Journal of Leisure Research

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Leisure Research is 7. 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.)
ArticleCitations
How weekend leisure experiences alleviate emotional exhaustion at work32
Co-creating family-inclusive leisure experiences: A study of Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house28
Women’s cycling rides: Collective pathways to optimal experience26
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 quality23
Phenomenological exploration of young adults’ recreational cannabis use experiences and associated leisure meanings20
Interrelationships among parental play belief, household playfulness, school play behaviors, and social competence of kindergarten children20
Landscape attributes as stimuli for cognitive restoration in the outdoor environment: A systematic review and thematic analysis17
Evaluating diversity, equity, and inclusivity in outdoor programs for veterans on public lands16
Integrative review: Vacations and subjective well-being15
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
Examining the relationships between mindfulness, eudaimonic and hedonic experiences, place attachment, loyalty: the moderating role of flow14
Use of social media before, during and after family trips13
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’ perspective12
The impact of outdoor therapeutic recreation on suicidality: A mixed-method systematic review12
Leisure experience beyond individual: A novel group-centric model for visitors in living museums11
Transition to a new baby: Exploring the association between couple leisure, coparenting and parenting practices11
Comparing summer camp to other summertime settings: An explanatory-sequential mixed-methods study11
Ascending past constraints through immersion into the social worlds of climbing gyms11
How tourism decision-making and on-site interactions promote family benefits: A power perspective11
Sense of community in roller derby10
Finding flow in pandemic times: Leisure opportunities for optimal experience and positive mental health among Italian university students10
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 adults10
Examining the long-term effect of leisure engagement, leisure satisfaction, and perceived discrimination on stress perception among Koreans with physical disabilities9
Correction9
Living through history: A process model of identity construction in Napoleonic reenactments9
Unlocking the power of leisure: Associations between leisure activity and social integration of family and individual migrants9
Category versus labeled magnitude scale measures of immediate conscious leisure experiences: Engagement, immersion, and absorption9
The stimulus-organism-response approach to the overcrowding problem: Qualitative evidence from theme park visitors9
“The forest is my church”: Spirituality and the trail to recovery9
The legacy of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi for leisure studies: An introduction to this special ‘tribute’ issue8
Leisure provision and refugee settlement: A scoping review with stakeholder engagement to inform policy and practice8
A music community, 10 years later7
Experiential factors predicting the short-term impact of a museum visit7
One size does not fit all: Using Attention Restoration Theory to link preferences and outcomes of leisure activities7
Fostering belonging in city parks: Exploring the impact of public art7
Social media ritual as a digital leisure culture: Interpreting ritual communication in online communities7
Aligned: Women’s stories of trauma, leisure, health, and the work of healing7
Exploring inclusivity in travel and leisure: Insights from Filipino Muslim families7
The unity of body and mind: the integration of leisure and religious practices by rural older women in the Chaoshan area of China7
Cribbage culture and social worlds: An analysis of closeness, inclusiveness, and specialization7
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