OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sexuality Research and Social Policy is 5. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
“INSIDE” Project on Sexual Health in Spain: Sexual Life During the Lockdown Caused by COVID-19	42
The Help-Seeking Process in Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence: a Systematic Review	31
LGBT+ Training Needs for Health and Social Care Professionals: A Cross-cultural Comparison Among Seven European Countries	31
Responding to “Don’t Say Gay” Laws in the US: Research Priorities and Considerations for Health Equity	30
Religious Conversion Practices and LGBTQA + Youth	30
The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Young People with Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review	28
Low Psychological Well-being in Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) During the Shelter-in-Place Orders to Prevent the COVID-19 Spread: Results from a Nationwide Study	26
The Biopsychosocial Model and the Sex-Positive Approach: an Integrative Perspective for Sexology and General Health Care	26
Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Sexual Minority People and Associated Factors: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies	25
Social Support in the Transition to Parenthood Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Persons: A Systematic Review	24
“Please Teach Students that Sex is a Healthy Part of Growing Up”: Australian Students’ Desires for Relationships and Sexuality Education	22
Image-Based Sexual Abuse in a Culturally Conservative Nigerian Society: Female Victims’ Narratives of Psychosocial Costs	22
Employment Loss as a Result of COVID-19: a Nationwide Survey at the Onset of COVID-19 in US LGBTQ+ Populations	19
The Impact of Sexual Minority Stigma on Depression: the Roles of Resilience and Family Support	19
Using an Intersectional Framework to Understand the Challenges of Adopting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Young Adult Black Women	19
Just Be Open About It or Turn Up the Radio: A Qualitative Analysis of Parent-Child Sexual Communication Experiences in Adolescence	19
Sexual Behavior Change Among Gay and Bisexual Men During the First COVID-19 Pandemic Wave in the United States	19
Uncertainty and Confusion Regarding Transgender Non-discrimination Policies: Implications for the Mental Health of Transgender Americans	18
Pornography Consumption in People of Different Age Groups: an Analysis Based on Gender, Contents, and Consequences	18
Loneliness, Social Support, and Adjustment to Aging in Older Portuguese Gay Men	18
Love in Quarantine: Sexting, Stress, and Coping During the COVID-19 Lockdown	17
Examining the Relationship Between Roe v. Wade Knowledge and Sentiment Across Political Party and Abortion Identity	17
Healthcare Mistreatment, State-Level Policy Protections, and Healthcare Avoidance Among Gender Minority People	16
The Impact of the 2016 US Presidential Elections on Transgender and Gender Diverse People	16
A Typology of Intergenerational Relationships Between Taiwanese Gay and Bisexual Men And Their Parents: Negotiating Outness and Co-residence in Chinese Families	15

Iranian Nurses’ Experiences with Sexual Harassment in Workplace: a Qualitative Study	15
Centering Sex Workers’ Voices in Law and Social Policy	15
Coming Out, Distress and Identity Threat in Gay Men in the UK	15
Have You Heard the News? The Effects of Exposure to News About Recent Transgender Legislation on Transgender Youth and Young Adults	15
Experiences of Minority Stress and Mental Health Burdens of Newly Arrived LGBTQ* Refugees in Germany	14
To Talk or Not to Talk: An Analysis of Parents’ Intentions to Talk with Children About Different Sexual Topics Using the Theory of Planned Behavior	14
Engaging Stigmatised Communities in Australia with Digital Health Systems: Towards Data Justice in Public Health	13
Embarrassment, Shame, and Reassurance: Emotion and Young People’s Access to Online Sexual Health Information	13
Older Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults: What Predicts Adjustment to Aging?	13
‘I Can Lead the Life That I Want to Lead’: Social Harm, Human Needs and the Decriminalisation of Sex Work in Aotearoa/New Zealand	13
More Than the Sum of their Parts: a Dyad-Centered Approach to Understanding Adolescent Sexual Behavior	13
“I Do Not Like Being Me”: the Impact of Self-hate on Increased Risky Sexual Behavior in Sexual Minority People	13
Debating Sex and Sovereignty: Uganda’s New National Sexuality Education Policy	13
Paraphilic Interests: The Role of Psychosocial Factors in a Sample of Young Adults in Hong Kong	12
Perceptions of Sexual Risk, PrEP Services, and Peer Navigation Support Among HIV-Negative Latinx and Black Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) Residing in Western Washington	12
Predicting Attitudes Towards Transactional Sex: The Interactive Relationship Between Gender and Attitudes on Sexual Behaviour	12
Beyond Tolerance: Policies, Practices, and Ideologies of Queer-Friendly Workplaces	12
A Mixed Methods Study of Sexuality Education Experiences and Preferences Among Bisexual, Pansexual, and Queer (Bi+) Male Youth	12
Sexual Pleasure Matters (Especially for Women) — Data from the German Sexuality and Health Survey (GeSiD)	12
Sexual Orientation, Revictimization, and Polyvictimization	11
The Development of the Framework of Integrated Reproductive and Sexual Health Theories (FIRSHT) to Contextualize Indigenous Women’s Health Experiences	11
