David L. Featherman

13.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
77 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

David L. Featherman is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, David L. Featherman has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Education and 9 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in David L. Featherman's work include Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (12 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (10 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (8 papers). David L. Featherman is often cited by papers focused on Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (12 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (10 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (8 papers). David L. Featherman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. David L. Featherman's co-authors include Robert M. Hauser, Richard M. Lerner, Paul B. Baltes, Marion Perlmutter, Orville G. Brim, Gillian Stevens, Otis Dudley Duncan, Beverly Duncan, William G. Spady and John R. Nesselroade and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

David L. Featherman

74 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Life-Span Development and Behavior

1984 1.4k citations David L. Featherman et al. profile →
Opportunity and Change

1978 965 citations David L. Featherman, Robert M. Hauser profile →
Socioeconomic Background and Achievement

1975 744 citations David L. Featherman et al. profile →
A revised socioeconomic index of occupational status

1981 530 citations Gillian Stevens, David L. Featherman Social Science Research profile →
Life-Span Development and Behavior

2014 504 citations David L. Featherman et al. profile →
Schooling and Achievement in American Society.

1977 343 citations Robert M. Hauser, David L. Featherman et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David L. Featherman United States	32	3.6k	1.7k	1.4k	1.2k	1.2k	77	8.2k
Melvin L. Kohn United States	41	3.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	736 0.6×	78	8.1k
Morris A. Okun United States	49	2.3k 0.6×	578 0.3×	2.8k 2.0×	1.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.7×	163	6.9k
Jeylan T. Mortimer United States	43	2.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	845 0.7×	528 0.5×	129	5.8k
Michael J. Shanahan United States	37	2.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	986 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	994 0.9×	89	6.0k
Donald J. Treiman United States	37	5.8k 1.6×	1.9k 1.1×	678 0.5×	559 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	76	9.6k
Rainer Κ. Silbereisen Germany	42	2.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	1.9k 1.6×	444 0.4×	244	7.1k
Blair Wheaton Canada	25	2.5k 0.7×	599 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	40	6.8k
Amiram D. Vinokur United States	52	2.7k 0.7×	611 0.4×	3.0k 2.2×	2.2k 1.9×	1.4k 1.2×	89	10.1k
Alan S. Waterman United States	42	2.9k 0.8×	985 0.6×	3.9k 2.8×	1.7k 1.5×	609 0.5×	87	8.4k
Walter R. Gove United States	46	4.2k 1.2×	342 0.2×	2.6k 1.9×	2.2k 1.9×	2.3k 2.0×	118	9.2k

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Featherman, David L. & Maris A. Vinovskis. (2001). Social Science and Policy-Making. University of Michigan Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations

Lang, Frieder R., David L. Featherman, & John R. Nesselroade. (1997). Social self-efficacy and short-term variability in social relationships: The MacArthur Successful Aging Studies.. Psychology and Aging. 12(4). 657–666. 39 indexed citations

Nesselroade, John R., et al.. (1997). Intraindividual variability in perceived control in a older sample: The MacArthur successful aging studies.. Psychology and Aging. 12(3). 489–502. 151 indexed citations

Nesselroade, John R. & David L. Featherman. (1997). Establishing a reference frame against which to chart age-related changes.. 15 indexed citations

Kim, Jungmeen E., John R. Nesselroade, & David L. Featherman. (1996). The state component in self-reported worldviews and religious beliefs of older adults: The MacArthur Successful Aging studies.. Psychology and Aging. 11(3). 396–407. 16 indexed citations

Diekmann, James E. & David L. Featherman. (1995). New Approaches to Cost Risk Analysis. Computing in Civil Engineering. 1392–1399. 4 indexed citations

Berkman, Lisa, Teresa E. Seeman, Marilyn Albert, et al.. (1993). High, usual and impaired functioning in community-dwelling older men and women: Findings from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on successful aging. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 46(10). 1129–1140. 414 indexed citations

Sherrod, Lonnie R., Robert J. Haggerty, & David L. Featherman. (1993). Introduction: Late Adolescence and the Transition to Adulthood. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 3(3). 217–226. 58 indexed citations

Featherman, David L., et al.. (1989). Social class and the structuring of the life course in Norway and West Germany. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 55–93. 8 indexed citations

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Featherman, David L. & Annemette Sørensen. (1983). Societal Transformation in Norway and Change in the Life Course Transition Into Adulthood. Acta Sociologica. 26(2). 105–126. 18 indexed citations

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Stevens, Gillian & David L. Featherman. (1981). A revised socioeconomic index of occupational status. Social Science Research. 10(4). 364–395. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hope, Keith, David L. Featherman, & Robert M. Hauser. (1980). Developments in a Populist Paradigm. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 9(1). 8–8. 3 indexed citations

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Bielby, William T., Robert M. Hauser, & David L. Featherman. (1977). Response Errors of Nonblack Males in Models of the Stratification Process. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 72(360). 723–723. 10 indexed citations

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Featherman, David L., Walter Müller, & Karl Ulrich Mayer. (1975). Social Stratification and Career Mobility.. Social Forces. 54(2). 495–495. 1 indexed citations

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Featherman, David L., F. Lancaster Jones, & Robert M. Hauser. (1975). Assumptions of social mobility research in the U.S.: The case of occupational status. Social Science Research. 4(4). 329–360. 276 indexed citations

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Otto, Luther B. & David L. Featherman. (1975). Social Structural and Psychological Antecedents of Self-Estrangement and Powerlessness. American Sociological Review. 40(6). 701–701. 51 indexed citations

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Featherman, David L. & Robert M. Hauser. (1973). On the Measurement of Occupation in Social Surveys. Sociological Methods & Research. 2(2). 239–251. 29 indexed citations

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Featherman, David L.. (1973). Comments on Models for the Socioeconomic Career. American Sociological Review. 38(6). 785–785. 10 indexed citations

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Hauser, Robert M. & David L. Featherman. (1972). Black-White Differentials in Occupational Mobility Among Men in the United States, 1962-1970. Working Paper 72-32.. 1 indexed citations

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Featherman, David L.. (1971). Residential Background and Socioeconomic Achievements in Metropolitan Stratification Systems.. Rural Sociology. 4 indexed citations

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