Alden Speare

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Alden Speare is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Alden Speare has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Demography and 7 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Alden Speare's work include Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (12 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (10 papers) and Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 papers). Alden Speare is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (12 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (10 papers) and Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 papers). Alden Speare collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alden Speare's co-authors include R. J. Avery, Frances Goldscheider, William H. Frey, Leora Lawton, Judith W. Meyer, Julien Meyer, Sidney Goldstein, Henry S. Shryock, Frances E. Kobrin and William A. V. Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and Journal of Marriage and the Family.

In The Last Decade

Alden Speare

41 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Residential Satisfaction as an Intervening Variable in Re... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Residential Satisfaction as an Intervening Variable in Residential Mobility
    1974 550 citations Alden Speare Demography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alden Speare United States 21 1.9k 805 575 425 346 42 2.5k
Thomas J. Cooke United States 28 2.0k 1.0× 746 0.9× 549 1.0× 339 0.8× 309 0.9× 48 2.4k
Avery M. Guest United States 28 1.8k 0.9× 269 0.3× 446 0.8× 289 0.7× 552 1.6× 91 2.4k
Larry Long United States 21 1.1k 0.6× 362 0.4× 372 0.6× 168 0.4× 232 0.7× 41 1.5k
Dowell Myers United States 30 1.6k 0.8× 250 0.3× 1.0k 1.8× 368 0.9× 314 0.9× 79 2.8k
Donald O. Cowgill United States 11 769 0.4× 382 0.5× 253 0.4× 177 0.4× 185 0.5× 21 1.3k
Rory Coulter United Kingdom 21 1.1k 0.6× 489 0.6× 336 0.6× 354 0.8× 226 0.7× 50 1.6k
Valerie Preston Canada 23 1.3k 0.7× 275 0.3× 359 0.6× 515 1.2× 306 0.9× 64 1.8k
Gunnar Malmberg Sweden 22 917 0.5× 599 0.7× 241 0.4× 150 0.4× 154 0.4× 54 1.6k
Glenn V. Fuguitt United States 26 1.0k 0.5× 417 0.5× 584 1.0× 272 0.6× 118 0.3× 69 1.7k
Ludi Simpson United Kingdom 20 1.1k 0.6× 256 0.3× 206 0.4× 127 0.3× 348 1.0× 57 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alden Speare

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alden Speare

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alden Speare. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alden Speare based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alden Speare. Alden Speare is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Goldstein, Sidney, et al.. (2019). Urban Migrants in Developing Nations.
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Speare, Alden, et al.. (2019). Urbanization and Development. 3 indexed citations
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Speare, Alden & R. J. Avery. (1993). Who Helps Whom in Older Parent-Child Families. Journal of Gerontology. 48(2). S64–S73. 60 indexed citations
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Speare, Alden, R. J. Avery, & Leora Lawton. (1991). Disability, Residential Mobility, and Changes in Living Arrangements. Journal of Gerontology. 46(3). S133–S142. 144 indexed citations
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Speare, Alden, et al.. (1991). U.S. metropolitan area population growth 1960-1990: census trends and explanations.. 1 indexed citations
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Logan, John, William H. Frey, Alden Speare, et al.. (1991). Census Monographs on Community Growth and Change. Demography. 28(3). 486–486. 1 indexed citations
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Logan, John, William H. Frey, & Alden Speare. (1990). Regional and Metropolitan Growth and Decline in the United States.. Social Forces. 68(3). 987–987. 2 indexed citations
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Gates, Hill, et al.. (1989). Urbanization and Development: The Rural-Urban Transition in Taiwan.. Pacific Affairs. 62(3). 391–391. 10 indexed citations
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Speare, Alden & Julien Meyer. (1988). Types of Elderly Residential Mobility and Their Determinants. Journal of Gerontology. 43(3). S74–S81. 82 indexed citations
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Frey, William H. & Alden Speare. (1988). Regional and Metropolitan Growth and Decline in the US. 15 indexed citations
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Speare, Alden & John Harris. (1986). Education, Earnings, and Migration in Indonesia. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 34(2). 223–244. 38 indexed citations
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Meyer, Judith W. & Alden Speare. (1985). Distinctively Elderly Mobility: Types and Determinants. Economic Geography. 61(1). 79–79. 95 indexed citations
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Speare, Alden, et al.. (1982). The Influence of Socioeconomic Bonds and Satisfaction on Interstate Migration. Social Forces. 61(2). 551–574. 60 indexed citations
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Speare, Alden. (1978). Alternative Population Distribution Policies for Indonesia. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies. 14(1). 93–106. 2 indexed citations
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Shryock, Henry S., Alden Speare, Sidney Goldstein, & William H. Frey. (1976). Residential Mobility, Migration and Metropolitan Change.. International Migration Review. 10(1). 108–108. 137 indexed citations
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Speare, Alden. (1974). Residential Satisfaction as an Intervening Variable in Residential Mobility. Demography. 11(2). 173–188. 550 indexed citations breakdown →
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Speare, Alden. (1974). Urbanization and Migration in Taiwan. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 22(2). 302–319. 19 indexed citations
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Speare, Alden, et al.. (1973). Urbanization, non-familial work, education, and fertility in Taiwan. Population Studies. 27(2). 323–334. 14 indexed citations
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Speare, Alden. (1971). A cost-benefit model of rural to urban migration in Taiwan. Population Studies. 25(1). 117–130. 63 indexed citations
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Speare, Alden. (1969). The Determinants Of Rural To Urban Migration In Taiwan.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 31(2). 2 indexed citations

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