OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Leisure Research is 5. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A trail of chaos: How psychopathic leadership influence employee satisfaction and turnover intention via self-efficacy in tourism enterprises	47
Leisure as immediate conscious experience: Foundations, evaluation, and extension of the theory of structured experiences	25
Leisure and the “White-Savior Industrial Complex”	22
Ecology of family experiences: Contextualizing family leisure for human development & family relations	20
Leisure satisfaction and quality of life of residents in Ningbo, China	19
Beyond noise management: Exploring visitors’ perceptions of positive emotional soundscape dimensions	18
Bidirectional association between leisure time physical activity and well-being: Longitudinal evidence	17
Who visits U.S. national parks (and who doesn’t)? A national study of perceived constraints and vacation preferences across diverse populations	15
Connecting protected area visitor experiences, wellness motivations, and soundscape perceptions in Chilean Patagonia	14
The potentials of partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) in leisure research	14
A critical examination of leisure in modernity: Rejecting instrumentalism and embracing flourishing	14
“Chinese don’t walk?” – The emergence of domestic walking tourism on China’s Ancient Tea Horse Road	12
Work hard, play hard…or maybe not: A look at the relationships between workaholism, work-leisure conflict, and work stress	12
Hiking during the COVID-19 pandemic: Demographic and visitor group factors associated with public health compliance	11
Person-place relationships, social capital, and health outcomes at a nonprofit community wellness center	11
Toward an applied social psychology of leisure	10
The measurement model of leisure constraint negotiation in leisure-time physical activity context: Reflective or formative?	10
An examination of video assisted leisure education in middle-aged and older adults	10
Work-leisure balance: Perceived organizational leisure support	10
Safe cycling space: How it is produced and experienced by cyclists	9
Exploring the conditions that promote intergroup contact at urban parks	9
Social psychology of leisure 2.0: Looking back, looking forward	8
How work constrains leisure: New ideas and directions for interdisciplinary research	8
How do work and leisure contribute to Hong Kong Chinese’ life satisfaction?	8
Constructing an interactionist framework for playfulness research: Adding psychological situations and playful states	8

Experience design and the origins and aims of leisure studies: Shifting the focus from context to experience	7
Can urban parks bridge deep divides? Assessing the effects of inter-racial social interaction in parks and public spaces on trust	7
Neoliberal conservation and equity in the context of local parks and recreation: Stakeholder perceptions on public-non-profit partnerships	7
The impact of protective masks on outdoor recreation crowding norms during a pandemic	7
The effect of environmental factors and physical activity on emotions and attention while walking and jogging	7
Yoga leisure and identity development of Chinese second-time mothers	7
Valuing nature-based recreation in forest areas in Italy: An application of Travel Cost Method (TCM)	7
Widowhood and leisure: An exploration of leisure’s role in coping and finding a new self	7
Comparison of reported outdoor activities in Florida State Parks among three fitness tracker apps	6
Investigating the role of family travel and family functioning in promoting Chinese adolescents’ subjective wellbeing	6
Why do normative encounter standards change? The social evolution of recreational crowding	6
Patterns of family-based nature activities across the early life course and their association with adulthood outdoor participation and preference	6
Personal growth leisure experience in Templestay: International tourist outcomes, satisfaction, and recommendation	6
Deconstructing serious leisure using identity theory	6
Toward a culture-sensitive approach to playfulness research: Development of the Adult Playfulness Trait Scale-Chinese version and an alternative measurement model	6
“White Savior” as duly provocative or enforced civility with unintended consequences? A response to Anderson, Knee, & Mowatt	6
Meanings of traditional Chinese leisure: Perspectives from etymology, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism	6
An examination of recreational golfers’ psychological connection, participation behavior, and perceived constraints	5
Travel after tragedy: A phenomenological study on what it takes for women to travel solo after tragedy	5
After-school time use of urban adolescents: Effects on achievement, problem behaviors, and happiness	5
Challenges of ecological momentary assessments to study family leisure: Participants’ perspectives	5
Building, not burning bridges in research: Insider/outsider dilemmas and engaging with the bridge community	5
Real-time, passive measurement of communication during family leisure: An exploratory study of wearable sociometric badges	5
“White-Savior Industrial Complex” in leisure studies: A response to Anderson, Knee, & Mowatt	5
Rail trails literature: Current status and future research	5
Birding recreation specialization – A test of the factorial invariance in eight languages	5