George L. Maddox

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
97 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

George L. Maddox is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Demography and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, George L. Maddox has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in General Health Professions, 21 papers in Demography and 15 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in George L. Maddox's work include Health disparities and outcomes (15 papers), Retirement, Disability, and Employment (13 papers) and Aging and Gerontology Research (12 papers). George L. Maddox is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (15 papers), Retirement, Disability, and Employment (13 papers) and Aging and Gerontology Research (12 papers). George L. Maddox collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. George L. Maddox's co-authors include Elizabeth B. Douglass, Daniel O. Clark, Thomas A. Glass, Jaber F. Gubrium, Kurt W. Back, Robert C. Atchley, Raymond J. Corsini, Eliot Freidson, Helen M. Crossley and Ira H. Cisin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

George L. Maddox

94 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Self-Assessment of Health... 1964 2026 1984 2005 1973 1964 100 200 300 400
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. Self-Assessment of Health: A Longitudinal Study of Elderly Subjects
    1973 497 citations George L. Maddox, Elizabeth B. Douglass profile →
  2. A Critical Evaluation
    1964 445 citations George L. Maddox The Gerontologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George L. Maddox United States 31 1.4k 1.2k 653 618 576 97 4.1k
Eva Kahana United States 31 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 650 1.0× 927 1.5× 680 1.2× 138 4.0k
Boaz Kahana United States 39 819 0.6× 902 0.8× 451 0.7× 935 1.5× 598 1.0× 95 4.6k
Andrew Wister Canada 32 959 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 731 1.1× 743 1.2× 223 0.4× 151 3.1k
Richard Schulz Germany 28 764 0.6× 626 0.5× 318 0.5× 829 1.3× 489 0.8× 51 5.0k
Marti G. Parker Sweden 34 1.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 595 0.9× 302 0.5× 422 0.7× 73 3.5k
Rikke Lund Denmark 32 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 469 0.7× 503 0.8× 223 0.4× 150 3.7k
Bo Malmberg Sweden 38 1.1k 0.8× 808 0.7× 625 1.0× 1.5k 2.4× 265 0.5× 167 4.4k
Anne McMunn United Kingdom 31 1.6k 1.2× 1.8k 1.5× 784 1.2× 1.0k 1.6× 416 0.7× 112 4.3k
Diana M. DiNitto United States 30 1.3k 1.0× 831 0.7× 606 0.9× 654 1.1× 164 0.3× 179 3.8k
Ronald J. Angel United States 35 2.1k 1.6× 2.1k 1.8× 733 1.1× 2.0k 3.2× 190 0.3× 105 5.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George L. Maddox

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Callender, Claire, et al.. (2008). Blacks as Donors for Transplantation: Suboptimal Outcomes Overcome by Transplantation Into Other Minorities. Transplantation Proceedings. 40(4). 995–1000. 17 indexed citations
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Maddox, George L.. (2000). Prospects and Limits of Aging Well. The Gerontologist. 40(6). 749–752. 1 indexed citations
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Schulz, Richard, George L. Maddox, & M. Powell Lawton. (1999). Focus on interventions research with older adults. Springer eBooks. 19 indexed citations
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Maddox, George L. & Fred C. Pampel. (1999). Aging, Social Inequality, and Public Policy. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 28(3). 302–302. 24 indexed citations
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Landerman, Lawrence R., Gerda G. Fillenbaum, Carl F. Pieper, et al.. (1998). Private Health Insurance Coverage and Disability among Older Americans. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 53B(5). S258–S266. 23 indexed citations
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Maddox, George L., Matilda White Riley, Robert L. Kahn, & Anne Foner. (1996). Age and Structural Lag: Society's Failure to Provide Meaningful Opportunities in Work, Family, and Leisure.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 25(3). 382–382. 116 indexed citations
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Maddox, George L., Daniel O. Clark, & Karen E. Steinhauser. (1994). Dynamics of functional impairment in late adulthood. Social Science & Medicine. 38(7). 925–936. 29 indexed citations
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Maddox, George L.. (1993). Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development:. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education. 14(1). 5–9. 93 indexed citations
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Glass, Thomas A. & George L. Maddox. (1992). The quality and quantity of social support: Stroke recovery as psycho-social transition. Social Science & Medicine. 34(11). 1249–1261. 191 indexed citations
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Maddox, George L. & Ewald W. Busse. (1987). Aging, the universal human experience : selected papers from the Symposia of the XIIIth Congress of the International Association of Gerontology. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Maddox, George L., Robert C. Atchley, & Raymond J. Corsini. (1987). The encyclopedia of aging. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 155 indexed citations
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Maddox, George L.. (1978). President George Maddox Replies. The Gerontologist. 18(5 Part 1). 425–427. 2 indexed citations
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Maddox, George L. & Elizabeth B. Douglass. (1974). Aging and Individual Differences: A Longitudinal Analysis of Social, Psychological, and Physiological Indicators. Journal of Gerontology. 29(5). 555–563. 60 indexed citations
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Chown, Steven L., Carl Eisdorfer, George L. Maddox, et al.. (1972). Research, Demonstration, and Training: Issues and Methodology in Social Gerontology. The Gerontologist. 12(2 Part 2). 49–83. 2 indexed citations
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Maddox, George L.. (1972). Interventions and Outcomes: Notes on Designing and Implementing an Experiment in Health Care. International Journal of Epidemiology. 1(4). 339–345. 4 indexed citations
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Stokes, Robert & George L. Maddox. (1967). Some Social Factors on Retirement Adaptation. Journal of Gerontology. 22(3). 329–333. 24 indexed citations
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Maddox, George L.. (1964). A Critical Evaluation. The Gerontologist. 4(2 Part 1). 80–82. 445 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maddox, George L.. (1964). High-School Student Drinking Behavior: Incidental Information from Two National Surveys. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 25(2). 339–347. 11 indexed citations

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