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

Article	Citations
Book Review: Men’s Friendships as Feminist Politics?: Power, Intimacy, and Change	51
‘Fair Game!’: Talk, Jokes and Legitimacy in Men’s Journeys of Hereditary Hair Loss	25
Masculinities and Public Policies in Latin America	23
Marginalize or Valorize: A Two-Case Study of Parental Essentialism and Fathers’ Social Location	20
Fighting for Masculine Hegemony: Contestation between Alt-Right and White Nationalist Masculinities on Stormfront	17
Pakistani Khwajasira Struggle for Livable Life: Towards Defecting Masculinities and Womanness as Loss	17
From Yeshiva Students to Breadwinners: Liminality and Concealment Among Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Men in Israel	14
A Dialectic of Vulnerability and Resilience: Nonresidential Fathers Living in Poverty in Israel	10
Providing in a Pandemic: COVID-19, Masculinity, and Intimate Relationships in Uganda	10
Unmanned? Military Masculinities in Filmic Representations of US Drone Operators	9
“Zero Emission, Zero Compromises”: An Intersectional, Qualitative Exploration of Masculinities in Tesla’s Consumer Stories	9
Domestic Power, Public Fantasy, and Male Anxiety: The Rise of Matrilocal Husbands in Chinese Digital Media	9
Transamorous Misogyny: Masculinity, Heterosexuality, and Cis Men’s Sexist Desires for Trans Women	9
Decolonizing Care: Hegemonic Masculinity, Caring Masculinities, and the Material Configurations of Care	9
The Social Stigmatization of Stay-at-Home Fathers in Pakistan	8
Constructing Fatherhood: Men Exposed to Domestic Violence in Childhood	8
Remaking the Myth of the ‘Trade Warrior’: Searching for South Korean Masculinity in the Philippines	8
Doing Respectable Heteromasculinities in Boys and Young Men’s Talk on Sexual Encounters	8
Changing Asian Economies and Divergent Impressions of Western Masculinity: China and the Philippines	7
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	7
Why Sex Technology Will Not Fix the Incel Problem	6
Living with Violence: Men University Students Negotiate the Masculinity Mandate in Mexico	6
Linking Men, Masculinities and Non-Human Animals in the Capitalocene: Implications for Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities	5
Slippages in the Application of Hegemonic Masculinity: A Case Study of Incels	5
Layered Narrative Agency and the Politics of Masculine Respectability: Ghanaian Migrant Marriages in South Korea	5

