A. J. Veal

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

A. J. Veal is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, A. J. Veal has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 48 papers in Social Psychology and 18 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in A. J. Veal's work include Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (51 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (47 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (17 papers). A. J. Veal is often cited by papers focused on Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (51 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (47 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (17 papers). A. J. Veal collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. A. J. Veal's co-authors include Kristine Toohey, Stephen Frawley, Chris Rojek, Susan Shaw, Simon Darcy, Harry H. Hiller, Grant Cushman, Jiří Zuzánek, Atara Sivan and R. M. Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Leisure Sciences and Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal.

In The Last Decade

A. J. Veal

77 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Research Methods for Leisure and Tourism: A Practical Guide

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. J. Veal Australia	21	1.4k	626	385	218	183	82	2.0k
Joanne Connell United Kingdom	19	1.4k 1.0×	293 0.5×	193 0.5×	373 1.7×	161 0.9×	46	1.8k
Jennifer Laing Australia	25	1.5k 1.1×	421 0.7×	178 0.5×	150 0.7×	309 1.7×	99	2.0k
Deepak Chhabra United States	20	1.7k 1.3×	293 0.5×	172 0.4×	225 1.0×	172 0.9×	81	2.1k
Troy D. Glover Canada	27	1.3k 0.9×	686 1.1×	198 0.5×	220 1.0×	142 0.8×	82	2.6k
Andrew Smith United Kingdom	26	1.7k 1.2×	527 0.8×	668 1.7×	156 0.7×	57 0.3×	77	2.0k
Kevin Moore New Zealand	21	1.1k 0.8×	269 0.4×	168 0.4×	141 0.6×	126 0.7×	77	2.0k
Charles Arcodia Australia	28	2.1k 1.6×	406 0.6×	321 0.8×	312 1.4×	250 1.4×	96	2.7k
Michelle Whitford Australia	18	1.3k 1.0×	314 0.5×	277 0.7×	124 0.6×	306 1.7×	49	1.5k
Carla Almeida Santos United States	26	1.8k 1.3×	380 0.6×	262 0.7×	142 0.7×	605 3.3×	46	2.4k
Tommy D. Andersson Sweden	25	2.0k 1.5×	508 0.8×	543 1.4×	121 0.6×	108 0.6×	67	2.6k

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Veal, A. J.. (2025). Artificial intelligence and leisure rights?. Leisure/Loisir. 50(1). 217–226.

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Liu, Ying, Enhua H. Zhou, A. J. Veal, et al.. (2025). FlyPhoneDB2: A computational framework for analyzing cell-cell communication in Drosophila scRNA-seq data integrating AlphaFold-multimer predictions. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 27. 2814–2822.

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Veal, A. J.. (2023). Everyday life and Everyday Leisure. PubMed Central. 6(2). 225–248. 1 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (2023). Leisure and Human Rights … or Social Justice?. Leisure Sciences. 47(8). 2095–2113. 5 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (2022). Sport and human rights: assessing the performance of nation states in assuring the right to sport participation. European Journal for Sport and Society. 20(2). 140–160. 10 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (2016). The Serious Leisure Perspective and the Experience of Leisure. Leisure Sciences. 39(3). 205–223. 73 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J. & Geoff Nichols. (2016). Volunteering and Income Inequality: Cross-National Relationships. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 28(1). 379–399. 20 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (2012). Open space planning standards in Australia: in search of origins. Australian Planner. 50(3). 224–232. 33 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (2012). FIT for the purpose? Open space planning standards in Britain. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism Leisure and Events. 4(3). 375–379. 3 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J., Kristine Toohey, & Stephen Frawley. (2012). The sport participation legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and other international sporting events hosted in Australia. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism Leisure and Events. 4(2). 155–184. 135 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (2012). Leisure planning and partnering. 15(3). 22. 1 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (2011). Leisure participation patterns and gender: the survey evidence on Australian adults. Annals of Leisure Research. 14(2-3). 120–142. 4 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (2010). Planning for Leisure: Goals and Rationale. 13(3). 36–39. 1 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (2008). Why don't people participate?. 11(1). 22–23. 1 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (2007). The Neglect of Urban Parks. 10(3). 14–15. 1 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (2001). Using Sydney's parks.. 4(3). 21–23. 3 indexed citations

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Toohey, Kristine, et al.. (1995). The Olympic Games: a bibliography.. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 18(2). 55–9. 4 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (1982). Planning for Leisure: Alternative Approaches. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 26(5). 17–12. 7 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J., Stanley Parker, & Fred Coalter. (1982). Work and leisure : unemployment, technology and life-styles in the 1980s. 3 indexed citations

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Veal, A. J.. (1978). Education and training in leisure and recreation: an annotated bibliography..

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