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World Leisure Journal

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1991

ISSN2333-4509

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.546

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.868

Total Worksi

1,248

Total Citationsi

9,721

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The World Leisure Journal is an international forum that stimulates discussion of critical leisure research and theory. It aims to stimulate and communicate research, theory, and critical thought in all areas that address leisure, including play, recreation, and the arts. The journal covers Business, Management and Accounting, Psychology, and Social Sciences.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

Annual Volume~ 60 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,248

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2333-4509

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

528

2019

465

2020

422

2021

374

2022

457

2023

198

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Social PsychologyQ2

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism

Scopus Categories

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSocial PsychologyCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementSport and Mega-Event ImpactsDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchAdventure Sports and Sensation SeekingCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSports, Gender, and SocietyHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringUrban Green Space and HealthUrban Transport and Accessibility

Frequently asked questions about World Leisure Journal

Is World Leisure Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World Leisure Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of World Leisure Journal?

World Leisure Journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.40.

Is World Leisure Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Leisure Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.