OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Voluntas is 6. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Observing Civic Engagement: Using Systematic Social Observation to Study Civil Society Organization Convenings	203
Those Who Pay the Piper Calls the Tune: Meta-Organisation and Capacities of the Third Sector in Migration Policies	121
Ian Bruce: Vision Changing Charity: RNIB in Socio-Political Context 1970–2010, The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, 2023, pp. 283, References, Appendix, Index, £25	54
Heather C. Young. Finance for the Arts in Canada – Volumes 1 & 2 (2nd ed.). Toronto: Iguana Books Publishing, 2023. 268 + 314 pp. Bibliography. ISBN	40
Shariq A. Siddiqui, Rafeel Wasif, & Micah A. Hughes: Understanding Muslim Philanthropy, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham and Northampton, 2024, pp. 144, bibliography, index, £75 (hardcover)	30
Opening the Box of Quitting Volunteering in Refugee Aid Organizations	26
The Multi-method Comprehensive Review: Synthesis and Analysis when Scholarship is International, Interdisciplinary, and Immense	25
The Fight for Global Health Justice: The Advocacy of International Humanitarian and Development NGOs During the COVID-19 Pandemic	24
Comprehensive INGO Accountability to Strengthen Perceived Program Effectiveness: A Logical Thing?	24
Donation of Money, Volunteering, and Civic Engagement: How do they Relate to Intergenerational Transmission of Philanthropic Values?	24
Measuring a Nonprofit’s Civic Footprint	24
Exploring Relationships Between Nonprofit Participation and Political Participation in Asian Context	22
The Effects of Social Economy Organizations’ Networks on Social Innovation in Local Communities: A Multilevel Analysis Using the Social Innovation Index	22
COVID-19 and Civil Society in Southeast Asia: Beyond Shrinking Civic Space	21
Together Yet Apart: Remedies for Tensions Between Volunteers and Health Care Professionals in Inter-professional Collaboration	20
Bridging Perspectives: Academic and Practitioner Knowledge on Collective Impact for Social Innovation and Nonprofit Organizations	19
Institutionalizing Experimental Places for Inclusive Social Innovation: From Utopias to Heterotopias	19
Securing Donor Support on Nonprofit Commercialization: The Effects of Thematic and Episodic Message Framing	19
Multi-Actor Collaboration and NGO Accountability: An NGO Case Study	19
Civil Society, Volunteerism, and Youth Citizenship in Fiji	19
Urban Public Perceptions of NGOs’ Accountability and Legitimacy: A Social Media Analysis of #UgandaNGOsExhibition	18
Negotiating Spaces or Fizzling Voices? Problematizing NGO-based Civil Society, Book Review of NGOs and Civil Society in Thailand: Metagovernance and the Politics of NGO Funding, by Theerapat Ungsuchav	18
Internal Communication Satisfaction as a Driver of Membership Satisfaction and Identification in a Medical Professional Association	18
The Role and Potential of Grounded Theory in Advancing Nonprofit Research and Theory Development	18
Leading Volunteer Motivation: How Leader Behaviour can Trigger and Fulfil Volunteers’ Motivations	17

Climate Citizens’ Assemblies in Poland: Activists’ Nuanced Perspectives	17
The Reproduction of Inequality Through Volunteering by Young Refugees in Uganda	17
The Role(S) of Civil Society Organizations in Crisis and Disaster Management: A Systematic Literature Review	16
Assessing the ‘Why’ in Volunteering for Refugees: Exploring Volunteer Motivations	14
Nicole Bolleyer, Civil Society’s Democratic Potential: organizational trade-offs between participation and representation, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2024, pp. 278, bibliography, index, $ 115-.	14
Birds of a Feather, Flock Together: Examining Racial Identity and Giving During 2020	14
Correction: Tracing the Geography of NGOs: Exploring Where Canadian Development Organizations Work and Why	14
Volunteering Behaviors of People of Color in the US Communities: How Community Racial Composition Affects the Type of Organization People of Color Volunteer For	13
Are Mediterranean Nonprofits Adopting the Social Enterprise Model?	13
Kevin P. Kearns, & Wenjiun Wang (eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, United Kingdom and Northampton, Massachusetts, United State	13
Thank you, Voluntas Community	13
Tracing the Geography of NGOs: Exploring where Canadian Development Organizations Work and Why	13
The Role of Civil Society Organisations in the Integration of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Italian Labour Market	13
Panel Data Analysis: A Guide for Nonprofit Studies	12
