Catherine Rothon

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Catherine Rothon is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Rothon has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Education and 5 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Catherine Rothon's work include Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (5 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 papers) and School Choice and Performance (4 papers). Catherine Rothon is often cited by papers focused on Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (5 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 papers) and School Choice and Performance (4 papers). Catherine Rothon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and Mexico. Catherine Rothon's co-authors include Anthony Heath, Elina Kilpi‐Jakonen, Stephen Stansfeld, Emily Klineberg, Jenny Head, Laura Goodwin, Stephanie Taylor, Charlotte Clark, Kamaldeep Bhui and Phil Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Annual Review of Sociology and BMC Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Rothon

18 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Second Generation in Western Europe: Education, Unemployment, and Occupational Attainment

2008 646 citations Anthony Heath, Catherine Rothon et al. Annual Review of Sociology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catherine Rothon United Kingdom	15	790	535	518	291	247	18	1.7k
Lora Ebert Wallace United States	10	562 0.7×	453 0.8×	893 1.7×	336 1.2×	369 1.5×	16	1.8k
Andrew J. Supple United States	28	986 1.2×	631 1.2×	1.3k 2.6×	743 2.6×	242 1.0×	62	2.4k
Lenna Ontai United States	21	508 0.6×	554 1.0×	900 1.7×	486 1.7×	318 1.3×	65	1.9k
Roberto E. Maldonado United States	3	784 1.0×	283 0.5×	549 1.1×	309 1.1×	295 1.2×	3	1.5k
Anne C. Fletcher United States	21	475 0.6×	689 1.3×	778 1.5×	454 1.6×	207 0.8×	61	1.7k
Viveca Östberg Sweden	28	398 0.5×	631 1.2×	811 1.6×	630 2.2×	425 1.7×	77	2.0k
Margit Wiesner United States	23	663 0.8×	283 0.5×	994 1.9×	336 1.2×	440 1.8×	56	1.9k
Tanya Nieri United States	21	605 0.8×	273 0.5×	578 1.1×	149 0.5×	396 1.6×	60	1.3k
Debra Mekos United States	10	439 0.6×	564 1.1×	338 0.7×	155 0.5×	251 1.0×	18	1.4k
Kerstin Pahl United States	12	1.0k 1.3×	442 0.8×	703 1.4×	260 0.9×	253 1.0×	31	1.6k

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All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

Stansfeld, Stephen, Catherine Rothon, Jayati Das‐Munshi, et al.. (2017). Exposure to violence and mental health of adolescents: South African Health and Well-being Study. BJPsych Open. 3(5). 257–264. 47 indexed citations

Das‐Munshi, Jayati, Crick Lund, Catherine Mathews, et al.. (2016). Mental Health Inequalities in Adolescents Growing Up in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Cross-Sectional Survey, SHaW Study. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0154478–e0154478. 86 indexed citations

Fleischmann, Fenella, Cornelia Kristen, Anthony Heath, et al.. (2014). Gender Inequalities in the Education of the Second Generation in Western Countries. Sociology of Education. 87(3). 143–170. 42 indexed citations

Jacka, Felice N., Catherine Rothon, Stephanie Taylor, Michael Berk, & Stephen Stansfeld. (2012). Diet quality and mental health problems in adolescents from East London: a prospective study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 48(8). 1297–1306. 81 indexed citations

Curtis, Sarah, Rachel Pain, Sara Fuller, et al.. (2012). Neighbourhood risk factors for Common Mental Disorders among young people aged 10–20 years: A structured review of quantitative research. Health & Place. 20. 81–90. 41 indexed citations

Rothon, Catherine, Stephen Stansfeld, Catherine Mathews, et al.. (2011). Reliability of self report questionnaires for epidemiological investigations of adolescent mental health in Cape Town, South Africa. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 23(2). 119–128. 17 indexed citations

Rothon, Catherine, Laura Goodwin, & Stephen Stansfeld. (2011). Family social support, community “social capital” and adolescents’ mental health and educational outcomes: a longitudinal study in England. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 47(5). 697–709. 130 indexed citations

Sullivan, Alice, Anthony Heath, & Catherine Rothon. (2011). Equalisation or inflation? Social class and gender differentials in England and Wales. Oxford Review of Education. 37(2). 215–240. 21 indexed citations

Rothon, Catherine, Phil Edwards, Kamaldeep Bhui, et al.. (2010). Physical activity and depressive symptoms in adolescents: a prospective study. BMC Medicine. 8(1). 32–32. 152 indexed citations

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Rothon, Catherine, et al.. (2010). Structural and socio-psychological influences on adolescents’ educational aspirations and subsequent academic achievement. Social Psychology of Education. 14(2). 209–231. 57 indexed citations

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Rothon, Catherine, Jenny Head, Emily Klineberg, & Stephen Stansfeld. (2010). Can social support protect bullied adolescents from adverse outcomes? A prospective study on the effects of bullying on the educational achievement and mental health of adolescents at secondary schools in East London. Journal of Adolescence. 34(3). 579–588. 229 indexed citations

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Rothon, Catherine, Anthony Heath, & Laurence Lessard-Phillips. (2009). The Educational Attainments of the “Second Generation”: A Comparative Study of Britain, Canada, and the United States. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 111(6). 1404–1443. 30 indexed citations

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Heath, Anthony, Catherine Rothon, & Elina Kilpi‐Jakonen. (2008). The Second Generation in Western Europe: Education, Unemployment, and Occupational Attainment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Rothon, Catherine. (2008). Women, Men and Social Class Revisited: An Assessment of the Utility of a `Combined' Schema in the Context of Minority Ethnic Educational Achievement in Britain. Sociology. 42(4). 691–708. 9 indexed citations

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Rothon, Catherine, Jenny Head, Charlotte Clark, et al.. (2008). The impact of psychological distress on the educational achievement of adolescents at the end of compulsory education. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 44(5). 421–427. 78 indexed citations

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Heath, Anthony, Catherine Rothon, & Elina Kilpi‐Jakonen. (2008). The Second Generation in Western Europe: Education, Unemployment, and Occupational Attainment. Annual Review of Sociology. 34(1). 211–235. 646 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rothon, Catherine. (2007). Can achievement differentials be explained by social class alone?. Ethnicities. 7(3). 306–322. 65 indexed citations

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Heath, Anthony, et al.. (2003). Government for the English regions? An examination of the basis of support for constitutional changes. 13(1). 49–65. 2 indexed citations

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