OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Armed Forces & Society is 3. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
How Does Military Experience Affect Employment: Evidence From China	19
Book Review: Training and Deployment of America’s Nuclear Cold Warriors in Asia: Keepers of Armageddon by Rabson, S. RabsonS. (2022). Training and Deploy	19
Academic–Military Relations in U.S. and Allied Professional Military Education Organizations, 1991–2024: A Comparative Analysis and Proposed Typology	14
Calling out the Troops to Manage Environmental and Health Crises in Australia: Public Understandings of Domestic Armed Forces Operations	13
U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers’ Motivations for Joining the Military and Their Effects on Post-Deployment Mental Health	11
Book Review: “German Warriors: From the Empire to the Berlin Republic—A Military History.” Deutsche Krieger: Vom Kaiserreich zur Berliner Republik—Eine Militärgeschichte	11
“She Clearly Thought That Something Bad Had Happened to Her”: How Military Lawyers Construct Narratives of Victim Legitimacy and Perceived Harm in Sexual	11
Who Lost Afghanistan? Samuel Huntington and the Decline of Strategic Thinking	10
Sentiment Analysis of Russian-Language Social Media Posts Discussing the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine	10
Why Did the Taliban Win?	10
Introduction to the Symposium on National Security and Social Science	9
Commentary on: Military Institutions and Citizenship in Western Societies	9
Income Security for Vietnam-Era Veterans: A Research Note	9
Call of Duty? German Public Opinion on Compulsory Service in Post- Zeitenwende Times	8
Perceptions of Women in U.S. Army Combat Units: A Mixed-Methods Study Post-Gender Integration	8
Civil–Military Relations and Education of Military Elites in Türkiye: Lessons Learned From the Past	7
Book Review: The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States by Schake, K SchakeK. (2025). The State and the Soldie	7
Developing Effective Small Team Army Leaders: A Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial of the Squad Leader Development Course	7
Substance Use Service Utilization and Barriers to Access Among Homeless Veterans: A Scoping Review	7
Adjudicating Competing Theories: Does Civilian Control Over the Military Decrease Conflict?	7
If You’ll Be My Bodyguard: Presidential Guard Units and Leader Capture During Coups d’état	7
Access and Equity Among Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Research Note	7
Brothers in Arms? Estonia’s Defense Forces and the Trojan Horse Dilemma	6
Theories of Democratic Civil–Military Relations and the Enduring Value of the Citizen-Soldier Ideal	6
Professional Military Ethics: An Effective Barrier to Military Politicization in Politically Polarized Environments? A Research Note	6

Multinational Military Cooperation in the Global South	6
Beyond the Battlefield: An Examination of the Nigerian Military’s Balancing Act in Internal Security Operations	6
Motivated to Fight: Diverse Motivations of Foreign Fighters in the Russia–Ukraine War	6
Challenges in Transition: Educational Support and School Mobility for Children from Military Families Across the U.K. Home Nations	6
Do Elections Cause Military Spending to Go Up or Down? New International Evidence	6
The Health and Quality of Life of Dutch Peacekeeping Veterans, 40 Years After the Mission, and Their Association With Deployment-Related Stressors	5
Book Review: Teaching and Learning the West Point Way by Ender, M. G., Kimball, R. A., Sondheimer, R. M., & Bruhl, J. C.	5
“Mom Calling the Commanding Officer”: The Changing Relationship Between Mothers and Their Sons Serving in Israel Defense Forces	5
American Civil–Military Relations and Presidential Power of Removal	5
Mortality Among Individuals Released From U.S. Prisons: Does Military History Matter?	5
Commentary on the Standard Model of Military Group Cohesion	5
Subjective and Objective Measurement of Underemployment and Income Among Post-9/11 Veterans	5
Visualizing the Ties That Bind Us: A Cross-Sectional Thematic and Visual Analysis of Cohesion Across Three British Military Formations	5
How Mandatory Military Service Can Divide Rather Than Unite: Conscription, Gender, and Military Trust in South Korea 2003–2021	5
“ Today they are going to kill us”: Ethnicization of the Nigerian Army (1957–1966) and Consequences for Society	4
Editor’s Note: Afghan Scholars’ Response to Perspectives on the Afghanistan War: Arrogant Conquest; Disgraceful Withdrawal	4
Institutions and Path to Democratic Control of the Military in South Korea: A Research Note	4
