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ABSTRACT
Publishing in professional research journals is of major importance to the field of recreation, especially to those employed in higher education. Publication success rates are often a significant measurement in tenure decisions. There is also a school of thought that it is difficult to establish a publication record, therefore creating a barrier to obtaining tenure and staying in higher education, which in turn creates a shortage of university faculty. This study examined the articles published in five research journals over a three year period. The journals were examined by looking at the number of articles published, the number of authors or co-authors and the number of articles published by each author and their institutional affiliation. The results showed that sixteen authors accounted for 33 percent of the articles. Of 451 authors, 366 published only once. The results of the study indicate that significant variance exists in publication rates in leisure research journals.