OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Sex Research is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Transactional Desire: Exploring Male Student Sex Workers in China	66
“It’s Almost Boring When It Should Be Enjoyable and Fun”: College Students’ Definitions of Bad Sex	49
Relational and Trait Factors Mediate the Associations between Women’s Intoxication-Related Unwanted Sexual Experiences, Pleasure, and Desire	41
Delphi Recommendations for Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexual Interest in Children in Non-Mandated Community Settings	36
Closing the Gender Gap? A Cohort Comparison of Adolescent Responses to and Attitudes Toward Pornography, 2004 vs. 2021	35
BDSM in North America, Europe, and Oceania: A Large-Scale International Survey Gauging BDSM Interests and Activities	24
Exploring Parent-gender Differences in Parent and Adolescent Reports of the Frequency, Quality, and Content of Their Sexual Health Communication	23
A Systematic Review of Black American Same-Sex Couples Research: Laying the Groundwork for Culturally-Specific Research and Interventions	23
Elevated Psychiatric Risk in Same-Sex Married Individuals: Large-scale Evidence is Consistent with a Substantial Role of Familial Common Causes	21
Health Disparities by Sexual Orientation: Implications of Genetic and Environmental Explanations	21
Resisting Trans Medicalization: Body Satisfaction and Social Contextual Factors as Predictors of Sexual Experiences among Trans Feminine and Nonbinary Individuals	20
Perceived Mate Scarcity Leads to Increased Willingness to Mate Poach	20
Sexual Consent, Alcohol Use, and Greek Membership: Testing Measurement Invariance and Group Mean Differences of Two Sexual Consent Measures	19
Identity and Relational Factors Associated with Sexual Role and Positioning for Anal Sex among Colombian Sexual Minority Men	19
Why College Women and Men Refrain from Sex Despite Desire: Development of the No Sex Despite Desire (NSDD) Measure	19
Feasibility of a Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy Intervention for Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder	19
Sexual Shame and Emotion Dysregulation: Key Roles in the Association between Internalized Homonegativity and Sexual Compulsivity	18
Religiosity, Sex Frequency, and Sexual Satisfaction in Britain: Evidence from the Third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal)	18
Conceptualizing Consent: Cross-national and Temporal Representations of Sexual Consent in Young Africans’ Creative Narratives on HIV	18
Patterns of Genital and Subjective Sexual Arousal in Cisgender Asexual Men	17
Hormonal Underpinnings of the Variation in Sexual Desire, Arousal and Activity Throughout the Menstrual Cycle – A Multifaceted Approach	17
Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder and Problematic Pornography Use in Cisgender Sexual Minority Individuals: The Associations with Minority Stress, Social Support, and Sexualized Drug Use	15
Stability and Change in Asexuality: Relationship Between Sexual/Romantic Attraction and Sexual Desire	14
Women Who Experience More Affectionate Touch Report Better Body Satisfaction and Relationship Outcomes	14
Which Came First, the Money or the Sex? Bidirectional, Indirect Associations between Financial Management Behaviors and Sexual Satisfaction among Newlywed Couples	13

Men’s Sexual Interest in Feminine Trans Individuals across Cultures	13
Definitions of Having Sex in Older Men and Women and Their Relationship with Sexual Well-Being	13
What do States Recommend We Teach Adolescents about Sexual Consent? A Content Analysis of K-12 Health Education Standards in the US	12
Examination of Sex-Related Distress and Self-Medication Drinking Model in U.S. College Women	12
The Role of Sexual and Romantic Attraction in Human Mate Preferences	12
The Link Between Sexual Disagreements and Separation Proneness: Differences Between Men and Women in a Culturally Diverse Sample	12
Pornography Use, Offense-Supportive Cognitions, Atypical Sexual Interests, and Sexual Offending against Children	12
Large Language Models in an App: Conducting a Qualitative Synthetic Data Analysis of How Snapchat’s “My AI” Responds to Questions About Sexual Consent, Sexual Refusals, Sexual Assault, and Sexting	12
Navigating Women’s Low Desire: Sexual Growth and Destiny Beliefs and Couples’ Well-Being	12
Recalled Childhood Separation Anxiety Differs by Anal Sex Role among Gay Men	11
Do Sex Toys Make Me Satisfied? The Use of Sex Toys in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, and the UK	11
Associations between New Mothers’ Partner-Oriented Sexual Values and Sexual Distress in the Transition to Parenthood	11
What to Expect When You’re Expecting: Perinatal Sexual Education Is Linked with Couples’ Sexual Well-Being in Pregnancy and the Postpartum	11
Preliminary Prevalence Estimates of Sexual Exploitation as Measured by the Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization (SES-V) in a National US Sample	11
