Leisure Studies

Papers
(The H4-Index of Leisure Studies is 15. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Women, leisure and tourism. Self-actualization and empowerment through the production and consumption of experience34
Inequalities in access to consumption of leisure goods and services in Brazil33
Promoting health through a non-competitive after-school sports programme: insights from schoolchildren and coaches29
Pleasurable surfing is possible: ethnographic insights into the constructive sociation choices behind meaningful nothingness26
Everything is awesome! Lego® Serious Play® (LSP) and the interaction between leisure, education, mental health and wellbeing26
The interface between leisure constraints and facilitators of marriage migrant women24
Sprinting to success?: F1 fans’ excitement towards change in sport competition formats23
Pondering everyday life: coordination, continuity, and comparison22
My dice is rubbed like this: assessing the leisure experiences of scratch-off lottery tickets by China’s younger generations21
Cultural consumption and Covid-19: evidence from the Taking Part and COVID-19 Cultural Participation Monitor surveys21
Equalizer: breaking down the barriers at informal outdoor sport and recreational spaces18
COVID-19 and outdoor recreation in the post-anthropause17
‘It’s pretty sad if I’m just betting by myself … ’: navigating shame and stigma in everyday sports betting16
Gender is not enough: rethinking the construct in leisure research16
The effect of government-public relationships on residents’ support in mega sport events: a moderating effect of government crisis response16
Masculinity, Intersectionality and Identity: Why Boys (Don’t) Dance15
Grand travel as a new spring of informal intergenerational learning (IGL): Filipino grandchildren’s emotional experiences during family leisure15
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