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D-Index
43
Citations
6738
World Ranking
4476
National Ranking
317

Dawn Penney 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 Dawn Penney sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 272 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dawn Penney 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 Dawn Penney sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dawn Penney is affiliated with Edith Cowan University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences and health professions, with a focus on physical education and pedagogy as well as inclusion and disability in education and sport. Their body of work spans key topics such as sport impacts, gender and society in sports, teacher education, children's physical development, and adventure sports.

Their recent publications cover various aspects of physical education, demonstrating a focus on curriculum, policy, participation, and classification of sports. Notable papers include:

  • Assessing physical literacy in health and physical education, 2020, Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
  • Informal sport and curriculum futures: An investigation of the knowledge, skills and understandings for participation and the possibilities for physical education, 2020, European Physical Education Review
  • Rethinking the classification of games and sports in physical education: a response to changes in sport and participation, 2022, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
  • The enactment of setting policy in secondary school physical education, 2020, Sport Education and Society
  • Spatial justice, informal sport and Australian community sports participation, 2022, Leisure Studies

Dawn Penney frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Justen O'Connor, Shaun D. Wilkinson, Ruth Jeanes, Ramón Spaaij, and Jonathan Magee. These collaborations often explore thematic concerns around physical education, sport participation, and social aspects of sport.

Their publications appear regularly in well-established journals such as:

  • Sport Education and Society
  • Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
  • European Physical Education Review
  • Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
  • British Educational Research Journal

Dawn Penney's research fields highlight an interdisciplinary approach combining social sciences with health-related studies. Main fields of study include Social Sciences and Health Professions, with several subfields reflecting focus areas:

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

The scientist's work addresses a diverse range of main topics, including:

  • Physical Education and Pedagogy
  • Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
  • Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
  • Sports, Gender, and Society
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking

Best Publications

  • Physical Education: What Future(s)?

    Dawn Penney;Tim Chandler

  • Politics, policy, and practice in physical education

    Dawn Penney;John Evans

  • Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment: three message systems of schooling and dimensions of quality physical education

    Dawn Penney;Ross Brooker;Peter Hay;Lorna Gillespie

  • Assessment in Physical Education: A Sociocultural Perspective

    Peter Hay;Dawn Penney

  • Physical Education and Physically Active Lives: A lifelong approach to curriculum development

    Dawn Penney;Mike Jess

  • Gender and physical education: contemporary issues and future directions.

    Dawn Penney

  • Proposing conditions for assessment efficacy in physical education

    Peter Hay;Dawn Penney

  • Teachers, Teaching and the Social Construction of Gender Relations

    John Evans;Brian Davies;Dawn Penney

  • Extra‐curricular Physical Education: More of the Same for the More Able?

    Dawn Penney;Jo Harris

  • Levels on the playing field: the social construction of physical ‘ability’ in the physical education curriculum

    John Evans;Dawn Penney

  • Middle Leadership in Higher Education: A Relational Analysis.

    Christopher M. Branson;Margaret Franken;Dawn Penney

  • ‘Body practices—exposure and effect of a sporting culture?’ Stories from three Australian swimmers

    Jennifer Ann McMahon;Dawn Penney;Maree Dinan-Thompson

  • Playing a political game and playing for position: Policy and curriculum development in health and physical education

    Dawn Penney

  • Assessment literacy in primary physical education

    Maree DinanThompson;Dawn Penney

  • School Health Education in Changing Times: Curriculum, pedagogies and partnerships

    Deana Leahy;Lisette Burrows;Louise McCuaig;Jan Wright

  • Gender equity policies in National Governing Bodies: an oxymoron or a vehicle for change?

    Sally Shaw;Dawn Penney

  • Equality, equity and inclusion in physical education and school sport

    D. Penney

  • Developing Physical Education as a 'Connective Specialism': Is Sport Education the Answer?

    Dawn Penney;Gill Clarke;Gary Kinchin

  • Naming the Game. Discourse and Domination in Physical Education and Sport in England and Wales

    Dawn Penney;John Evans

  • Points of tension and possibility: boundaries in and of physical education

    Dawn Penney

Frequent Co-Authors

John Evans
John Evans Loughborough University
Jan Wright
Jan Wright University of Wollongong
David Kirk
David Kirk University of Strathclyde
Doune Macdonald
Doune Macdonald University of Queensland
Ann MacPhail
Ann MacPhail University of Limerick
Mary O'Sullivan
Mary O'Sullivan University of Limerick
Christopher Hickey
Christopher Hickey National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Ramon Spaaij
Ramon Spaaij Victoria University
Trish Gorely
Trish Gorely University of the Highlands and Islands
Barrie Houlihan
Barrie Houlihan Loughborough University

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