OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Men and Masculinities is 1. 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
Book Review: Men’s Friendships as Feminist Politics?: Power, Intimacy, and Change	58
Pakistani Khwajasira Struggle for Livable Life: Towards Defecting Masculinities and Womanness as Loss	38
From Yeshiva Students to Breadwinners: Liminality and Concealment Among Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Men in Israel	30
‘Fair Game!’: Talk, Jokes and Legitimacy in Men’s Journeys of Hereditary Hair Loss	23
Marginalize or Valorize: A Two-Case Study of Parental Essentialism and Fathers’ Social Location	22
Fighting for Masculine Hegemony: Contestation between Alt-Right and White Nationalist Masculinities on Stormfront	18
Masculinities and Public Policies in Latin America	15
Providing in a Pandemic: COVID-19, Masculinity, and Intimate Relationships in Uganda	12
A Dialectic of Vulnerability and Resilience: Nonresidential Fathers Living in Poverty in Israel	12
The Moralization of Gender (In)Equality: Contested Hybrid Repertoires Among Men in High-Tech Organizations	11
Unmanned? Military Masculinities in Filmic Representations of US Drone Operators	11
Decolonizing Care: Hegemonic Masculinity, Caring Masculinities, and the Material Configurations of Care	10
Doing Respectable Heteromasculinities in Boys and Young Men’s Talk on Sexual Encounters	10
Book Review: Caught on Tape: White Masculinity and Obscene Enjoyment KellyCasey Ryan, Caught on Tape: White Masculinity and Obscene Enjoyment. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 2023. 187 pp. $21.	10
Domestic Power, Public Fantasy, and Male Anxiety: The Rise of Matrilocal Husbands in Chinese Digital Media	9
Changing Asian Economies and Divergent Impressions of Western Masculinity: China and the Philippines	8
Transamorous Misogyny: Masculinity, Heterosexuality, and Cis Men’s Sexist Desires for Trans Women	8
Remaking the Myth of the ‘Trade Warrior’: Searching for South Korean Masculinity in the Philippines	8
Boy, You Fight like a Woman … Representations of Defeated Enemies, Boys and Male Nudity in the Late Bronze Age Aegean Iconography and Their Role in the Expression of Masculinity	8
Constructing Fatherhood: Men Exposed to Domestic Violence in Childhood	8
Living with Violence: Men University Students Negotiate the Masculinity Mandate in Mexico	7
The Social Stigmatization of Stay-at-Home Fathers in Pakistan	7
Layered Narrative Agency and the Politics of Masculine Respectability: Ghanaian Migrant Marriages in South Korea	6
Queer Terrorists, Terrorist Queers: The Sexual Politics of Turkey’s War on Terror	6
Domesticating the Salaryman: Marriage Promotion, Hybrid Masculinity, and the Resignification of Reproduction in Japan	6

Why Sex Technology Will Not Fix the Incel Problem	6
Red Pill Women: Heterosexual Fantasies in Misogynistic Spaces	6
Young Men and Feminism: Gendered Struggle and Sense-Making for Australian University Students	6
Wu Masculinities, Traditional Men-Dog Relationships and the Defence of the Dog-Meat Festival in Modernizing Yulin China	6
Slippages in the Application of Hegemonic Masculinity: A Case Study of Incels	6
“I’m Trying to Be There for My Kids”: A Needs Analysis of Fathers Who Experience Health Inequities in Vancouver, Canada	5
Rethinking Men’s Grief: A Case Study of Bereaved Fathers’ Involvement in Lactation and Human Milk Donation After Infant Loss	5
Learning to Care: Men’s Parental Caregiving for Sons and Daughters in Peru	5
What Is the Measure of a Man? A Systematic Scoping Review of 50 Years of Masculinities Scales	4
“You are Married by the Woman”: Divergent Understandings of Men’s Support for Women’s Empowerment in Northwestern Tanzania	4
