Dorrit Posel

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Dorrit Posel is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Dorrit Posel has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 28 papers in Safety Research and 24 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Dorrit Posel's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (28 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (21 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (19 papers). Dorrit Posel is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (28 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (21 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (19 papers). Dorrit Posel collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Canada. Dorrit Posel's co-authors include Daniela Casale, Michael Rogan, Stephanie Rudwick, Adeola Oyenubi, Umakrishnan Kollamparambil, James A. Fairburn, Frances Lund, Colette Muller, Mark Hunter and James Heintz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Dorrit Posel

81 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Job loss and mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from South Africa
    2021 211 citations Dorrit Posel, Adeola Oyenubi et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dorrit Posel South Africa 29 1.1k 588 566 548 512 81 2.5k
Peter Saunders Australia 28 1.4k 1.2× 706 1.2× 369 0.7× 525 1.0× 300 0.6× 176 2.9k
Florencia Torche United States 29 1.9k 1.7× 523 0.9× 229 0.4× 389 0.7× 344 0.7× 62 3.3k
Michael J. White United States 38 2.6k 2.3× 647 1.1× 283 0.5× 755 1.4× 460 0.9× 103 4.1k
Geeta Kingdon United Kingdom 29 1.2k 1.1× 390 0.7× 1.2k 2.2× 832 1.5× 507 1.0× 89 3.3k
Tania Burchardt United Kingdom 21 831 0.7× 621 1.1× 303 0.5× 234 0.4× 151 0.3× 58 1.9k
Anandi Mani United Kingdom 14 877 0.8× 375 0.6× 437 0.8× 668 1.2× 351 0.7× 24 2.7k
Lisa Cameron Australia 28 1.1k 1.0× 321 0.5× 1.0k 1.8× 837 1.5× 350 0.7× 80 3.0k
Mary J. Fischer United States 21 1.4k 1.3× 319 0.5× 229 0.4× 352 0.6× 176 0.3× 37 2.1k
Mark Robert Rank United States 28 1.3k 1.1× 801 1.4× 169 0.3× 240 0.4× 669 1.3× 82 2.4k
Sonia Bhalotra United Kingdom 28 738 0.7× 613 1.0× 951 1.7× 502 0.9× 920 1.8× 129 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Dorrit Posel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dorrit Posel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dorrit Posel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dorrit Posel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dorrit Posel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dorrit Posel. Dorrit Posel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Posel, Dorrit. (2025). Who Cares? Gender Differences in Social Reproduction and Well‐Being in South Africa. Gender Work and Organization. 32(4). 1593–1603. 1 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit. (2025). Race Differences in the Loneliness of Older Adults: Evidence from South Africa. Social Indicators Research. 177(1). 273–292. 1 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit, et al.. (2023). Going beyond female-headed households: Household composition and gender differences in poverty. Development Southern Africa. 40(5). 1117–1134. 8 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit & Adeola Oyenubi. (2023). Heterogeneous gender gaps in mental wellbeing: Do women with low economic status face the biggest gender gaps?. Social Science & Medicine. 332. 116133–116133. 4 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit, et al.. (2023). “Your Health at Present”: Are Patterns of Reporting Heterogeneity in Self-rated Health Gendered?. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 18(5). 2197–2226. 2 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit. (2022). Within-Race Trust and the Trust Radius: Race Differences in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Social Indicators Research. 164(2). 649–664. 4 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit & Mark Hunter. (2022). Living alone in the age of freedom: The paradox of solo households in postapartheid South Africa. Population Space and Place. 28(8). 4 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit. (2021). Living alone and depression in a developing country context: Longitudinal evidence from South Africa. SSM - Population Health. 14. 100800–100800. 17 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit, Adeola Oyenubi, & Umakrishnan Kollamparambil. (2021). Job loss and mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from South Africa. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0249352–e0249352. 211 indexed citations breakdown →
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Posel, Dorrit, et al.. (2020). ‘Only a Housewife?’ Subjective Well-Being and Homemaking in South Africa. Journal of Happiness Studies. 22(1). 323–342. 6 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit, Mark Hunter, & Stephanie Rudwick. (2020). Revisiting the prevalence of English: language use outside the home in South Africa. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 43(8). 774–786. 16 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit, Daniela Casale, & Erofili Grapsa. (2020). Household variation and inequality: The implications of equivalence scales in South Africa. 102-122–20200501144048-874630. 8 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit & Daniela Casale. (2019). Gender and the economy in post-apartheid South Africa: Changes and challenges. Agenda. 33(4). 3–10. 6 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit & Michael Rogan. (2018). Inequality, Social Comparisons and Income Aspirations: Evidence from a Highly Unequal Country. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. 20(1). 94–111. 10 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit & Michael Rogan. (2017). Inequality, social comparisons and minimum income aspirations: Evidence from South Africa. 1 indexed citations
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Rudwick, Stephanie & Dorrit Posel. (2014). Contemporary functions of ilobolo (bridewealth) in urban South African Zulu society. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 32(1). 118–136. 35 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit. (2013). Self-assessed well-being and economic rank in South Africa. Development Southern Africa. 31(1). 51–64. 10 indexed citations
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Posel, Dorrit, Stephanie Rudwick, & Daniela Casale. (2011). Is marriage a dying institution in South Africa? Exploring changes in marriage in the context of ilobolo payments. Agenda. 25(1). 102–111. 67 indexed citations
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Casale, Daniela & Dorrit Posel. (2010). Investigating the well-being of rural women in South Africa. Agenda. 24(84). 46–52. 6 indexed citations
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Todes, Alison & Dorrit Posel. (1994). WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO GENDER IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS? EXAMPLES FROM KWAZULU/NATAL. Transformation. 58–78. 6 indexed citations

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