OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Armed Forces & Society 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Review: Training and deployment of America’s nuclear cold warriors in Asia: Keepers of Armageddon RabsonS. (2022). Training and deployment of America’s nuclear cold warriors in Asia: Keepers of A	21
How Does Military Experience Affect Employment: Evidence From China	18
Just Paying Lip Service? Public Trust and Public Support for Armed Forces in Germany	14
“Leaning In” or “Taking a Knee”: Career Trajectories of Senior Leaders in the Canadian Armed Forces	13
Book Review: “German Warriors: From the Empire to the Berlin Republic—A Military History.”Deutsche Krieger: Vom Kaiserreich zur Berliner Republik—Eine Militärgeschichte by Sönke Neitzel	12
U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers’ Motivations for Joining the Military and Their Effects on Post-Deployment Mental Health	11
“She Clearly Thought That Something Bad Had Happened to Her”: How Military Lawyers Construct Narratives of Victim Legitimacy and Perceived Harm in Sexual Assault Cases	11
Academic–Military Relations in U.S. and Allied Professional Military Education Organizations, 1991–2024: A Comparative Analysis and Proposed Typology	10
Sentiment Analysis of Russian-Language Social Media Posts Discussing the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine	10
Calling out the Troops to Manage Environmental and Health Crises in Australia: Public Understandings of Domestic Armed Forces Operations	10
Developing Effective Small Team Army Leaders: A Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial of the Squad Leader Development Course	9
Perceptions of Women in U.S. Army Combat Units: A Mixed-Methods Study Post-Gender Integration	9
Introduction to the Symposium on National Security and Social Science	8
Who Lost Afghanistan? Samuel Huntington and the Decline of Strategic Thinking	7
Commentary on: Military Institutions and Citizenship in Western Societies	7
Income Security for Vietnam-Era Veterans: A Research Note	7
Why Did the Taliban Win?	7
My Commander in Chief is Black! The Mental Health Significance of Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Election for Military Veterans	6
Do Elections Cause Military Spending to Go Up or Down? New International Evidence	6
Civil–Military Relations and Education of Military Elites in Türkiye: Lessons Learned From the Past	6
Access and Equity Among Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Research Note	6
Substance Use Service Utilization and Barriers to Access Among Homeless Veterans: A Scoping Review	6
If You’ll Be My Bodyguard: Presidential Guard Units and Leader Capture During Coups d’état	6
Neither a Conscript Army nor an All-Volunteer Force: Emerging Recruiting Models	5
Adjudicating Competing Theories: Does Civilian Control Over the Military Decrease Conflict?	5

Theories of Democratic Civil–Military Relations and the Enduring Value of the Citizen-Soldier Ideal	5
American Civil–Military Relations and Presidential Power of Removal	5
Subjective and Objective Measurement of Underemployment and Income Among Post-9/11 Veterans	5
Mortality Among Individuals Released From U.S. Prisons: Does Military History Matter?	5
Motivated to Fight: Diverse Motivations of Foreign Fighters in the Russia–Ukraine War	5
Brothers in Arms? Estonia’s Defense Forces and the Trojan Horse Dilemma	5
Commentary on the Standard Model of Military Group Cohesion	4
“Mom Calling the Commanding Officer”: The Changing Relationship Between Mothers and Their Sons Serving in Israel Defense Forces	4
Multinational Military Cooperation in the Global South	4
Book Review: Teaching and Learning the West Point Way by Ender, M. G., Kimball, R. A., Sondheimer, R. M., & Bruhl, J. C.	4
How Mandatory Military Service Can Divide Rather Than Unite: Conscription, Gender, and Military Trust in South Korea 2003–2021	4
The Health and Quality of Life of Dutch Peacekeeping Veterans, 40 Years After the Mission, and Their Association With Deployment-Related Stressors	4
Visualizing the Ties That Bind Us: A Cross-Sectional Thematic and Visual Analysis of Cohesion Across Three British Military Formations	4
Armed Forces as an Employer of Choice: The Role of Gender and Person–Organization Fit	3
Editor’s Note: Afghan Scholars’ Response to Perspectives on the Afghanistan War: Arrogant Conquest; Disgraceful Withdrawal	3
Trump(ing) Tradition: Old Laws, New Norms, and the Danger to Civil–Military Relations	3
The Military and the Family as Greedy Institutions: Then and Now	3
The Empirical Determinants of Violent Nonstate Actor Drone Adoption	3
The Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society 70 Years Later: Alive and Kicking	3
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Women Veterans: A Research Note	3
Women in the Military: Navigating Through Female Life Stages and Military Career by “Acting Normally”	3
The Afghanistan War’s Legacy: The Reimagining of the Outsourcing of War and Security	3
Rural Military Veterans of Color and STEM Occupational Outcomes	3
Book Review: The art of military innovation: Lessons from the Israel Defense Forces by Luttwak, E. N., & Shamir, E.	3
Navigating Change From Within: The Impact and Challenges of a Women’s Virtual Community in Transforming Gender Dynamics in the Israel Defense Forces	3
