G. McN.

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

G. McN. is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Sociology and Political Science and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, G. McN. has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in G. McN.'s work include Global Maternal and Child Health (3 papers), Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (3 papers) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (2 papers). G. McN. is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (3 papers), Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (3 papers) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (2 papers). G. McN. collaborates with scholars based in United States. G. McN.'s co-authors include Gary S. Becker, Lester R. Brown, Hollis B. Chenery, Ansley J. Coale, W. W. Rostow, Andrew M. Kamarck, Ronald G. Ridker, Philip M. Hauser, Wassily Leontief and Susan B. Hanley and has published in prestigious journals such as Population and Development Review.

In The Last Decade

G. McN.

37 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Economic Approach to Human Behavior. 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 50 100 150 200
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. The Economic Approach to Human Behavior.
    1978 201 citations G. McN. et al. Population and Development Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. McN. United States 16 456 429 249 222 186 37 1.5k
Allen C. Kelley United States 22 966 2.1× 516 1.2× 213 0.9× 205 0.9× 193 1.0× 86 2.0k
Thomas Robert Malthus 14 383 0.8× 336 0.8× 86 0.3× 80 0.4× 123 0.7× 45 1.2k
Quy‐Toan Do United States 18 316 0.7× 430 1.0× 95 0.4× 115 0.5× 135 0.7× 76 1.4k
Gregory Clark United States 28 1.7k 3.6× 643 1.5× 472 1.9× 179 0.8× 287 1.5× 95 2.5k
Mukesh Eswaran Canada 26 1.3k 2.8× 625 1.5× 164 0.7× 544 2.5× 170 0.9× 65 2.6k
Christina Malmberg Calvo 6 545 1.2× 793 1.8× 60 0.2× 84 0.4× 118 0.6× 11 1.9k
Victoria Kwakwa 4 519 1.1× 779 1.8× 60 0.2× 78 0.4× 113 0.6× 8 1.8k
Janet Henshall Momsen United States 19 194 0.4× 880 2.1× 314 1.3× 265 1.2× 34 0.2× 73 1.7k
Göran Hydén United States 21 363 0.8× 1.5k 3.4× 199 0.8× 68 0.3× 82 0.4× 117 3.2k
Peter F. Orazem United States 25 1.1k 2.3× 617 1.4× 229 0.9× 339 1.5× 112 0.6× 134 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by G. McN.

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Fields of papers citing papers by G. McN.

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. McN.

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of G. McN.. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of G. McN. 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 G. McN.. G. McN. 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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McN., G., et al.. (1985). The Crowded Earth: People and the Politics of Population.. Population and Development Review. 11(2). 358–358. 4 indexed citations
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McN., G.. (1984). Population of Australia.. Population and Development Review. 10(1). 158–158. 1 indexed citations
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McN., G. & Lester R. Brown. (1984). State of the World 1984: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society.. Population and Development Review. 10(3). 561–561. 198 indexed citations
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McN., G., et al.. (1983). Population Change in Southeast Asia.. Population and Development Review. 9(4). 742–742. 5 indexed citations
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McN., G. & Gilbert Rozman. (1983). Population and Marketing Settlements in Ch'ing China.. Population and Development Review. 9(2). 387–387. 4 indexed citations
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McN., G., et al.. (1982). Urban Development in Modern China.. Population and Development Review. 8(2). 416–416. 1 indexed citations
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McN., G.. (1980). The World Development Report, 1979.. Population and Development Review. 6(1). 160–160. 7 indexed citations
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McN., G. & Robert Repetto. (1980). Economic Equality and Fertility in Developing Countries.. Population and Development Review. 6(4). 674–674. 6 indexed citations
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McN., G., et al.. (1980). Population Growth of Indonesia: An Analysis of Fertility and Mortality Based on the 1971 Population Census.. Population and Development Review. 6(4). 675–675. 8 indexed citations
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McN., G., David A. Smith, & Nathan Keyfitz. (1980). Mathematical Demography: Selected Papers.. Population and Development Review. 6(1). 163–163. 3 indexed citations
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McN., G., et al.. (1980). Transmigration in Indonesia: An Annotated Bibliography.. Population and Development Review. 6(3). 504–504. 3 indexed citations
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McN., G., et al.. (1979). India's Population: Aspects of Quality and Control.. Population and Development Review. 5(4). 717–717. 21 indexed citations
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McN., G. & Robert Cassen. (1979). India: Population, Economy, Society.. Population and Development Review. 5(4). 714–714. 2 indexed citations
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McN., G., Susan B. Hanley, & Kozo Yamamura. (1978). Economic and Demographic Change in Preindustrial Japan: 1600-1868.. Population and Development Review. 4(4). 710–710. 52 indexed citations
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McN., G. & David Pitt. (1977). The Social Dynamics of Development.. Population and Development Review. 3(3). 335–335. 9 indexed citations
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McN., G. & Manning Nash. (1977). Essays on Economic Development and Cultural Change in Honor of Bert F. Hoselitz.. Population and Development Review. 3(4). 507–507. 27 indexed citations
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McN., G., et al.. (1977). Thinking About Children: Sociology and Fertility in Post-War England.. Population and Development Review. 3(4). 512–512. 6 indexed citations
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McN., G. & Andrew M. Kamarck. (1977). The Tropics and Economic Development.. Population and Development Review. 3(1/2). 144–144. 63 indexed citations
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McN., G. & Paul Bairoch. (1976). The Economic Development of the Third World Since 1900.. Population and Development Review. 2(3/4). 533–533. 3 indexed citations
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McN., G., et al.. (1976). Patterns of Development.. Population and Development Review. 2(3/4). 535–535. 241 indexed citations

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