Glenn Firebaugh

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Glenn Firebaugh is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Glenn Firebaugh has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 18 papers in General Health Professions and 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Glenn Firebaugh's work include Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (16 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (12 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (10 papers). Glenn Firebaugh is often cited by papers focused on Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (16 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (12 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (10 papers). Glenn Firebaugh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovenia and New Zealand. Glenn Firebaugh's co-authors include Sean F. Reardon, Nancy Brandon Tuma, Chad R. Farrell, Frank D. Beck, Stephen A. Matthews, Kenneth Davis, David O’Sullivan, Brian Goesling, Francesco Acciai and Barrett A. Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Glenn Firebaugh

76 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

2. Measures of Multigroup Segregation 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. 2. Measures of Multigroup Segregation
    2002 596 citations Sean F. Reardon, Glenn Firebaugh profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Glenn Firebaugh United States 34 3.1k 1.2k 1.0k 723 718 77 5.3k
David B. Grusky United States 35 3.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 895 0.9× 559 0.8× 802 1.1× 87 5.9k
Christopher Winship United States 35 3.9k 1.3× 1.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 1.0k 1.4× 930 1.3× 90 8.8k
Richard Wright United States 44 5.2k 1.7× 613 0.5× 921 0.9× 491 0.7× 375 0.5× 169 6.5k
Nathaniel Hendren United States 20 3.8k 1.2× 2.1k 1.7× 1.2k 1.1× 789 1.1× 491 0.7× 32 6.1k
Simon Burgess United Kingdom 41 1.9k 0.6× 2.1k 1.7× 1.1k 1.0× 296 0.4× 570 0.8× 165 5.2k
Rowland Atkinson United Kingdom 33 3.1k 1.0× 793 0.6× 971 0.9× 241 0.3× 535 0.7× 120 6.3k
Gary Solon United States 32 3.2k 1.0× 2.6k 2.1× 1.0k 1.0× 493 0.7× 574 0.8× 59 5.7k
Mario Luis Small United States 35 4.1k 1.3× 422 0.3× 1.5k 1.5× 543 0.8× 527 0.7× 62 6.1k
Jeffrey B. Liebman United States 23 2.1k 0.7× 2.0k 1.7× 1.2k 1.2× 505 0.7× 236 0.3× 54 5.9k
Maarten van Ham Netherlands 46 4.6k 1.5× 1.7k 1.4× 995 1.0× 758 1.0× 354 0.5× 245 6.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Glenn Firebaugh

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Glenn Firebaugh

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Acciai, Francesco & Glenn Firebaugh. (2019). Twin consequences of rising U.S. death rates among young adults: Lower life expectancy and greater lifespan variability. Preventive Medicine. 127. 105793–105793. 11 indexed citations
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Horbar, Jeffrey D., Erika M. Edwards, Lucy T. Greenberg, et al.. (2019). Racial Segregation and Inequality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for Very Low-Birth-Weight and Very Preterm Infants. JAMA Pediatrics. 173(5). 455–455. 122 indexed citations
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Firebaugh, Glenn. (2018). Seven Rules for Social Research. Princeton University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Acciai, Francesco & Glenn Firebaugh. (2017). Why did life expectancy decline in the United States in 2015? A gender-specific analysis. Social Science & Medicine. 190. 174–180. 33 indexed citations
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Farrell, Chad R. & Glenn Firebaugh. (2016). Is immigrant neighborhood inequality less pronounced in suburban areas?. Social Science Research. 57. 161–176. 17 indexed citations
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Firebaugh, Glenn & Francesco Acciai. (2016). For blacks in America, the gap in neighborhood poverty has declined faster than segregation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(47). 13372–13377. 87 indexed citations
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Acciai, Francesco, Aggie J. Noah, & Glenn Firebaugh. (2015). Pinpointing the sources of the Asian mortality advantage in the USA. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 69(10). 1006–1011. 37 indexed citations
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Firebaugh, Glenn, et al.. (2014). Why the racial gap in life expectancy is declining in the United States. Demographic Research. 31. 975–1006. 23 indexed citations
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Firebaugh, Glenn, et al.. (2014). Why Lifespans Are More Variable Among Blacks Than Among Whites in the United States. Demography. 51(6). 2025–2045. 29 indexed citations
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Oropesa, R. S., et al.. (2013). Permanent migrants to cities in China: hukou origin and earnings among men in an era of economic transformation. Migration and Development. 2(1). 37–56. 6 indexed citations
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Massoglia, Michael, Glenn Firebaugh, & Cody Warner. (2012). Racial Variation in the Effect of Incarceration on Neighborhood Attainment. American Sociological Review. 78(1). 142–165. 99 indexed citations
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Dorius, Shawn & Glenn Firebaugh. (2010). Trends in Global Gender Inequality. Social Forces. 88(5). 1941–1968. 139 indexed citations
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Firebaugh, Glenn, et al.. (2009). Does Your Neighbor’s Income Affect Your Happiness?. American Journal of Sociology. 115(3). 805–831. 107 indexed citations
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Reardon, Sean F., Chad R. Farrell, Stephen A. Matthews, et al.. (2008). Race and space in the 1990s: Changes in the geographic scale of racial residential segregation, 1990–2000. Social Science Research. 38(1). 55–70. 133 indexed citations
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Firebaugh, Glenn. (2000). Introduction to the Asr Millennial Issue. American Sociological Review. 65(1). 5–6. 1 indexed citations
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Firebaugh, Glenn. (2000). The Trend in Between-Nation Income Inequality. Annual Review of Sociology. 26(1). 323–339. 46 indexed citations
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Fox, Mary Frank & Glenn Firebaugh. (1992). Confidence in Science: The Gender Gap.. Social Science Quarterly. 73(1). 44 indexed citations
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Firebaugh, Glenn & Jack P. Gibbs. (1987). Defensible and Indefensible Commentaries. American Sociological Review. 52(1). 136–136. 3 indexed citations
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Firebaugh, Glenn. (1983). Scale Economy or Scale Entropy? Country Size and Rate of Economic Growth, 1950-1977. American Sociological Review. 48(2). 257–257. 17 indexed citations
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Firebaugh, Glenn. (1980). The Case of the Missing-Values Card, and Other Mysteries: Another Look at the Effect of Government Spending on Income Inequality. American Sociological Review. 45(1). 137–137. 14 indexed citations

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