Gary Spruce

473 total citations
18 papers, 165 citations indexed

About

Gary Spruce is a scholar working on Music, Education and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Spruce has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 165 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Music, 6 papers in Education and 3 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Gary Spruce's work include Diverse Music Education Insights (18 papers), Art Education and Development (3 papers) and Neuroscience and Music Perception (3 papers). Gary Spruce is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Music Education Insights (18 papers), Art Education and Development (3 papers) and Neuroscience and Music Perception (3 papers). Gary Spruce collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and United States. Gary Spruce's co-authors include Alexandra Lamont, Cathy Benedict, Patrick Schmidt, Ann Marie Stanley, Oscar Odenå and John Finney and has published in prestigious journals such as Children & Society, Music Education Research and British Journal of Music Education.

In The Last Decade

Gary Spruce

15 papers receiving 140 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gary Spruce United Kingdom 8 141 92 59 24 21 18 165
Alexis Anja Kallio Finland 10 136 1.0× 81 0.9× 41 0.7× 47 2.0× 23 1.1× 22 184
Alexandra Kertz-Welzel United States 7 110 0.8× 62 0.7× 22 0.4× 17 0.7× 18 0.9× 29 136
Terese M. Volk United States 7 222 1.6× 126 1.4× 69 1.2× 41 1.7× 14 0.7× 17 257
Vicki R. Lind United States 7 147 1.0× 139 1.5× 27 0.5× 22 0.9× 15 0.7× 14 210
Panagiotis A. Kanellopoulos Greece 7 178 1.3× 66 0.7× 112 1.9× 10 0.4× 46 2.2× 13 204
Lauri Väkevä Finland 10 213 1.5× 107 1.2× 110 1.9× 17 0.7× 32 1.5× 23 250
Eva Georgii-Hemming Sweden 7 203 1.4× 125 1.4× 80 1.4× 10 0.4× 40 1.9× 24 242
Vincent C. Bates United States 9 155 1.1× 104 1.1× 23 0.4× 18 0.8× 9 0.4× 23 181
Janet Ritterman United Kingdom 2 144 1.0× 57 0.6× 96 1.6× 12 0.5× 22 1.0× 7 178
Kazadi wa Mukuna United States 5 119 0.8× 20 0.2× 25 0.4× 35 1.5× 8 0.4× 15 177

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gary Spruce

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gary Spruce

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gary Spruce. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gary Spruce based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gary Spruce. Gary Spruce is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Spruce, Gary, et al.. (2025). Debates in Music Teaching.
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Spruce, Gary, et al.. (2020). The declining place of music education in schools in England. Children & Society. 34(5). 443–457. 38 indexed citations
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Finney, John, et al.. (2020). Creative and Critical Projects in Classroom Music. 4 indexed citations
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Finney, John, et al.. (2020). Creative and Critical Projects in Classroom Music: Fifty Years of Sound and Silence. 3 indexed citations
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Spruce, Gary, et al.. (2020). Tales of change: effective professional development in the light of educational systems reforms in Austria and England. Arts Education Policy Review. 122(1). 4–18. 4 indexed citations
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Spruce, Gary, et al.. (2020). Music teacher professional agency as challenge to music education policy. Arts Education Policy Review. 122(1). 65–74. 10 indexed citations
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Spruce, Gary. (2017). The power of discourse: reclaiming social justice from and for music education. Education 3-13. 45(6). 720–733. 12 indexed citations
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Benedict, Cathy, et al.. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of Social Justice in Music Education. Scholarship@Western (Western University). 19 indexed citations
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Spruce, Gary. (2013). “The National Music Plan” and the Taming of English Music Education. Arts Education Policy Review. 114(3). 112–118. 7 indexed citations
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Spruce, Gary & Oscar Odenå. (2012). Commentary: Music Learning and Teaching During Adolescence: Ages 12–18. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Lamont, Alexandra, et al.. (2012). Singing in primary schools: case studies of good practice in whole class vocal tuition. British Journal of Music Education. 29(2). 251–268. 22 indexed citations
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Spruce, Gary, et al.. (2011). Making Music in the Primary School. Open Research Online (The Open University). 1 indexed citations
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Spruce, Gary. (2003). Aspects of Teaching Secondary Music. 16 indexed citations
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Spruce, Gary. (2003). The subject knowledge of secondary music PGCE applicants: a response. British Journal of Music Education. 20(3). 317–320. 1 indexed citations
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Spruce, Gary. (2002). Aspects of Teaching Secondary Music: Perspectives on Practice. Open Research Online (The Open University). 16 indexed citations
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Spruce, Gary. (2001). Assessment in the arts : Issues of objectivity. 135–147. 3 indexed citations
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