Leaderboards/Museums and Cultural Heritage

Museums and Cultural Heritage

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Yumeng Hou
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2
Foteini Valeonti
University College London
3
Ellie King
University of Warwick
4
Kexin Guo
Purdue University West Lafayette
5
Yuntao Lian
Nanjing Forestry University
6
Bobby Habig
American Museum of Natural History
7
Aso Hajirasouli
Western Sydney University
8
Vassiliki Kamariotou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
9
Lukas Hughes-Noehrer
University of Manchester
10
Mingwei Xia
Southwest Jiaotong University

Rising Stars Papers

1
The Evolution of Digital Cultural Heritage Research: Identifying Key Trends, Hotspots, and Challenges through Bibliometric Analysis
Sustainability|2024
108 cit.
2
Exploring the Impact of Construction 4.0 on Industrial Relations: A Comprehensive Thematic Synthesis of Workforce Transformation in the Digital Era of Construction
Buildings|2025
14 cit.
3
Evaluating museum exhibits: Quantifying visitor experience and museum impact with user experience methodologies
Curator The Museum Journal|2024
8 cit.
4
Decentralising digital humanities: exploring blockchain technology and “web3” for the Sloane Lab and Towards a National Collection (TaNC)
Journal of Documentation|2024
4 cit.
5
Ontology-based knowledge representation for traditional martial arts
Digital Scholarship in the Humanities|2024
3 cit.
6
Cats in the city: urban cat distribution is influenced by habitat characteristics, anthropogenic factors, and the presence of coyotes
Urban Ecosystems|2025
2 cit.
7
Patterns of mammalian diversity and the detection of coyotes and free-ranging cats along the highly urbanized Bronx River
Journal of Urban Ecology|2025
2 cit.
8
Contrasting attitudes towards current and future artificial intelligence applications for computerised interpretation of electrocardiograms: a clinical stakeholder interview study
JAMIA Open|2025
2 cit.
9
Attitudes of clinicians to a ‘human-like’ explainable AI based on pseudo-colouring of ECGs that exposes life-threatening anomalies
Journal of Electrocardiology|2024
1 cit.
10
UK Reproducibility Network open and transparent research practices survey dataset
Scientific Data|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
M. Claudia tom Dieck
Manchester Metropolitan University
2
Gila Oren
College of Management Academic Studies
3
Adele Magnelli
Rina Services (Italy)
4
Melisa Diaz Lema
Politecnico di Milano
5
Chris Little
Griffith University
6
Dario tom Dieck
Manchester Metropolitan University
7
Ken Timms
Tweed Shire Council
8
Alessandro Adamou
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History
9
Antonio Lampis
Ministero della cultura
10
Salvatore Campana
Parthenope University of Naples

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage Embodied: State of the Art
Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage|2022
244 cit.
2
Mixed reality experiences in museums: Exploring the impact of functional elements of the devices on visitors’ immersive experiences and post-experience behaviours
Information & Management|2022
128 cit.
3
Metaverse for service industries: Future applications, opportunities, challenges and research directions
Computers in Human Behavior|2023
71 cit.
4
The effects of augmented reality shopping experiences: immersion, presence and satisfaction
Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing|2023
55 cit.
5
Augmented reality marketing in hospitality and tourism: a guide for researchers and managers
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management|2024
25 cit.
6
Can augmented reality (AR) applications enhance students’ experiences? Gratifications, engagement and learning styles
Information Technology and People|2023
24 cit.
7
Do tourists experience suffering when they touch the wailing wall?
Tourism Management|2024
18 cit.
8
Predicting dropout in Higher Education across borders
Studies in Higher Education|2023
16 cit.
9
Experimenting hybrid reality in cultural heritage reconstruction. The Peasant Civilisation Park and the ‘Vicinato a Pozzo’ museum of Matera (Italy)
Museum Management and Curatorship|2022
13 cit.
10
The value of augmented reality: exploring hedonic and utilitarian augmented reality experiences
Internet Research|2024
11 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Lynn D. Dierking
Institute for Learning Innovation (United States)
2
Martin Storksdieck
Oregon State University
3
Timothy Jung
Manchester Metropolitan University
4
Tali Tal
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
5
Michael Reiß
University College London
6
Kevin Crowley
University of Pittsburgh
7
Xiang Li
University of Colorado Boulder
8
Namho Chung
Kyung Hee University
9
John H. Falk
Institute for Learning Innovation
10
Philip Kotler
Northwestern University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Marketing Management: Analysis, Planning and Control
Journal of Marketing|1973
2.5k cit.
2
Country as brand, product, and beyond: A place marketing and brand management perspective
Journal of Brand Management|2002
1.9k cit.
3
Social Marketing: An Approach to Planned Social Change
Journal of Marketing|1971
1.8k cit.
4
Broadening the Concept of Marketing
Journal of Marketing|1969
1.7k cit.
5
Social Marketing: An Approach to Planned Social Change
Journal of Marketing|1971
1.4k cit.
6
Exploring Consumer Behavior in Virtual Reality Tourism Using an Extended Stimulus-Organism-Response Model
Journal of Travel Research|2018
1.3k cit.
7
A Generic Concept of Marketing
Journal of Marketing|1972
1.1k cit.
8
Marketing Management (12th Edition)
Unknown Journal|2007
1k cit.
9
Marketing in the Network Economy
Journal of Marketing|1999
1k cit.
10
Broadening the Concept of Marketing
Journal of Marketing|1969
1k cit.

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