David Kirk

18.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
317 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

David Kirk is a scholar working on Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Kirk has authored 317 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, 112 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 48 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Kirk's work include Physical Education and Pedagogy (160 papers), Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (66 papers) and Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (42 papers). David Kirk is often cited by papers focused on Physical Education and Pedagogy (160 papers), Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (66 papers) and Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (42 papers). David Kirk collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. David Kirk's co-authors include Doune Macdonald, Ann MacPhail, Marilyn M. Kirk, Leen Haerens, Kimberly L. Oliver, Paul Lynch, Greet Cardon, Ashley Casey, Eloísa Lorente Catalán and Trish Gorely and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Kirk

305 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Kirk United Kingdom 63 6.0k 5.0k 3.1k 2.1k 1.7k 317 12.9k
Helen Cooper United States 70 100 0.0× 3.6k 0.7× 6.0k 1.9× 1.9k 0.9× 2.8k 1.7× 292 24.4k
Susan A. Jackson United States 41 363 0.1× 523 0.1× 2.9k 0.9× 4.5k 2.1× 590 0.4× 75 7.6k
John M. Darley United States 49 57 0.0× 8.6k 1.7× 7.0k 2.2× 641 0.3× 89 0.1× 164 18.6k
Donna Haraway United States 44 48 0.0× 11.2k 2.2× 1.9k 0.6× 562 0.3× 246 0.1× 105 28.4k
Ken Green Australia 38 474 0.1× 767 0.2× 369 0.1× 185 0.1× 83 0.0× 137 4.4k
Wilfried Admiraal Netherlands 57 75 0.0× 862 0.2× 602 0.2× 2.1k 1.0× 222 0.1× 335 11.3k
Paul Rabinow United States 43 84 0.0× 6.0k 1.2× 674 0.2× 194 0.1× 372 0.2× 130 13.1k
Ian Taylor United Kingdom 33 376 0.1× 770 0.2× 1.8k 0.6× 876 0.4× 241 0.1× 147 4.4k
Gilles Deleuze France 47 70 0.0× 11.1k 2.2× 1.6k 0.5× 338 0.2× 60 0.0× 213 29.3k
Michael W. Morris United States 58 51 0.0× 6.7k 1.3× 7.2k 2.3× 571 0.3× 164 0.1× 181 14.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Kirk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Kirk

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Jing, et al.. (2025). Chinese students’ experiences of ‘high-stakes’ assessment: the role of fitness testing. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 1–14. 5 indexed citations
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Kirk, David, et al.. (2024). Gender in martial arts and combat sports. Conexões. 22. e024039–e024039.
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Standal, Øyvind Førland, et al.. (2023). Exploring pedagogies of embodiment in physical education teacher education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 30(6). 635–645. 6 indexed citations
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Kirk, David. (2018). Physical education-as-health promotion : recent developments and future issues. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 36(3). 70–75. 26 indexed citations
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Wainwright, Nalda, et al.. (2018). Laying the foundations for physical literacy in Wales: the contribution of the Foundation Phase to the development of physical literacy. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 23(4). 431–444. 19 indexed citations
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Goodyear, Victoria A., Ashley Casey, & David Kirk. (2012). Hiding behind the camera: social learning within the Cooperative Learning Model to engage girls in physical education. Sport Education and Society. 19(6). 712–734. 91 indexed citations
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Kirk, David. (2012). Learners and learning in physical education. Routledge eBooks.
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Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse De, Kristine De Martelaer, Jan Seghers, et al.. (2011). A Framework for Physical Activity Programs Within School–Community Partnerships. Quest. 63(3). 300–320. 28 indexed citations
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Fitzgerald, Hayley & David Kirk. (2009). Identity work: young disabled people, family and sport. Leisure Studies. 28(4). 469–488. 24 indexed citations
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Kirk, David, Carlton Cooke, Anne Flintoff, & Jim McKenna. (2008). Key concepts in sport and exercise sciences. Sage eBooks. 1–148. 2 indexed citations
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Kirk, David. (2007). Con la escuela en el cuerpo, cuerpos escolarizados: la construccion de identidades inter/nacionales en la sociedad post-disciplinaria. UVaDOC UVaDOC University of Valladolid Documentary Repository (University of Valladolid). 39–56. 4 indexed citations
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Kirk, David. (2005). Physical Culture, Lifelong Participation and Empowerment: Towards an Educational Rationale for Physical Education. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 87(6). 3–28. 5 indexed citations
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Kirk, David, et al.. (2003). Enseñanza de los juegos para la comprensión: : perspectiva situada en el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. UVaDOC UVaDOC University of Valladolid Documentary Repository (University of Valladolid). 154–164. 1 indexed citations
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Kirk, David. (2000). The reconfiguration of the physical activity field in Australian higher education, 1970-1986. Internal Medicine Journal. 16(2). 17–38. 7 indexed citations
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Kirk, David. (1997). Physical education in the Health and Physical Education Statement and Profile.. 5–7. 1 indexed citations
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Kirk, David, et al.. (1996). Mapping current practice against the curriculum profile in the health and physical education key learning area. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 43(3). 8–11. 7 indexed citations
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Kirk, David. (1993). The Body, Schooling and Culture. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 53 indexed citations
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McKay, Jim, Jennifer Gore, & David Kirk. (1990). Beyond the Limits of Technocratic Physical Education. Quest. 42(1). 52–76. 97 indexed citations
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Kirk, David. (1989). Daily physical education research: a review and a critique.. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 24(1). 21–30. 6 indexed citations

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