This study identified the trends in leisure and recreation research in Korea for the past 10 years. We classified previous research based on ten leisure and recreation research areas and compared the research trends of five journals: Korean Journal of Leisure, Recreation & Park, Korean Journal of Physical Education, Journal of Sport and Leisure Studies, Journal of Leisure Studies, and Journal of the Korea Contents Association. The results indicated that most research published over the last decade were included in the area of leisure social psychology, and the area of leisure social psychology showed the highest ratio in five journals compared with other research areas. To resolve the problematic results, this research suggests that future research needs to have diversity to extend the leisure and recreation research realm and to improve the quality of leisure and recreation research in Korea. We expect that this study would be used as a foundation for future leisure and recreation research.
