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Damien W. Riggs

Damien W. Riggs

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
48
Citations
7987
World Ranking
3200
National Ranking
228

Damien W. Riggs publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Damien W. Riggs sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 375 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Damien W. Riggs D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Damien W. Riggs sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Damien W. Riggs is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of social sciences and psychology, focusing particularly on gender studies, clinical psychology, and social psychology. Their research addresses topics related to LGBTQ health, reproductive health and technologies, and intersections of gender, feminism, and media.

Key areas of study in their work include:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Gender Studies
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Reproductive Medicine

The main themes covered in their publications involve:

  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Geographies of human-animal interactions
  • Child Welfare and Adoption

Their recent academic papers include:

  • "Men, trans/masculine, and non-binary people's experiences of pregnancy loss: an international qualitative study" (2020), published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • "Men, trans/masculine, and non-binary people negotiating conception: Normative resistance and inventive pragmatism" (2020), published in International Journal of Transgender Health

Damien Riggs also frequently publishes in the following journals:

  • International Journal of Transgender Health
  • Children and Youth Services Review
  • The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies
  • Psychology and Sexuality
  • Australian Psychologist

Their collaborations include regular co-authorship with:

  • Shoshana Rosenberg
  • Nik Taylor
  • Heather Fraser
  • Salem Skelton
  • Clare Bartholomaeus

Damien W. Riggs has contributed to various book publications mostly with Cambridge University Press, producing works such as "Queer Entanglements" (2021), "First-Time Parenting Journeys" (2023), and "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, and Queer Psychology" (2024). They have also published with other academic presses including Springer Nature, with "The Trans Möbius Strip" (2024), Lexington Books, and Crime and Justice Briefing Papers.

Their contributions have covered diverse and multidisciplinary topics with an emphasis on transgender health, identity negotiation, and family experiences within LGBTQ communities, reflecting extensive engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of social sciences and psychology.

Best Publications

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Psychology: An Introduction

    Victoria Clarke;Sonja J. Ellis;Elizabeth A. Peel;Damien W. Riggs

  • Hegemonic masculinity versus a caring masculinity: Implications for understanding primary caregiving fathers

    Sarah C Hunter;Damien Wayne Riggs;Martha Augoustinos

  • Stressed Spaces: Mental Health and Architecture

    Kathleen Connellan;Mads Gaardboe;Damien Riggs;Clemence Due

  • An Evidence-Based Model for Understanding the Mental Health Experiences of Transgender Australians

    Damien Wayne Riggs;Gavriel Y Ansara;Gareth J Treharne

  • Ensuring Quality in Qualitative Research

    Gareth J. Treharne;Damien W. Riggs

  • Psycho-analytic notes on an autobiographical account of a case of paranoia

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  • Imagining parenthood: the possibilities and experiences of parenthood among transgender people

    Henry von Doussa;Jennifer Power;Damien W Riggs

  • The impact of pregnancy loss on men’s health and wellbeing: a systematic review

    Clemence Due;Stephanie Chiarolli;Damien Wayne Riggs

  • Healthcare experiences of gender diverse Australians: a mixed-methods, self-report survey.

    Damien W Riggs;Katrina Coleman;Clemence Due

  • Fertility preservation decision making amongst Australian transgender and non-binary adults.

    Damien Wayne Riggs;Clare Bartholomaeus

  • Research with Children of Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds: A Review of Child-Centered Research Methods

    Clemence Due;Damien Wayne Riggs;Martha Augoustinos

  • Priscilla, (White) Queen of the Desert: Queer Rights/Race Privilege

    Damien Wayne Riggs

  • The psychic life of colonial power: racialised subjectivities, bodies and methods

    Damien Wayne Riggs;Martha Augoustinos

  • Transnormativity in the psy disciplines: Constructing pathology in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and Standards of Care.

    Damien W. Riggs;Ruth Pearce;Carla A. Pfeffer;Sally Hines

  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) parented families : a literature review prepared for the Australian Psychological Society

    Elizabeth Short;Damien W. Riggs;Amaryll Perlesz;Rhonda Brown

  • Family support and discrimination and their relationship to psychological distress and resilience amongst transgender people

    Kimberly A Fuller;Damien Wayne Riggs

  • Projecting Threat: Managing Subjective Investments in Whiteness

    Damien Wayne Riggs;Martha Augoustinos

  • Decompensation: A Novel Approach to Accounting for Stress Arising From the Effects of Ideology and Social Norms.

    Damien W. Riggs;Gareth J. Treharne

  • The psychogenesis of a case of homosexuality in a woman

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  • Whole-of-school approaches to supporting transgender students, staff, and parents

    Clare Bartholomaeus;Damien W. Riggs

  • Developmentalism and the Rhetoric of Best Interests of the Child: Challenging Heteronormative Constructions of Families and Parenting in Foster Care

    Damien Wayne Riggs

  • Characteristics of men willing to act as sperm donors in the context of identity-release legislation

    Damien W. Riggs;Laura Russell

  • International Perspectives: A New Graduate Text on LGBTQ Psychology

    Victoria Clarke;Sonja J. Ellis;Elizabeth Peel;Damien W. Riggs

Frequent Co-Authors

Martha Augoustinos
Martha Augoustinos University of Adelaide
Victoria Clarke
Victoria Clarke University of the West of England
Paul Delfabbro
Paul Delfabbro University of Adelaide
Lindsay G. Oades
Lindsay G. Oades University of Melbourne
Rebecca J. Collie
Rebecca J. Collie University of New South Wales
Lauren J. Breen
Lauren J. Breen Curtin University
Andrea Reupert
Andrea Reupert Monash University
Daniel King
Daniel King Flinders University
Andrew J. Martin
Andrew J. Martin University of New South Wales
Ashleigh Lin
Ashleigh Lin Telethon Kids Institute

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