Rural Military Veterans of Color and STEM Occupational Outcomes	4
Virtuous Shirking and Social Distance: Concept Measurement in the Context of Militarized Response to Nonviolent Revolution	4
The Empirical Determinants of Violent Nonstate Actor Drone Adoption	4
Women in the Military: Navigating Through Female Life Stages and Military Career by “Acting Normally”	4
A Problem in the Huntingtonian Universe: The Military Side of the Gap	4
Family Welfare During the Deployment of Ghana Armed Forces in Peacekeeping Missions: Exploring the Role of “Military Surrogacy”	4
The Afghanistan War’s Legacy: The Reimagining of the Outsourcing of War and Security	4
Navigating Change From Within: The Impact and Challenges of a Women’s Virtual Community in Transforming Gender Dynamics in the Israel Defense Forces	4
Classification of Military Stress and Psychological Well-Being Among the Republic of Korea Army Officers and Noncommissioned Officers: A Latent Profile Analysis	4
Armed Forces as an Employer of Choice: The Role of Gender and Person–Organization Fit	4
Stolen Valor: The Legal Story Behind Impersonating Military Personnel	4
Trump(ing) Tradition: Old Laws, New Norms, and the Danger to Civil–Military Relations	4
Stabilization of Anti-U.S. Military Bases Sentiment: Japan’s Evolving Compensation Policies and Base Politics in Okinawa	4
Crisis Response and Institutional Learning in the Israeli Military: Negotiating Transparency and Security in the Aftermath of the Tze’elim Training Accidents	3
Citizenship, Enmity, and the Normative Theory of Domestic Military Use	3
Book Review: The Gurkha’s Daughter by Parajuly, P. ParajulyP. (2014). The Gurkha’s Daughter. London: Quercus. 296 pp. £ 7.99 (Paperback). ISBN 9781780872	3
A Mediated Model of Female Navy Personnel’s Personality Traits, Sexism, and Bystander Attitude Toward Sexual Harassment in Taiwan	3
Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in Military Services: Culture, Hypermasculinity, and the Futility of Zero-Tolerance Approaches	3
The Military and the Family as Greedy Institutions: Then and Now	3
The Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society 70 Years Later: Alive and Kicking	3
Moral Injury: A Framework for Understanding Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Against Men	3
Narratives Around Civil–Military Cooperation: How Institutionalized Discourses Influence Learning in Peace Operations	3
The Varieties of Civilian Praetorianism: Evidence From Sudan’s Coup Politics	3
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and European Citizens’ Trust in the Armed Forces: Shaken Not Stirred(?). A Research Note	3
Reserve Soldiers as Transmigrants—Two Decades On: A Research Note	3
Boko Haram, security architecture and counterinsurgency in North-East, Nigeria	3
The Propensity of Veteran-Owned Firms to Provide Employee Benefit Programs: A Test of Military Imprinting Versus Business Pragmatism	3
Military Life Factors Associated with Educational Attainment Among Military Spouses	3
Book Review: The art of military innovation: Lessons from the Israel Defense Forces by Luttwak, E. N., & Shamir, E.	3
Workplace Stress in Military Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: A Research Note	3
Book Review: Corporate Security Surveillance: An Assessment of Host Country Vulnerability to Terrorism by Chasdi, R.J.	3
Book Review: Thanks for your service: The causes and consequences of public confidence in the U.S. military by Feaver, P. D.	3
Gender on the Front Line: Representations of Female Military Personnel on Ukrainian Social Media	3

Re-examining Willingness to Fight for One’s Country: Exploring Nature of Conflict and Citizenship Status Effects in the United States and Canada	3
Revisiting Military as a Total Institution: The Case of Conscript Service in Estonia	3
Gender Disparities in Active Duty Air Force Parents’ Childcare Access: Pre-Pandemic Costs, Utilization, and Career Impacts	3
“A Hidden Community”: The Experiences of Help-Seeking and Receiving Mental Health Treatment in U.K. Women Veterans. A Qualitative Study	3
The Science of Charles C. Moskos: From Institution to Occupation	3
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Women Veterans: A Research Note	3
Perspectives on Military Culture Among Veterans With a Recent Suicide Attempt: Illustrating Gender Differences and Informing Suicide Prevention	3
NATO’s Struggle for Intelligence in Afghanistan	3
Afghan Scholars’ Response to Perspectives on the Afghanistan War: Arrogant Conquest; Disgraceful Withdrawal	3
A Playstation Mentality to Killing? Adverse Psychological Consequences in Drone Pilots and the Stigmatization thereof in the Military	3