From Deficient Masculinity to Relational Plenitude: Language and Ethics among Thirunangai s in Southern India	4
“Barriers to Men’s Enrollment in the Feminized Space of College Sex Education Courses”	4
Linking Men, Masculinities and Non-Human Animals in the Capitalocene: Implications for Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities	4
To Alleviate Stigma: How Incels Negotiate Masculinity Online	4
Toward a “Freedom Life”: Notes on Transmasculine Placemaking in the “World-Class” City of New Delhi	4
Masculinity for Sale: Shan Migrant Sex Worker Men in Thailand and Questions of Identity	3
From Hegemonic to Hybrid and Back? The Context-Adaptive Masculinity of Polish Male Migrants	3
The Strength to Diet: If it Fits Your Macros Dieting as Masculine Body Work	3
Governing Bodies Through Water: Turning Boys Into Men and Reducing Bodies to Biology	3
Father-Child (Dis)connections: Expectations and Practices of Young Un(der)employed Fathers in Johannesburg	3
Cut From the Same Cloth? The Problem of Male Supremacy and Deradicalization	3
The Limitations of Hashtag Feminist Activism on South African Twitter: A Case Study of #MenAreTrash and #WomenAreTrash	3
Book Review: Vulnerable Constitutions: Queerness, Disability, and the Remaking of American Manhood	3
Caring Masculinities: Rethinking the Concept	3
Men’s Disassociation From Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces in Nepal	3
Daggy Dads and State Daddies: Theorising the Masculinities of Australian Men Political Leaders	3
“‘I’m a Married Man. No, I’m Not. I’m a Married Fat Man’: Compensatory Manhood Acts, Hybrid Masculinities, and Fat Sexuality”	2
Connecting Australian Masculinities and Culture to Mental Health: Men’s Perspectives and Experiences	2
Book Review: On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence BederaNicole. On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivor	2
Book Review: Masculinity, Consumerism and the Post-National Indian City: Streets, Neighbourhoods, Home	2
Reshuffling the Masculinities Deck: How Subordinate Men From Progressive Privileged Social Backgrounds Mobilize Sexual Consent Narratives to Enhance Their Social Status	2
Serving as Men? Working-Class Masculinities in French Low-Cost Hardware Stores	2
Book Review: Masculinity, Marriage, and Rural Men in Urban China GosperSarah, Masculinity, Marriage, and Rural Men in Urban China. London and New York: Routledge, 2025, 215 pp., USD 144.00 (Hardback),	2
A Few Millimeters of Bone: How Male Supremacists Leverage Scientific Sexism to Reinforce Misogynistic Ideologies	2
BAT Celebrity Tech-Entrepreneurs and Chinese Masculinities in the Era of the Global Digital Economy	2
Book Review: The Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities ChitandoEzraMlamboObert BernardMfecaneSakhumziRateleKopano (eds), The Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities. Cham: Palg	2
What’s in a Name? Gender & Power in Popular Music, 1960–2019	2
Introduction: Male Supremacy Symposium	2
Incarcerated Young Men, Masculinity, and Trauma	2
Book Review: Rebels with a Cause: Reimagining Boys, Ourselves, and Our Culture WayNiobe. Rebels with a Cause: Reimagining Boys, Ourselves, and Our Culture. New York, NY: Dutton. 2024. 336 pp. $30.00 (	2
Hybrid Masculinity Reconsidered, or Towards a Masculinity Theorizing Without Guarantees	2
The Participation of the Private Sector in Achieving Gender Equality: How Working With Men Can Promote Shared Responsibility	2
Book Review: Masculinity and Violent Extremism RooseJoshua M.FloodMichaelGreigAlanAlfanoMarkCoplandSimon. 2022. Masculinity and Violent Extremism. Cham: Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-0	2
