Journal of Leisure Research

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Leisure Research is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
How weekend leisure experiences alleviate emotional exhaustion at work54
Co-creating family-inclusive leisure experiences: A study of Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house30
It is more than fun and making friends: Social leisure and leisure experiences of Taiwanese urban women24
A national longitudinal study examining social-emotional benefits of summer camp for early adolescents: Effects of attendance, dosage, and experience quality22
Interrelationships among parental play belief, household playfulness, school play behaviors, and social competence of kindergarten children22
Mountain biking and environmental justice: What can “the bike boom” teach us about recreation equity?21
Women’s cycling rides: Collective pathways to optimal experience17
Evaluating diversity, equity, and inclusivity in outdoor programs for veterans on public lands16
Landscape attributes as stimuli for cognitive restoration in the outdoor environment: A systematic review and thematic analysis16
Phenomenological exploration of young adults’ recreational cannabis use experiences and associated leisure meanings16
Exploring the link between runners’ involvement and well-being using the psychological continuum model15
“We do revolve our lives around it” – The meaning and significance of being a collegiate women’s basketball fan among older women15
Integrative review: Vacations and subjective well-being14
Leveraging regional Senior Games for older adults’ participation in sport and leisure-time physical activity: The event organizers’ perspective14
Use of social media before, during and after family trips14
Military mothering, responsibility, and children’s outdoor risky play: “I do not want my children to be afraid to try things”13
Comparing summer camp to other summertime settings: An explanatory-sequential mixed-methods study12
Examining the relationships between mindfulness, eudaimonic and hedonic experiences, place attachment, loyalty: the moderating role of flow12
Sense of community in roller derby11
The impact of outdoor therapeutic recreation on suicidality: A mixed-method systematic review11
Transition to a new baby: Exploring the association between couple leisure, coparenting and parenting practices10
Correction9
Finding flow in pandemic times: Leisure opportunities for optimal experience and positive mental health among Italian university students9
Ascending past constraints through immersion into the social worlds of climbing gyms9
Category versus labeled magnitude scale measures of immediate conscious leisure experiences: Engagement, immersion, and absorption9
How tourism decision-making and on-site interactions promote family benefits: A power perspective9
Unlocking the power of leisure: Associations between leisure activity and social integration of family and individual migrants9
Valuing nature-based recreation in forest areas in Italy: An application of Travel Cost Method (TCM)9
Game on or game over? A cross-sectional study of factors impacting sport-active and sport-inactive Australian adults9
Examining the long-term effect of leisure engagement, leisure satisfaction, and perceived discrimination on stress perception among Koreans with physical disabilities8
The legacy of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi for leisure studies: An introduction to this special ‘tribute’ issue8
The stimulus-organism-response approach to the overcrowding problem: Qualitative evidence from theme park visitors8
“The forest is my church”: Spirituality and the trail to recovery8
Leisure provision and refugee settlement: A scoping review with stakeholder engagement to inform policy and practice8
Exploring inclusivity in travel and leisure: Insights from Filipino Muslim families8
Social media ritual as a digital leisure culture: Interpreting ritual communication in online communities7
Cribbage culture and social worlds: An analysis of closeness, inclusiveness, and specialization7
Examining basic psychological need frustration’s relevance to leisure: A case of Chinese international students during the COVID-19 pandemic7
A music community, 10 years later7
Wildland encounter norms across time and activity type: Stable preferences and shifting thresholds7
The unity of body and mind: the integration of leisure and religious practices by rural older women in the Chaoshan area of China7
Experiential factors predicting the short-term impact of a museum visit7
How do fan engagement and sport participation influence adaptation to campus and life satisfaction? A Comparison between American domestic and Asian international students6
Sexual leisure and profiles of coping with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sex life: Using cluster analysis approach6
Comparison of reported outdoor activities in Florida State Parks among three fitness tracker apps6
The effect of pandemic-related stress on the decision-making process for individual outdoor leisure activities6
Self-esteem mediates the association of leisure activities with adolescents’ mental health difficulties and prosocial behavior: Evidence from a UK-representative cohort6
Introduction to theme issue on leisure across the life course6
Perceived ownership of urban parks: The role of the social environment5
Leisure, eudaimonic behavior, physical activity and well-being of older adults5
Stress, anxiety, leisure changes, and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic5
The mediating role of passion in the relationship between serious leisure and well-being among university sport club participants5
Participation in extracurricular leisure activities among primary school pupils: Effects of ethnic-cultural background, gender and school diversity5
‘This was like some Little House on the Prairie shit’: The intensive care(work) of making PPE during COVID-195
Impact of COVID-19 on vacation recreational walking: Evidence from an urban coastal destination5
Turn off to tune in: Digital disconnection, digital consciousness, and meaningful leisure5
A gender perspective analysis of Chinese nationals’ leisure time allocation: Family life cycle versus demographic determinants4
Recreation and sport programs for social-emotional development among socially vulnerable youth4
Programming parks. How do organized events and activities affect the inclusivity of urban green spaces?4
U.S. wilderness in the 21st century: A scoping review of wilderness visitor use management research from 2000 to 20204
Introduction to theme issue on leisure and COVID-194
Evolving domestic tourism destination preferences post-apartheid4
Developing an instrument to assess the satisfaction and frustration of basic psychological needs during the leisure activity of birdwatching (Birding-BPNSF)4
Social capital and successful aging among senior park golfers4
Gratitude mediates the relationship between leisure social support and loneliness among first-year university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan4
Flow as a catalyst for positive youth development4
Hybrid habitats: Remediating leisure, space and youth throughPokémon Goin India4
Constructing a Conspicuous Leisure Behavior Scale4
Bridging esport, sport and leisure: Empirical perspectives from esport consumers4
Toward a more integrated understanding of young children’s family leisure experiences: The intersection of attachment theory and family leisure3
“Just shut out the world”: Bullied adolescents’ structured recreational and sports activities and their relationship to wellbeing and friendship3
Grandparent couples’ experiences of family leisure3
Do working hours affect artistic and cultural participation? Evidence from Korea considering cultural genre and skill level3
The more you interact, the more leisure you have: A study of social interaction and serious leisure involvement3
Fathering outdoors: Past, present, and future influences3
Birding recreation specialization – A test of the factorial invariance in eight languages3
Context-free and work-related benefits of a leisure crafting intervention: A randomized controlled trial3
COVID-19, mobility, leisure, and travel around the world3
Regional disparities in green space access and associations with adult obesity: An urban–rural comparison in Florida3
Identifying leisure education topics for university student well-being: A Delphi study3
Chan summer camp templestay as an educational leisure and tourism activity in China: Learning process and spiritual outcomes3
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