OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Sexual Aggression 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
From myth to reality: sexual image abuse myth acceptance, the Dark Tetrad, and non-consensual intimate image dissemination proclivity	24
Prevalence of unwanted sexual experiences and their associations on university students in the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland: a systematic review	16
Emotional intelligence in incarcerated sexual offenders with sexual sadism	16
Do popular attitudinal scales perpetuate negative attitudes towards persons who have sexually offended?	12
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of young adults regarding revenge pornography in Ghana: a qualitative study	12
Treating an adolescent male who has engaged in intrafamilial harmful sexual behaviour: a case study	12
“I don’t really see any kind of change” – multi-perspective analysis of a circle of support and accountability for young people who have previously demonstrated harmful sexual behaviour	10
The impact of empathy priming on the Rape Myth Acceptance Scale for those with antisocial/psychopathic traits	9
Rape myth acceptance and psychopathy as interacting predictors of rape proclivity	8
Thank You to 2021 Reviewers	8
Victim-blaming in sexual violence against sex workers: a systematic review	8
Paraphilic offending: another privilege of White men?	8
An empirical examination of sexual harassment and Stockholm syndrome in relation to essential and non-essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
In harm's way: the impact of threatening masculinity and the role of masculine norms on rape myth acceptance and sexually narcissistic attitudes	8
Personalised monitoring and feedback on risk-relevant features in forensic case formulation: a series of case-studies in men who have committed sexual offences	7
Ensuring long-term success of personalised support for a young man with intellectual disability and harmful sexual behaviour: a Swiss case study	7
“I read about it in that book” – towards a child safe approach to literature	6
Perceptions of recidivism risk among youth on probation for digital sex offences: the role of maladaptive cognitions about the internet	6
“Grieving someone who’s still alive, that’s hard”: the experiences of non-offending partners of individuals who have sexually offended – an IPA study	6
Barriers and opportunities for gender-based violence prevention & response at universities in Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Comparing treatment professional’s risk and disposition judgments of child and adult sexual offences	5
Guardians: masculine honour beliefs and perceptions of men’s roles in preventing sexual violence	5
Strong & Solid Spirit: design & development of a treatment programme for First Nations men incarcerated for sexual offences	5
A descriptive evaluation of children presenting with Technology Assisted-Harmful Sexual Behaviour (TA-HSB) within a regional Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (FCAMHS)	5
“A shoulder to lean on in hard times”: understanding the role of friendships in the lives of individuals convicted of sexual offences	5

Across landscapes and lifespan: causes and solutions of gender-based violence from survivors of sexual violence against women and girls (VAWG)	5
Jehovah’s witnesses response to child sexual abuse: a critique of organisational behaviour and management policies (1989–2020)	4
Do professionals show a bias specific to treatment for people who have sexually offended in their interpretation of ambiguous evidence?	4
Development and validation of the MIDSA-SC scale	4
“County lines” and child criminal exploitation in the UK: a secondary data analysis of focus groups with young people who attended a theatre-in-education programme	4
From behaviours to interactions : reframing conceptualisations of the nature and causes of sexual harm among young people	4
Aotearoa New Zealand adolescents with harmful sexual behaviours: the importance of a holistic approach when working with Rangatahi Māori	4
Masculine honour beliefs and volunteering to prevent rape versus volunteering to help women who have been raped	4
Hindsight bias in assessing child sexual abuse	4
Living through the experience of sibling sexual abuse: parents’ perspectives	4
Differences in Risk for Sexual Violence Protocol (RSVP) risk factors among older and adult men who have sexually offended	3
Assessing the risk of users of child sexual exploitation material committing further offences: a scoping review	3
Examining sexual victimisation among LGBQT+college students in the U.S.: results from the national college health assessment	3
Fear of sexual assault and personal safety in young female students of Bangladesh	3
Investigating the phenomenology and plausibility of sexual fantasies and their relationship with behavioural enactment and motivation	3
Personality features of sexual offenders who committed offences against children	3
Recognising risk: perceptions of risk factors for female children and adolescents at risk of being sexually groomed	3
Predicting recidivism: psychosocial collateral consequences among registered offenders	3
Under pressure: identifying pathways to sexual coercion in a community sample	2
A preview of the AIM practice guidance for harmful sexual behaviour between siblings illustrated by a case series	2
Child sexual exploitation (CSE) networks: reassembling structure and activity	2
Experience of sexual violence and satisfaction with life: a 20-year prospective cohort study	2
Factors related to recovery after sexual violence: a scoping review	2
An investigation of healthcare professionals’ perspectives on the role of technology in child sexual abuse	2
Adverse childhood experiences and psychosocial functioning problems for youths who sexually harm siblings	2
Challenges of technology-mediated child sexual abuse: contrasting Irish findings with Paraguayan reality	2
The effect of differing operational definitions on sexual recidivism rates	2
Power, romance, and aggression in statutory rape: comparing between male adolescent perpetrators with adult perpetrators and sexually inactive adolescents	2
Mental wellbeing, but not prison climate, mediates the association between autistic traits and treatment readiness among men with sexual convictions	2
Victims’ experiences of cyberflashing: an explorative study	2
The role of defendant gender on juror decision-making within a mock sex trafficking case among a jury-eligible community sample	2
Self-Determination Theory as an underpinning theory for community maintenance programs for those who have sexually offended	2
Professional responses to sibling sexual abuse	1
Thank You to 2024 Reviewers	1
Testing the reliability of sexual aggression self-reports	1
Sexual violence against women living with albinism in Nigeria: exploring abuse within a disability-specific context	1
A multi-country study of image-based sexual abuse: extent, relational nature and correlates of victimisation experiences	1
Learning from experience: psychologists’ inquiry into child sexual abuse in therapeutic settings	1
Adult recollections of childhood memories in individuals convicted of sexual offences: implications for narrative therapy	1
Mindfulness-based interventions for adult survivors of sexual assault: a scoping review	1
Public attitudes toward teenagers with paedophilia: a qualitative examination	1
Are men who identify as a feminist less likely to sexually objectify women?: a cross-sectional study of heterosexual men	1
The biopsychosocial experience of sexual harassment: the concomitant effects of being harassed and response choice	1
“Frantic online searches for help”: design considerations for an online early intervention service addressing harmful sexual behaviour	1
Judging the legality of sexually violent tactics: a comparison between prosecuting attorneys in the United States and Colombia	1
Zero tolerance to sexual harm in schools – from broken rules to broken systems	1
Factors related to motivation to change and therapeutic alliance among men early in treatment following perpetration of child sexual abuse	1
Perceptions of forensic interviewers on the sexual education of individuals with a disability exposed to sexual victimisation	1
Dodging justice: characteristics of men with multiple victims who evade detection for long periods	1
Convergent effects of alcohol and confluence model constructs on sexual aggression, sexual misperception, and coercive condom use resistance: a scoping review	1

Structural equation modelling in male sexual violence against women research: best practices in statistical reporting and interpretation	1
An investigation of the relationship between female rape myths, child sexual abuse myths and personality disorders	1
Clusters of risk associated with harmful sexual behaviour onset for children and young people: opportunities for early intervention	1
Frotteurism and exhibitionism: an updated examination of their prevalence, impact on victims, and frequency of reporting	1
An examination of the Confluence Model (CM) of risk for sexual aggression	1
Family, individual and socio-economic risk factors for the trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of Nigerian girls in Northern Ghana	1
An inclusive typology of youths convicted of sexual or non-sexual crime	1
Associations between media exposure to sexual violence during the 2023 Israel-Hamas conflict and sexual, psychological, and relational well-being	1