Accessing the Boardroom: Investigating How Prior Research has Included the Perspective of Nonprofit Boards	12
Is the Environment a Political Issue? A View from Environmental Civil Society in the Aegean Region of Turkey	12
The Perspective of Community Members in the Assessment of the Social Value Generated by Non-profit and Voluntary Organizations	12
Framing Effects, Procedural Fairness, and the Nonprofit Managers’ Reactions to Job Layoffs in Response to the Economic Shock of the COVID-19 Crisis	12
Globalizing the Field by Learning from Non-English-Based Nonprofit Studies: A Review of South Korean Nonprofit Literature	12
Stay or Stray: A Comparative Analysis of Short-Term Volunteer Permanence in the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Three-Stage Model of Volunteers’ Duration of Service	12
An Accountant's Commentary on “Are Donors Sensitive to the Price of Giving? A Meta-Analytical Assessment”	12
Voluntary Sport Clubs are no Fast-Track to Refugee Integration	12
Ethnography: Tales of the Nonprofit Field	11
Silke Roth and Clare Saunders, Organizing for Change: Social Change Makers and Social Change Organizations, Bristol University Press, Bristol, UK, 2025, 249 pp., Bibliography and Index	11
Integrating Mission, Governance, and Generosity in Social Entrepreneurship: Insights from the Economy of the Gift	11
Underlying Mechanism to the Identifiable Victim Effect in Collective Donation Action Intentions: Does Emotional Reactions and Perceived Responsibility Matter?	11
The Well-Being of Volunteers Who Serve Children at Risk of Maltreatment	11
Who is the Broker Matters: How Publics Respond to Crisis Related Cross-Sector Networks on Social Media?	11
Agency of Individual Actors in Civil Society Organizations’ Advocacy: A Case Study of the Genesis of the Danish Aliens Act of 1983	11
Donor Motivation and Civil Society Regimes from a Cross-Cultural and Institutional Perspective	11
The Systematic Literature Review: Advantages and Applications in Nonprofit Scholarship	11
Re-envisioning the Role of “Big Data” in the Nonprofit Sector: A Data Feminist Perspective	11
Palgrave Studies in Third Sector Research Santilli, Cecilia, and Roberto Scaramuzzino. Civil Society Elites in the Italian Third Sector: A Comparative Perspective Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature Sw	11
The Pitfalls and Potential of Participant-Observation: Ethnographic Enquiry in Volunteering	11
James Rees and Carol Jacklin-Jarvis, Reimagining Voluntary Sector Leadership, Policy Press, Bristol, UK, 2025, pp. 238, notes on contributors, acknowledgments, and index, $127.95.	11
Benefit-Cost Analysis of Nonprofit Cataract Surgery Services: A Social Return on Investment Approach at the Mexican Institute of Ophthalmology	10
Alexandra Williamson, Diana Leat and Susan D. Phillips (Eds.): Philanthropic Response to Disasters: Gifts, Givers and Consequences, Policy Press, Bristol, UK, 2023, ISBN 978-1-4473-6253-1	10
Review of African Philanthropy: Philanthropic Responses to Covid-19 and Development Goals in Africa, By Bhekinkosi Moyo, Mzukisi Qobo, Nomfundo Ngwenya,	10
Organizational or Individual? The Effect of Social Networks on Volunteer Activities in Japan	10
Methods in the Third Sector: Collective Memory-Work in a Complexity Framework	10
Applying the Repertory Grid Technique to Advance Nonprofit Collaboration: A Situational Theory of Partner Selection	10
Who Gives, Who Gets, and How do We Know? The Promises and Limitations of Administrative Data for Cross-border Philanthropy Tracking	10
Regulatory Reviews: Revolutionary Re-imagining of Charity Law or Simply Restatements of Convenience?	10
What Makes a Thriving Mutual-Aid Membership Association? The Case of Men’s Sheds	9
Neoliberalism and the Voluntary and Community Sector in Northern Ireland by Ciaran Hughes and Marcus Ketola, 2021, Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN: 978-4473-5118-4 (Hardcover)	9
Discursive Resources for Intended Image in Nonprofit Organizations	9
NGO–Government Relations During Foreign Aid Reduction: Lessons from Thailand’s HIV/AIDS Sector	9
Lars Skov Henriksen, Kristen Stromsnes and Lars Svedberg (Eds.), Civic Engagement in Scandinavia, Volunteering Informal Help and Giving in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, C	9
The State of the Art and Future Research Directions in Face-to-Face Fundraising: A Systematic Literature Review	8
Strategic Action Fields Through Digital Network Data: An Examination of Charitable Food Provision in Greater Manchester	8

Virtual Peer Support: Impact of Online Social Interactions Among Members of a Japanese Single Mothers’ Community	8
