OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Manage is 11. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Postleisure: Disrupting the Disciplinary Fixity of Leisure Thinking	88
The cognitive and conative image in insular marine protected areas: A study from Galapagos, Ecuador	85
Ecological Footprint and tourism: Development and sustainability monitoring of ecotourism packages in Mediterranean Protected Areas	77
The impact of recreational activities on species at risk in Canada	64
Thinking big: The role of mega trails in creating meaning and sense of place to conserve large landscapes	59
The influences of paragliding flow experience on storytelling intention through satisfaction: A comparison of adventure-seekers and learning-seekers	58
Leveraging human mobility data to assess recreational activity across the United States’ most visited National Forest	49
Inclusive pathways to understand differential forest recreation participation among ethnoracial minorities in the United States	48
Understanding exposure to avalanche terrain and avalanche information product use of snowshoers and winter hikers: Insights from Mount Seymour Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada	47
Exploring the potential of forest rental services as a tool for balancing recreation and forestry	45
Leisure constraint and mental health: The case of park users in Ningbo, China	42
Been there, done that? Effects of centrality-to-lifestyle and experience use history on angling tourists’ loyalty to a Swedish salmon fishery	42
Mapping the excess demand for recreation in Northern Ireland to inform land use policy	38
Hiking-related degradation of alpine landscape in Low Tatras national park (Slovakia) during the COVID-19 pandemic	36
Understanding memorable tourism experiences and behavioural intentions at geothermal destinations: A PLS-SEM and fsQCA approach	34
Older adults’ preferences for natural environment and rural life: Intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental motivation	34
Editorial: Introduction to sustainably managing outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism as social-ecological complex adaptive systems	32
Senior outdoor tourists’ injuries, illnesses & infirmities: Reveal or conceal?	30
Editorial Board	30
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the popularity of protected areas for mountain biking and hiking in Australia: Insights from volunteered geographic information	29
Urban space use for outing before and during the pandemic: A case study of Daejeon, South Korea using social media posts	29
Strategic interventions for enhancing destination competitiveness in island-based adventure tourism: Insights from a small island destination	29
Cases and context: Mask-related behaviors among U.S. trail visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic	28
Stand-up paddling: A case study on the effect and impact pathway of information and appeals to reduce ecological conflicts	27
Factors promoting nature-based outdoor recreation during the daytime and evening	26

Research note: Spatial variations of condition class in Clifty Wilderness, Daniel Boone National Forest, KY, USA	26
Crawling with a vehicle: Rock-crawlers’ recreation specialization, motivation, and sources of challenges	25
Does language make a difference? Exploring the hiking experience of a nation-specific online community	24
Using social media user profiles to identify visitor demographics and origins in Yellowstone national park	22
Novice tourists’ play experience in commercial outdoor adventure tourism: The perspective of reversal theory	22
Climate change adaptation in the ski industry: Stakeholders' perceptions regarding a mountain resort in Southeastern Europe	21
Conceptualising the power of outdoor adventure activities for subjective well-being: A systematic literature review	21
Squeezing the most from volunteered geographic information to monitor mountain biking in peri-urban protected and recreational areas at a metropolitan scale	20
Intra-spatial displacement at high-use recreation destinations: Employing spatial analyses to explore visitor behavior	20
Editorial Board	20
The recreational value of botanic garden events: A case study of the Zagara plant fair in Palermo, Italy	19
Camping in clearcuts: The impacts of timber harvesting on USFS campground utilization	19
Strava Metro mobility data provides accurate estimates of recreation use in Urban-Proximate Protected Areas	19
The residents' participation in tourism based social entrepreneurship organization: Evidence from residents’ perception on ecosphere social enterprise	18
Estimating park visitation in Canadian national parks using volunteered geographic information (VGI)	18
Exploring urban waterscape perceptions: relating landscape visual character and landscape image through a multi-perspective approach	18
Eudaimonic well-being development: Motives driving mountain-based adventure tourism	17
Adaptation to climate change in nature-based tourist destination in northern Ghana	17
Exploring the gendered landscape of the avalanche safety industry – barriers, benefits and potential drawbacks of professional diversity	17
Pleasure and restriction: The relationships between community tourism experience value and visitor management	16
“To use or not to use” - Mobile technology in nature-based tourism experience	16
The effect of event quality on participants’ intention to revisit a sport event: Monetary valuation and mitigation of hypothetical bias	16
Climate Resource View (CRV): A case of thermal safety at United States national parks	16
Dysfunctional tourism behaviors in national parks: An exploration of causes, typologies, and consequences in the case of Saharan tourism	16
Peaks and passion: Examining the dynamics of workplace commitments among outdoor sport guides	16