Online Sexual Activities in Italian Older Adults: The Role of Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Permissiveness	11
Psychological Well-Being of Trans* People in Italy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Critical Issues and Personal Experiences	11
“…Everybody Else Is More Privileged. Then It’s Us…”: a Qualitative Study Exploring Community Responses to Social Determinants of Health Inequities and Intersectional Exclusion Among Trans Women of Col	11
Sexuality Education in the Digital Age: Modelling the Predictors of Acceptance and Behavioural Intention to Access and Interact with Sexuality Information on Social Media	11
The Nature and Impact of Informal Mental Health Support in an LGBTQ Context: Exploring Peer Roles and Their Challenges	11
Trans Masculinity: Comparing Trans Masculine Individuals’ and Cisgender Men’s Conformity to Hegemonic Masculinity	11
Paying for Sex During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of Israeli Men	11
Relationship of Psychosocial Factors, HIV, and Sex Work Among Filipino Drug Users	11
The Relationship Between Sexism, Affective States, and Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in a Sample of Heterosexual Italian People	11
The Limits of Labelling: Incidental Sex Work Among Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Young Men on Social Media	10
Men who have Sex with Men and Chemsex: A Clinic-Based Cross-sectional Study in South Australia	10
Addressing Learner-Centred Barriers to Sexuality Education in Rural Areas of South Africa: Learners’ Perspectives on Promoting Sexual Health Outcomes	10
Racialized Sexual Discrimination (RSD) and Psychological Wellbeing among Young Sexual Minority Black Men (YSMBM) Who Seek Intimate Partners Online	10
Harm Reduction and Decriminalization of Sex Work: Introduction to the Special Section	10
LGBTQI + Refugees’ and Asylum Seekers’ Mental Health: A Qualitative Systematic Review	9
Supporting People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Their Adult Aspiration for Sexual Relationships and Parenthood	9
Why Report? Sex Workers who Use NUM Opt out of Sharing Victimisation with Police	9
Spanish Women and Pornography Based on Different Sexual Orientation: an Analysis of Consumption, Arousal, and Discomfort by Sexual Orientation and Age	9
Emerging Adult Men’s Reports of Sexual Messages and Desired Support From Parents, Friends/Peers, and Online Media in Making Sexual Decisions During College	9
Using Q-Methodology to Explore Stakeholder Views about Porn Literacy Education	9
Experiences, Motivations, and Impacts of Sexual Orientation Change Efforts: Effects on Sexual Identity Distress and Mental Health Among Sexual Minorities	9
Motivations to Start and Stop Using Sexual Networking Applications Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Men	9
Attitudes Toward HIV-Positive Status Disclosure Among U=U-Aware Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals in the USA: a Consensual Qualitative Research Approach	8
Barriers to Sexual and Reproductive Wellbeing Among Saudi Women: a Qualitative Study	8
Queer Politics of a Pandemic: LGBTQ + People’s Conceptions of COVID-19’s Politicization	8
“Your Rights End Where Mine Begin”: a Mixed-Methods Study of Moral Foundations Theory and Support for Bathroom Bills	8
Sexual Well-Being in Older Adults: a Qualitative Study with Older Adults from Portugal and Slovenia	8
Exploring Attitudes About the Legality of Self-Managed Abortion in the US: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey	8
Internalization of the Romantic Love Myths as a Risk Factor for Gender Violence: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	8

Does Policy Matter? The Impact of State and City Anti-Discrimination Policy on the Discrimination Experiences of Trans and Nonbinary People	8
What Prosecutors and the Police Should Do About Underreporting of Anti-LGBTQ Hate Crime	8
Changes in Sexuality Education Teacher Training Since the Release of the Australian Curriculum	8
Social Rejection, Family Acceptance, Economic Recession, and Physical and Mental Health of Sexual Minorities	8
Sexual Minority Stigma and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among Sexual Minorities: the Mediating Roles of Sexual Orientation Concealment, Self-Criticism, and Depression	8
Sexual Health in Spanish People with Intellectual Disability: the Impact of the Lockdown due to COVID-19	8
Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence Perpetration and Victimization Among Adolescents: A Network Analysis	8
Current vs. Desired: Transforming the Gender-Affirming Path Through the Work of Trans, Non-binary, and Gender-Questioning Activists Within an Ecological Framework	7
Motivations and Attitudes of Men Towards Sperm Donation: Whom to Donate and Why?	7
Putting the “Comprehensive” in Comprehensive Sexuality Education: a Review Exploring Young Adult Literature as a School-based Intervention	7
What Do Young, Canadian, Straight and LGBTQ Men and Women Learn About Sex and from Whom?	7
From Abstinence to Deviance: Sexual Stereotypes Associated With Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals	7
What Would It Be Like to Be a Parent? Exploring the Role of Sexual Orientation and Culture on Perceptions of Parenthood in the Future	7
Mind the Gap: Internet Pornography Exposure, Influence and Problematic Viewing Amongst Emerging Adults	7
Ethnic Disparities in Effective Coverage of Maternal Healthcare in Mexico, 2006–2018: a Decomposition Analysis	7
