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D-Index
76
Citations
22305
World Ranking
499
National Ranking
84

David Kirk publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Kirk sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 424 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

David Kirk D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Kirk sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Australia Leader Award

Overview

David Kirk is affiliated with the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on physical education, pedagogy, and social sciences as they relate to sports and health professions.

The core fields of study for David Kirk include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Health Professions

Subfields of study where Kirk has contributed extensively are:

  • Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Safety Research
  • Gender Studies
  • Social Psychology

Kirk's research topics encompass various aspects of sports, education, and society, including:

  • Physical Education and Pedagogy
  • Sports, Gender, and Society
  • Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education
  • Sports and Physical Education Studies
  • Sport and Mega-Event Impacts

Frequent publication venues for David Kirk include:

  • Sport Education and Society
  • Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
  • Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
  • Motrivivência
  • Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Recent papers authored by David Kirk or in collaboration detail a range of themes in physical education and sport studies. Notable recent publications include:

  • Pedagogies of embodiment in physical education - a literature review (2020, Sport Education and Society)
  • Affective Learning in Physical Education: A Systematic Review (2020, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education)
  • A Systematic Review of Teaching Games for Understanding Intervention Studies From a Practice-Referenced Perspective (2021, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport)
  • Expertise, neoliberal governmentality and the outsourcing of Health and Physical Education (2020, Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education)
  • Empowering children from socially vulnerable backgrounds through the use of roles in sport education (2021, Sport Education and Society)

David Kirk collaborates frequently with several coauthors, among the most frequent are:

  • Fabiana Cristina Turelli
  • Alexandre Fernández Vaz
  • Heidi Jancer Ferreira
  • Eishin Teraoka
  • Carlos Ma Tejero-González

Best Publications

  • Physical Education Futures

    David Kirk

  • The educational benefits claimed for physical education and school sport : an academic review.

    Richard Bailey;Kathleen Armour;David Kirk;Mike Jess

  • Teaching Games for Understanding and Situated Learning: Rethinking the Bunker-Thorpe Model

    David Kirk;Ann MacPhail

  • Physical education, youth sport and lifelong participation: the importance of early learning experiences

    David Kirk

  • Situated Learning in Physical Education

    David Kirk;Doune Macdonald

  • Educational Value and Models-Based Practice in Physical Education.

    David Kirk

  • Teacher voice and ownership of curriculum change

    David Kirk;Doune MacDonald

  • Educación física y currículum

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  • Handbook of Physical Education

    David Kirk;Donald Macdonald;Martha O'Sullivan

  • Research on Self-Determination in Physical Education: Key Findings and Proposals for Future Research.

    Lynn Van den Berghe;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Greet Cardon;David Kirk

  • Defining Physical Education (Routledge Revivals) : The Social Construction of a School Subject in Postwar Britain

    David Kirk

  • Toward the Development of a Pedagogical Model for Health-Based Physical Education

    Leen Haerens;David Kirk;Greet Cardon;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij

  • Alternative assessment in physical education: a review of international literature

    Víctor Manuel López-Pastor;David Kirk;Eloisa Lorente-Catalán;Ann MacPhail

  • Schooling Bodies: School Practice and Public Discourse 1880-1950

    David Kirk

  • Motivational Profiles for Secondary School Physical Education and Its Relationship to the Adoption of a Physically Active Lifestyle among University Students.

    Leen Haerens;David Kirk;Greet Cardon;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij

  • High school rugby, the body and the reproduction of hegemonic masculinity

    Richard Light;David Kirk

  • Healthism and Physical Education

    David Kirk;Derek Colquhoun

  • Physical Culture, Physical Education and Relational Analysis

    David Kirk

  • Measurement of the cross section for top-quark pair production in pp collisions at with the ATLAS detector using final states with two high-p T leptons

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  • Muscularity, the habitus and the social construction of gender : towards a gender-relevant physical education

    Trish Gorely;Rachel Holroyd;David Kirk

  • The ‘obesity crisis’ and school physical education

    David Kirk

Frequent Co-Authors

Doune Macdonald
Doune Macdonald University of Queensland
Ann MacPhail
Ann MacPhail University of Limerick
Andrew V. Papachristos
Andrew V. Papachristos Northwestern University
Leen Haerens
Leen Haerens Ghent University
Richard Tinning
Richard Tinning University of Queensland
Dawn Penney
Dawn Penney Edith Cowan University
Greet Cardon
Greet Cardon Ghent University
Trish Gorely
Trish Gorely University of the Highlands and Islands
Jean Marie McGloin
Jean Marie McGloin University of Maryland, College Park
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij Ghent University

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