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Carl Behnke

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2004
Culinary Culture and TourismConsumer Attitudes and Food LabelingFood Safety and HygieneConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationDigital Marketing and Social Media

Publications

62

Citations

1,069

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

22

Publishing since 2004

Research summary
AI-generated

Carl Behnke studies consumer behavior in restaurants and food tourism, focusing on how menu wording, food descriptions, and visual cues affect what people order and how they perceive meals. His work also examines destination food experiences for travelers, food safety perceptions for home meal-kit delivery, and factors like calorie information and portion size that shape healthier eating choices.

Restaurant menu design and consumer perceptionFood tourism and destination food imagesFood safety and meal-kit servicesHealthy eating and calorie information in diningHospitality and consumer behavior research

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, dipping around 2019-2020 before rising again from 2021 onward, with a relatively steady pace of a few papers per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently
2017: 8 publications8172018: 4 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication202021: 6 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Foodservice Business Research×8
  • International Journal of Hospitality Management×5
  • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics×3
  • International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management×2
  • Appetite×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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