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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Phenomenological exploration of young adults’ recreational cannabis use experiences and associated leisure meanings	45
Women’s cycling rides: Collective pathways to optimal experience	25
How weekend leisure experiences alleviate emotional exhaustion at work	19
Co-creating family-inclusive leisure experiences: A study of Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house	17
Meanings of traditional Chinese leisure: Perspectives from etymology, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism	16
A national longitudinal study examining social-emotional benefits of summer camp for early adolescents: Effects of attendance, dosage, and experience quality	16
Interrelationships among parental play belief, household playfulness, school play behaviors, and social competence of kindergarten children	15
Landscape attributes as stimuli for cognitive restoration in the outdoor environment: A systematic review and thematic analysis	15
It is more than fun and making friends: Social leisure and leisure experiences of Taiwanese urban women	14
Exploring the link between runners’ involvement and well-being using the psychological continuum model	14
Evaluating diversity, equity, and inclusivity in outdoor programs for veterans on public lands	14
Leveraging regional Senior Games for older adults’ participation in sport and leisure-time physical activity: The event organizers’ perspective	12
“We do revolve our lives around it” – The meaning and significance of being a collegiate women’s basketball fan among older women	12
Integrative review: Vacations and subjective well-being	12
Use of social media before, during and after family trips	11
Military mothering, responsibility, and children’s outdoor risky play: “I do not want my children to be afraid to try things”	11
Examining the relationships between mindfulness, eudaimonic and hedonic experiences, place attachment, loyalty: the moderating role of flow	10
Comparing summer camp to other summertime settings: An explanatory-sequential mixed-methods study	9
The impact of outdoor therapeutic recreation on suicidality: A mixed-method systematic review	9
Transition to a new baby: Exploring the association between couple leisure, coparenting and parenting practices	9
Ascending past constraints through immersion into the social worlds of climbing gyms	9
Sense of community in roller derby	9
Game on or game over? A cross-sectional study of factors impacting sport-active and sport-inactive Australian adults	8
The stimulus-organism-response approach to the overcrowding problem: Qualitative evidence from theme park visitors	8
Finding flow in pandemic times: Leisure opportunities for optimal experience and positive mental health among Italian university students	8

“The forest is my church”: Spirituality and the trail to recovery	8
Valuing nature-based recreation in forest areas in Italy: An application of Travel Cost Method (TCM)	8
How tourism decision-making and on-site interactions promote family benefits: A power perspective	8
Category versus labeled magnitude scale measures of immediate conscious leisure experiences: Engagement, immersion, and absorption	7
Unlocking the power of leisure: Associations between leisure activity and social integration of family and individual migrants	7
Examining the long-term effect of leisure engagement, leisure satisfaction, and perceived discrimination on stress perception among Koreans with physical disabilities	7
Correction	7
A music community, 10 years later	6
Cribbage culture and social worlds: An analysis of closeness, inclusiveness, and specialization	6
The legacy of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi for leisure studies: An introduction to this special ‘tribute’ issue	6
The unity of body and mind: the integration of leisure and religious practices by rural older women in the Chaoshan area of China	6
Exploring inclusivity in travel and leisure: Insights from Filipino Muslim families	6
Social media ritual as a digital leisure culture: Interpreting ritual communication in online communities	6
Experiential factors predicting the short-term impact of a museum visit	6
Examining basic psychological need frustration’s relevance to leisure: A case of Chinese international students during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
It’s both experience and context, and that’s just leisure	5
Comparison of reported outdoor activities in Florida State Parks among three fitness tracker apps	5
Wildland encounter norms across time and activity type: Stable preferences and shifting thresholds	5
Self-esteem mediates the association of leisure activities with adolescents’ mental health difficulties and prosocial behavior: Evidence from a UK-representative cohort	5
Sexual leisure and profiles of coping with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sex life: Using cluster analysis approach	5
How do fan engagement and sport participation influence adaptation to campus and life satisfaction? A Comparison between American domestic and Asian international students	5
The effect of pandemic-related stress on the decision-making process for individual outdoor leisure activities	5
Introduction to theme issue on leisure across the life course	5
Gratitude mediates the relationship between leisure social support and loneliness among first-year university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan	4
Introduction to theme issue on leisure and COVID-19	4
A gender perspective analysis of Chinese nationals’ leisure time allocation: Family life cycle versus demographic determinants	4
The mediating role of passion in the relationship between serious leisure and well-being among university sport club participants	4
Leisure, eudaimonic behavior, physical activity and well-being of older adults	4
Turn off to tune in: Digital disconnection, digital consciousness, and meaningful leisure	4
Stress, anxiety, leisure changes, and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Evolving domestic tourism destination preferences post-apartheid	4
Perceived ownership of urban parks: The role of the social environment	4
‘This was like some Little House on the Prairie shit’: The intensive care(work) of making PPE during COVID-19	4
Participation in extracurricular leisure activities among primary school pupils: Effects of ethnic-cultural background, gender and school diversity	4
Developing an instrument to assess the satisfaction and frustration of basic psychological needs during the leisure activity of birdwatching (Birding-BPNSF)	4
Flow as a catalyst for positive youth development	4
Impact of COVID-19 on vacation recreational walking: Evidence from an urban coastal destination	4
Hybrid habitats: Remediating leisure, space and youth throughPokémon Goin India	4
Bridging esport, sport and leisure: Empirical perspectives from esport consumers	3
Toward a more integrated understanding of young children’s family leisure experiences: The intersection of attachment theory and family leisure	3
Social capital and successful aging among senior park golfers	3
Regional disparities in green space access and associations with adult obesity: An urban–rural comparison in Florida	3
U.S. wilderness in the 21st century: A scoping review of wilderness visitor use management research from 2000 to 2020	3
Recreation and sport programs for social-emotional development among socially vulnerable youth	3
COVID-19, mobility, leisure, and travel around the world	3
Context-free and work-related benefits of a leisure crafting intervention: A randomized controlled trial	3
The more you interact, the more leisure you have: A study of social interaction and serious leisure involvement	3
Programming parks. How do organized events and activities affect the inclusivity of urban green spaces?	3
Constructing a Conspicuous Leisure Behavior Scale	3
Do working hours affect artistic and cultural participation? Evidence from Korea considering cultural genre and skill level	3

Remaining relevant, visible and vibrant: Embracing experience	3
Chan summer camp templestay as an educational leisure and tourism activity in China: Learning process and spiritual outcomes	3