OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cultural Sociology is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Deciphering the Iconic: An Inquiry into how Architecture Impacts the Inclusiveness of Cultural Institutions	34
‘You Don’t go to These Kinds of Concerts for Fun’: The Fluid and Emergent Performance of Taste in Contemporary Art Music	29
Cultural Intermediation and Civil Society: Towards a Hermeneutically Strong Conception	22
Dating Apps: The Uncertainty of Marketised Love	17
The Right to Meaning: A Syrian Case Study	14
Introduction to the Book Review Symposium	11
Book Review: Who Owns the Wind? Climate Crisis and the Hope of Renewable Energy	10
Evaluating Self-Presentation: Gatekeeping Recognition Work in Hiring	10
Book Review: Lure of the Social: Encounters with Contemporary Artists	9
Beyond the Clickbait: Analysing the Masculinist Ideology in Andrew Tate’s Online Written Discourses	9
Book Review: Art Work: Invisible Labour and the Legacy of Yugoslav Socialism	9
Adolescents’ Music Tastes in the Streaming Era: The Case of Belgium	8
Editorial Statement: Visions for Cultural Sociology in Uncertain Times	8
Book Review: The Sociology of Literature	7
Making Sense of Change: Emotive-Cognitive Reframing of Young People in Post-crisis Spain	6
The Body of a Performer as a Form of Capital: Age, Gender and Aesthetics in Theatre Work	6
Exemplary Directors, European Imports, and the Changing Valuation of Films in Hollywood, 1961–1980	6
Book Review: Getting Smart about Race: An American Conversation	6
Producing (Musical) Difference: Power, Practices and Inequalities in Diversity Initiatives in Germany’s Classical Music Sector	5
Derron Wallace, The Culture Trap: Ethnic Expectations and Unequal Schooling for Black Youth	5
Reflections on The Culture Trap: On Doing Ethnographic Cultural Sociology Derron Wallace, The Culture Trap: Ethnic Expectation and Unequal Schooling for Black Youth	5
The Material Dimension of Chinese Hip-Hop: From Tangible Forms to Online Consumption	5
Reactionary Exiles. How Conspiracy Theorists Deal with Socio-Technological Exclusion	5
The Racialised ‘Second Existence’ of Class: Class Identification and (De-/Re-)construction across the British South Asian Middle Classes	5
Elite Reproduction and Power in the Neoliberal Era: The Image-Making of King Carl XVI Gustaf as ‘Sweden’s Leader’	5

Friendship, Intimacy, and the Contradictions of Therapy Culture	5
The Geo-Ecological Turn in Sociology and its Implications for the Sociology of the Arts	4
Assembling Hyperpop: Genre Formation on Wikipedia	4
Book Review: The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet	4
Exploring Digital/Non-digital Entanglements Through Everyday Practice Connections in Young People’s Gaming	4
Voicing Omnivorousness, Assembling the Omnivorous Voice: The American Musical Explored	4
‘Eastern Europeanism’: A Rethinking of ‘Race and Racism’ by and Against White People from Central and Eastern Europe	4
Book Review: Dangerous Fun: The Social Lives of Big Wave Surfers	4
Rampant Abstraction as a Strategy of Singularization: Genre on Spotify	4
Accounting For the Limited Success of #MeToo in the Popular Music and Stand-Up Comedy Industries	4
Cultural Sociology and the Politics of Canonization: An Anglo-Canadian Perspective	3
Shifting Artistic Identity on Canvas: From ‘Painter-Worker’ to ‘Painter-Artist’ in a Commercial Painting Community	3
Derron Wallace, The Culture Trap: Ethnic Expectations and Unequal Schooling for Black Youth	3
Narratives of Volunteering and Social Change in Wartime Ukraine	3
The Recurrence of the King’s Second Body?	3
The Trouble with Diversity: The Cultural Sector and Ethnic Inequality	3
‘I am a Punk, I Don’t Give a Damn!’ Chez Narcisse: A Rural Place of Resistance	3
(Plat)formatted Creativity: Creating Music in the Age of Streaming	3
Thank You to Referees	3
Repertoires of Comparison: How Common Comparisons Shape Social and Political Life	3
Numbers as Fact-Icons: The Public Power of ‘6402’ in Post-War Colombia	2
Book Review: A Body of One’s Own: A Trans History of Argentina SimonettoPatricioA Body of One’s Own: A Trans History of ArgentinaUniversity of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 2	2
Why Live Music Matters: Implications from Streaming Music Festivals in the Chinese Indie Music Scene	2
‘Supertanker is a Hero, the Government a Villain’: Politicization of Chile’s 2017 Forest Fires in the Media	2
Book Review: The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice	2
Beyond the Crew: Hip-Hop and Professionalization in Mexico City	2
Resonant Reviews: Experiencing Accurate Readings and Indicators of Literary Accomplishment Among Reviewed Novelists	2
Book Review: Matters of Revolution: Urban Spaces and Symbolic Politics in Berlin and Warsaw After 1989 by Dominik Bartmanski	2
Why Fans of the Evil Genius Remain Fans: The Case of Richard Wagner and the Bayreuth Festival	2