Sexual Passion in Adolescence: Examining Its Transmission Through Mothers	10
Asking About “Prostitution”, “Sex Work” and “Transactional Sex”: Question Wording and Attitudes Toward Trading Sexual Services	10
Preference for Self-Resembling Male Faces in Gay Men in China	10
The Question of Moral Worth in a Controversial Market: Moral Justification Regimes and Boundary Work Among Israeli Men Who Pay for Sex Abroad	10
Understanding Refusals, Using Coercion: Young Men’s Understanding and Use of Normalized Sexualized Violence within Heterosex	10
Psychometric Properties of the Sexual Services Acts Materials for Pay (SSAMP) Index: Identifying the Virtual, In-Person, and Material Sex Trades for Financial Compensation	10
Methodology of the German National Sex Survey – GeSiD (German Health and Sexuality Survey)	10
Moral Reactions to Sexual Relationships that Violate Age Norms	10
Put Me in Your Shoes: Does Perspective-Taking Inoculate Against the Appeal of Alternative Partners?	10
Feasibility Cues during a Sexual Encounter Impact the Strength of Heterosexual Women’s Orgasm Goal Pursuit	9
Comparing Perception of Sexual Intent and the Use of Sexual Coercion in Men and Women College Students	9
The Pattern of Physique Preferences on Gay Dating App “Blued” in China: A Multiple Group Latent Class Analysis	9
Attraction Toward One’s Partner is Associated with Sexual Desire, Satisfaction, and Distress Among Couples Coping with Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder	9
Our Body Our Health (Jirkeena, Caafimaadkeena): Somali Women’s Narratives on Sexual Health	9
Construction and Validation of a Scale to Assess Social Judgments Toward Sex Work from the Stereotype Content Model	9
Adolescent Barriers to Sexual Communication with Their Parents: Differences by Sexual and Gender Identity	9
Exploring the Orgasm Gap Across Racial/Ethnic Groups: A Descriptive Analysis	9
An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Women’s Experiences of Authenticity in Pornography	9
Gender Scripts and Female Sexual Functioning: The Role of Sexual Pressure and Sexual Subjectivity	9
The Association between the Quantity and Severity of Pornography Use: A Meta-analysis	9
Socioeconomics and Erotic Inequity: A Theoretical Overview and Narrative Review of Associations Between Poverty, Socioeconomic Conditions, and Sexual Wellbeing	9
Queering Hookup Motives in a Diverse Sample of LGBTQ+ Young Adults	9
Top, Bottom, and Versatile Orientations among Adolescent Sexual Minority Men	9
Family Matters: The Impact of Traditional and Egalitarian Gender Role Messages on Sexual and Gender Minority Latinx Adults’ Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk	9
Validation of a Brief Internalized Sex-work Stigma Scale among Female Sex Workers in Kenya	9
Feeling Like a Fetish: Racialized Feelings, Fetishization, and the Contours of Sexual Racism on Gay Dating Apps	8
Constructing Sexual Victimization: A Thematic Analysis of Reader Responses to A Literary Female-on-Male Rape Story on Goodreads	8
Context Matters: Moderating Effects in the Associations between Pornography Use, Perceived Addiction, and Relationship Well-being	8
Examining Attentional Biases Elicited by Sexual Stimuli Using MouseView.js: An Online Paradigm to Mimic Eye Movements	8
Partner Knowledge of Solitary Pornography Use: Daily and Longitudinal Associations with Relationship Quality	8
Confounds, Causality, and Sexual Orientation: The Implications of a Population-Level Study of Sibling Characteristics and Same-Sex Attraction	8
Concordance and Discordance between Paraphilic Interests and Behaviors: A Follow-Up Study	8
Clickable Consent: How Men Who Have Sex with Men Understand and Practice Sexual Consent on Dating Apps and in Person	8
The Impact of Pleasure and Pain on Frequent Substance Use During Receptive Anal Intercourse	8
Monosexism as an Additional Dimension of Minority Stress Affecting Mental Health among Bisexual and Pansexual Individuals in Hong Kong: The Role of Gender and Sexual Identity Integration	8
“OMG, Yes!”: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of an Online Intervention for Female Sexual Pleasure	8

Fairer Sex: The Role of Relationship Equity in Female Sexual Desire	7
The Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence Against Adolescents in School and Community Settings: A Scoping Review	7
Longitudinal Assessment of Sexual Behavior and Relationship Quality During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Britain: Findings from a Longitudinal Population Survey (Natsal-COVID)	7
Motivation, Appearance Focus, and Exclusion on Gay Dating App “Blued” in China: Content and Network Analysis of Textual Self-Presentation	7
How Much Pornography Use Do Americans Think Is “Average” for a Man and Woman? Findings from a National Survey	7
An Exploratory Study of Incels’ Dating App Experiences, Mental Health, and Relational Well-Being	7
Rules (And the Lack of Rules) About Pornography Use Among Heterosexual Couples	7
