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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
How weekend leisure experiences alleviate emotional exhaustion at work54
Co-creating family-inclusive leisure experiences: A study of Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house30
It is more than fun and making friends: Social leisure and leisure experiences of Taiwanese urban women24
Interrelationships among parental play belief, household playfulness, school play behaviors, and social competence of kindergarten children22
A national longitudinal study examining social-emotional benefits of summer camp for early adolescents: Effects of attendance, dosage, and experience quality22
Mountain biking and environmental justice: What can “the bike boom” teach us about recreation equity?21
Women’s cycling rides: Collective pathways to optimal experience17
Phenomenological exploration of young adults’ recreational cannabis use experiences and associated leisure meanings16
Evaluating diversity, equity, and inclusivity in outdoor programs for veterans on public lands16
Landscape attributes as stimuli for cognitive restoration in the outdoor environment: A systematic review and thematic analysis16
“We do revolve our lives around it” – The meaning and significance of being a collegiate women’s basketball fan among older women15
Exploring the link between runners’ involvement and well-being using the psychological continuum model15
Use of social media before, during and after family trips14
Integrative review: Vacations and subjective well-being14
Leveraging regional Senior Games for older adults’ participation in sport and leisure-time physical activity: The event organizers’ perspective14
Military mothering, responsibility, and children’s outdoor risky play: “I do not want my children to be afraid to try things”13
Examining the relationships between mindfulness, eudaimonic and hedonic experiences, place attachment, loyalty: the moderating role of flow12
Comparing summer camp to other summertime settings: An explanatory-sequential mixed-methods study12
Sense of community in roller derby11
The impact of outdoor therapeutic recreation on suicidality: A mixed-method systematic review11
Transition to a new baby: Exploring the association between couple leisure, coparenting and parenting practices10
Ascending past constraints through immersion into the social worlds of climbing gyms9
Category versus labeled magnitude scale measures of immediate conscious leisure experiences: Engagement, immersion, and absorption9
How tourism decision-making and on-site interactions promote family benefits: A power perspective9
Unlocking the power of leisure: Associations between leisure activity and social integration of family and individual migrants9
Valuing nature-based recreation in forest areas in Italy: An application of Travel Cost Method (TCM)9
Game on or game over? A cross-sectional study of factors impacting sport-active and sport-inactive Australian adults9
Correction9
Finding flow in pandemic times: Leisure opportunities for optimal experience and positive mental health among Italian university students9
Leisure provision and refugee settlement: A scoping review with stakeholder engagement to inform policy and practice8
Exploring inclusivity in travel and leisure: Insights from Filipino Muslim families8
Examining the long-term effect of leisure engagement, leisure satisfaction, and perceived discrimination on stress perception among Koreans with physical disabilities8
The legacy of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi for leisure studies: An introduction to this special ‘tribute’ issue8
The stimulus-organism-response approach to the overcrowding problem: Qualitative evidence from theme park visitors8
“The forest is my church”: Spirituality and the trail to recovery8
The unity of body and mind: the integration of leisure and religious practices by rural older women in the Chaoshan area of China7
Experiential factors predicting the short-term impact of a museum visit7
Social media ritual as a digital leisure culture: Interpreting ritual communication in online communities7
Cribbage culture and social worlds: An analysis of closeness, inclusiveness, and specialization7
Examining basic psychological need frustration’s relevance to leisure: A case of Chinese international students during the COVID-19 pandemic7
A music community, 10 years later7
Wildland encounter norms across time and activity type: Stable preferences and shifting thresholds7
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