The Need for Community-Responsive and Flexible Sex Ed for Historically Marginalized Youth	7
Indiscrete: How Typical College Student Sexual Behavior Troubles Affirmative Consent’s Demand for Clear Communication	7
Expert Stakeholders’ Perspectives on How Cisgender Heterosexual Boys and Young Men Navigate Sex and Intimacy in Australia: A Case for “Heterosexual Intimacies” in Policy and Practice	7
Transphobic Attitudes of Physicians Who Play an Active Role in the Gender-Affirming Treatment in Turkey	7
Abortion During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Racial Disparities and Barriers to Care in the USA	7
Mining Online Discourse Related to Transgender Exclusive Policies in Interscholastic Sport: an Exploratory Natural Language Processing Study	7
Homophobic Verbal and Bullying Victimization: Overlap and Emotional Impact	7
Access to Sexual Health Services and Support for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: an Australian Cross-sector Survey	7
Heterosexual University Students’ Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Couples and Parents Across Seven European Countries	7
Experiences and Needs of Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults with a History of Suicidal Ideation Regarding Formal and Informal Mental Healthcare	7
Anticipated to Enacted: Structural Stigma Against Sexual and Gender Minorities Following the 2016 Presidential Election	7
Where Is LGBTQ+ in Ontario’s Health Care Policies and Programs?	7
Is Support for Outlawing Pornography Linked with Ignorance or Denial of Science?	6
Development and Psychometric Properties of an Instrument for the Assessment of Assertiveness in Sexual Relations	6
Longitudinal Risk Profiles for Physical, Psychological, and Sexual Dating Aggression: a Latent Profile Analysis with Spanish Adolescents	6
A Scoping Review of LGBT + Inclusion in Thailand: Policy Proposals and Recommendations	6
Changing Minds and Changing Laws: How New Zealand Sex Workers and Their Allies Shaped Decriminalisation in New Zealand	6
Queer Couples Trying to Conceive: Sexual Minority Women Couples’ Experiences with Assisted Reproduction	6
The Influence of Types of Stimulation and Attitudes to Clitoral Self-stimulation on Female Sexual and Orgasm Satisfaction: a Cross-sectional Study	6
You, Me, and Them: Understanding Employees’ Use of Trans-Affirming Language within the Workplace	6
Client-Centered Care Coordination (C4™) for HIV/STI Prevention: a Theoretical, Conceptual, and Methodological Overview—HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 073	6
“I Don’t Even Want to Come Out”: the Suppressed Voices of Our Future and Opening the Lid on Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Workplace Discrimination in Europe: a Qualitative Study	6
Sex Workers’ Everyday Security in the Netherlands and the Impact of COVID-19	6
Mental Health Service Use and Barriers to Accessing Services in a Cohort of Transgender, Gender Diverse, and Non-binary Adults in Australia	6
Pioneer Legislation on Second Order of Sexual Harassment: Sociolegal Innovation in Addressing Sexual Harassment	6
Sexual Health and Parenting Supports for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities	5
Sexting Behaviors Before and During COVID-19 in Italian and Colombian Young Adults	5
Perceived Similarity to Gender Groups Scale: Validation in a Sample of Italian LGB + and Heterosexual Young Adults	5
Sexual and Reproductive Health Conditions of Women: Insights from Rohingya Refugee Women in Bangladesh	5
The Role of Parents in Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: Evaluation of Previous Knowledge and the Results of a Training Program	5
“Pattern Matters”: a Latent Class Analysis of Internet Use and Users’ Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in China	5
LGBT Employment Nondiscrimination: Debating Sexuality and Citizenship	5
Body Uneasiness and Dissatisfaction Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Persons	5
People or Ideology? Social Conservatism and Intergroup Contact Moderate Heterosexuals’ Responses to a State-sponsored Anti-LGBT Campaign	5
Heteronormative Beliefs and Internalized Homonegativity in the Coming Out Process of Portuguese and Turkish Sexual Minority Men	5
Dating and Hookup Apps and Websites as Facilitators of Entry into Sex Work	5
Why Doesn't the Decriminalisation of Same-Sex Sexuality and Sex Work Ensure Rights? The Legality and Social Acceptance of Transgressive Sexualities in Urban Mozambique	5
Examining Perceived Effects of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization Among Sexual Minority Women: Identifying Demographic Differences and Factors Related to Alcohol Use Disorder, Depression, and Self-Perceiv	5
Gender and Sexuality Politics in Post-conflict Northern Ireland: Policing Patriarchy and Heteronormativity Through Relationships and Sexuality Education	5
Addressing Sexual Health Among Youth in Foster Care Group Homes: A Community-Engaged Grounded Theory Study	5
Stigma Resistance Among Sexual Minorities	5
Ethnic Disparities in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Mexico After 25 Years of Social Policies	5
Geosocial Networking Application Use in Men Who Have Sex with Men: The Role of Adult Attachment	5
Neutral or Framed? A Sentiment Analysis of 2019 Abortion Laws	5
Community-Based Strategies for Harm Reduction Among Sex Workers in Kolkata, India	5
Does Self-Concept Clarity Relate to Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Gay Men? The Mediating Effects of Sexual Orientation Concealment and Gay Community Connectedness	5