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Michael A. Messner 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 Michael A. Messner sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 129 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael A. Messner 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 Michael A. Messner sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Jessie Bernard Award, American Sociological Association

Overview

Michael A. Messner is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their academic work primarily falls within the Social Sciences, with significant contributions across Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research topics encompass a diverse range of areas, including:

  • Sports, Gender, and Society
  • Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
  • Media, Gender, and Advertising
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies

Michael A. Messner has published papers in various academic journals, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach. Notable recent papers include:

  • "One and Done: The Long Eclipse of Women's Televised Sports, 1989-2019" (2021) published in Communication & Sport
  • "A Bayesian hierarchical model for estimating national PFAS drinking water occurrence" (2022) published in AWWA Water Science
  • "Breaking Up the Stag Party: Jessie Bernard's Pioneering Work on Men" (2021) published in Sociological Forum
  • "Spotlight on the Government Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association" (2022) published in CHANCE

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • James W. Messerschmidt
  • Raewyn Connell
  • Cheryl Cooky
  • LaToya D. Council
  • Maria A. Mears

Michael A. Messner's publications often appear in venues such as Communication & Sport, AWWA Water Science, Sociological Forum, and CHANCE.

In recognition of contributions to sociological research, Michael A. Messner received the Jessie Bernard Award from the American Sociological Association in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Power at play: sports and the problem of masculinity.

    Michael A. Messner

  • Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports

    Michael A. Messner

  • Politics of Masculinities: Men in Movements

    Michael A. Messner

  • Sports and Male Domination: The Female Athlete as Contested Ideological Terrain

    Michael A. Messner

  • Sport, Men, and the Gender Order Critical Feminist Perspectives

    Michael A. Messner;Donald F. Sabo

  • When bodies are weapons: Masculinity and violence in Sport:

    Michael A. Messner

  • Sex, Violence & Power in Sports: Rethinking Masculinity

    Michael A. Messner;Donald F. Sabo

  • Men's lives

    Michael S. Kimmel;Michael A. Messner

  • SEPARATING THE MEN FROM THE GIRLS: The Gendered Language of Televised Sports

    Michael A. Messner;Margaret Carlisle Duncan;Kerry Jensen

  • “It’s Dude Time!”: A Quarter Century of Excluding Women’s Sports in Televised News and Highlight Shows

    Cheryl Cooky;Michael A. Messner;Michela Musto

  • Women Play Sport, But Not on TV A Longitudinal Study of Televised News Media

    Cheryl Cooky;Michael A. Messner;Robin H. Hextrum

  • Out of Play: Critical Essays on Gender and Sport

    Michael A. Messner

  • BOYHOOD, ORGANIZED SPORTS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINITIES:

    Michael Messner

  • The Televised Sports Manhood Formula

    Michael A. Messner;Michele Dunbar;Darnell Hunt

  • Masculinities, Gender Relations, and Sport

    Jim McKay;Michael A. Messner;Donald F. Sabo

  • BARBIE GIRLS VERSUS SEA MONSTERS: Children Constructing Gender

    Michael A. Messner

  • Gender Displays and Men’s Power: The “New Man” and the Mexican Immigrant Man

    Man Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo;Michael A. Messner

  • MASCULINITIES AND ATHLETIC CAREERS

    Michael Messner

  • Silence, Sports Bras, And Wrestling Porn Women in Televised Sports News and Highlights Shows

    Michael A. Messner;Margaret Carlisle Duncan;Cheryl Cooky

  • “Changing men” and feminist politics in the United States

    Michael A. Messner

  • Men's Lives.

    Gary L. Faulkner;Michael S. Kimmel;Michael A. Messner

Frequent Co-Authors

Shari L. Dworkin
Shari L. Dworkin University of Washington
James McKay
James McKay International Agency For Research On Cancer
Michael S. Kimmel
Michael S. Kimmel Stony Brook University
Raewyn Connell
Raewyn Connell University of Sydney

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