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Recreation Centers

Recreation Centers is a social infrastructure construct denoting permanent community facilities that provide organized physical, recreational, and leisure activities to promote public health, social cohesion, and equitable access to quality-of-life services within urban and rural populations.

125

Publications

4.5K

Citations

387

Authors

155

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

31

Variants

Recreational Centers

Parents

Publications

125

Disadvantage and Neighborhood Violent Crime: Do Local Institutions Matter?

Ruth D. Peterson, Lauren J. Krivo, Mark Anglin Harris · Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency · 2000 · 467 citations

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Measuring Physical Function in Community‐Dwelling Older Persons: A Comparison of Self‐Administered, Interviewer‐Administered, and Performance‐Based Measures

David B. Reuben, Laura A. Valle, Ron D. Hays et al. · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 1995 · 268 citations

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Where Need Meets Opportunity: Youth Development Programs for Early Teens

Jane Quinn · The Future of Children · 1999 · 150 citations

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Top 10 Research Questions Related to Assessing Physical Activity and Its Contexts Using Systematic Observation

Thomas L. McKenzie, Hans van der Mars · Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport · 2015 · 138 citations

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Therapy in Natural Environments

Barbara E. Hanft, Kristine Ovland Pilkington · Infants & Young Children · 2000 · 96 citations

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Authors

387

  1. JG
    Joel Gittelsohn

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    5 publications · 183 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. TL
    Thomas L. McKenzie

    San Diego State University, United States

    4 publications · 329 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. SZ
    Samuel Zizzi

    West Virginia University, United States

    3 publications · 106 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. EA
    Elizabeth Anderson Steeves

    University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States

    3 publications · 72 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. JC
    Jack C. Watson

    West Virginia University, United States

    3 publications · 106 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 387

Institutions

155

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    5 h-index

    32 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. San Diego State University

    San Diego, United States

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    1K citations

  3. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    57 citations

  4. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    72 citations

  5. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    221 citations

  6. Bowling Green State University

    Bowling Green, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    102 citations

  7. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    97 citations

  8. Philadelphia Department of Public Health

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    103 citations

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Venues

  1. Recreational Sports Journal

    RSJ · 12 publications · 451 citations

    11

    h-index

  2. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration

    JPRA · 8 publications · 219 citations

    8

    h-index

  3. Journal of Leisure Research

    6 publications · 156 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. Therapeutic Recreation Journal

    TRJ · 4 publications · 112 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. Managing Leisure

    3 publications · 40 citations

    3

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