Leisure Studies

1.5k papers and 30.4k indexed citations i.

About

The 1.5k papers published in Leisure Studies in the last decades have received a total of 30.4k indexed citations. Papers published in Leisure Studies usually cover Sociology and Political Science (1.1k papers), Social Psychology (713 papers) and Gender Studies (428 papers) specifically the topics of Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (723 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (575 papers) and Sports, Gender, and Society (361 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Leisure Studies are Robert A. Stebbins, Cara Aitchison, Geoff Nichols, David Crouch, John Hörne, Jonas Larsen, Galit Nimrod, Jo Bryce, Martín Müller and Sheila Scraton.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Leisure Studies

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries where authors publish in Leisure Studies

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