OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sociological Quarterly is 4. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Mobility Optimism in an Age of Rising Inequality	13
In-and-Beyond State Power: How Political Equality Moderates the Economic Growth-CO₂ Emissions Relationship, 1990-2014	12
“Systems Change Not Climate Change”: Support for a Radical Shift Away from Capitalism at Mainstream U.S. Climate Change Protest Events	11
A Link to the Past: Race, Lynchings, and the Passage of Stand-Your-Ground Laws	9
China, Mining, and Forests: A Cross-National Test of Ecologically Unequal Exchange	8
Gender Differences in Adolescents’ Work and Family Orientations in the United States	8
Porn as a Threat to the Mythic Social Order: Christian Nationalism, Anti-Pornography Legislation, and Fear of Pornography as a Public Menace	8
“We Know What They’re Going Through”: Social Support from Similar versus Significant Others	7
Sharing the Same Space: How the Memory of the Holocaust Travels in Political Speech	7
Who is the (“Ideal”) Victim of Labor Exploitation? Two Qualitative Vignette Studies on Labor Inspectors’ Discretion	7
Race, Same-Sex Marriage, and the Politics of Respectability among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Racial Minorities	7
Characteristics of the Most Productive U.S. Sociology Faculty and Departments: Institution Type, Gender, and Journal Concentration	7
Photo Elicitation and the Sociology of Taste: A Review of the Field, Empirical Illustrations, Arguments for A “Return to Photography”	6
Attitudes toward Immigration as a Sense of Group Position	6
First-Generation Students, College Majors, and Gendered Pathways	5
A Public Health Frame for Fracking? Predicting Public Support for Hydraulic Fracturing	5
State Presence, Armed Actors, and Criminal Violence in Central America	5
Status Politics and the Political Influences of Concealed Handgun License Demand in Texas	5
Egocentric Contact Networks of Older Adults: Featuring Quantity, Strength and Function of Ties	5
COVID-19’s Impact on Gendered Household Food Practices: Eating and Feeding as Expressions of Competencies, Moralities, and Mobilities	5
Change in the Spatial Clustering of Poor Neighborhoods within U.S. Counties and Its Impact on Homicide: An Analysis of Metropolitan Counties, 1980-2010	4
The Collective Construction of Need: Group Styles of Determining Deservingness in Christian Social Service Agencies	4
The Significance of Race: Overcoming Obstacles in the Adoption of Ban the Box Laws	4
Filling Empty Promises? Foreign Aid and Human Rights Decoupling, 1981-2011	4
Combating Inequality: The Between- and Within-Group Effects of Unionization on Earnings for People with Different Disabilities	4

The Effects of Adolescent and Early Adulthood Intimate Partner Violence on Adult Socioeconomic Well-being	4
Black-White Differences in the Reciprocal Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Psychological Distress	4
Uncertain Adolescent Educational Expectations and College Matriculation in the Wake of the Great Recession	4
LG but Not T: Opposition to Transgender Rights Amidst Gay and Lesbian Acceptance	4