Ethel Shanas

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

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Ethel Shanas is a scholar working on Demography, Sociology and Political Science and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ethel Shanas has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Demography, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ethel Shanas's work include Retirement, Disability, and Employment (6 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 papers) and Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (4 papers). Ethel Shanas is often cited by papers focused on Retirement, Disability, and Employment (6 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 papers) and Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (4 papers). Ethel Shanas collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ethel Shanas's co-authors include Robert H. Binstock, Gordon F. Streib, Henning Friis, Dorothy Wedderburn, Peter Townsend, Robert C. Atchley, E Bock, Clifford Kirkpatrick, Bárbara Anderson and Erdman Palmore and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Ethel Shanas

50 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

The Family as a Social Support System in Old Age

1979 469 citations Ethel Shanas The Gerontologist profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ethel Shanas United States	19	1.3k	823	688	610	362	58	2.3k
Gordon F. Streib United States	22	1.1k 0.9×	996 1.2×	784 1.1×	840 1.4×	664 1.8×	63	3.1k
Victor W. Marshall Canada	26	736 0.6×	750 0.9×	733 1.1×	490 0.8×	304 0.8×	79	2.3k
G. Clare Wenger United Kingdom	27	1.1k 0.8×	754 0.9×	819 1.2×	1.3k 2.1×	382 1.1×	63	2.3k
Charles F. Longino United States	27	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 2.0×	555 0.8×	874 1.4×	210 0.6×	103	2.5k
Carroll L. Estes United States	21	645 0.5×	596 0.7×	975 1.4×	347 0.6×	436 1.2×	114	2.1k
Andrew E. Scharlach United States	32	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.8×	957 1.6×	372 1.0×	83	2.9k
Ingrid Arnet Connidis Canada	25	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	307 0.4×	558 0.9×	146 0.4×	47	2.0k
W. Andrew Achenbaum United States	21	583 0.5×	501 0.6×	365 0.5×	582 1.0×	422 1.2×	108	1.7k
John C. Henretta United States	31	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	812 1.2×	622 1.0×	119 0.3×	73	2.6k
David O. Moberg United States	20	871 0.7×	302 0.4×	285 0.4×	1.1k 1.8×	265 0.7×	90	1.9k

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Shanas, Ethel, et al.. (2017). Old People in Three Industrial Societies. 9 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel. (1984). Comparative Socio-medical Studies of the Elderly. American Journal of Public Health. 74(11). 1196–1197. 1 indexed citations

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Fischer, Lucy Rose, et al.. (1983). Aging: Stability and Change in the Family. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 45(1). 232–232. 17 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel. (1982). Social research on aging and the aged: where are we now?. PubMed. 48(6). 552–6. 2 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel. (1980). Older People and Their Families: The New Pioneers. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 42(1). 9–9. 91 indexed citations

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Maza, Penelope L., Ethel Shanas, & Marvin B. Sussman. (1978). Family, Bureaucracy, and the Elderly.. Social Forces. 56(4). 1290–1290. 57 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel. (1973). Aging and Modernization.Donald O. Cowgill , Lowell D. Holmes. American Journal of Sociology. 79(3). 778–779. 1 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel. (1971). Measuring the Home Health Needs of the Aged in Five Countries. Journal of Gerontology. 26(1). 37–40. 17 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel. (1970). Aging in contemporary society. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 8 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel. (1969). SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS OF AGING SIGNIFICANT TO THE CLINICIAN*. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 17(3). 284–288. 1 indexed citations

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Marshall, T. H., et al.. (1969). Old People in Three Industrial Societies. British Journal of Sociology. 20(1). 101–101. 5 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel, et al.. (1968). Methodological problems in cross-national studies in aging. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel. (1968). A Note on Restriction of Life Space: Attitudes of Age Cohorts. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 9(1). 86–86. 8 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel. (1967). Family Help Patterns and Social Class in Three Countries. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 29(2). 257–257. 37 indexed citations

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Bock, E, Ethel Shanas, & Gordon F. Streib. (1966). Social Structure and the Family: Generational Relations.. Social Forces. 44(4). 601–601. 111 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel. (1961). Living Arrangements of Older People in the United States1. The Gerontologist. 1(1). 27–29. 12 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel. (1960). Ensuring Medical Care for the Aged. Journal of Gerontology. 15(4). 422–422. 1 indexed citations

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Havighurst, R. J. & Ethel Shanas. (1953). Retirement and the Professional Worker. Journal of Gerontology. 8(1). 81–85. 1 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel & Paul Hanly Furfey. (1953). The Scope and Method of Sociology.. American Sociological Review. 18(4). 464–464. 12 indexed citations

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Shanas, Ethel. (1951). Report on a Conference. Journal of Gerontology. 6(2). 183–183. 1 indexed citations

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