As the official journal of the World Leisure Organisation, the purpose of the World Leisure Journal is to stimulate and communicate research, theory, and critical thought in regard to all forms of leisure. These include social activity, play, recreation, the arts and culture, sport, festivals, events and celebrations, health and fitness, and travel and tourism. In the journal these areas are conceptualized as leisure phenomena and examined in the context of the growing body of international leisure-related theory and scholarship. Empirical and theoretical manuscripts, as well as position papers, review articles, and critical essays are published in the World Leisure Journal.

The World Leisure 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. For empirical papers, all types of research methods are appropriate and the subject matter in papers may be addressed from perspectives derived from the social, behavioural, and biological sciences, education, and the humanities. Both pure and applied research reports are appropriate for publication in the World Leisure Journal. All are required to make an original contribution to knowledge. In addition to original research reports and review essays, book reviews, research notes, comments, and methodological contributions are appropriate for publication in the World Leisure Journal.

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  Editorial Structure

The International Editorial Advisory Board, which consists of senior level leisure and recreation researchers and/or practitioners, advises the Editor-in-Chief with respect to the content of and direction to be pursued by the Journal. They may also from time to time be called upon to review manuscripts but that is not their primary role.

For their services, the Editor-in-Chief and members of the Editorial Board and the International Editorial Advisory Board receive complementary membership of the World Leisure Organization during their terms of appointment.

  Criteria for Acceptance

The primary criteria for publication are methodological soundness and contribution to our understanding of leisure, recreation and related issues. While no contribution will be rejected solely on the basis of being excessively technical or overly applied, authors should endeavor to write in a clear, precise and succinct manner. Manuscripts are invited and encouraged from authors from throughout the world but must be written in English. All individuals who are listed as authors must have approved the manuscript as submitted. Citations must be provided for all information either referred to or quoted in the text. Authors should receive written permission from the original author and/or publisher for the reproduction of any copyrighted material. Manuscripts must not be under review or have already been published elsewhere.

The presentation of a paper at a conference or the publication of a preliminary report in conference proceedings does not constitute prior publication so long as the manuscript submitted to the World Leisure Journal differs significantly from the presentation or proceedings paper.

  Rejected Manuscripts

Authors whose manuscripts have been rejected for publication will be informed of the reasons for the rejection by the Editor-in-Chief. In some cases, the subject matter of the manuscript will be outside of the scope of the World Leisure Journal. In these cases, the reviewers or Editor-in-Chief may suggest alternative outlets to the author. Rejections are final. However, authors who prepare entirely new manuscripts based on the same data or theorizing as the rejected paper, may submit them for review. In this case, they will be treated as new, not as revised, manuscripts and will undergo a completely new review.

  Manuscript Submission Procedure

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second, all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files, authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as “File not for review.”

Manuscripts should be single spaced and conform to American Psychological Association (APA) style as described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th Ed.). Papers should not normally exceed 9,000 words (excluding tables, references, captions, footnotes and endnotes).

Links to the APA style guide and to information about such things as length of abstract and number of keywords required for submission are available on the Journal’s Instructions for Authors page on the Informaworld website (see above).

   Manuscript Review Procedure

  1. Accept, subject only to copy editing
    2. Accept with minor revisions
    3. Conditionally accept; major revisions necessary
    4. Reject but encourage major revision and resubmission
    5. Reject

The Editor-in-Chief will inform authors of the final outcomes of their manuscripts. If accepted for publication, the Taylor & Francis Central Article Tracking System will automatically provide authors with a transfer of copyright form for signature and return. The World Leisure Organization retains the copyright on all published manuscripts.

   Revising Manuscripts

Authors will be automatically provided with copies of all reviews of their manuscripts. If revisions are required, authors should revise and resubmit their manuscript to the World Leisure Journal ScholarOne Manuscripts site, along with a description of how they addressed reviewer concerns and suggestions. While authors may dispute reviewer comments and suggestions, they must provide a sound argument in support of their position. When only minor revisions are needed, the Editor-in-Chief can approve revised manuscripts without the need for further review by external reviewers. When more substantial revisions are required, the revisions may be considered by external reviewers as well as the Editor-in-Chief.

Editor-in-Chief

Sandro Carnicelli
University of the West Scotland, United Kingdom
Sandro.Carnicelli@uws.ac.uk

Editorial Assistant

Nerea Rojas
World Leisure Organization Secretariat, Spain
nerea@worldleisure.org

Book Review Editor

A. J. Veal, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Editorial Board

Aaron Pooley
Soonchunhyang (SCH) University, South Korea

Adam Doering
Wakayama University, Japan

Adele Doran
Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Alexis Marcoux Rouleau
Université de Montréal, Canada

Atara Sivan
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Bob D Lee
Bowling Green State University, USA

Brian KM Wong
Taylor’s University, Malaysia

Brianna Wyatt
Oxford Brookes University, UK

Bülent Gürbüz
Ankara University, Turkey

Cari Autry
East Carolina University, USA

Cecilia De Bernardi
Mid Sweden University and Uppsala University, Sweden

Charmaine Danielle Cilliers
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Chung Shing Chan
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Darko Dimitrovski
University of Kragujevac, Serbia

Driselda Patricia Sánchez Aguirre
Universidad Naiconal Autónoma de México, Mexico

Elaine Scalabrini
UNIAG, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal

Elena Bendikova
Catholic University, Slovakia

Guliz Coskun
Sakarya University of Applied Sciences, Turkey

Heike Schanzel
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Holly Donohoe
Flagler College, USA

Jingjing Yang
Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao, China

Jorge Knijnik
Western Sydney University, Australia

Jose Manuel Alvarez Seara
Centro Universitario Regional Este- Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay

Karla Boluk
University of Waterloo, Canada

Kate Dashper
Leeds Beckett University, UK

Kevin Bingham
Barnsley College, UK

Lijun Jane Zhou
Zhejiang University, China

Louise Platt
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Mandi Baker
Torrens University, Australia

Marco van Leeuwen
Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Marié Young
University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Marilia Martins Bandeira
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Marisa de Brito
Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Marko Orel
Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic

Miklos Banhidi
Hungarian University of Physical Education and Sport Science, Hungary

Nicole Peel
Western Sydney University, Australia

Onna Rageth
University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons, Switzerland

Paolo Mura
Zayed University, United Arab Emirates

Pooneh Torabian
University of Otago, New Zealand

Rasul Mowatt
North Carolina State University, USA

Robert A. Stebbins
University of Calgary, Canada

Rylee Dionigi
Charles Sturt University, Australia

Sokho Choe
Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies, South Korea

Sreetheran Maruthaveeran
Universiti Putra, Malaysia

Susan Ross
San Jose State University, USA

Takamitsu Jimura
Musashi University, Japan

Thaís Costa da Silva
Candido Mendes University and State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Trudie Walters
Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand

Utsa Mukherjee
Brunel University London, UK