Paul J. Wright

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
139 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Paul J. Wright is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul J. Wright has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Clinical Psychology, 101 papers in Gender Studies and 87 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Paul J. Wright's work include Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (109 papers), Gender, Feminism, and Media (99 papers) and Sex work and related issues (61 papers). Paul J. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (109 papers), Gender, Feminism, and Media (99 papers) and Sex work and related issues (61 papers). Paul J. Wright collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Russia. Paul J. Wright's co-authors include Robert S. Tokunaga, Ashley Kraus, Debby Herbenick, Soyoung Bae, Chyng Sun, Christopher J. McKinley, Bryant Paul, Ashley K. Randall, Elyssa M. Klann and Analisa Arroyo and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Neurology and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Paul J. Wright

131 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Meta-Analysis of Pornography Consumption and Actual Acts of Sexual Aggression in General Population Studies

2015 244 citations Paul J. Wright, Robert S. Tokunaga et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Paul J. Wright	3.2k	2.9k	2.4k	489	259	139	3.8k
Shane W. Kraus	3.4k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	767 1.6×	252 1.0×	183	4.0k
Zoë D. Peterson	1.4k 0.4×	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	486 1.0×	570 2.2×	83	3.6k
Kristian Daneback	1.4k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	537 1.1×	325 1.3×	53	2.2k
Mindy J. Erchull	1.1k 0.3×	754 0.3×	670 0.3×	493 1.0×	138 0.5×	47	2.3k
M. Paz Galupo	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	2.4k 4.9×	163 0.6×	107	3.1k
Bruce N. Carpenter	1.6k 0.5×	792 0.3×	646 0.3×	686 1.4×	155 0.6×	42	2.3k
Emma Halliwell	3.0k 0.9×	650 0.2×	833 0.3×	544 1.1×	152 0.6×	60	4.0k
Benjamin D. Locke	1.6k 0.5×	964 0.3×	569 0.2×	1.2k 2.4×	500 1.9×	60	2.9k
Leah E. Daigle	1.0k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	2.1k 0.9×	432 0.9×	334 1.3×	81	3.1k
Dennis E. Reidy	1.6k 0.5×	572 0.2×	924 0.4×	880 1.8×	332 1.3×	71	2.7k

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Herbenick, Debby, Tsung‐chieh Fu, Molly Rosenberg, et al.. (2025). Exploring Educational Messages About Sexual Choking: Results of a Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy Study Among College Students. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 1 indexed citations

Herbenick, Debby, Tsung‐chieh Fu, Xiwei Chen, et al.. (2025). Prevalence and Demographic Correlates of “Rough Sex” Behaviors: Findings from a U.S. Nationally Representative Survey of Adults Ages 18–94 Years. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 54(9). 3435–3469.

Wright, Paul J., Robert S. Tokunaga, Maria Rosaria Nappa, et al.. (2025). More Support for the Dependency-Resentment Hypothesis. Sexuality & Culture.

Wright, Paul J. & Robert S. Tokunaga. (2025). On Men’s Problematic Pornography Use and Hostile Attitudes Toward Women. Sexuality & Culture. 30(1). 572–578. 2 indexed citations

Wright, Paul J., et al.. (2025). Betting on Digital Attention: Pornography vs. Climate, Economics, Elections, Immigration, and War (Don’t Take the Field). The Journal of Sex Research. 1–5.

Wright, Paul J., Robert S. Tokunaga, Lijun Zheng, & Xinyue Zhang. (2025). The Dependency-Resentment Hypothesis: Beyond North America and Europe. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 51(7). 791–797. 1 indexed citations

Wright, Paul J., Robert S. Tokunaga, & Debby Herbenick. (2024). From the U.S. to Denmark and Beyond: It’s Time to Reimagine the Use of Control Variables in Observational Research. The Journal of Sex Research. 63(1). 21–28. 6 indexed citations

Wright, Paul J.. (2024). Improving Mental Health Among Communication and Media Scholars: Four Structural Suggestions. Health Communication. 39(8). 1665–1668.

Wright, Paul J., Robert S. Tokunaga, Samuel L. Perry, & Stephen A. Rains. (2023). Pornography and religiosity: prediction and process. Human Communication Research. 49(3). 310–320. 2 indexed citations

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Wright, Paul J., Robert S. Tokunaga, & Debby Herbenick. (2022). Pornography, Masturbation, and Relational Satisfaction. The Journal of Sex Research. 61(3). 337–341. 7 indexed citations

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Wright, Paul J., Debby Herbenick, & Robert S. Tokunaga. (2022). Pornography and Women’s Experience of Mixed-Gender Sexual Choking/Strangulation: Eroticization Mediates, Perceived Similarity Moderates. Journal of Health Communication. 27(3). 173–182. 11 indexed citations

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Wright, Paul J., Debby Herbenick, Bryant Paul, & Robert S. Tokunaga. (2022). U.S. Parents Underestimate Their Children’s Pornography Use and Learning. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 52(1). 373–383. 10 indexed citations

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Wright, Paul J., Debby Herbenick, & Bryant Paul. (2019). Adolescent Condom Use, Parent-adolescent Sexual Health Communication, and Pornography: Findings from a U.S. Probability Sample. Health Communication. 35(13). 1576–1582. 48 indexed citations

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Wright, Paul J., et al.. (2018). Relational monogamy, condomless sex, and perceptions of pornography as sexual information in an English sample. Sexual Health. 16(1). 70–74. 6 indexed citations

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Wright, Paul J., et al.. (2017). Associative pathways between pornography consumption and reduced sexual satisfaction. Sexual & Relationship Therapy. 34(4). 422–439. 51 indexed citations

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Wright, Paul J., et al.. (2015). LISTEN WHILE YOU WORK? The Attitude of Healthcare Professionals to Music in the OR.. PubMed. 33(2). 31–2, 34. 7 indexed citations

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Fahmy, Shahira, et al.. (2013). Pulling the Plug on Grandma: Obama’s Health Care Pitch, Media Coverage & Public Opinion. 1(3). 19–25. 2 indexed citations

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Paprotny, Igor, Christopher G. Levey, Paul J. Wright, & Bruce R. Donald. (2012). Turning-rate Selective Control : A New Method for Independent Control of Stress-engineered. 2 indexed citations

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Wright, Paul J. & Christopher J. McKinley. (2010). Mental Health Resources for LGBT Collegians: A Content Analysis of College Counseling Center Web Sites. Journal of Homosexuality. 58(1). 138–147. 31 indexed citations

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Wright, Paul J.. (2009). Father-Child Sexual Communication in the United States: A Review and Synthesis. Journal of Family Communication. 9(4). 233–250. 50 indexed citations

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