World Leisure Journal is the official journal of the World Leisure Organization. Its main purpose is to stimulate and communicate research, theory, and critical thought in all areas that address leisure, including play, recreation, the arts and culture, sport, festivals, events and celebrations, health and fitness, and travel and tourism. The journal’s quality and impact was further acknowledged in 2016 with its acceptance into Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.
If you are a scholar working on leisure, we would like to hear about your work. Empirical and theoretical manuscripts, as well as position papers, review articles, and critical essays are published in the World Leisure Journal. The journal is international in scope, and encourages submissions from authors from all areas of the world. Comparative cross-national and cross-cultural research reports are especially welcome. You can find more information about the journal’s aims and scope, as well as the instructions for submission, at the journal’s website.
Whether you are a student, a researcher or a practitioner, the World Leisure Journal will provide you with the information you need to keep track of this dynamic field of study. WLO membership will give you the benefit of electronic access to the World Leisure Journal. Would you like to find the World Leisure Journal at your institution’s physical or digital library? Find more about institutional subscriptions here.