Virtuous Shirking and Social Distance: Concept Measurement in the Context of Militarized Response to Nonviolent Revolution	3
“A Hidden Community”: The Experiences of Help-Seeking and Receiving Mental Health Treatment in U.K. Women Veterans. A Qualitative Study	3
Family Welfare During the Deployment of Ghana Armed Forces in Peacekeeping Missions: Exploring the Role of “Military Surrogacy”	3
Stabilization of Anti-U.S. Military Bases Sentiment: Japan’s Evolving Compensation Policies and Base Politics in Okinawa	3
The Cult of the Irrelevant or Political Narrative?	3
Stolen Valor: The Legal Story Behind Impersonating Military Personnel	3
Workplace Stress in Military Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: A Research Note	3
The Science of Charles C. Moskos: From Institution to Occupation	3
The Propensity of Veteran-Owned Firms to Provide Employee Benefit Programs: A Test of Military Imprinting Versus Business Pragmatism	3
A Problem in the Huntingtonian Universe: The Military Side of the Gap	3
Moral Injury: A Framework for Understanding Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Against Men	2
NATO’s Struggle for Intelligence in Afghanistan	2
Committed to its Founding Principles: 50 Years of Armed Forces & Society Journal	2
Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in Military Services: Culture, Hypermasculinity, and the Futility of Zero-Tolerance Approaches	2
Soldier Retention in the Indian Military: Unraveling the Role of Pay, Promotion and Job Satisfaction	2
The Military Covenant, Contractual Relations, and Social Cohesion in Democracies: Estonia as an Exploratory Case Study	2
U.K. Veterans in Prison: Attitudes Toward Authority, Legitimacy and Compliance With Regime	2
Digital Agenda-Building on X: A Case Study of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Communication During the Chinese Spy Balloon Crisis	2
Narratives Around Civil–Military Cooperation: How Institutionalized Discourses Influence Learning in Peace Operations	2
Mental Health of Canadian Children Growing Up in Military Families: The Child Perspective	2
A Playstation Mentality to Killing? Adverse Psychological Consequences in Drone Pilots and the Stigmatization thereof in the Military	2
The Growing Conservatism of White Veterans Since the 1970s	2
Re-examining Willingness to Fight for One’s Country: Exploring Nature of Conflict and Citizenship Status Effects in the United States and Canada	2
Gender Disparities in Active Duty Air Force Parents’ Childcare Access: Pre-Pandemic Costs, Utilization, and Career Impacts	2
Reserve Soldiers as Transmigrants—Two Decades On: A Research Note	2

Boko Haram, security architecture and counterinsurgency in North-East, Nigeria	2
Gender on the Front Line: Representations of Female Military Personnel on Ukrainian Social Media	2
Book Review: Embracing senior leadership: Three critical factors needed to reach the C-suite and thrive by James W. Browning	2
Unequal Suffering of War: Combat Participation, Regime Type, and Leaders’ Health	2
Book Review: Threat multiplier: Climate, military leadership, and the fight for global security	2
The Rebel and the Politician: Developing a Typology of Insurgent Civil–Military Relations	2
Two World Views? How Regular and Reserve Royal Marines Perceive Each Other	2
Crisis Response and Institutional Learning in the Israeli Military: Negotiating Transparency and Security in the Aftermath of the Tze’elim Training Accidents	2
Book Review: Military politics: New perspectives CrosbieT. (Ed.). (2023). Military politics: New perspectives. Berghahn Books. 262 pp. $135.00. ISBN: 978-1-80539-023-7	2
Book Review: Thanks for your service: The causes and consequences of public confidence in the U.S. military by Feaver, P. D.	2
Do the Best and Brightest West Point Officers Stay in or Leave the Army?	2
Citizenship, Enmity, and the Normative Theory of Domestic Military Use	2
Perspectives on Military Culture Among Veterans With a Recent Suicide Attempt: Illustrating Gender Differences and Informing Suicide Prevention	2
State-Building 101: Hard Lessons From Afghanistan	2
A Mediated Model of Female Navy Personnel’s Personality Traits, Sexism, and Bystander Attitude Toward Sexual Harassment in Taiwan	2
Book Review: Corporate Security Surveillance: An Assessment of Host Country Vulnerability to Terrorism by Chasdi, R.J.	2
Afghan Scholars’ Response to Perspectives on the Afghanistan War: Arrogant Conquest; Disgraceful Withdrawal	2
Right or Wrong? The Civil–Military Problematique and Armed Forces & Society’s 50th	2
Armed Non-State Actor-Perpetrated Civilian Victimization in Armed Conflict: An Opportunity Cost Argument	2
The Best They Could Do? Assessing U.S. Military Effectiveness in the Afghanistan War	2
Concordance Theory: A Retrospective on the Creation of New Civil–Military Relations Theory	2
The Varieties of Civilian Praetorianism: Evidence From Sudan’s Coup Politics	2
A Knowledge Taxonomy for Military Interoperability: The United States and Brazil in Peacekeeping and Stabilization Operations	2
Revisiting Military as a Total Institution: The Case of Conscript Service in Estonia	2
Political Giving by Retired U.S. General and Flag Officers	1
