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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Leisure Research is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Leisure’s relation to older adults adapting to new homes: A scoping review	31
Deconstructing serious leisure using identity theory	28
Context-free and work-related benefits of a leisure crafting intervention: A randomized controlled trial	23
The origins and (possible) future of practice in undergraduate education in recreation and leisure studies	19
Women’s cycling rides: Collective pathways to optimal experience	15
Solo travel intention: A study of Indonesian Muslim and non-Muslim women	13
“White-Savior Industrial Complex” in leisure studies: A response to Anderson, Knee, & Mowatt	13
Reflections on altruism, action, and “moral imagination” in the context of the White Savior	12
Landscape attributes as stimuli for cognitive restoration in the outdoor environment: A systematic review and thematic analysis	11
The relationship between consumer behavior and subjective well-being in Chinese teahouses and cafes: A social capital perspective	10
Neoliberalism’s influence on recreation access provisions: Municipal recreation practitioners’ perspectives	10
How socioeconomic status shapes the association of social leisure with well-being	9
Empirically testing the experience type framework	9
Motivations and expectations in the planned visits to commercial public space post pandemic: A Grounded Theory approach	9
Promoting on-going participation in group fitness among older adults: An application of the Psychological Continuum Model	9
When the arts are not your cup of tea: Participation frequency and experience in cultural activities	8
Online communities, identity, and leisure: Why online communities mean so much to married women with young children	8
Sexual leisure and profiles of coping with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sex life: Using cluster analysis approach	8
The role of mobile fitness applications in student leisure activities	8
Study on the role and internal mechanism of corporate leisure welfare in alleviating employee burnout	8
Meanings of traditional Chinese leisure: Perspectives from etymology, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism	7
Co-creating family-inclusive leisure experiences: A study of Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house	7
A national longitudinal study examining social-emotional benefits of summer camp for early adolescents: Effects of attendance, dosage, and experience quality	6
Phenomenological exploration of young adults’ recreational cannabis use experiences and associated leisure meanings	6
Understanding camping tourism experiences through thematic analysis: An embodiment perspective	6

Examining the long-term effect of leisure engagement, leisure satisfaction, and perceived discrimination on stress perception among Koreans with physical disabilities	6
Correction	5
Evaluating diversity, equity, and inclusivity in outdoor programs for veterans on public lands	5
The potentials of partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) in leisure research	5
Introduction to theme issue on leisure across the life course	5
Interrelationships among parental play belief, household playfulness, school play behaviors, and social competence of kindergarten children	5
It is more than fun and making friends: Social leisure and leisure experiences of Taiwanese urban women	5
Transnational leisure, ethnic identity conflict and life satisfaction among fourth-generation young adult Korean ethnic minority in China	5
“We do revolve our lives around it” – The meaning and significance of being a collegiate women’s basketball fan among older women	4
“White Savior” as duly provocative or enforced civility with unintended consequences? A response to Anderson, Knee, & Mowatt	4
Exploring the conditions that promote intergroup contact at urban parks	4
The mediating role of passion in the relationship between serious leisure and well-being among university sport club participants	4
An examination of the stability of the remembering self when measuring social connection derived from a shared leisure experience	4
“I have to be the example”: Motherhood as a lens for understanding physical activity among low-income women	4
Remaining relevant, visible and vibrant: Embracing experience	4
Effects of online leisure education on leisure behaviors and experiences among university students	4
Analysis of groups’ multi-day leisure travel behaviors	4
Perceived ownership of urban parks: The role of the social environment	4
A labeled magnitude scale for measuring the anticipated impact of immediate experiences	4
Technology, innovation and leisure: Leisure engagement in new and unexpected ways	4
Regional disparities in green space access and associations with adult obesity: An urban–rural comparison in Florida	4
Challenges of ecological momentary assessments to study family leisure: Participants’ perspectives	4
The legacy of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi for leisure studies: An introduction to this special ‘tribute’ issue	3
Integrative review: Vacations and subjective well-being	3
Use of social media before, during and after family trips	3
Introduction to theme issue on leisure places and spaces	3
The unity of body and mind: the integration of leisure and religious practices by rural older women in the Chaoshan area of China	3
Impacts of reflexive modernization in the context of sports, tourism, and leisure activities in nature: A theoretical review	3
Adolescents’ experiences in nature: Sources of everyday well-being	3
Hosting friends and relatives as a catalyst for immigrant participation in touristic leisure	3
Impact of COVID-19 on vacation recreational walking: Evidence from an urban coastal destination	3
Do working hours affect artistic and cultural participation? Evidence from Korea considering cultural genre and skill level	3
Hiking during the COVID-19 pandemic: Demographic and visitor group factors associated with public health compliance	3
Developing the Experience Impact Scale: A qualitative study using a study abroad and international internship program	3
Examining the relationships between mindfulness, eudaimonic and hedonic experiences, place attachment, loyalty: the moderating role of flow	3
Play of children and adolescents in foster care institutions in a city in southern Brazil	2
Wildland encounter norms across time and activity type: Stable preferences and shifting thresholds	2
‘This was like some Little House on the Prairie shit’: The intensive care(work) of making PPE during COVID-19	2
Military mothering, responsibility, and children’s outdoor risky play: “I do not want my children to be afraid to try things”	2
Leisure, eudaimonic behavior, physical activity and well-being of older adults	2
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: A galvanizing force for the study of experience in the context of leisure	2
The pedigree of pixie dust: Disneyland and theme parks as a remediation of playful places throughout history	2
Leisure and China in the global context: Introduction to the special issue	2
Beyond luxury consumption: The meaning and meaning-making mechanism in conspicuous outbound tourism	2
Cribbage culture and social worlds: An analysis of closeness, inclusiveness, and specialization	2
A gender perspective analysis of Chinese nationals’ leisure time allocation: Family life cycle versus demographic determinants	2
Development and validation of a scale measuring public perceptions of racial environmental justice in parks	2
Leisure satisfaction and quality of life of residents in Ningbo, China	2
Vaccine hesitancy, parental concerns, and COVID-19 in a digital leisure context: Implications for out-of-school time	2
Participation in extracurricular leisure activities among primary school pupils: Effects of ethnic-cultural background, gender and school diversity	2

Relationships between social capital, leisure constraints, leisure negotiation, and running club participation	2
Who visits U.S. national parks (and who doesn’t)? A national study of perceived constraints and vacation preferences across diverse populations	2
The Sport Facilitators in Later Life Scale (SFLLS): Preliminary evidence of reliability and validity	2
Travel patterns and multi-destinations of visitors: Toward marine park management strategies	2
Hybrid habitats: Remediating leisure, space and youth throughPokémon Goin India	2
The impact of internet use on leisure: Gender and age heterogeneity in young people	2
Exploring inclusivity in travel and leisure: Insights from Filipino Muslim families	2
“Sadly, we just let it go, it is so normalized”: Staff descriptions of violence among children within organized leisure	2
Investigating the role of family travel and family functioning in promoting Chinese adolescents’ subjective wellbeing	2
Neoliberal conservation and equity in the context of local parks and recreation: Stakeholder perceptions on public-non-profit partnerships	2
“Just shut out the world”: Bullied adolescents’ structured recreational and sports activities and their relationship to wellbeing and friendship	2
Identifying leisure education topics for university student well-being: A Delphi study	2
Gratitude mediates the relationship between leisure social support and loneliness among first-year university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan	2