OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Manage is 10. 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.)

Article	Citations
Thinking big: The role of mega trails in creating meaning and sense of place to conserve large landscapes	72
The cognitive and conative image in insular marine protected areas: A study from Galapagos, Ecuador	67
Leisure constraint and mental health: The case of park users in Ningbo, China	62
Trail morphology and impacts to soil induced by a small mountain bike race series	59
Mapping the excess demand for recreation in Northern Ireland to inform land use policy	54
Ecological Footprint and tourism: Development and sustainability monitoring of ecotourism packages in Mediterranean Protected Areas	53
The impact of recreational activities on species at risk in Canada	46
Been there, done that? Effects of centrality-to-lifestyle and experience use history on angling tourists’ loyalty to a Swedish salmon fishery	45
Editorial Board	45
Perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices associated with open water swimming	40
Editorial: Introduction to sustainably managing outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism as social-ecological complex adaptive systems	37
Older adults’ preferences for natural environment and rural life: Intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental motivation	37
Climate change adaptation in the ski industry: Stakeholders' perceptions regarding a mountain resort in Southeastern Europe	35
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the popularity of protected areas for mountain biking and hiking in Australia: Insights from volunteered geographic information	35
Cases and context: Mask-related behaviors among U.S. trail visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic	34
Research note: Spatial variations of condition class in Clifty Wilderness, Daniel Boone National Forest, KY, USA	34
Stand-up paddling: A case study on the effect and impact pathway of information and appeals to reduce ecological conflicts	33
Place-based motivations and normative beliefs predict pro-environmental behavior across involvement profiles	31
Using social media user profiles to identify visitor demographics and origins in Yellowstone national park	31
Conceptualising the power of outdoor adventure activities for subjective well-being: A systematic literature review	31
Urban space use for outing before and during the pandemic: A case study of Daejeon, South Korea using social media posts	31
Novice tourists’ play experience in commercial outdoor adventure tourism: The perspective of reversal theory	30
Crawling with a vehicle: Rock-crawlers’ recreation specialization, motivation, and sources of challenges	30
Mapping gender in tourist behaviour based on instagram	29
Factors promoting nature-based outdoor recreation during the daytime and evening	26