Wu Masculinities, Traditional Men-Dog Relationships and the Defence of the Dog-Meat Festival in Modernizing Yulin China	5
Rethinking Men’s Grief: A Case Study of Bereaved Fathers’ Involvement in Lactation and Human Milk Donation After Infant Loss	5
Young Men and Feminism: Gendered Struggle and Sense-Making for Australian University Students	5
Learning to Care: Men’s Parental Caregiving for Sons and Daughters in Peru	5
“I’m Trying to Be There for My Kids”: A Needs Analysis of Fathers Who Experience Health Inequities in Vancouver, Canada	5
Domesticating the Salaryman: Marriage Promotion, Hybrid Masculinity, and the Resignification of Reproduction in Japan	5
Men’s Disassociation From Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces in Nepal	4
Queer Terrorists, Terrorist Queers: The Sexual Politics of Turkey’s War on Terror	4
“You are Married by the Woman”: Divergent Understandings of Men’s Support for Women’s Empowerment in Northwestern Tanzania	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
Red Pill Women: Heterosexual Fantasies in Misogynistic Spaces	4
“Barriers to Men’s Enrollment in the Feminized Space of College Sex Education Courses”	4
From Deficient Masculinity to Relational Plenitude: Language and Ethics among Thirunangais in Southern India	4
Book Review: Vulnerable Constitutions: Queerness, Disability, and the Remaking of American Manhood	3
Masculinity for Sale: Shan Migrant Sex Worker Men in Thailand and Questions of Identity	3
Cut From the Same Cloth? The Problem of Male Supremacy and Deradicalization	3
From Hegemonic to Hybrid and Back? The Context-Adaptive Masculinity of Polish Male Migrants	3
Caring Masculinities: Rethinking the Concept	3
Father-Child (Dis)connections: Expectations and Practices of Young Un(der)employed Fathers in Johannesburg	3
Incarcerated Young Men, Masculinity, and Trauma	2
Daggy Dads and State Daddies: Theorising the Masculinities of Australian Men Political Leaders	2
Introduction: Male Supremacy Symposium	2
Serving as Men? Working-Class Masculinities in French Low-Cost Hardware Stores	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
Book Review: Masculinity and Violent Extremism RooseJoshua M.FloodMichaelGreigAlanAlfanoMarkCoplandSimon. 2022. Masculinity and Violent Extremism. Cham: Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-0	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
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
The Strength to Diet: If it Fits Your Macros Dieting as Masculine Body Work	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
“‘I’m a Married Man. No, I’m Not. I’m a Married Fat Man’: Compensatory Manhood Acts, Hybrid Masculinities, and Fat Sexuality”	2
What’s in a Name? Gender & Power in Popular Music, 1960–2019	2
The Participation of the Private Sector in Achieving Gender Equality: How Working With Men Can Promote Shared Responsibility	2
Connecting Australian Masculinities and Culture to Mental Health: Men’s Perspectives and Experiences	2
The Limitations of Hashtag Feminist Activism on South African Twitter: A Case Study of #MenAreTrash and #WomenAreTrash	2
Governing Bodies Through Water: Turning Boys Into Men and Reducing Bodies to Biology	2
Reshuffling the Masculinities Deck: How Subordinate Men From Progressive Privileged Social Backgrounds Mobilize Sexual Consent Narratives to Enhance Their Social Status	2
BAT Celebrity Tech-Entrepreneurs and Chinese Masculinities in the Era of the Global Digital Economy	2
A Few Millimeters of Bone: How Male Supremacists Leverage Scientific Sexism to Reinforce Misogynistic Ideologies	2
Book Review: Masculinity, Consumerism and the Post-National Indian City: Streets, Neighbourhoods, Home	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
Volunteer COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Makers: Third Sphere Labor, Caring Masculinities, and Redoing Gender	1
The Afghan Murat: A Queer Subject at Transnational Crossroads	1
The Caregiving Gap: Who Feels Confident Caring for Children?	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
“To be Good as a Manager”: Masculinities and Everyday Life Within Transnational Corporations in Colombia and Ecuador	1
Striving to be Men in the Family: Masculinity and Capitalist Transformation in Vietnam	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
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

Book Review: Neobugarrón: Heteroflexibility, Neoliberalism, and Latin/o American Sexual Practice	1
“Real Men Do the Work!”: How Life Coaches Perform Masculinity in Online and Offline Settings	1
Take the Red Pill, Blame Feminism: Victimization Narratives Across the Manosphere	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
Mapping the Neo-Manosphere(s): New Directions for Research	1
A Movie With a Messy Ending: Mess as a Queer Tactic in Lebanese Cinema	1
Gender Fluidity Versus Homohysteria: How Young Chinese Male Fans Consume Athletic Bromance	1
The Reincarnation of the Socialist Model Worker: Transforming Masculinities in Chinese Television Drama	1
Race, Class, and Masculinities in a South African Primary School	1
Reintroducing the “Tough Black Man” and Its Socio-Demographic, Race-Related, and Psychological Correlates	1
Suzhi as Cultural-Moral Governance: Prescribing Migrant Worker Masculinities in Chinese State Media	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
Hybrid Masculinities in Korean Fatherhood: Insights From the 100 Fathers’ Group	1
Hockey Dads, Party Boys, and Devoted Players? Digital Representations of Men and Masculinities amongst Norwegian and Swedish Ice Hockey Players	1
Latino Fathers’ Hybrid Marginalized Masculinities	1
Sisters, Bottoms, and “Exotic Combo”: Homonormative Misogyny and Respectable Masculinity of Middle-Class Gay Sex Workers in Hong Kong	1
How Boys Deflect Responsibility for Street Harassment: Class, Race, and Responses to Sexual Violence Awareness Programs	1
A Missing Piece? Men and the Puzzle of Gender Mainstreaming in the European Union	1
Book Review: A Man among Other Men: The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism	1
Juggling Masculinities: Being a Middle-Class Young Man in Dhaka	1