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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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
How Does Military Experience Affect Employment: Evidence From China	19
U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers’ Motivations for Joining the Military and Their Effects on Post-Deployment Mental Health	14
Calling out the Troops to Manage Environmental and Health Crises in Australia: Public Understandings of Domestic Armed Forces Operations	12
Academic–Military Relations in U.S. and Allied Professional Military Education Organizations, 1991–2024: A Comparative Analysis and Proposed Typology	12
“She Clearly Thought That Something Bad Had Happened to Her”: How Military Lawyers Construct Narratives of Victim Legitimacy and Perceived Harm in Sexual	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
Sentiment Analysis of Russian-Language Social Media Posts Discussing the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine	11
Introduction to the Symposium on National Security and Social Science	10
Why Did the Taliban Win?	10
Who Lost Afghanistan? Samuel Huntington and the Decline of Strategic Thinking	10
Income Security for Vietnam-Era Veterans: A Research Note	9
Call of Duty? German Public Opinion on Compulsory Service in Post- Zeitenwende Times	9
Commentary on: Military Institutions and Citizenship in Western Societies	9
Perceptions of Women in U.S. Army Combat Units: A Mixed-Methods Study Post-Gender Integration	8
Developing Effective Small Team Army Leaders: A Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial of the Squad Leader Development Course	8
My Commander in Chief is Black! The Mental Health Significance of Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Election for Military Veterans	7
If You’ll Be My Bodyguard: Presidential Guard Units and Leader Capture During Coups d’état	7
Civil–Military Relations and Education of Military Elites in Türkiye: Lessons Learned From the Past	7
Do Elections Cause Military Spending to Go Up or Down? New International Evidence	7
Adjudicating Competing Theories: Does Civilian Control Over the Military Decrease Conflict?	7
Substance Use Service Utilization and Barriers to Access Among Homeless Veterans: A Scoping Review	7
Access and Equity Among Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Research Note	7
Subjective and Objective Measurement of Underemployment and Income Among Post-9/11 Veterans	6
Professional Military Ethics: An Effective Barrier to Military Politicization in Politically Polarized Environments? A Research Note	6

Mortality Among Individuals Released From U.S. Prisons: Does Military History Matter?	6
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	6
American Civil–Military Relations and Presidential Power of Removal	6
Beyond the Battlefield: An Examination of the Nigerian Military’s Balancing Act in Internal Security Operations	6
Brothers in Arms? Estonia’s Defense Forces and the Trojan Horse Dilemma	5
Multinational Military Cooperation in the Global South	5
Commentary on the Standard Model of Military Group Cohesion	5
The Health and Quality of Life of Dutch Peacekeeping Veterans, 40 Years After the Mission, and Their Association With Deployment-Related Stressors	5
Challenges in Transition: Educational Support and School Mobility for Children from Military Families Across the U.K. Home Nations	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
Motivated to Fight: Diverse Motivations of Foreign Fighters in the Russia–Ukraine War	5
Theories of Democratic Civil–Military Relations and the Enduring Value of the Citizen-Soldier Ideal	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
Rural Military Veterans of Color and STEM Occupational Outcomes	4
Stolen Valor: The Legal Story Behind Impersonating Military Personnel	4
Family Welfare During the Deployment of Ghana Armed Forces in Peacekeeping Missions: Exploring the Role of “Military Surrogacy”	4
Classification of Military Stress and Psychological Well-Being Among the Republic of Korea Army Officers and Noncommissioned Officers: A Latent Profile Analysis	4
A Problem in the Huntingtonian Universe: The Military Side of the Gap	4
Women in the Military: Navigating Through Female Life Stages and Military Career by “Acting Normally”	4
The Cult of the Irrelevant or Political Narrative?	4
Armed Forces as an Employer of Choice: The Role of Gender and Person–Organization Fit	4
Trump(ing) Tradition: Old Laws, New Norms, and the Danger to Civil–Military Relations	4
Institutions and Path to Democratic Control of the Military in South Korea: A Research Note	4
Stabilization of Anti-U.S. Military Bases Sentiment: Japan’s Evolving Compensation Policies and Base Politics in Okinawa	4
The Afghanistan War’s Legacy: The Reimagining of the Outsourcing of War and Security	4
“ 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
A Mediated Model of Female Navy Personnel’s Personality Traits, Sexism, and Bystander Attitude Toward Sexual Harassment in Taiwan	3
The Empirical Determinants of Violent Nonstate Actor Drone Adoption	3
Book Review: The art of military innovation: Lessons from the Israel Defense Forces by Luttwak, E. N., & Shamir, E.	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
The Varieties of Civilian Praetorianism: Evidence From Sudan’s Coup Politics	3
Revisiting Military as a Total Institution: The Case of Conscript Service in Estonia	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
Virtuous Shirking and Social Distance: Concept Measurement in the Context of Militarized Response to Nonviolent Revolution	3
Military Life Factors Associated with Educational Attainment Among Military Spouses	3
Navigating Change From Within: The Impact and Challenges of a Women’s Virtual Community in Transforming Gender Dynamics in the Israel Defense Forces	3
Workplace Stress in Military Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: A Research Note	3
“A Hidden Community”: The Experiences of Help-Seeking and Receiving Mental Health Treatment in U.K. Women Veterans. A Qualitative Study	3
Gender Disparities in Active Duty Air Force Parents’ Childcare Access: Pre-Pandemic Costs, Utilization, and Career Impacts	3
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and European Citizens’ Trust in the Armed Forces: Shaken Not Stirred(?). A Research Note	3
Citizenship, Enmity, and the Normative Theory of Domestic Military Use	3
NATO’s Struggle for Intelligence in Afghanistan	3
The Science of Charles C. Moskos: From Institution to Occupation	3
The Propensity of Veteran-Owned Firms to Provide Employee Benefit Programs: A Test of Military Imprinting Versus Business Pragmatism	3
The Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society 70 Years Later: Alive and Kicking	3

The Military and the Family as Greedy Institutions: Then and Now	3
Boko Haram, security architecture and counterinsurgency in North-East, Nigeria	3
Moral Injury: A Framework for Understanding Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Against Men	3
A Playstation Mentality to Killing? Adverse Psychological Consequences in Drone Pilots and the Stigmatization thereof in the Military	3
Crisis Response and Institutional Learning in the Israeli Military: Negotiating Transparency and Security in the Aftermath of the Tze’elim Training Accidents	3
State-Building 101: Hard Lessons From Afghanistan	3
Reserve Soldiers as Transmigrants—Two Decades On: A Research Note	3
Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in Military Services: Culture, Hypermasculinity, and the Futility of Zero-Tolerance Approaches	3