OOIR: Observatory of International 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
How weekend leisure experiences alleviate emotional exhaustion at work	56
Co-creating family-inclusive leisure experiences: A study of Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house	30
It is more than fun and making friends: Social leisure and leisure experiences of Taiwanese urban women	26
Mountain biking and environmental justice: What can “the bike boom” teach us about recreation equity?	24
Women’s cycling rides: Collective pathways to optimal experience	22
Phenomenological exploration of young adults’ recreational cannabis use experiences and associated leisure meanings	21
Landscape attributes as stimuli for cognitive restoration in the outdoor environment: A systematic review and thematic analysis	18
Interrelationships among parental play belief, household playfulness, school play behaviors, and social competence of kindergarten children	17
Evaluating diversity, equity, and inclusivity in outdoor programs for veterans on public lands	16
“We do revolve our lives around it” – The meaning and significance of being a collegiate women’s basketball fan among older women	16
A national longitudinal study examining social-emotional benefits of summer camp for early adolescents: Effects of attendance, dosage, and experience quality	16
Integrative review: Vacations and subjective well-being	15
Exploring the link between runners’ involvement and well-being using the psychological continuum model	15
Use of social media before, during and after family trips	14
Military mothering, responsibility, and children’s outdoor risky play: “I do not want my children to be afraid to try things”	14
Leveraging regional Senior Games for older adults’ participation in sport and leisure-time physical activity: The event organizers’ perspective	14
Examining the relationships between mindfulness, eudaimonic and hedonic experiences, place attachment, loyalty: the moderating role of flow	13
The impact of outdoor therapeutic recreation on suicidality: A mixed-method systematic review	12
Comparing summer camp to other summertime settings: An explanatory-sequential mixed-methods study	12
Ascending past constraints through immersion into the social worlds of climbing gyms	11
Transition to a new baby: Exploring the association between couple leisure, coparenting and parenting practices	10
Game on or game over? A cross-sectional study of factors impacting sport-active and sport-inactive Australian adults	10
Sense of community in roller derby	10
Finding flow in pandemic times: Leisure opportunities for optimal experience and positive mental health among Italian university students	10
Correction	9

Valuing nature-based recreation in forest areas in Italy: An application of Travel Cost Method (TCM)	9
Category versus labeled magnitude scale measures of immediate conscious leisure experiences: Engagement, immersion, and absorption	9
“The forest is my church”: Spirituality and the trail to recovery	9
How tourism decision-making and on-site interactions promote family benefits: A power perspective	9
Unlocking the power of leisure: Associations between leisure activity and social integration of family and individual migrants	8
Leisure provision and refugee settlement: A scoping review with stakeholder engagement to inform policy and practice	8
A music community, 10 years later	8
Examining the long-term effect of leisure engagement, leisure satisfaction, and perceived discrimination on stress perception among Koreans with physical disabilities	8
Social media ritual as a digital leisure culture: Interpreting ritual communication in online communities	8
Exploring inclusivity in travel and leisure: Insights from Filipino Muslim families	8
The stimulus-organism-response approach to the overcrowding problem: Qualitative evidence from theme park visitors	8
The legacy of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi for leisure studies: An introduction to this special ‘tribute’ issue	8
The unity of body and mind: the integration of leisure and religious practices by rural older women in the Chaoshan area of China	8
Experiential factors predicting the short-term impact of a museum visit	7
Examining basic psychological need frustration’s relevance to leisure: A case of Chinese international students during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Aligned: Women’s stories of trauma, leisure, health, and the work of healing	7
Cribbage culture and social worlds: An analysis of closeness, inclusiveness, and specialization	7
Wildland encounter norms across time and activity type: Stable preferences and shifting thresholds	7
Self-esteem mediates the association of leisure activities with adolescents’ mental health difficulties and prosocial behavior: Evidence from a UK-representative cohort	7