| The educational benefits claimed for physical education and school sport: an academic review R Bailey, K Armour, D Kirk, M Jess, I Pickup, R Sandford, BP Education Research papers in education 24 (1), 1-27, 2009 | 1205 | 2009 |
| Coach learning and development: A review of literature C Cushion, L Nelson, K Armour, J Lyle, R Jones, R Sandford, ... Sports coach UK 14, 166-180, 2010 | 476 | 2010 |
| Muscularity, the habitus and the social construction of gender: Towards a gender-relevant physical education T Gorely, R Holroyd, D Kirk Masculinity and Education, 48-67, 2016 | 306 | 2016 |
| Re‐engaging disaffected youth through physical activity programmes RA Sandford, KM Armour, PC Warmington British educational research journal 32 (2), 251-271, 2006 | 275 | 2006 |
| Disordered eating and disordered schooling: What schools do to middle class girls J Evans*, E Rich, R Holroyd British journal of sociology of education 25 (2), 123-142, 2004 | 218 | 2004 |
| Positive youth development and physical activity/sport interventions: Mechanisms leading to sustained impact K Armour, R Sandford, R Duncombe Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy 18 (3), 256-281, 2013 | 148 | 2013 |
| The role of physical activity/sport in tackling youth disaffection and anti‐social behaviour RA Sandford, R Duncombe, KM Armour Educational review 60 (4), 419-435, 2008 | 146 | 2008 |
| ‘Hungry to be noticed’: young women, anorexia and schooling E Rich, R Holroyd, J Evans Body knowledge and control, 197-214, 2004 | 127 | 2004 |
| the BERA Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy Special Interest Group.(2009). The educational benefits claimed for physical education and school sport: An academic review R Bailey, K Armour, D Kirk, M Jess, I Pickup, R Sandford Research papers in Education 24 (1), 1-27, 2009 | 117 | 2009 |
| Positive youth development through an outdoor physical activity programme: Evidence from a four-year evaluation K Armour, R Sandford Educational review 65 (1), 85-108, 2013 | 101 | 2013 |
| Looking beyond what's broken: towards an appreciative research agenda for physical education and sport pedagogy E Enright, J Hill, R Sandford, M Gard Sport, Education and Society 19 (7), 912-926, 2014 | 74 | 2014 |
| ‘Intensive mothering’in the early years: the cultivation and consolidation of (physical) capital J Stirrup, R Duncombe, R Sandford Sport, Education and Society 20 (1), 89-106, 2015 | 59 | 2015 |
| Learning to be human in a digital world: a model of values fluency education for physical education F Chambers, R Sandford Sport, Education and Society, 2018 | 53 | 2018 |
| 3.6 Learners and popular culture R Sandford, E Rich Handbook of physical education, 275, 2006 | 45 | 2006 |
| ‘I actually used to like PE, but not now’: understanding care-experienced young people’s (dis) engagement with physical education T Quarmby, R Sandford, E Elliot Sport, Education and Society, 2018 | 44 | 2018 |
| Care-experienced youth and positive development: An exploratory study into the value and use of leisure-time activities T Quarmby, R Sandford, K Pickering Leisure Studies 38 (1), 28-42, 2019 | 40 | 2019 |
| Physical education, school sport and looked-after-children: Health, wellbeing and educational engagement C O’Donnell, R Sandford, A Parker Sport, Education and Society 25 (6), 605-617, 2020 | 39 | 2020 |
| Developing evidence-informed principles for trauma-aware pedagogies in physical education T Quarmby, R Sandford, R Green, O Hooper, J Avery Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy 27 (4), 440-454, 2022 | 34 | 2022 |
| Physical activity and personal/social development for disaffected youth in the UK: In search of evidence RA Sandford, KM Armour Positive youth development through sport, 111-123, 2007 | 33 | 2007 |
| Narratives and marginalised voices: Storying the sport and physical activity experiences of care-experienced young people T Quarmby, R Sandford, O Hooper, R Duncombe Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health 13 (3), 426-437, 2021 | 32 | 2021 |
