OOIR: Observatory of International 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
How weekend leisure experiences alleviate emotional exhaustion at work	32
Co-creating family-inclusive leisure experiences: A study of Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house	28
Women’s cycling rides: Collective pathways to optimal experience	26
Mountain biking and environmental justice: What can “the bike boom” teach us about recreation equity?	24
A national longitudinal study examining social-emotional benefits of summer camp for early adolescents: Effects of attendance, dosage, and experience quality	23
Phenomenological exploration of young adults’ recreational cannabis use experiences and associated leisure meanings	20
Interrelationships among parental play belief, household playfulness, school play behaviors, and social competence of kindergarten children	20
Landscape attributes as stimuli for cognitive restoration in the outdoor environment: A systematic review and thematic analysis	17
Evaluating diversity, equity, and inclusivity in outdoor programs for veterans on public lands	16
Integrative review: Vacations and subjective well-being	15
Exploring the link between runners’ involvement and well-being using the psychological continuum model	15
“We do revolve our lives around it” – The meaning and significance of being a collegiate women’s basketball fan among older women	15
Examining the relationships between mindfulness, eudaimonic and hedonic experiences, place attachment, loyalty: the moderating role of flow	14
Use of social media before, during and after family trips	13
Military mothering, responsibility, and children’s outdoor risky play: “I do not want my children to be afraid to try things”	13
Leveraging regional Senior Games for older adults’ participation in sport and leisure-time physical activity: The event organizers’ perspective	12
The impact of outdoor therapeutic recreation on suicidality: A mixed-method systematic review	12
Leisure experience beyond individual: A novel group-centric model for visitors in living museums	11
Transition to a new baby: Exploring the association between couple leisure, coparenting and parenting practices	11
Comparing summer camp to other summertime settings: An explanatory-sequential mixed-methods study	11
Ascending past constraints through immersion into the social worlds of climbing gyms	11
How tourism decision-making and on-site interactions promote family benefits: A power perspective	11
Sense of community in roller derby	10
Finding flow in pandemic times: Leisure opportunities for optimal experience and positive mental health among Italian university students	10
Valuing nature-based recreation in forest areas in Italy: An application of Travel Cost Method (TCM)	10

Game on or game over? A cross-sectional study of factors impacting sport-active and sport-inactive Australian adults	10
The stimulus-organism-response approach to the overcrowding problem: Qualitative evidence from theme park visitors	9
“The forest is my church”: Spirituality and the trail to recovery	9
Examining the long-term effect of leisure engagement, leisure satisfaction, and perceived discrimination on stress perception among Koreans with physical disabilities	9
Correction	9
Living through history: A process model of identity construction in Napoleonic reenactments	9
Unlocking the power of leisure: Associations between leisure activity and social integration of family and individual migrants	9
Category versus labeled magnitude scale measures of immediate conscious leisure experiences: Engagement, immersion, and absorption	9
The legacy of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi for leisure studies: An introduction to this special ‘tribute’ issue	8
Leisure provision and refugee settlement: A scoping review with stakeholder engagement to inform policy and practice	8
A music community, 10 years later	7
Experiential factors predicting the short-term impact of a museum visit	7
One size does not fit all: Using Attention Restoration Theory to link preferences and outcomes of leisure activities	7
Fostering belonging in city parks: Exploring the impact of public art	7
Social media ritual as a digital leisure culture: Interpreting ritual communication in online communities	7
Aligned: Women’s stories of trauma, leisure, health, and the work of healing	7
Exploring inclusivity in travel and leisure: Insights from Filipino Muslim families	7
The unity of body and mind: the integration of leisure and religious practices by rural older women in the Chaoshan area of China	7
Cribbage culture and social worlds: An analysis of closeness, inclusiveness, and specialization	7
Examining basic psychological need frustration’s relevance to leisure: A case of Chinese international students during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Perceived collaborative decision-making and satisfaction with shared leisure decisions: A Bayesian Actor-Partner Interdependence analysis of young adult couples in Indonesia	6
The effect of pandemic-related stress on the decision-making process for individual outdoor leisure activities	6
Self-esteem mediates the association of leisure activities with adolescents’ mental health difficulties and prosocial behavior: Evidence from a UK-representative cohort	6
Comparison of reported outdoor activities in Florida State Parks among three fitness tracker apps	6
Wildland encounter norms across time and activity type: Stable preferences and shifting thresholds	6
How do fan engagement and sport participation influence adaptation to campus and life satisfaction? A Comparison between American domestic and Asian international students	6
Sexual leisure and profiles of coping with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sex life: Using cluster analysis approach	6
Participation in extracurricular leisure activities among primary school pupils: Effects of ethnic-cultural background, gender and school diversity	5
Analysis of engagement motivations for leisure and cognition in older adults participating in lifelong learning	5
The mediating role of passion in the relationship between serious leisure and well-being among university sport club participants	5
Impact of COVID-19 on vacation recreational walking: Evidence from an urban coastal destination	5
Evolving domestic tourism destination preferences post-apartheid	4
Bridging esport, sport and leisure: Empirical perspectives from esport consumers	4
Recreation and sport programs for social-emotional development among socially vulnerable youth	4
Gratitude mediates the relationship between leisure social support and loneliness among first-year university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan	4
A gender perspective analysis of Chinese nationals’ leisure time allocation: Family life cycle versus demographic determinants	4
‘This was like some Little House on the Prairie shit’: The intensive care(work) of making PPE during COVID-19	4
Flow as a catalyst for positive youth development	4
Stress, anxiety, leisure changes, and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Introduction to theme issue on leisure and COVID-19	4
Developing an instrument to assess the satisfaction and frustration of basic psychological needs during the leisure activity of birdwatching (Birding-BPNSF)	4
Constructing a Conspicuous Leisure Behavior Scale	4
Turn off to tune in: Digital disconnection, digital consciousness, and meaningful leisure	4
U.S. wilderness in the 21st century: A scoping review of wilderness visitor use management research from 2000 to 2020	3
Programming parks. How do organized events and activities affect the inclusivity of urban green spaces?	3
Context-free and work-related benefits of a leisure crafting intervention: A randomized controlled trial	3
Regional disparities in green space access and associations with adult obesity: An urban–rural comparison in Florida	3
Toward a more integrated understanding of young children’s family leisure experiences: The intersection of attachment theory and family leisure	3
Chan summer camp templestay as an educational leisure and tourism activity in China: Learning process and spiritual outcomes	3
Do working hours affect artistic and cultural participation? Evidence from Korea considering cultural genre and skill level	3

“Just shut out the world”: Bullied adolescents’ structured recreational and sports activities and their relationship to wellbeing and friendship	3
Social capital and successful aging among senior park golfers	3
COVID-19, mobility, leisure, and travel around the world	3
Women, wine, and wellness: “Mothers’ me-time” in McLaren Vale	3
The more you interact, the more leisure you have: A study of social interaction and serious leisure involvement	3
Fathering outdoors: Past, present, and future influences	3