Editorial Board	25
Estimating park visitation in Canadian national parks using volunteered geographic information (VGI)	24
Eudaimonic well-being development: Motives driving mountain-based adventure tourism	24
The residents' participation in tourism based social entrepreneurship organization: Evidence from residents’ perception on ecosphere social enterprise	23
The recreational value of botanic garden events: A case study of the Zagara plant fair in Palermo, Italy	23
Managing sustainable development in recreational and protected areas. The Dovre case, Norway	23
Intra-spatial displacement at high-use recreation destinations: Employing spatial analyses to explore visitor behavior	23
“To use or not to use” - Mobile technology in nature-based tourism experience	22
Outdoor recreation shows promise as an equitable context for youth informal STEM learning in amenity-rich rural areas	22
All-terrain vehicle use: A value-norm-perception model predicting perceived impact on coastal dunes	21
Squeezing the most from volunteered geographic information to monitor mountain biking in peri-urban protected and recreational areas at a metropolitan scale	21
Pleasure and restriction: The relationships between community tourism experience value and visitor management	21
Camping in clearcuts: The impacts of timber harvesting on USFS campground utilization	21
Climate Resource View (CRV): A case of thermal safety at United States national parks	20
Heterogeneous preferences towards quality changes in water recreation: Latent class model for contingent behavior data	20
Landscape management and planning as a spatial organization method connecting CES supply-demand assessment and sustainable tourism development	19
Natural attributes or aesthetic attributes: Which is more valuable in recreational ecosystem services of nature-based parks considering tourists’ environmental knowledge and attitude impacts?	19
Deep nature glamping in Germany – Potentials and configuration of a nature tourism offer	19
Dysfunctional tourism behaviors in national parks: An exploration of causes, typologies, and consequences in the case of Saharan tourism	19
The effect of event quality on participants’ intention to revisit a sport event: Monetary valuation and mitigation of hypothetical bias	19
Influence of digital technologies on hikers' spatial behaviour and perception	19
Discourse about national parks on social media: Insights from Twitter	19
Beyond the buzzwords: Rethinking sustainability in adventure tourism through real travellers practices	18
From soft to hard adventure: Examining experienced mountaineers’ mountaineering intentions through the lens of the theory of planned behavior	18
Editorial Board	18
Nature always recovers! A degrowth analysis of event participants’ perspective on environmental impacts	18
Trail sustainability broadly defined	18
A step towards a greener green? Investigating golfers’ relationships with nature and attitudes about biodiversity conservation in golf courses	18
Bird photos as trophies: Status signalling, reinforcement, and competition	17
The impact of COVID-19 on the Australian outdoor recreation industry from the perspective of practitioners	17
Gateway community stakeholders’ perceived impacts of protected area management actions: The case of North Carolina (U.S.) state parks	17
The future of Alpine pastures – Agricultural or tourism development? Experiences from the German Alps	17
Perceived constraints to participating in wildlife-related recreation	17
The underdog effect: Towards a conceptual framework for enhancing voluntourism	17
The art of making fire-with	17
Editorial Board	16
Invasive plant hitchhikers: Appalachian Trail thru-hiker knowledge and attitudes of invasive plants and leave No trace practices	16
Changes in travel behaviors and intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: A case study of China	16
Managing conflict by mapping stakeholders’ views on ecotourism development using statement and place Q methodology	15
Successful camping operators: Performance measurement using cluster analysis and DEA methods.	15
Sustainable recreation and tourism: Making sense of diverse conceptualizations and management paradigms	14
Research note: Ski touring on groomed slopes and the COVID-19 pandemic as a potential trigger for motivational changes	14
Exploring the relationship between sport demand's key players and environmental sustainability: Pointers from a systematic review	14
Editorial Board	13
Biking-hiking conflicts and their mitigation in urban recreation areas: Results of a quasi-experimental long-term evaluation in the Zurich forest	13
Understanding spatial inequities in urban neighborhood park services: A mixed method study in Taiwan	13
The impact of graphic design on attention capture and behavior among outdoor recreationists: Results from an exploratory persuasive signage experiment	13
Beneath the lens: Exploring the impacts of underwater photographers in marine-based tourism	13
Environmental and social impacts of shifting park-use patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from state and local park managers	13
Not seeing the wood for the (invasive) trees: Visitors’ perceptions of invasive wilding conifers in the New Zealand landscape	13

Research note: The impact of advanced information communication technologies on visitor acceptance of forest management in response to emerald ash borer	13
Exploring the avalanche bulletin as an avenue for continuing education by including learning interventions	13
In what context do scholars differentiate recreation and tourism in park studies?	12
The value of social distancing: A discrete choice experiment to examine golf tourists’ preferences for COVID-19 Safety protocols	12
Tailoring tourism strategies: Exploring the role of demographics in shaping domestic tourists' perceptions: The case of domestic tourists in Da Nang City, Vietnam	12
How ocean beach recreational quality fits with safety issues? An analysis of risky behaviours in France	12
The role of brand associations on the development of place attachment into outdoor adventure tourism destinations	12
A comparative analysis of the value of recreation in six contrasting Nordic landscapes using the travel cost method	12
COVID-19 compliance among urban trail users: Behavioral insights and environmental implications	12
Wildlife-based tour operators complying with the principles of responsible tourism: Influence of moral and legal persuasions	12
When a place is psychologically claimed: The shifting effect of psychological ownership on residents’ support and prevention of local tourism	11
Assessing the camping competitiveness using a clustering approach	11
Living in an untouchable world: Barriers to recreation and tourism for Portuguese blind people during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SCUBA diving experience in marine protected areas	11
Experiential value and environmentally responsible behavioral intention in rock-climbing tourism: The role of place attachment and biospheric value	11
Editorial Board	11
The influence of trekkers’ personal and subjective norms on their pro-environmental behaviors	11
Understanding coastal zone innovation: The ‘Waterdunen’ project as an ecology of practices	11
Four dimensions of sustainable governance for National Scenic Trails	11
Contemporary issues, opportunities, and resources for the U.S. outdoor recreation profession	10
Editorial Board	10
The spatial network structure of the U.S. outdoor recreation economy and its influencing factors	10
Introducing sense of place narratives in image projection for marine destinations	10
Editorial Board	10
Monitoring visitor activity and informal trail disturbance in Yosemite Valley meadows to assess temporal changes in use and impacts	10
Editorial Board	10
Understanding regional economic impacts of recreation spending at a public lake: A case study in rural Oklahoma, USA	10