| Learning outside the classroom: Theory and guidelines for practice S Beames, P Higgins, R Nicol Routledge, 2012 | 385 | 2012 |
| Adventurous learning: A pedagogy for a changing world S Beames, M Brown Routledge, 2016 | 155 | 2016 |
| Journeys outside the classroom S Beames, H Ross Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning 10 (2), 95-109, 2010 | 129 | 2010 |
| What future/s for outdoor and environmental education in a world that has contended with COVID-19? J Quay, T Gray, G Thomas, S Allen-Craig, M Asfeldt, S Andkjaer, ... Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education 23, 93-117, 2020 | 125 | 2020 |
| Building social capital through outdoor education S Beames, M Atencio Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning 8 (2), 99-112, 2008 | 122 | 2008 |
| Measuring the unmeasurable: Upholding rigor in quantitative studies of personal and social development in outdoor adventure education R Scrutton, S Beames Journal of Experiential Education 38 (1), 8-25, 2015 | 110 | 2015 |
| Context, culture and critical thinking: Scottish secondary school teachers’ and pupils’ experiences of outdoor learning B Christie, S Beames, P Higgins British educational research journal 42 (3), 417-437, 2016 | 79 | 2016 |
| Critical elements of an expedition experience S Beames Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning 4 (2), 145-157, 2004 | 65 | 2004 |
| Taking excellence outdoors S Beames, M Atencio, H Ross Scottish Educational Review 41 (2), 32-45, 2009 | 63 | 2009 |
| Personal development on youth expeditions: A literature review and thematic analysis T Stott, P Allison, J Felter, S Beames Leisure Studies 34 (2), 197-229, 2015 | 57 | 2015 |
| Overseas youth expeditions with Raleigh International: A rite of passage? S Beames Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education 8 (1), 29-36, 2004 | 56 | 2004 |
| Outdoor education provision in Scottish schools B Christie, R Nicol, S Beames, H Ross, P Higgins Scottish Educational Review 46 (1), 48-64, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
| Enough of Ronald and Mickey: Focusing on learning in outdoor education S Beames, M Brown Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning 14 (2), 118-131, 2014 | 49 | 2014 |
| Expeditions and the social construction of the self S Beames Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education 9, 14-22, 2005 | 48 | 2005 |
| Adventure education: Redux M Brown, S Beames Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning 17 (4), 294-306, 2017 | 47 | 2017 |
| Adventure and society S Beames, C Mackie, M Atencio Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 | 45 | 2019 |
| Outdoor adventure and social theory E Pike Routledge, 2013 | 44 | 2013 |
| Goffman goes rock climbing: Using creative fiction to explore the presentation of self in outdoor education SK Beames, ECJ Pike Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education 12, 3-11, 2008 | 43 | 2008 |
| Alumni perspectives on a boarding school outdoor education programme S Beames, C Mackie, R Scrutton Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning 20 (2), 123-137, 2020 | 38 | 2020 |
| Trusting the journey: Embracing the unpredictable and difficult to measure nature of wilderness educational expeditions M Asfeldt, S Beames Journal of Experiential Education 40 (1), 72-86, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
