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Paul J. Wright

Psychology · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1969Rising activity
Sexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyGender, Feminism, and MediaSex work and related issuesImpact of Technology on AdolescentsMedia, Gender, and Advertising

Publications

197

Citations

5,914

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

58

Publishing since 1969

Research summary
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Paul J. Wright studies how media, especially pornography, relates to people's sexual beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. His work uses surveys, experiments, and meta-analyses (statistical summaries combining many studies) to test hypotheses about topics such as sexual satisfaction, attitudes toward women, and communication between parents and adolescents about sex. He also examines these questions across different countries and cultural samples.

Pornography use and effectsMedia and sexual attitudes/behaviorGender differences in sexual outcomesAdolescent sexual communication and sextingCross-cultural and replication studies

Publication activity has been steady-to-growing over the past decade, averaging about 13.6 papers per year over the last five years with a notable peak in 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 478 established Psychology PIs within our index
Citations: 5,914cohort median 2,193
h-index: 43cohort median 22
Publications / year (recent): 13.6cohort median 3

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 69% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 38 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 13.6/year recently
2017: 12 publications172018: 10 publications182019: 10 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 13 publications212022: 12 publications222023: 11 publications232024: 20 publications20242025: 19 publications252026: 6 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 2 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 2 collaborators at the same institution2022: 1 collaborator at the same institution2023: 1 collaborator at the same institution2024: 1 collaborator at the same institution2025: 3 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior×16
  • Health Communication×15
  • Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy×8
  • The Journal of Sex Research×8
  • Journal of Health Communication×6
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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