How (Not) to Win a Medal: Military Professionalism, Gallantry Awards, and the Problem of Fraud	1
Book Review: Kings, conquerors, psychopaths: From Alexander to Hitler to the corporation by Abraham, J. N. AbrahamJ. N. (2020). Kings, conquerors, psychopaths: From Alex	1
Adverse Childhood Experiences in Military, Veteran, and Civilian Families	1
The Rise of the Militarized State? African Developmental Militarism, Public Works Projects, and Praetorian Politics in Kenya	1
How do Sociodemographic Characteristics Influence UK Civilian Opinions of UK Armed Forces Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans? A Mixed-Method Approach	1
Killing in Combat as a Potentially Morally Injurious Event: The Diverging Psychological Impact of Killing on Peacekeepers and Combat-Oriented Troops	1
The Relationship Between Military Service and Legislative Behavior for U.S. Representatives in Recent Congresses	1
A Comparative Study of Military Communication on Instagram: A Research Note	1
An Exemplary Defeat: The West in Afghanistan, 2001–2021	1
Expanding the New Roles of the Military—The Case of Spain’s Military Emergency Unit: A Research Note	1
Civilian Control, Civil–Military Friction, and Foreign Military Intervention	1
The Effects of Military Lifestyle and Operational Deployments on Marital Dynamics: A Qualitative Study of Military Spouses in Türkiye	1
We (All) Want You? Perceived Military Leadership Potential and Actual Leadership Role Occupancy in Working Life: A Longitudinal Study of a Swedish Cohort	1
Domestic Military Deployments in Response to COVID-19	1
Arrests, Mental Health Outcomes, and Discharge Status in U.S. Military Veterans: A Latent Class Analysis	1
Between “Victims” and Their “Saviors”: Process-Based Leadership and Trust Building in Civil–Military Relations in Northern Nigeria	1
Postpartum Women’s Perceptions of Risk of Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Qualitative Research Study	1
Military Professionalism, Power, and the Division of Labor: The Case of the Reintroduction of NCOs in the Swedish Armed Forces	1
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Armed Forces & Society: An Introduction	1
Cohesion, Combat Performance and Civil-Military Relations: Contextualizing “The Word of Command”	1
Military Competence-in-Use in the Expeditionary Era: A Swedish Example From Missions Abroad	1
Professionalized Heroism? Comparing US, UK, and Norwegian War Decorations From the War in Afghanistan	1
Conscription and Political Participation: How Conscription Policies Affect Voter Turnout	1
Is Transformational Military Leadership Out There? An Exploratory Research Study of Military Teams in Action	1
Of Rivals and Enemies: Military–Police Relations in Internal Armed Conflict in Mexico and Colombia	1
Revisiting Propensity to Serve and Motivations to Enlist: Insights and Implications for Contemporary Military Recruitment Challenges and Research	1
Differences in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Between U.S. Civilians and Military Veterans in the Gulf War and Post-9/11 War Eligibility Cohorts: A Research Note	1
The Military As a Non-Caring Institution: A Case Study of Nigerian Military Widows of the Boko Haram Conflict	1
“I Just Don’t Want to Be Part of It Anymore”: How Harm and Betrayal Erode Cohesion in the Aftermath of Military Sexual Misconduct	1
Making Ends Meet: Employment, Cash Transfers, and Poverty in Post–9/11 Era Wounded Military Veterans	1
Polarized Patriots: Political Giving by U.S. Military Officers	1
Sexual Misconduct in the Military: The Impact of Situational Factors on Bystander Intervention Strategies	1
Power Sharing and Coups d’état in Postconflict Settings: Evidence From Burundi and Guinea-Bissau	1
Book Review: Military Sociology: A Guided Introduction by Wilbur J. Scott, Karin Modesto De Angelis, and David R. Segal	1
Military Duty during Mission Deployment: Exploring Local Relations and Dynamics of Cohesion—The Case of Swedish Troops	1
Psychological and Sociological Profile of Women Who Have Completed Elite Military Combat Training	1
Autocratic Leaders, Combat Experience, and Interstate Conflict: Evidence From Iraq	1
Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, Energy Capabilities, and International Security: An Exploratory Analysis	1
Book Review: Mightier Than the Sword: Civilian Control of the Military and the Revitalization of Democracy by Friend A. H. FriendA. H.Mightier Than the Sword: Civilian C	1
U.S. Veterans and Civilians Describe Military News Coverage as Mediocre, Think Stories Affect Others More Than Themselves	1
Views of Generation X and Millennial Women on Gender Equity and Social Justice in the Military: A Correlational Study	1
Organizational Implications of Long-Term Civil–Military Cooperation During COVID-19: A qualitative study	1
Perceptions of Espoused Versus Enacted Culture Around Sexual Misconduct and Other Offenses Among U.S. Military Service Members	1
Complexities and Possibilities of Strengthening the Social Inclusion of Military Women in the Netherlands Armed Forces: Findings From an Action Research Project	1
Are the U.S. Military’s Nonpartisan Norms Eroding?	1
Predicting Loyalty: Examining the Role of Social Identity and Leadership in an Extreme Operational Environment—A Swedish Case	1