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ABSTRACT
World Leisure Journal (WLJ) has consolidated its position as a prominent source to communicate innovative and interdisciplinary research concerning all forms of leisure. The study intends to provide a comprehensive overview of the academic structure of the WLJ based on articles published between 2000 and 2022 through bibliometric analysis to highlight its contribution and influence. A final data set of 535 articles were analyzed to highlight the journal’s impact, conceptual structure, and most prolific and influential authors, including the sources of knowledge inflow in WLJ. Moreover, the study also performed a collaboration analysis to understand the social structure of the journal. The findings of the thematic analysis revealed various themes studied in WLJ in the three different sub-periods. The USA emerged as a significant country in collaboration with Canada, South Africa, Israel, Brazil and China.
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