| Sport and society: a student introduction B Houlihan, D Malcolm Sage, 2015 | 396 | 2015 |
| Decivilizing, civilizing or informalizing? The international development of Mixed Martial Arts R Sánchez García, D Malcolm International review for the sociology of sport 45 (1), 39-58, 2010 | 247 | 2010 |
| Drug use in English professional football I Waddington, D Malcolm, M Roderick, R Naik British journal of sports medicine 39 (4), e18-e18, 2005 | 184 | 2005 |
| Sport and sociology D Malcolm Routledge, 2012 | 140* | 2012 |
| Globalizing cricket: Englishness, empire and identity D Malcolm Bloomsbury Academic, 2012 | 137 | 2012 |
| The SAGE dictionary of sports studies D Malcolm Sage, 2008 | 124 | 2008 |
| “Pain in the assets”: The effects of commercialization and professionalization on the management of injury in English rugby union D Malcolm, K Sheard Sociology of Sport Journal 19 (2), 149-169, 2002 | 120 | 2002 |
| Sport histories: figurational studies in the development of modern sports E Dunning, D Malcolm, I Waddington Routledge, 2004 | 113 | 2004 |
| Medical uncertainty and clinician–athlete relations: The management of concussion injuries in rugby union D Malcolm Sociology of sport journal 26 (2), 191-210, 2009 | 109 | 2009 |
| Gymnastics and child abuse: An analysis of former international Portuguese female artistic gymnasts MC Pinheiro, N Pimenta, R Resende, D Malcolm Sport, Education and Society 19 (4), 435-450, 2014 | 107 | 2014 |
| The people's game? Football spectatorship and demographic change D Malcolm, I Jones, I Waddington Soccer & Society 1 (1), 129-143, 2000 | 107 | 2000 |
| Sport, medicine and health: The medicalization of sport? D Malcolm Routledge, 2016 | 99 | 2016 |
| Unprofessional practice? The status and power of sport physicians D Malcolm Sociology of sport journal 23 (4), 376-395, 2006 | 89 | 2006 |
| “Woolmergate”: Cricket and the representation of Islam and Muslims in the British press D Malcolm, A Bairner, G Curry Journal of Sport and Social Issues 34 (2), 215-235, 2010 | 88 | 2010 |
| ‘It’s not cricket’: Colonial legacies and contemporary inequalities D Malcolm Journal of historical sociology 14 (3), 253-275, 2001 | 85 | 2001 |
| On being ‘head strong’: The pain zone and concussion in non-elite rugby union K Liston, M McDowell, D Malcolm, A Scott-Bell, I Waddington International Review for the Sociology of Sport 53 (6), 668-684, 2018 | 84 | 2018 |
| Women’s experiences in the mixed martial arts: A quest for excitement? M Mierzwinski, P Velija, D Malcolm Sociology of Sport Journal 31 (1), 66-84, 2014 | 84 | 2014 |
| England’s Barmy Army: Commercialization, masculinity and nationalism M Parry, D Malcolm International Review for the Sociology of Sport 39 (1), 75-94, 2004 | 80 | 2004 |
| Gender stereotyping and physical education I Waddington, D Malcolm, J Cobb European Physical Education Review 4 (1), 34-46, 1998 | 78 | 1998 |
| The concussion crisis in sport D Malcolm Routledge, 2019 | 68 | 2019 |