“Korean Women All Make Bad Wives”: Misogyny and Nationalism in Online Discourses Promoting Interracial Relationships Between Korean Men and White Women	2
“Improvising” Gender Through Artistic Profession: Hybrid (Hegemonic) Masculinities of Japanese Classical Musicians	2
“To be Good as a Manager”: Masculinities and Everyday Life Within Transnational Corporations in Colombia and Ecuador	1
Mapping the Neo-Manosphere(s): New Directions for Research	1
“Honor Thy Father”: Czech Men’s Organizations’ Fight over Custody	1
Race, Class, and Masculinities in a South African Primary School	1
A Movie With a Messy Ending: Mess as a Queer Tactic in Lebanese Cinema	1

Respectable: Politics and Paradox in Making the Morehouse Man GrundySaida, Respectable: Politics and Paradox in Making the Morehouse Man, University of California Press: Oakland, California, 2022, 356	1
Gender Fluidity Versus Homohysteria: How Young Chinese Male Fans Consume Athletic Bromance	1
The Caregiving Gap: Who Feels Confident Caring for Children?	1
How Boys Deflect Responsibility for Street Harassment: Class, Race, and Responses to Sexual Violence Awareness Programs	1
The Afghan Murat : A Queer Subject at Transnational Crossroads	1
Striving to be Men in the Family: Masculinity and Capitalist Transformation in Vietnam	1
Repairing Society by Repairing Men – Masculinity Consultancy and Self-Scaling Social Repair in Contemporary Kenya	1
“Real Men Do the Work!”: How Life Coaches Perform Masculinity in Online and Offline Settings	1
“I’m a 100 percent Dad, 50 percent of the Time”: Symbolic Capital, Distinction, and the Performed Legitimacy of Fatherhood on Dating Apps	1
Take the Red Pill, Blame Feminism: Victimization Narratives Across the Manosphere	1
Book Review: Masculinity in Lesbian “Pulp” Fiction Disappearing Heteronormativity? ThompsonPaul. Masculinity in Lesbian “Pulp” Fiction Disappearing Heteronormativity?London and New York: Routledge. 20	1
Hybrid Masculinities in Korean Fatherhood: Insights From the 100 Fathers’ Group	1
The Reincarnation of the Socialist Model Worker: Transforming Masculinities in Chinese Television Drama	1
Once Upon a Time in the Matrix: How ‘Finfluencer’ Podcasts Renegotiate Entrepreneurial Masculinity	1
Book Review: From Modernity to Marriageability: Mobility and Masculine Recognition in Urban China LinXiaodong. Gender, From Modernity to Marriageability: Mobility and Masculine Recognition in Urban Ch	1
Book Review: Masculinities and Language BakerPaulBrookesGavin. Masculinities and Language. London: Routledge. 2025. 239 pp. $ 190 (hardcover), $ 54.99 (paperback), $ 66.60 (ebook). ISBN: 9781032399218	1
Hockey Dads, Party Boys, and Devoted Players? Digital Representations of Men and Masculinities amongst Norwegian and Swedish Ice Hockey Players	1
Suzhi as Cultural-Moral Governance: Prescribing Migrant Worker Masculinities in Chinese State Media	1
Misogyny, Himpathy and Cathartic Shaming – Exploring Content With and About Sexualized Violence in the Danish Manosphere	1
Book Review: Destabilising Masculinism: Men’s Friendships and Social Change RalphBrittany. Destabilising Masculinism: Men’s Friendships and Social Change. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 2023. 198 pp. $ 120	1
Latino Fathers’ Hybrid Marginalized Masculinities	1
A Missing Piece? Men and the Puzzle of Gender Mainstreaming in the European Union	1
Sisters, Bottoms, and “Exotic Combo”: Homonormative Misogyny and Respectable Masculinity of Middle-Class Gay Sex Workers in Hong Kong	1
Book Reviews: What About Men? A Feminist Answers the Question MoranCaitlin. What About Men? A Feminist Answers the Question. New York: Harper. 2023. 320 pp. $29.99 (cloth). ISBN: 0062893742.	1