Outdoor recreation shows promise as an equitable context for youth informal STEM learning in amenity-rich rural areas	16
Examining the influence of activity attachment on responsible angling behavior: Insights from anglers at a friendly fishing demonstration site	16
A step towards a greener green? Investigating golfers’ relationships with nature and attitudes about biodiversity conservation in golf courses	16
Editorial Board	16
Tourism flow and the consumption of aesthetic landscape values in high-elevation mountain areas in the Alps: A cartographic and spatio-market methodology	16
From soft to hard adventure: Examining experienced mountaineers’ mountaineering intentions through the lens of the theory of planned behavior	16
Recreation and disarray: Analysis of disorder in U.S. national parks	16
Discourse about national parks on social media: Insights from Twitter	15
Landscape management and planning as a spatial organization method connecting CES supply-demand assessment and sustainable tourism development	15
Natural attributes or aesthetic attributes: Which is more valuable in recreational ecosystem services of nature-based parks considering tourists’ environmental knowledge and attitude impacts?	15
Deep nature glamping in Germany – Potentials and configuration of a nature tourism offer	15
Influence of digital technologies on hikers' spatial behaviour and perception	15
Optimizing spatial distribution of parks based on the preference for park types: A case study with an improved two-step floating catchment area method	15
Nature always recovers! A degrowth analysis of event participants’ perspective on environmental impacts	15
The art of making fire-with	14
The impact of COVID-19 on the Australian outdoor recreation industry from the perspective of practitioners	14
Resilience-based preferences for technology-enhanced hiking services in Mount Semeru, Indonesia	14
Gateway community stakeholders’ perceived impacts of protected area management actions: The case of North Carolina (U.S.) state parks	14
Matching destination difficulty and participant capability in outdoor recreation and tourism: role of third-party certifications for 15 activities in 52 countries	14
Beyond the buzzwords: Rethinking sustainability in adventure tourism through real travellers practices	14
Understanding visitor compliance with cross-country ski trail passes under open access	14
Understanding visitors' personality perceptions of winter destinations: Evidences from Chinese travelers	14
Editorial Board	14
The underdog effect: Towards a conceptual framework for enhancing voluntourism	14
Trail sustainability broadly defined	14

Bird photos as trophies: Status signalling, reinforcement, and competition	14
Perceived constraints to participating in wildlife-related recreation	14
Foreign tourists' preferences for destination attributes in Japan's national parks: A best-worst scaling analysis	13
Environmental and social impacts of shifting park-use patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from state and local park managers	13
Invasive plant hitchhikers: Appalachian Trail thru-hiker knowledge and attitudes of invasive plants and leave No trace practices	13
Understanding spatial inequities in urban neighborhood park services: A mixed method study in Taiwan	13
Successful camping operators: Performance measurement using cluster analysis and DEA methods.	13
Research note: The impact of advanced information communication technologies on visitor acceptance of forest management in response to emerald ash borer	13
Economic impacts of trail destinations: The case of the Peaks of the Balkans trail	13
Changes in travel behaviors and intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: A case study of China	13
Editorial Board	13
Sustainable recreation and tourism: Making sense of diverse conceptualizations and management paradigms	12
Not seeing the wood for the (invasive) trees: Visitors’ perceptions of invasive wilding conifers in the New Zealand landscape	12
Beneath the lens: Exploring the impacts of underwater photographers in marine-based tourism	12
The impact of graphic design on attention capture and behavior among outdoor recreationists: Results from an exploratory persuasive signage experiment	12
The value of social distancing: A discrete choice experiment to examine golf tourists’ preferences for COVID-19 Safety protocols	12
Biking-hiking conflicts and their mitigation in urban recreation areas: Results of a quasi-experimental long-term evaluation in the Zurich forest	12
Editorial Board	12
Research note: Ski touring on groomed slopes and the COVID-19 pandemic as a potential trigger for motivational changes	12
COVID-19 compliance among urban trail users: Behavioral insights and environmental implications	12
Soundscapes experience at spiritual tourism area of Goa Maria Sendangsono, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	11
In what context do scholars differentiate recreation and tourism in park studies?	11
Editorial Board	11
A comparative analysis of the value of recreation in six contrasting Nordic landscapes using the travel cost method	11
How ocean beach recreational quality fits with safety issues? An analysis of risky behaviours in France	11
The role of brand associations on the development of place attachment into outdoor adventure tourism destinations	11
A nationwide assessment of awareness about US national parks	11
Tailoring tourism strategies: Exploring the role of demographics in shaping domestic tourists' perceptions: The case of domestic tourists in Da Nang City, Vietnam	11
Understanding vehicle noise as an indicator of soundscape quality in Denali National Park and Preserve	11
Wildlife-based tour operators complying with the principles of responsible tourism: Influence of moral and legal persuasions	11