Aims and scope

Leisure and Sport Management Journal (JLSM) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal that covers a wide range of topics related to leisure, recreation, parks, sport, outdoor recreation, tourism, and gender studies.

We invite world-class researchers, academicians, and students to submit unpublished work. As a reflection of the multi- and interdisciplinary nature of these fields, the journal invites papers that use a broad range of perspectives and research methods. The Journal accepts qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods, case studies, reviews, mini-reviews, perspectives, etc. It aims to:

A) Promoting, enhancing and disseminating research, good practice and innovation in leisure, sport and tourism.

B) encourage greater understanding, links and collaboration across its constituent fields.

Peer Review Statement 

 All manuscripts submitted to Journal of Leisure and Sport Management (JLSM) undergo double blind peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous reviewers.

As part of the submission process, authors are requested to check the following:

1.      The article should be in Microsoft Word document file format.

2.      Article should contain complete details of the corresponding author, E-mail and Full postal address.

3.      The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; Times New Roman; and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

4.      All necessary files have been uploaded:

Cover letter, manuscript, highlights files, all figures and tables (including titles, description, footnotes), supplemental files.