Dudley Kirk

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Dudley Kirk is a scholar working on Demography, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Dudley Kirk has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Demography, 4 papers in General Health Professions and 4 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Dudley Kirk's work include Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (6 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (3 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 papers). Dudley Kirk is often cited by papers focused on Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (6 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (3 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 papers). Dudley Kirk collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. Dudley Kirk's co-authors include Frank D. Bean, Marta Tienda, Judah Matras, James F. Crow, Richard C Lewontin, Colin Clark, John C. Caldwell, Philip M. Hauser, Dorothy Nortman and N. J. Demerath and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Population and Development Review and Demography.

In The Last Decade

Dudley Kirk

35 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

The Hispanic Population of the United States.

1988 576 citations Dudley Kirk, Frank D. Bean et al. Population and Development Review profile →
Demographic Transition Theory

1996 527 citations Dudley Kirk Population Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dudley Kirk United States	9	695	441	339	297	194	39	1.5k
David M. Heer United States	24	714 1.0×	431 1.0×	519 1.5×	282 0.9×	171 0.9×	79	1.6k
Donald J. Bogue United States	18	625 0.9×	288 0.7×	262 0.8×	272 0.9×	204 1.1×	100	1.4k
Clyde V. Kiser United States	21	488 0.7×	618 1.4×	630 1.9×	172 0.6×	153 0.8×	92	1.5k
J. Mayone Stycos United States	15	571 0.8×	433 1.0×	553 1.6×	241 0.8×	75 0.4×	104	1.5k
E. A. Hammel United States	21	558 0.8×	391 0.9×	413 1.2×	162 0.5×	323 1.7×	94	1.9k
William Petersen United States	20	846 1.2×	227 0.5×	190 0.6×	129 0.4×	281 1.4×	123	1.9k
Arthur A. Campbell United States	16	486 0.7×	850 1.9×	908 2.7×	287 1.0×	137 0.7×	45	1.9k
Michael S. Teitelbaum United States	23	594 0.9×	384 0.9×	425 1.3×	194 0.7×	225 1.2×	80	1.5k
Barbara Miller United States	20	553 0.8×	220 0.5×	717 2.1×	270 0.9×	94 0.5×	52	1.8k
James T. Fawcett United States	21	1.1k 1.6×	578 1.3×	250 0.7×	176 0.6×	114 0.6×	50	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Dudley Kirk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kirk, Dudley. (1996). Demographic Transition Theory. Population Studies. 50(3). 361–387. 527 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kirk, Dudley, Frank D. Bean, & Marta Tienda. (1988). The Hispanic Population of the United States.. Population and Development Review. 14(3). 514–514. 576 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kirk, Dudley, et al.. (1982). Food and people. 1 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley. (1979). World Population and Birth Rates: Agreements and Disagreements. Population and Development Review. 5(3). 387–387. 4 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley & John C. Caldwell. (1976). Population Growth and Socioeconomic Change in West Africa. African Economic History. 60–60. 9 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley. (1975). Modernization and the Demographic Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 23(3). 391–419. 20 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley, et al.. (1974). Vital rates in India 1961–71 estimated from 1971 census data. Population Studies. 28(3). 381–400. 4 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley. (1973). Computerized Prophecy: The Limits to Growth. Contemporary Psychology. 18(1). 1–3. 2 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley. (1972). Comments on a Paper by John B. Graham, "The Relation of Genetics to Control of Human Fertility". Perspectives in biology and medicine. 15(2). 284–294. 2 indexed citations

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Coale, Ansley J., Dudley Kirk, Philip M. Hauser, & Wilson H. Grabill. (1971). The Determination of Vital Rates in the Absence of Registration Data. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. 49(4). 175–175. 4 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley, et al.. (1971). The Effectiveness of Family Planning Programs in Less Developed Countries: The Evidence From Survey Data. PubMed. 10(1). 3–19. 1 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley. (1970). Bogue, Donald J., Principles of Demography, New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1969, xiii + 917 pp. ($16.50). American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 52(1). 168–168. 2 indexed citations

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Lewontin, Richard C, Dudley Kirk, & James F. Crow. (1968). Selective mating, assortative mating, and inbreeding: Definitions and implications. Eugenics Quarterly. 15(2). 141–143. 84 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley & Colin Clark. (1968). Population Growth and Land Use.. American Sociological Review. 33(6). 1011–1011. 42 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley. (1966). Demographic factors affecting the opportunity for natural selection in the United States. Eugenics Quarterly. 13(3). 270–273. 4 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley & George Armstrong Kelly. (1961). Overpopulation: A Catholic View.. American Sociological Review. 26(3). 497–497. 1 indexed citations

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Grebenik, E., et al.. (1960). The Materials of Demography: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography.. Population Studies. 14(1). 77–77. 1 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley. (1960). Some Reflections on American Demography in the Nineteen Sixties. 26(4). 305–305. 11 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley, et al.. (1957). Population Theories and the Economic Interpretation.. American Sociological Review. 22(6). 764–764. 2 indexed citations

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Kirk, Dudley, et al.. (1954). The Effect of European Migration on the Economy of Sending and Receiving Countries--An Interim Report.. Population Studies. 8(2). 194–194. 2 indexed citations

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