| Introduction to the Palgrave handbook of leisure theory K Spracklen, B Lashua, E Sharpe, S Swain The Palgrave handbook of leisure theory, 1-11, 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
| Strangers of the north: South Asians, cricket and the culture of ‘Yorkshireness’ T Fletcher, S Swain Northernness, Northern Culture and Northern Narratives, 86-100, 2018 | 27 | 2018 |
| Khat-chewing in liminal leisure spaces: British-Somali youth on the margins S Swain, K Spracklen, BD Lashua Leisure Studies 37 (4), 440-451, 2018 | 18 | 2018 |
| Grime music and dark leisure: Exploring grime, morality and synoptic control S Swain Annals of leisure research 21 (4), 480-492, 2018 | 17 | 2018 |
| The khat controversy: dark leisure in a liquid modern world S Swain Annals of Leisure Research 20 (5), 610-625, 2017 | 14 | 2017 |
| Sport, power and politics: Exploring sport and social control within the changing context of modernity S Swain International journal of the sociology of leisure 2 (4), 385-402, 2019 | 12 | 2019 |
| Voices from the margins: Khat-chewing, devotional leisure and ambivalence in the British-Somali diaspora S Swain Leisure and forced migration, 139-153, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Moving forward: Critical reflections on doing social justice research G Riches, AJ Rankin-Wright, S Swain, V Kuppan Sport, leisure and social justice, 209-221, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| Leisure in the current interregnum: Exploring the social theories of Anthony Giddens and Zygmunt Bauman S Swain The Palgrave handbook of leisure theory, 799-816, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| Khat-chewing, Moral Spacing and Belonging: Sociological Insights into the Cultural Space of the mafrish in the Leisure Lives of Older and Middle-aged British … S Swain, B Lashua, K Spracklen International journal of the sociology of leisure 4, 1-22, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
| Sport, theology, and dementia: Reflections on the Sporting Memories Network, UK NJ Watson, A Parker, S Swain Theology, Disability and Sport, 121-135, 2020 | 9 | 2020 |
| Moving forward G Riches, AJ Rankin-Wright, S Swain, V Kuppan Sport, Leisure and Social Justice 209, 2017 | 9 | 2017 |
| Special issue of journal for cultural research: Northernness, Northern Culture and Northern Narratives G Riches, K Spracklen, S Swain Journal for Cultural Research 20 (1), 1-3, 2016 | 6 | 2016 |
| Pugilism, power, and the cultural politics of celebrity: Charting Vitali Klitschko’s rise from Heavyweight Champion to Mayor of Kiev S Swain Journal of Global Sport Management, 1-16, 2021 | 3 | 2021 |
| A Matter of Distinction? A Case Study Examining the Development of a Sporting Habitus Amongst Male Sixth-Form Pupils in a Private School in the United Kingdom G Chapman, S Cock, S Swain International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure 7 (2), 129-153, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sport, leisure, and social justice in an age of uncertainty: Investigating the relationship between power, precarity and the rise of the prosumer S Swain Routledge, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
| Khat-Chewing, Adiaphorisation and Morality: Rethinking Ethics in the Age of the Synopticon S Swain, B Lashua, K Spracklen Critical Criminology, 1-15, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
| Investigating the impact and value of anti-racist pedagogy within the undergraduate sport and leisure curriculum: A York St John University case study M Green, S Swain, M Mierzwinski Leisure Studies Association, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| The'Goalball Family': An exploration of the social value of Goalball amongst players and communities in the UK. N Hague, S Swain, DJ Madigan UK Goalball/York St John University, 2020 | 1 | 2020 |
| Investigating the impact and value of anti-racist pedagogy within the undergraduate sport and leisure curriculum S Swain, M Mierzwinski, M Green Leisure Studies Association, 2024 | | 2024 |
