| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Sport and physical recreation in the settlement of immigrant youth | Leisure/ Loisir | 2007 | 75 |
| 2 | Experiences, perspectives, and meanings of family vacations for children | Leisure/ Loisir | 2008 | 72 |
| 3 | Developing an intimate “relationship” with nature through extreme sports participation | Leisure/ Loisir | 2010 | 71 |
| 4 | Skier demand and behavioural adaptation to climate change in the US Northeast | Leisure/ Loisir | 2013 | 69 |
| 5 | Motivation, commitment, and intentions of volunteers at a large Canadian sporting event | Leisure/ Loisir | 2007 | 66 |
| 6 | Trail Impacts and Trail Impact Management Related to Visitation at Torres del Paine National Park, Chile | Leisure/ Loisir | 2001 | 61 |
| 7 | Leisure and Volunteer Motivation at a Special Sporting Event | Leisure/ Loisir | 2002 | 58 |
| 8 | “But it's notthateasy”: negotiating (trans)gender expressions in leisure spaces | Leisure/ Loisir | 2011 | 46 |
| 9 | Research on race and ethnicity in leisure: Anticipating the fourth wave | Leisure/ Loisir | 2007 | 43 |
| 10 | “Denied from a Lot of Places” Barriers to Participation in Community Recreation Programs Encountered by Children with Disabilities in Maine: Perspectives of Parents | Leisure/ Loisir | 2003 | 42 |
| 11 | Leisure, deviant leisure, and crime: “Caution: Objects may be closer than they appear” | Leisure/ Loisir | 2006 | 42 |
| 12 | The role of playfulness in the leisure stress-coping process among emerging adults: an SEM analysis | Leisure/ Loisir | 2011 | 42 |
| 13 | Civil leisure? Exploring the relationship between leisure, activism and social change | Leisure/ Loisir | 2002 | 41 |
| 14 | Leisure and learning: An investigation of older adults and self‐directed learning | Leisure/ Loisir | 2005 | 41 |
| 15 | Implications of climate change for visitation to ontario's provincial parks | Leisure/ Loisir | 2006 | 40 |
| 16 | Tourism and community development vs. tourism for community development: Conceptualizing planning as power, knowledge, and control | Leisure/ Loisir | 2007 | 40 |
| 17 | The effects of leisure beliefs and coping strategies on stress‐health relationships: A field study | Leisure/ Loisir | 1999 | 39 |
| 18 | Motivation and satisfaction of event volunteers for a major youth organization | Leisure/ Loisir | 1999 | 38 |
| 19 | Changing levels of organizational commitment amongst sport volunteers: A serious leisure approach | Leisure/ Loisir | 2002 | 38 |
| 20 | Perceived discrimination in leisure settings in Latino urban communities | Leisure/ Loisir | 2010 | 38 |
| 21 | Bollywood in the park: thinking intersectionally about public leisure space | Leisure/ Loisir | 2011 | 36 |
| 22 | Sport fan attachment and the psychological continuum model: A case study of an Australian football league fan | Leisure/ Loisir | 2008 | 35 |
| 23 | Evaluation of a sport-based youth development programme for refugees | Leisure/ Loisir | 2016 | 35 |
| 24 | Leisure attitudes: A comparison between Chinese in Canada and Anglo‐Canadians | Leisure/ Loisir | 2005 | 34 |
| 25 | The spiritual benefits of leisure | Leisure/ Loisir | 2009 | 33 |
| 26 | Peer victimization, social support and leisure-time physical activity in transgender and cisgender individuals | Leisure/ Loisir | 2014 | 33 |
| 27 | Savouring tourist experiences after a holiday | Leisure/ Loisir | 2013 | 32 |
| 28 | Who is answering the call? Volunteer firefighting as serious leisure | Leisure/ Loisir | 2002 | 31 |
| 29 | Exploring the relationship between aboriginal tourism and community development | Leisure/ Loisir | 2010 | 31 |
| 30 | Everyday spaces of inter-ethnic interaction: the meaning of urban public spaces in the Netherlands | Leisure/ Loisir | 2011 | 31 |
| 31 | Deeper leisure involvement as a coping resource in a stigmatized leisure context | Leisure/ Loisir | 2013 | 31 |
| 32 | Leisure in the lives of retirement‐aged women: Conversations about leisure and life | Leisure/ Loisir | 2003 | 30 |
| 33 | Deviant leisure: Uncovering the “goods” in transgressive behaviour | Leisure/ Loisir | 2006 | 30 |
| 34 | Critical perspectives on place in leisure research | Leisure/ Loisir | 2006 | 29 |
| 35 | “What a man ought to be, he is far from”: Collective meanings of masculinity and race in media | Leisure/ Loisir | 2008 | 29 |
| 36 | Agrileisure: re-imagining the relationship between agriculture, leisure, and social change | Leisure/ Loisir | 2011 | 29 |
| 37 | Celebrating, challenging and re-envisioning serious leisure | Leisure/ Loisir | 2013 | 29 |
| 38 | “They see it as a guy's game”: The politics of gender in digital games | Leisure/ Loisir | 2008 | 28 |
| 39 | The politics of eating: Food practices as critically reflexive leisure | Leisure/ Loisir | 2008 | 28 |
| 40 | Including immigrants in elite and recreational sports: the experiences of athletes, sport providers and immigrants | Leisure/ Loisir | 2010 | 28 |
| 41 | Buffering effects of leisure self‐determination on the mental health of older adults | Leisure/ Loisir | 2005 | 27 |
| 42 | Recreation for mental health recovery | Leisure/ Loisir | 2016 | 27 |
| 43 | Inclination to participate in organized serious leisure: An exploration of the role of costs, rewards, and lifestyle | Leisure/ Loisir | 2005 | 26 |
| 44 | Ethnicity and leisure: Historical development, current status, and future directions | Leisure/ Loisir | 2007 | 26 |
| 45 | Behind the Veil: Exploring the Recreation Needs of Muslim Women | Leisure/ Loisir | 2001 | 25 |
| 46 | Serial murder as an act of deviant leisure | Leisure/ Loisir | 2006 | 25 |
| 47 | Global inequality and athlete labour migration from Kenya | Leisure/ Loisir | 2010 | 25 |
| 48 | Comparing leisure as a subjective experience with the Chinese experience of rùmí | Leisure/ Loisir | 2003 | 24 |
| 49 | Park-based social capital: are there variations across visitors with different socio-demographic characteristics and behaviours? | Leisure/ Loisir | 2016 | 24 |
| 50 | The potential of leisure education to address the ‘wicked problems’ prioritized in A Framework for Recreation in Canada | Leisure/ Loisir | 2016 | 24 |
