Yu-Fai Leung

Yu-Fai Leung

North Carolina State University

H-index: 38

North America-United States

About Yu-Fai Leung

Yu-Fai Leung, With an exceptional h-index of 38 and a recent h-index of 26 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at North Carolina State University, specializes in the field of visitor management, sustainable tourism, recreation ecology, protected areas, Antarctica.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Finland’s Protected Areas 2023

The future of sustainable polar ship-based tourism

Characterizing the association between child malnutrition and protected areas in sub-Saharan Africa using unsupervised clustering

“More helpful than hurtful”? Information, technology, and uncertainty in outdoor recreation

Making memories that matter: how do different recollections of an Antarctic tourism experience impact future conservation behavior?

GetDiv–a call for a global coordinated study on plant diversity changes on nature trails

Spatial heterogeneity of child malnutrition, proximity to protected areas and environmental variabilities in Zimbabwe

Ambassadors, stewards, advocates—Is engagement of polar tourists in conservation symbolic or substantive? A scoping review

Yu-Fai Leung Information

University

Position

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Citations(all)

6235

Citations(since 2020)

3108

Cited By

4167

hIndex(all)

38

hIndex(since 2020)

26

i10Index(all)

79

i10Index(since 2020)

61

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North Carolina State University

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Yu-Fai Leung Skills & Research Interests

visitor management

sustainable tourism

recreation ecology

protected areas

Antarctica

Top articles of Yu-Fai Leung

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Finland’s Protected Areas 2023

Sue Stolton

Petri Ahlroth

Ari-Pekka Auvinen

Naira Dehmel

Nigel Dudley

...

2024

The future of sustainable polar ship-based tourism

Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures

Daniela Liggett

Daniela Cajiao

Machiel Lamers

Yu-Fai Leung

Emma J Stewart

2023

Characterizing the association between child malnutrition and protected areas in sub-Saharan Africa using unsupervised clustering

Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences

Zeynab Jouzi

Yu-Fai Leung

Stacy Nelson

2023/12/7

“More helpful than hurtful”? Information, technology, and uncertainty in outdoor recreation

Leisure Sciences

Andrew Glenn Rogers

Yu-Fai Leung

2023

Making memories that matter: how do different recollections of an Antarctic tourism experience impact future conservation behavior?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Daniela Cajiao

Lincoln Larson

Yu-Fai Leung

Julianne Reas

2023/10/17

GetDiv–a call for a global coordinated study on plant diversity changes on nature trails

Journal of Ecotourism

Lauri Laanisto

Piia Jaksi

Ly Härm

Tiit Hallikma

Tiiu Kull

...

2023/3/23

Spatial heterogeneity of child malnutrition, proximity to protected areas and environmental variabilities in Zimbabwe

GeoJournal

Zeynab Jouzi

Stacy AC Nelson

Yu-Fai Leung

2023/2/14

Ambassadors, stewards, advocates—Is engagement of polar tourists in conservation symbolic or substantive? A scoping review

Julianne Reas

Yu-Fai Leung

Daniela Cajiao

2023

Is COVID-19 helping or hindering effective management of Antarctic tourism?

Hanne Nielsen

D Cajiao

G Roldan

J Benayas

A Herbert

...

2022/1/1

Tourists’ motivations, learning, and trip satisfaction facilitate pro-environmental outcomes of the Antarctic tourist experience

Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

Daniela Cajiao

Yu-Fai Leung

Lincoln R Larson

Pablo Tejedo

Javier Benayas

2022/3/1

Citizen science as a tool for enhancing recreation research in protected areas: Applications and opportunities

Suet Yi Cheung

Yu-Fai Leung

Lincoln R Larson

2022/3/1

From recreation ecology to a recreation ecosystem: A framework accounting for social-ecological systems

Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

Anna B Miller

Dale J Blahna

Wayde C Morse

Yu-Fai Leung

Mary M Rowland

2022/6/1

Addressing the food security and conservation challenges: Can be aligned instead of apposed?

Frontiers in Conservation Science

Zeynab Jouzi

Yu-Fai Leung

Stacy Nelson

2022

What are the real environmental impacts of Antarctic tourism? Unveiling their importance through a comprehensive meta-analysis

P Tejedo

J Benayas

D Cajiao

Y-F Leung

Daniela De Filippo

...

2022/4/15

GIS&T in recreation planning and management

Jelena Vukomanovic

Chelsey Walden-Schreiner

J. Aaron Hipp

Yu-Fai Leung

2022

Behavioural responses of two penguin species to human presence at Barrientos Island, a popular tourist site in the Antarctic Peninsula region

Antarctic Science

Daniela Cajiao

Yu-Fai Leung

Pablo Tejedo

Andrés Barbosa

Gunter Reck

...

2022/4

Adaptive management of sustainable tourism in Antarctica: A rhetoric or working progress?

Sustainability

Daniela Cajiao

Javier Benayas

Pablo Tejedo

Yu-Fai Leung

2021/7/8

Tourism in protected areas amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Parks

A. Spenceley

S. McCool

D. Newsome

A. Baez

J. R. Barborak

...

2021

Global dimensions: Trends, lessons, and collaborative learning

Igniting research for outdoor recreation: linking science, policy, and action. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-987. Portland, OR: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

Matthew Helmer

Anna B Miller

James R Barborak

SF McCool

Yu-Fai Leung

2020

Тусгай хамгаалалттай газар нутгийн аялал жуулчлал ба аялагчдын удирдлага, зохион байгуулалт: Тогтвортой хөгжлийн удирдамж (Tourism and visitor management in protected areas …

Yu-Fai Leung

Anna Spenceley

Glen Hvenegaard

Ralf Buckley

2020/7/8

See List of Professors in Yu-Fai Leung University(North Carolina State University)

Co-Authors

H-index: 77
Roland Kays

Roland Kays

North Carolina State University

H-index: 46
Ross Dowling

Ross Dowling

Edith Cowan University

H-index: 46
M. Nils Peterson

M. Nils Peterson

North Carolina State University

H-index: 45
David Newsome

David Newsome

Murdoch University

H-index: 42
Lincoln Larson

Lincoln Larson

North Carolina State University

H-index: 40
Peter Newman

Peter Newman

Penn State University

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