A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Women’s Experiences of Internalized Sociocultural Sexual Pressure	7
No Magic Pill: A Systematic Review of the Pharmacological Treatments for Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder	7
Religiosity, Perceived Effects of Pornography Use on Personal Sex Life, and Moral Incongruence: Insights from the German Health and Sexuality Survey (GeSiD)	7
Interpersonal, Community, and Institutional Influences on Sexual Consent Among Fraternity and Sorority Students in the Context of a Hookup: A Qualitative Analysis	7
Pornography Use and Mental Health Problems in the Chinese Population: Examining the Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence Model	7
Fluidity in Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Identity in Transgender and Nonbinary Youth	7
Bisexual People Experience Worse Health Outcomes in England: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Primary Care	6
Locating the Risk: Using Participatory Mapping to Contextualize Perceived HIV Risk across Geography and Social Networks among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Deep South	6
“This Is To Help Me Move Forward”: The Role of PrEp in Harnessing Sex Positivity and Empowerment Among Black Sexual Minority Men in the Southern United States	6
LGBTQI Sexual Well-Being and Embodiment After Cancer: A Mixed-Methods Study	6
The Role of Moral Foundations in Support for Sex Work Decriminalization by Venue	6
Associations Between Contents of Pornography and Sexual Satisfaction and Function Among Young Adults	6
Commentary on “Same-Sex Marriage and Common Mental Health Diagnoses: A Sibling Comparison and Adoption Approach”	6
Sexual Risk Taking among Survivors of U.S. Military Sexual Assault: Associations with PTSD Symptom Severity and Alcohol Use	6
Emotional Reactions to High-Risk Sex among Sexual Minority Men: Exploring Potential Opportunities for Just-In-Time Intervention	6
The Mating Psychology of Incels (Involuntary Celibates): Misfortunes, Misperceptions, and Misrepresentations	6
Psychological Symptoms Associated with Sexual Victimization Experiences: Differences as a Function of the Type and Number of Sexual Acts and Aggressive Tactics	6
Understanding Openness to Involvement in Sexual Health Care Research: Narratives from a Sample of Black College Women in the United States	6
Reclaiming Pleasure: Does Satisfying Consensual Sexual Activity Predict Next-Day Positive Affect Among Women with a History of Sexual Assault?	6
Self-Disgust and Sexual Functioning: A Scenario-Based Study Testing the Ability of Sex-Related Experiences to Elicit Self-Directed Disgust	6
Navigating Stigma in Romantic Relationships Where One or Both Partners Sell Sexual Services	6
New Year, New Initiatives for the Journal of Sex Research	6
The Measurement of Female Early Adolescent Sexual Desire	5
“I Can Tell You Wanna F***”: A Content Analysis of Sexual Communication in Popular Song Lyrics	5
A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experiences with Cognitive-Behavioral and Mindfulness-Based Online Interventions for Low Sexual Desire	5
Receipt of Coercive Condom Use Resistance: A Scoping Review	5
Questionnaire for Turn-on Initiation Preference: Development and Initial Reliability and Validation	5
A Rapid Review of Sexual Pleasure in First Sexual Experience(s)	5
Clients’ Perceptions of Authentic Intimate Connection on Erotic Webcam Modeling Sites	5
Regulatory Focus and Sexual Health: Motives for Security and Pleasure in Sexuality are Associated with Distinct Protective Behaviors	5
Daily Sexual Behavior, Sexual Esteem, and Body Image in Transgender and Cisgender Individuals	5
Annual Review of Sex Research 2022: Editor’s Introduction	5
Deconstructing “Sexual Deviance”: Identifying and Empirically Examining Assumptions about “Deviant” Sexual Fantasy in the DSM	5
Multidimensional Measurement of Attitudes Toward Consensual Non-Monogamy	5
Fisting Subjectivity: Narratives of Sexual Subjectivity Among Gay Fist-Fuckers	5
Is Sex Good for Your Brain? A National Longitudinal Study on Sexuality and Cognitive Function among Older Adults in the United States	5
Body Image and Sex: A Dyadic Examination of Body Esteem and Sexual Inhibition, Obsession, and Harmony	5
Editor’s Introduction	5
Exploring the Psychological Characteristics and Risk-related Cognitions of Individuals Who Own Sex Dolls	5
“For Me, It’s Having Something Meaningful”: Women’s Emotional Understandings of Sex and the Sexual Acceptability of Contraception	5
A Vignette Study Analyzing Contextual Factors that Influence Emerging Adults’ Definitions of Virginity Loss in German-Speaking Countries	5
Irrelevancies and Inaccuracies Miss the Target: A Response to Kingsberg et al.	5
Between “You” and “Me”: Effects of Pronouns and Order on Disclosing Sexual Assault	5
An Agent-Based Model of Sex and Sexual Orientation Differences in Short-Term Mating Behaviors as a Result of Mating Preferences	5
Whose Role is It Anyway? Sexual Racism and Sexual Positioning Among Young Sexual Minority Black Men	5
Correction	5