author of articles in several scholarly journals in both Iceland and internationally and has co-edited Technology in Society/Society in Technology (2005, University of Iceland Press), Sensi/able Spaces: Space, art and the environment (2007, Cambridge Scholars Press) and The Illuminating Traveller (2008, University of Jyväskylä), Tourism and the Anthropocene (2016, Routledge) and is one of two authors of the book Icelandic Tourism (Forlagið, 2013). Edward most recent book Developing Earthly Attachments in the Anthropocene was published in April 2021 to by Routledge. In addition to his academic roles, Edward has been politically active with the Left Green party in Iceland, serving in several municipal committees for his home community, Akureyri (pop. 18.000), acting as reserve member of parliament and as of 2017 serving as the party’s vice chairman as the party led the government coalition formed after the 2017 autumn elections in Iceland. show More

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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity
Aggregated career metrics
116

Total documents

2.87

Normalized Impact

31

Highly Cited Papers (10%)

24.14

International Collab. (%)

Most cited publications


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Dimensions One by One

Spanning 73 diverse indicators, the dimensions considered capture a comprehensive spectrum of academic attributes. Each dimension includes a set of indicators and has a especific weight on the One Index. More information here...

Activity

972
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.

Impact

822
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Excellence

896
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Leadership

804
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Cooperation

819
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Openness

785
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Community Support

362
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Community Recognition

0
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Transference

0
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Fundraising

0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

All indicators

Performance

Activity

Reflects an author's research output.

Documents 116 Count of all document types.
Docs/Year 5.27 Average of documents published by author per year.
Citable docs 83 Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews.
Journal Articles 81 Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed.
Conferences 1 Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium.
Reviews 1 Review papers authored by the researcher.
Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Theses 0 Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings
Books 4 A whole monograph or the entire book.
Book Chapters 0 Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator.
Datasets 0 Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation.
Editorials 0 Papers where the author contributed editorial content.
Reports 0 Research reports or white papers authored.
Grants 0 Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author.
Pre-Prints 1 Number of publications freely available in pre-print format.
Clinical Trials N/A Number of clinical trials where the author has participated.
Other types 0 Other type of documents.

Impact

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citations 1387 Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types).
Self Citations 74 Citations where the author references their own previous work.
Self Citation Rate 5.335 Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count.
Non Self Citation Rate 94.665 Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations.
Hot Citations 82 Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months.
Citations/Document 11.96 Average of citations recieved per document.
% Not Cited 0.0 Percentage of documents with no citations recieved.
Relative Citation Index 2.868 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
Journal Relative Citation Index 2.757 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
H Index 20 Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times.
G Index 36 Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times.
i10 Index 28 Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved.

Excellence

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citation Score 0.554 Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th.
Citation Normalized Percentile 0.542 Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex.
Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) 31 Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Higly Cited Papers 2.672 Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 1%) 3 Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Outstanding Papers 2.586 Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) 0 Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Hot Papers 5 Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.

Interaction within community

Leadership

Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Docs Leadership 88 Number of documents lead by the author.
% Leadership 75.86 Percentage of documents lead by the author.
Docs International Leadership 11 Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
% International Leadership 9.48 Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
Principal Investigator 0 Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project.
Associations Founded 0 Number of associations founded by the author.
Societies Founded 0 Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author.
Foundations Founded 0 Number of research-related foundations established by the author.
Councils 0 Number of councils founded by author.

Cooperation

Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Authors/Paper 3.9 Average number of authors per document.
% Highly Authored Papers 2.59 Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors.
Countries/Paper 1.2 Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document.
Docs International Collaboration 28 Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line.
% International Collaboration 24.14 Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line.

Community Support

Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Peer Review Counts 2 Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications.
Society Membership 0 Number of societies of wich the author is a member.
Society Memberships 0 Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies.
Editorial Board Memberships 0 Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board.
Panelists 0 Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls.

Community Recognition

Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Distinctions 0 Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career.
Invitations 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations.
Talks 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks.
Professorships 0 Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips.
Commissioned Reports 0 Commissioned reports done by the author.

Interaction with society

Openness

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Open Access Documents 28 Number of documents in Open Access mode.
% Open Access Documents 24.14 Percentage of documents in Open Access mode.
Open Access Gold 6 Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ.
Open Access Green 5 Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository.
Open Access Hybrid 9 Free under an open license in a toll-access journal.
Open Access Bronze 1 Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license.
Open Access Closed 88 Non Open Access documents.

Transference

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Advisory Boards 0 Number of advisory boards of which the author is member.
Companies 0 Number of companies created or founded by the author.

Fundraising

Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

Funding Counts 0 Number of activities reported as funding recieved.
ERC Grantees 0 Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council.
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