Benjamin Cornwell

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Cornwell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Cornwell has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in General Health Professions and 19 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Cornwell's work include Health disparities and outcomes (19 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (13 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (12 papers). Benjamin Cornwell is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (19 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (13 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (12 papers). Benjamin Cornwell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Benjamin Cornwell's co-authors include Edward O. Laumann, L. Philip Schumm, Kim A. Weeden, Erin York Cornwell, Jennifer Graber, David C. Lundgren, Alyssa W. Goldman, John A. Schneider, Stuart Michaels and Samuel R. Friedman and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Cornwell

68 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Social Connectedness of Older Adults: A National Profile 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. The Social Connectedness of Older Adults: A National Profile
    2008 650 citations Benjamin Cornwell, Edward O. Laumann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Cornwell United States 31 1.4k 1.3k 745 513 497 70 3.3k
Andrew M. Parker United States 36 875 0.6× 677 0.5× 744 1.0× 633 1.2× 315 0.6× 159 5.5k
Scott M. Lynch United States 26 848 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 947 1.3× 614 1.2× 432 0.9× 66 3.5k
Chau‐kiu Cheung Hong Kong 33 1.4k 1.0× 458 0.4× 575 0.8× 988 1.9× 350 0.7× 291 4.1k
James P. Selig United States 22 1.1k 0.8× 677 0.5× 550 0.7× 1.1k 2.2× 182 0.4× 96 4.5k
Anise M. S. Wu Macao 38 2.4k 1.7× 321 0.2× 435 0.6× 856 1.7× 244 0.5× 208 4.8k
Colm O’Muircheartaigh United Kingdom 21 737 0.5× 343 0.3× 433 0.6× 478 0.9× 84 0.2× 51 2.8k
Étienne Mullet France 36 1.7k 1.2× 360 0.3× 652 0.9× 2.1k 4.1× 206 0.4× 361 5.5k
Alfred DeMaris United States 35 2.5k 1.8× 1.7k 1.3× 1.0k 1.4× 874 1.7× 1.1k 2.3× 96 4.8k
Thomas Hugh Feeley United States 35 1.4k 1.0× 543 0.4× 776 1.0× 1.2k 2.3× 100 0.2× 137 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Cornwell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Cornwell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hansel, Jan, Alexander Fuchs, Benjamin Cornwell, et al.. (2025). A core outcome set for airway management research. Anaesthesia. 81(3). 373–382.
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Bradley, Stephen H, Richard D Neal, Matthew Callister, et al.. (2024). General practice chest X-ray rate is associated with earlier lung cancer diagnosis and reduced all-cause mortality: a retrospective observational study. British Journal of General Practice. 75(754). e323–e332. 1 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Social network-structural position and obesity: Evidence from a national study. Social Science & Medicine. 329. 116006–116006. 4 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). “I Love You to Death”: Social Networks and the Widowhood Effect on Mortality. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 65(2). 273–291. 8 indexed citations
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Lu, Jinyuan, et al.. (2021). Tied Infections: How Social Connectedness to Other COVID-19 Patients Influences Illness Severity. American Behavioral Scientist. 65(14). 1901–1928. 4 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Social networks and advice for new mothers: The importance of grandmothers' embeddedness. Family Relations. 71(2). 804–820.
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Carlin, Rebecca F., Benjamin Cornwell, Jichuan Wang, et al.. (2021). Can respondent driven sampling be used to recruit new mothers? A mixed methods study in metropolitan Washington DC. PLoS ONE. 16(2). e0246373–e0246373. 2 indexed citations
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Bradley, Stephen H, Matthew Barclay, Benjamin Cornwell, et al.. (2021). Associations between general practice characteristics and chest X-ray rate: an observational study. British Journal of General Practice. 72(714). e34–e42. 4 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Social network influences on new mothers’ infant sleep adjustments. Social Science & Medicine. 269. 113585–113585. 8 indexed citations
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Moon, Rachel Y., Rebecca F. Carlin, Benjamin Cornwell, et al.. (2019). Implications of Mothers' Social Networks for Risky Infant Sleep Practices. The Journal of Pediatrics. 212. 151–158.e2. 23 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Rizwan, Zahra Omidian, Benjamin Cornwell, et al.. (2019). A Public BCR Present in a Unique Dual-Receptor-Expressing Lymphocyte from Type 1 Diabetes Patients Encodes a Potent T Cell Autoantigen. Cell. 177(6). 1583–1599.e16. 88 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Benjamin, et al.. (2019). Structural cohesion and embeddedness in two-mode networks. Journal of Mathematical Sociology. 43(4). 179–194. 2 indexed citations
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Skaathun, Britt, Dexter R. Voisin, Benjamin Cornwell, Diane S. Lauderdale, & John A. Schneider. (2018). A Longitudinal Examination of Factors Associated with Network Bridging Among YMSM: Implications for HIV Prevention. AIDS and Behavior. 23(5). 1326–1338. 5 indexed citations
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Schneider, John A., Benjamin Cornwell, Adam B. Jonas, et al.. (2017). Network dynamics of HIV risk and prevention in a population-based cohort of young Black men who have sex with men. Network Science. 5(3). 381–409. 41 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Benjamin & John A. Schneider. (2017). Social venue range and referral chain impact: Implications for the sampling of hidden communities. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0181494–e0181494. 10 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Benjamin. (2013). Switching Dynamics and the Stress Process. Social Psychology Quarterly. 76(2). 99–124. 21 indexed citations
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Schneider, John A., et al.. (2012). HIV Health Center Affiliation Networks of Black Men Who Have Sex With Men. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 39(8). 598–604. 25 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Benjamin. (2011). Unemployment and widespread influenza in America, 1999–2010. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 6(1). 63–70. 7 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Benjamin. (2008). Good health and the bridging of structural holes. Social Networks. 31(1). 92–103. 114 indexed citations
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Curry, Timothy J., et al.. (2004). Richer and Whiter: How Publishers of Popular Magazines Construct their Readerships for Advertisers. Sociological Focus. 37(2). 127–141. 1 indexed citations

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