Reintermediating Voluntary Action: The Path-Dependent Pluralization of the Italian Volunteering Field	8
Voluntary Giving of Time and Money Among Muslims in the MENA Region: A Cross-National Analysis	8
Donor Requirements and CSO Performance: A Comparative Analysis of Core and Project Funding Mechanisms in Swedish Development Cooperation	8
A Global Organization Based on the Structure of a Social Movement: A Model to Solve Social Problems at Scale	8
Beyond the Social Mission: How Social Responsibility in Nonprofit Organizations May Stimulate Positive Employee Outcomes	8
Drivers of Citizens’ Willingness to Donate to Local Governments: An Application of Bekkers and Wiepking’s Framework to Vietnam	8
Voluntas Virtual Issue: Philanthropy	8
Deo, Nandini, Corporate social responsibility in India , The Anthem Press, London and New York, 2024, pp.154, Index, $110	7
Post-Disaster Volunteering after the 2023 Earthquakes in Türkiye: Impacts on Children and Preservice Teachers	7
Exploring Long-Run Cultural and Economic Impacts of Religious Development Organizations Within Affiliated Populations	7
Toward a New Typology of Professional and Voluntary Care	7
How to Code a Million Missions: Developing Bespoke Nonprofit Activity Codes Using Machine Learning Algorithms	7
Alicia M. Schatteman, Pursuing Impact: Mission-driven strategic planning for Nonprofits, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 2024, pp. 166, Appendix, Index, $26.95	7
Enabling Change: A Multi-Case Study of Philippine NGOs’ Role in Community Transformation	7
Michael Hoelscher, Regina A. List, Alexander Ruser, Stefan Toepler (Ed.), Civil Society: Concepts, Challenges, Contexts. Essays in Honor of Helmut K. Anheier. Springer, Cham, 2022, pp. 494, appendix,	7
A. J. Spires, Global Civil Society and China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, pp. 86	7
Modernization and the Shifting Bases of Philanthropy? An Empirical Study on Motivations of Individual Giving Based on CLDS	7
Cleopatra Charles & Margaret F. Sloan, Financial Leadership for the Arts: Sustainable Strategies for Creative Organizations, The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2024, p. 270, Appe	7
Mandatory Financial Statements Disclosure and Nonprofits’ Debt Structure: An Empirical Analysis	7
Policy Promotion or Community Care: Explaining the Dual Activities of LGBTQ+ Organizations	6
Funding Justice: A Comparative Study of Student Versus Foundation Grantmaking	6
Toward a Refined Insight Into the Importance of Volunteers’ Motivations for Need-Based Experiences, Job Satisfaction, Work Effort, and Turnover Intentions in Nonprofit Sports Clubs: A Person-Centered	6
The Valorization Process: How Marginalized Individuals Experience Social Inclusion Through Volunteering in Voluntary Social Welfare Organizations	6
A Quantitative Analysis of Policy and Sociocultural Advocacy Within a Neo-corporatist Context	6
Value-Based Drivers of Humanitarian Donation Intentions in a Muslim Context: The Moderating Role of Religiosity	6
Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Theorizing the Third Sector: Embedding Statistical and Methodological Developments Awaiting Broader Scholarly Take-up	6
Philanthropy and Socio-economic Development: The Role of Large Indigenous Voluntary Organizations in Bridging Social Divides in Pakistan	6
Mirror, Mirror: Congruence of Intersectional Identity and Volunteering in Membership Associations	6
Campagnari Francesco, The Institutionalisation of Civic Initiatives. Practices, Public Effects and Models of Direct Civic Action in Europe, 2024, Routledge, Milton Park	6
Using Dictator Game Experiments to Learn About Charitable Giving	6
Trust and Motivation in High-Risk Volunteering: An Empirical Study of Norwegian Search-and-Rescue Volunteers	6
What Counts? How to use Different Sources of NGO Data	6
Serving in Developing Countries: A Mixed Methods Study of International Voluntary Service Performance	6
Resilience in Arts and Cultural Nonprofit Organizations: An Analysis of the Covid-19 Crisis in France	6
Interorganizational Network Portfolios and Social Media Adoption by Nonprofit Organizations	6
Yuha Jung, Neville Vakharia, Marilena Vecco (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Arts and Cultural Management, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2024, 881 pp, US $188,60 (hardback)	6
Experiential Influences on Volunteers’ Retention and Support Intentions	6
The Nonprofit Crisis: Leadership Through the Culture Wars, by Greg Berman (New York: Oxford University Press 2025, 224 pp., $27.99)	6
Intermediated Co-production of Emergency Response: How Non-profit Organizations Build Trust in Citizens	6