Leisure Studies

38.5k citations
1.6k papers · · active since 1950

Impact in

    • Sports, Gender, and Society
    • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
    • Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking

Papers in

    • Sports, Gender, and Society 372
    • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management 597
    • Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking 205

Leisure Studies

1.5k papers receiving 33.8k citations

Peers

Leisure Studies
Comparison fields: 5 of 181
  • Gender Studies 9.5k
  • Social Psychology 14.7k
  • Sociology and Political Science 25.3k
  • Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 797
  • Urban Studies 2.3k
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Fields of papers published in Leisure Studies

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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About Leisure Studies

The 1.6k papers published in Leisure Studies in the last decades have received a total of 38.5k indexed citations . Papers published in Leisure Studies usually cover Gender Studies (449 papers), Social Psychology (745 papers), Urban Studies (214 papers), Sociology and Political Science (1.1k papers) and Geography, Planning and Development (79 papers) specifically the topics of Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (744 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (597 papers), Sports, Gender, and Society (372 papers), Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (205 papers), Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (204 papers), Cultural Industries and Urban Development (186 papers), Diversity and Impact of Dance (68 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (61 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Leisure Studies are Robert A. Stebbins, Cara Aitchison, Geoff Nichols, David Crouch, John Hörne, Martín Müller, Jo Bryce, Galit Nimrod, Jonas Larsen and Sheila Scraton.

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