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Journal of Leisure Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.3), ABDC A, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 0022-2216Verify ISSN ↗2159-6417Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 196 / 1530 | 87th | Q1 |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 97 / 307 | 68th | Q2 |
| Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management | 64 / 156 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present (also 1996–2016, 1991, 1978–1989), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.3.
Journal of Leisure Research is Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 196 of 1530), Q2 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 97 of 307) and Q2 in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management (rank 64 of 156), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Leisure Research is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 5.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 87th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.761, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 88.
Journal of Leisure Research is published by Taylor & Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0022-2216 and its online ISSN is 2159-6417.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Commercial services.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Leisure Research has an h-index of 138 and a 2-year mean of 2.69 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #152 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Journal of Leisure Research published 20 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 70. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (41.9%), China (8.4%) and Canada (6.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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