2026 Karl Spracklen: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	31	7598	7063	1200	1116	245	2704

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

7598

7063

1200

1116

245

2704

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

2704

World Ranking

7598

National Ranking

1200

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

The Labour of Leisure

Karl Spracklen

122
Citations
Systematic Review of the Literature on Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in Sport and Physical Recreation

Jonathan Long;Kevin Hylton;Karl Spracklen;Aarti Ratna

112
Citations
Digital Leisure, the Internet and Popular Culture

Karl Spracklen

93
Citations
Introduction to the special issue: Music and Tourism

Brett Lashua;Karl Spracklen;Phil Long

90
Citations
The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure

Karl Spracklen

86
Citations
Sounds and the City

Brett Lashua;Karl Spracklen;Stephen Wagg

85
Citations
'Asians cannot wear turbans in the scrum': explorations of racist discourse within professional rugby league.

Jonathan Long;Benjamin H Carrington;Karl Spracklen

81
Citations
The Construction of Heavy Metal Identity through Heritage Narratives: A Case Study of Extreme Metal Bands in the North of England

Karl Spracklen;Caroline Lucas;Mark Deeks

78
Citations
Managing and monitoring equality and diversity in UK sport: an evaluation of the sporting equals Racial Equality Standard and its impact on organizational change.

Karl Spracklen;Kevin Hylton;Jonathan Long

72
Citations
Leisure opportunities and new migrant communities: challenging the contribution of sport

Karl Spracklen;Jonathan Long;Kevin Hylton

64
Citations
There is (almost) no alternative: the slow ‘heat death’ of music subcultures and the instrumentalization of contemporary leisure

Karl Spracklen

64
Citations
Constructing Leisure

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63
Citations
Metal Studies? Cultural Research in the Heavy Metal Scene

Karl Spracklen;Andy R. Brown;Keith Kahn-Harris

62
Citations
Global Metal Music and Culture : Current Directions in Metal Studies

Andy R. Brown;Karl Spracklen;Keith Kahn-Harris;Niall Scott

58
Citations
Whiteness and Leisure

Karl Spracklen

56
Citations
True Norwegian Black Metal — The Globalized, Mythological Reconstruction of the Second Wave of Black Metal in 1990s Oslo

Karl Spracklen

48
Citations
Whiteness, Blackness and Settlement: Leisure and the Integration of New Migrants

Jonathan Long;Kevin Hylton;Karl Spracklen

46
Citations
Sport management issues in an era of austerity

Daniel Parnell;Karl Spracklen;Peter Millward

45
Citations
Nazi punks folk off: leisure, nationalism, cultural identity and the consumption of metal and folk music

Karl Spracklen

40
Citations
Grim Up North: Northern England, Northern Europe and Black Metal

Caroline Lucas;Mark Deeks;Karl Spracklen

35
Citations

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Karl Spracklen

D-Index & Metrics

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

Research.com Recognitions

Best Publications

The Labour of Leisure

Systematic Review of the Literature on Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in Sport and Physical Recreation

Digital Leisure, the Internet and Popular Culture

Introduction to the special issue: Music and Tourism

The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure

Sounds and the City

'Asians cannot wear turbans in the scrum': explorations of racist discourse within professional rugby league.

The Construction of Heavy Metal Identity through Heritage Narratives: A Case Study of Extreme Metal Bands in the North of England

Managing and monitoring equality and diversity in UK sport: an evaluation of the sporting equals Racial Equality Standard and its impact on organizational change.

Leisure opportunities and new migrant communities: challenging the contribution of sport

There is (almost) no alternative: the slow ‘heat death’ of music subcultures and the instrumentalization of contemporary leisure

Constructing Leisure

Metal Studies? Cultural Research in the Heavy Metal Scene

Global Metal Music and Culture : Current Directions in Metal Studies

Whiteness and Leisure

True Norwegian Black Metal — The Globalized, Mythological Reconstruction of the Second Wave of Black Metal in 1990s Oslo

Whiteness, Blackness and Settlement: Leisure and the Integration of New Migrants

Sport management issues in an era of austerity

Nazi punks folk off: leisure, nationalism, cultural identity and the consumption of metal and folk music

Grim Up North: Northern England, Northern Europe and Black Metal

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