Deborah Carr

13.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
181 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Deborah Carr is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Carr has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Clinical Psychology, 50 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 46 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Deborah Carr's work include Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (53 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (39 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (37 papers). Deborah Carr is often cited by papers focused on Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (53 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (39 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (37 papers). Deborah Carr collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Deborah Carr's co-authors include Randolph M. Nesse, Michael Friedman, Camille B. Wortman, Kristen W. Springer, Rebecca Utz, John Sonnega, Darrin R. Lehman, Roger G. Tweed, George A. Bonanno and Michelle Haring and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Carr

164 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Resilience to loss and chronic grief: A prospective study... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2002 2005 2018 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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. Resilience to loss and chronic grief: A prospective study from preloss to 18-months postloss.
    2002 560 citations Deborah Carr et al. profile →
  2. Resilience to loss and chronic grief: A prospective study from preloss to 18-months postloss.
    2002 559 citations Deborah Carr et al. profile →
  3. Is Obesity Stigmatizing? Body Weight, Perceived Discrimination, and Psychological Well-Being in the United States
    2005 536 citations Deborah Carr et al. Journal of Health and Social Behavior profile →
  4. How and why weight stigma drives the obesity ‘epidemic’ and harms health
    2018 436 citations Deborah Carr et al. profile →
  5. Advances in Families and Health Research in the 21st Century
    2010 416 citations Deborah Carr et al. profile →
  6. Happy Marriage, Happy Life? Marital Quality and Subjective Well‐being in Later Life
    2014 252 citations Deborah Carr, Vicki A. Freedman et al. profile →
  7. Global projections of heat exposure of older adults
    2024 43 citations Giacomo Falchetta, Enrica De Cian et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deborah Carr United States 47 3.9k 2.6k 2.0k 1.9k 1.7k 181 8.7k
James Nazroo United Kingdom 55 3.2k 0.8× 4.0k 1.6× 3.3k 1.6× 1.2k 0.6× 3.8k 2.2× 190 11.9k
Kathleen Mullan Harris United States 53 2.3k 0.6× 3.1k 1.2× 1.8k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 2.6k 1.6× 225 11.1k
Robert Crosnoe United States 58 3.0k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 1.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 173 10.7k
Jo C. Phelan United States 30 3.3k 0.8× 3.0k 1.2× 2.7k 1.3× 1.3k 0.7× 4.2k 2.5× 46 11.2k
Robert H. Bradley United States 58 6.9k 1.8× 2.7k 1.0× 773 0.4× 2.2k 1.2× 1.5k 0.9× 240 15.9k
Anders Hjern Sweden 59 4.9k 1.2× 2.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 2.6k 1.6× 307 10.9k
Martha E. Wadsworth United States 48 5.1k 1.3× 1.8k 0.7× 999 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 115 10.0k
Robert W. Blum United States 63 4.7k 1.2× 2.2k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 2.3k 1.2× 4.9k 2.9× 211 13.4k
Jason T. Newsom United States 45 3.7k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 96 9.2k
Elaine Wethington United States 38 2.0k 0.5× 2.1k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 2.1k 1.2× 83 7.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deborah Carr

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carr, Deborah, et al.. (2025). Do Social Security benefits rules perpetuate marital status and gender inequalities?. The Gerontologist. 65(9).
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Lian, Zheng, et al.. (2025). Black and White older adults’ end-of-life experiences: does hospice use mitigate racial disparities?. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 80(10).
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Carr, Deborah, et al.. (2025). Silver Splits and Parent–Child Disconnectedness: Mental Health Consequences for European Older Adults. European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie. 41(1). 27–27.
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Falchetta, Giacomo, Enrica De Cian, Ian Sue Wing, & Deborah Carr. (2024). Global projections of heat exposure of older adults. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3678–3678. 43 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kalousová, Lucie & Deborah Carr. (2024). Marital Status and Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults: Do Gendered Patterns Vary by Age?. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 79(10). 2 indexed citations
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Carr, Deborah. (2023). Aging in America. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Jinyu, et al.. (2022). To Tell or Not: Chinese Older Adults’ Preferences for Disclosing or Concealing Serious Illness Diagnoses. The Gerontologist. 63(6). 1049–1059. 3 indexed citations
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Carr, Deborah, et al.. (2022). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Advance Care Planning: Assessing the Role of Subjective Life Expectancy. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 77(8). 1508–1518. 9 indexed citations
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Arias, Franchesca, Alyssa B. Dufour, Deborah Carr, et al.. (2022). Paternal Occupation and Delirium Risk in Older Adults: A Potential Marker of Early-Life Exposures. Innovation in Aging. 6(5). igac050–igac050. 5 indexed citations
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Carr, Deborah. (2022). Ageism and late-life mortality: How community matters. Social Science & Medicine. 320. 115501–115501. 2 indexed citations
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Carr, Deborah & Eun Ha Namkung. (2021). Physical Disability at Work: How Functional Limitation Affects Perceived Discrimination and Interpersonal Relationships in the Workplace. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 62(4). 545–561. 25 indexed citations
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Carr, Deborah, et al.. (2018). PHP355 - THE FUTURE OF VALUE-BASED CONTRACTING FOR HIGH-COST INNOVATIVE THERAPIES: GLOBAL LESSONS FROM EUROPE AND THE US. Value in Health. 21. S211–S211. 1 indexed citations
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Carr, Deborah, Jennifer C. Cornman, & Vicki A. Freedman. (2017). Disability and Activity-related Emotion in Later Life: Are Effects Buffered by Intimate Relationship Support and Strain?. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 58(3). 387–403. 34 indexed citations
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Fried, Eiko I., Claudi Bockting, Retha Arjadi, et al.. (2015). From loss to loneliness: The relationship between bereavement and depressive symptoms.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 124(2). 256–265. 225 indexed citations
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Carr, Deborah. (2009). Encyclopedia of the life course and human development. 49 indexed citations
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Jakes, Pamela J., et al.. (1998). Functional Communities: A Tool for National Forest Planning. Journal of Forestry. 96(3). 33–36. 8 indexed citations
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Bach, Catherine E. & Deborah Carr. (1990). Aggregation behavior of a willow flea beetle, Altica subplicata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).. The Great Lakes Entomologist. 23(2). 65–76. 8 indexed citations

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