2026 David Kirk: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	76	499	429	84	72	424	22305

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

1192
Citations
The educational benefits claimed for physical education and school sport : an academic review.

Richard Bailey;Kathleen Armour;David Kirk;Mike Jess

1143
Citations
Teaching Games for Understanding and Situated Learning: Rethinking the Bunker-Thorpe Model

David Kirk;Ann MacPhail

749
Citations
Physical education, youth sport and lifelong participation: the importance of early learning experiences

David Kirk

702
Citations
Situated Learning in Physical Education

David Kirk;Doune Macdonald

597
Citations
Educational Value and Models-Based Practice in Physical Education.

David Kirk

545
Citations
Teacher voice and ownership of curriculum change

David Kirk;Doune MacDonald

525
Citations
Educación física y currículum

Unknown

484
Citations
Handbook of Physical Education

David Kirk;Donald Macdonald;Martha O'Sullivan

452
Citations
Research on Self-Determination in Physical Education: Key Findings and Proposals for Future Research.

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

424
Citations
Defining Physical Education (Routledge Revivals) : The Social Construction of a School Subject in Postwar Britain

David Kirk

421
Citations
Toward the Development of a Pedagogical Model for Health-Based Physical Education

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

419
Citations
Alternative assessment in physical education: a review of international literature

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

399
Citations
Schooling Bodies: School Practice and Public Discourse 1880-1950

David Kirk

385
Citations
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

363
Citations
High school rugby, the body and the reproduction of hegemonic masculinity

Richard Light;David Kirk

346
Citations
Healthism and Physical Education

David Kirk;Derek Colquhoun

318
Citations
Physical Culture, Physical Education and Relational Analysis

David Kirk

306
Citations
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

Unknown

298
Citations
Muscularity, the habitus and the social construction of gender : towards a gender-relevant physical education

Trish Gorely;Rachel Holroyd;David Kirk

294
Citations
The ‘obesity crisis’ and school physical education

David Kirk

271
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Doune Macdonald University of Queensland

Ann MacPhail University of Limerick

Andrew V. Papachristos Northwestern University

Leen Haerens Ghent University

Richard Tinning University of Queensland

Dawn Penney Edith Cowan University

Trish Gorely University of the Highlands and Islands

Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij Ghent University

Jean Marie McGloin University of Maryland, College Park

Jean Côté Queen's University

External Links

Personal website of David Kirk Google Scholar page

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