2026 Victor Minichiello: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	45	3775	3479	274	263	249	13048

Overview

Victor Minichiello is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences, psychology, and medicine, with notable contributions to subfields such as sociology and political science, social psychology, general health professions, clinical psychology, and obstetrics and gynecology.

Their work concentrates on several key topics, including LGBTQ health, identity, and policy, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, issues related to sex work, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, the impact of COVID-19 on reproduction, sexuality, behavior and technology, as well as the healthcare impacts of COVID-19.

Minichiello's recent papers include:

"Investigating the effects of COVID-19 on global male sex work populations: a longitudinal study of digital data" (2020) published in Sexually Transmitted Infections
"Sexual health (excluding reproductive health, intimate partner violence and gender-based violence) and COVID-19: a scoping review" (2021) published in Sexually Transmitted Infections
"Sex workers are returning to work and require enhanced support in the face of COVID-19: results from a longitudinal analysis of online sex work activity and a content analysis of safer sex work guidelines" (2020) published in Sexual Health
"Older lesbian and gay adults' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to accessing health and aged care services in Australia" (2020) published in Health & Social Care in the Community
"Assessing the combined effect of ageism and sexuality-related stigma on the mental health and well-being of older lesbian and gay adults" (2021) published in Aging & Mental Health

Frequent coauthors in Minichiello's research include:

Beatrice Alba
Anthony Lyons
Andrea Waling
Mark Hughes
Catherine Barrett

Their studies have been published in journal venues such as:

Research Square
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Aging & Mental Health
Culture Health & Sexuality
UNC Libraries

Best Publications

In-depth Interviewing: Principles, Techniques, Analysis

Victor Minichiello;Rosalie Aroni;Terrence Neville Hays

3182
Citations
In-depth Interviewing: Researching People

Victor Minichiello

1492
Citations
Perceptions and consequences of ageism: views of older people

Victor Minichiello;Jan Browne;Hal Kendig

617
Citations
Sampling in qualitative research

Gwynnyth Llewellyn;Gerard Sullivan;Victor Minichiello

535
Citations
The meaning of music in the lives of older people: a qualitative study:

Terrence Hays;Victor Minichiello

496
Citations
Research Methods for Nursing and Health Science

Victor Minichiello;Gerard Sullivan;Kenneth Greenwood;Rita Axford

286
Citations
The contribution of music to quality of life in older people: an Australian qualitative study

Terrence Hays;Victor Minichiello

224
Citations
SEXUALITY AND OLDER PEOPLE: REVISITING THE ASSUMPTIONS

Susan Deacon;Victor Minichiello;David Plummer

205
Citations
New Pleasures and Old Dangers: Reinventing Male Sex Work

Victor Minichiello;John Scott;Denton Callander

195
Citations
Experiences of ageism and the mental health of older adults.

Anthony Lyons;Beatrice Alba;Wendy Heywood;Bianca Fileborn

192
Citations
Self-reported and clinically determined oral health status predictors for quality of life in dentate older migrant adults.

Rodrigo Marino;Margot Jocelyn Schofield;C Wright;H Calache

192
Citations
Sex, desire and pleasure: considering the experiences of older Australian women

Bianca Fileborn;Rachel Thorpe;Gail L Hawkes;Victor Minichiello

183
Citations
The social meanings behind male sex work: implications for sexual interactions.

Jan Browne;Victor Minichiello

174
Citations
Silenced voices: hearing the stories of parents bereaved through the suicide death of a young adult child.

Myfanwy Maple;Helen Edwards;David Plummer;Victor Minichiello

171
Citations
Handbook of research methods for nursing and health science

Victor. Minichiello;Rita. Axford;Gerard. Sullivan;Ken. Greenwood

170
Citations
Understanding the New Context of the Male Sex Work Industry

John Scott;Victor Minichiello;Rodrigo Mariño;Glenn P. Harvey

152
Citations
Male Sex Work and Society

Victor Minichiello;John Scott

138
Citations
Male sex workers in three Australian cities: socio-demographic and sex work characteristics.

Victor Minichiello;Rodrigo Marino;Jan Browne;Maggie Jamieson

138
Citations
The condom: why more people don't put it on

Jan Browne;Victor Minichiello

129
Citations
Young women's sexual risk taking behaviour: re-visiting the influences of sexual self-efficacy and sexual self-esteem.

A. Seal;V. Minichiello;M. Omodei

118
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John Scott Queensland University of Technology

Anthony Lyons La Trobe University

Graham Brown University of Melbourne

Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen University of Washington

Christian Grov City University of New York

John T. Scott Dartmouth College

Marian Pitts La Trobe University

Catherine MacPhail University of Wollongong

Joseph D. Tucker University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Saifur Rahman Virginia Tech

External Links

Wikipedia of Victor Minichiello Personal website of Victor Minichiello Google Scholar page

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