| Correlates of participation in physical activity for adolescent girls: a systematic review of recent literature SJH Biddle, SH Whitehead, TM O’Donovan, ME Nevill Journal of physical activity and health 2 (4), 423-434, 2005 | 501 | 2005 |
| Sport education as a pedagogical application for ethical development in physical education and youth sport S Harvey, D Kirk, TM O'Donovan Sport, education and society 19 (1), 41-62, 2014 | 202 | 2014 |
| Pre-service physical education teachers' beliefs about competition in physical education S Harvey, TM O'Donovan Sport, Education and Society 18 (6), 767-787, 2013 | 84 | 2013 |
| A changing culture? Interrogating the dynamics of peer affiliations over the course of a sport education season TM O’Donovan European Physical Education Review 9 (3), 237-251, 2003 | 80 | 2003 |
| Managing classroom entry: an ecological analysis of ritual interaction and negotiation in the changing room TM O'Donovan, D Kirk Sport, education and society 12 (4), 399-413, 2007 | 57 | 2007 |
| Mediating peer teaching for learning games: An action research intervention across three consecutive Sport Education seasons C Farias, I Mesquita, PA Hastie, T O’Donovan Research quarterly for exercise and sport 89 (1), 91-102, 2018 | 50 | 2018 |
| Reconceptualizing student motivation in physical education: An examination of what resources are valued by pre-adolescent girls in contemporary society T O'donovan, D Kirk European Physical Education Review 14 (1), 71-91, 2008 | 50 | 2008 |
| Active citizenship through sport education TM O'Donovan, A MacPhail, D Kirk Education 3–13 38 (2), 203-215, 2010 | 49 | 2010 |
| Social-psychological and physical environmental factors in groups differing by levels of physical activity: A study of Scottish adolescent girls SH Whitehead, SJH Biddle, TM O’Donovan, ME Nevill Pediatric Exercise Science 18 (2), 226-239, 2006 | 45 | 2006 |
| Increasing demand for sport and physical activity by girls S Biddle, F Coalter, T O'Donovan, J MacBeth, M Nevill, S Whitehead sportscotland, 2005 | 41 | 2005 |
| Examination physical education: adhering to pedagogies of the classroom when coming in from the cold A Casey, T O'Donovan Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy 20 (4), 347-365, 2015 | 33 | 2015 |
| Focus on girls in sport TM O’Donovan, TA Kay British Journal of Teaching Physical Education 36 (1), 29-31, 2005 | 23 | 2005 |
| Bourdieu in the changing room T O’Donovan, R Sandford, D Kirk Pierre Bourdieu and physical culture, 57-64, 2014 | 20 | 2014 |
| Sport education as a pedagogy for promoting sport as ethical practice S Harvey, D Kirk, TM O’Donovan Ethics in Youth Sport, 107-121, 2012 | 15 | 2012 |
| Writing for publication in Physical education and sport pedagogy: reflections and advice from an editorial team D Kirk, P Hastie, A Macphail, T O’Donovan, M Quennerstedt Revista Brasileira de Ciências do Esporte 36 (4), 740-745, 2014 | 8 | 2014 |
| Recycling and resistance to change in physical education: the informal recruitment of physical education teachers in schools ME Flemons, J Hill, T O’Donovan, A Chater Journal of Teaching in Physical Education 43 (1), 21-30, 2023 | 6 | 2023 |
| Models-based practice: structuring teaching and coaching to meet learners' diverse needs T O'Donovan Sport Pedagogy, 325-337, 2013 | 4 | 2013 |
| Sustainable Sport Education in primary education: An English case study TM O’Donovan, A MacPhail, D Kirk Sport Education, 15-29, 2011 | 4 | 2011 |
| Active inspiration playmakers final Report TM O'Donovan, HM Ives, M Bowler, P Sammon, VA Goodyear Playmakers/University of Bedfordshire, 2016 | 2 | 2016 |
| Facilitating lifelong participation in the community of practice of sport T O'Donovan, D Kirk Information Age Publishing 1, 371-384, 2008 | 2 | 2008 |