Dána‐Ain Davis

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Dána‐Ain Davis is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dána‐Ain Davis has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Gender Studies and 6 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Dána‐Ain Davis's work include Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (6 papers), Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (5 papers) and Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (4 papers). Dána‐Ain Davis is often cited by papers focused on Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (6 papers), Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (5 papers) and Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (4 papers). Dána‐Ain Davis collaborates with scholars based in United States. Dána‐Ain Davis's co-authors include Christa Craven, Karen A. Scott, Safyer McKenzie‐Sampson, Amanda L. Armijo, Caryl Gay, Elle Lett, Audrey Lyndon, Shaka McGlotten, Beverly Yuen Thompson and Brittany D. Chambers and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Forces and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Dána‐Ain Davis

27 papers receiving 930 citations

Hit Papers

Obstetric Racism: The Racial Politics of Pregnancy, Labor... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Obstetric Racism: The Racial Politics of Pregnancy, Labor, and Birthing
    2018 299 citations Dána‐Ain Davis profile →

Peers

Dána‐Ain Davis
Loretta Ross United States
Rachelle Chadwick South Africa
Jessica Pearson United States
Anne Woollett United Kingdom
Marjorie R. Sable United States
Julia R. Steinberg United States
Débora Diniz Brazil
Karina M. Shreffler United States
Jeanne Flavin United States
Susan Philliber United States
Loretta Ross United States
Dána‐Ain Davis
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dána‐Ain Davis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Davis, Dána‐Ain. (2025). Black Anti‐bodies and the Lexicon of Racism: A Thought Piece. American Anthropologist. 127(3). 629–632.
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Davis, Dána‐Ain. (2023). Uneven reproduction: Gender, race, class, and birth outcomes. 4(2). 152–170. 8 indexed citations
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Lett, Elle, et al.. (2023). Community Support Persons and Mitigating Obstetric Racism During Childbirth. The Annals of Family Medicine. 21(3). 227–233. 12 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain, et al.. (2022). Psychometric validation of a patient‐reported experience measure of obstetric racism© (The PREM‐OB Scale™ suite). Birth. 49(3). 514–525. 52 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain, et al.. (2022). Editors’ Introduction: A Feminist Coda. 3(2). 185–186. 1 indexed citations
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Scott, Karen A. & Dána‐Ain Davis. (2022). Destigmatizing and Democratizing Postpartum Care: A “Black Woman-Person First” Approach. Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology. 65(3). 663–675. 15 indexed citations
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Scott, Karen A. & Dána‐Ain Davis. (2021). Obstetric Racism: Naming and Identifying a Way Out of Black Women's Adverse Medical Experiences. American Anthropologist. 123(3). 681–684. 51 indexed citations
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Scott, Karen A., et al.. (2021). The Virtual Perinatal Quality Improvement Prioritization By Affected Communities (V‐QPAC) Protocol. Health Services Research. 56(S2). 56–57. 6 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain. (2020). Reproducing while Black: the crisis of Black maternal health, obstetric racism and assisted reproductive technology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 56–64. 59 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain. (2019). Trump, Race, and Reproduction in the Afterlife of Slavery. Cultural Anthropology. 34(1). 26–33. 13 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain. (2011). Constructing fear in academia: neoliberal practices at a public college. Learning and Teaching. 4(1). 42–69. 11 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain & Christa Craven. (2011). Revisiting Feminist Ethnography: Methods and Activism at the Intersection of Neoliberal Policy. Feminist formations. 23(2). 190–208. 21 indexed citations
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McGlotten, Shaka, Dána‐Ain Davis, & Vanessa Agard-Jones. (2009). Black Gender and Sexuality: Spatial Articulations. Souls. 11(3). 225–229. 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain, Shaka McGlotten, & Vanessa Agard-Jones. (2009). Introduction: No Beached Whales. Souls. 11(2). 87–93. 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain. (2009). THE POLITICS OF REPRODUCTION: THE TROUBLING CASE OF NADYA SULEMAN AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY[*]. Transforming Anthropology. 17(2). 105–116. 15 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain. (2007). Narrating the Mute: Racializing and Racism in a Neoliberal Moment 1 2. Souls. 9(4). 346–360. 62 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain. (2007). Non-Violent Survival Strategies in the Face of Intimate Partner Violence and Economic Discrimination. Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma. 15(3-4). 123–153. 7 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain. (2007). The industrial history of the Negro race of the United States. 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain. (2006). Battered Black Women and Welfare Reform: Between a Rock and a Hard Place. State University of New York Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Davis, Dána‐Ain. (2003). What Did You Do Today?: Notes From A Politically Engaged Anthropologist. Urban anthropology and studies of cultural systems and world economic development. 32(2). 147–173. 11 indexed citations

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