2026 Leigh Sparks: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	49	1062	989	164	144	202	8601

Overview

Leigh Sparks is affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom with a research focus spanning multiple areas within the social sciences and business disciplines. Their work includes contributions in Business, Management and Accounting, with significant involvement in subfields such as Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management, Marketing, Demography, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of subjects including Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies, Health disparities and outcomes, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Corporate Identity and Reputation, Employer Branding and e-HRM, and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior.

Leigh Sparks has published in several scholarly venues, showing a spread of research interests across various interdisciplinary journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
Ageing and Society
Planning Theory & Practice
Journal of Intercultural Management
Young Consumers Insight and Ideas for Responsible Marketers

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Leigh Sparks demonstrate engagement with consumer behavior, retail environments, and digital marketing. Selected titles with publication years and venues are:

Consumers' purchase decisions and employer image, 2020, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
Ageing consumers and e-commerce activities, 2021, Ageing and Society
Older People, Town Centres and the Revival of the 'High Street', 2021, Planning Theory & Practice
YouTube Vloggers as Brand Influencers on Consumer Purchase Behaviour, 2020, Journal of Intercultural Management
Slogans, brands and purchase behaviour of students, 2020, Young Consumers Insight and Ideas for Responsible Marketers

Collaboration is evident in their frequent co-authors, highlighting ongoing research partnerships. Frequent collaborators include:

Maria Rybaczewska
Łukasz Sułkowski
Judith Phillips
Nigel Walford
Ann Hockey

The range of topics and co-authored works reflects an interdisciplinary approach to current issues in consumer behavior, aging populations, digital influences on marketing, and organizational dynamics. Their scholarly contributions are part of broader dialogues within social sciences and management studies, focusing on the impact of demographic changes and technology on consumption and organizational processes.

Best Publications

E-commerce and the retail process: a review

Steve Burt;Leigh Sparks

434
Citations
Natural experiments: an underused tool for public health?

Mark Petticrew;Steven Cummins;Catherine Ferrell;Anne Findlay

399
Citations
Large scale food retailing as an intervention for diet and health: quasi-experimental evaluation of a natural experiment

Steven Cummins;Mark Petticrew;Cassie Higgins;Anne Findlay

376
Citations
Logistics and retail management : insights into current practice and trends from leading experts

John Fernie;Leigh Sparks

346
Citations
Corporate Branding, Retailing, and Retail Internationalization

S L Burt;L Sparks

293
Citations
Retail logistics in the UK: past, present and future

John Fernie;Leigh Sparks;Alan C. McKinnon

284
Citations
Loyalty saturation in retailing: exploring the end of retail loyalty cards?

Claire Wright;Leigh Sparks

272
Citations
Failure in international retailing: research propositions

Steve Burt;John Dawson;Leigh Sparks

263
Citations
An Exploratory Study into Failure in Successful Organizations: The Case of Marks & Spencer

Kamel Mellahi;T Paul Jackson;Leigh Sparks

250
Citations
Neighbourhood food environment and area deprivation: spatial accessibility to grocery stores selling fresh fruit and vegetables in urban and rural settings

Dianna M Smith;Steven Cummins;Mathew Taylor;John Dawson;John Dawson;John Dawson

248
Citations
Retail internationalization and retail failure: issues from the case of Marks and Spencer

S. L. Burt;K. Mellahi;T. P. Jackson;L. Sparks

244
Citations
Power and Competition in the UK Retail Grocery Market

Steve L. Burt;Leigh Sparks

201
Citations
Consumer dominant value creation: a theoretical response to the recent call for a consumer dominant logic for marketing

Thomas Boysen Anker;Leigh Sparks;Luiz Moutinho;Christian Grönroos

157
Citations
Reciprocal Retail Internationalisation: The Southland Corporation, Ito-Yokado and 7-Eleven Convenience Stores

Leigh Sparks

146
Citations
Logistics and Retail Management: Emerging Issues and New Challenges in the Retail Supply Chain

John Fernie;Leigh Sparks

144
Citations
Are Loyalty Schemes a Manifestation of Relationship Marketing

Susan Hart;Andrew Smith;Leigh Sparks;Nikolaos Tzokas

136
Citations
The role and function of the independent small shop: the situation in Scotland

Andrew Smith;Leigh Sparks

136
Citations
The development of a healthy eating indicator shopping basket tool (HEISB) for use in food access studies-identification of key food items.

Annie S Anderson;John Dewar;David Marshall;Steven Cummins

134
Citations
Retail loyalty schemes: results from a consumer diary study

Andrew P Smith;Leigh Sparks;Susan Hart;Nikolaos Tzokas

130
Citations
Variations in fresh fruit and vegetable quality by store type, urban–rural setting and neighbourhood deprivation in Scotland

Steven Cummins;Dianna M Smith;Mathew Taylor;John Dawson

122
Citations
“It's nice to get a wee treat if you've had a bad week”: Consumer motivations in retail loyalty scheme points redemption

Andrew Smith;Leigh Sparks

121
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John Dawson University of Edinburgh

Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Steve Burt University of Stirling

Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Kamel Mellahi University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Nikolaos Tzokas Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship

Susan Hart Durham University

Martine Stead University of Stirling

Christoph Teller Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Anne Marie MacKintosh University of Stirling

External Links

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