Karl Pillemer

16.7k citations
257 papers · 11.3k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 57
Topics
Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (78 papers)Elder Abuse and Neglect (77 papers)Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (46 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesCanadaSpain

In The Last Decade

Karl Pillemer

247 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Prevalence of Elder Abuse: A Random Sample Survey198820262000201319881998201620192015200400600

Peers

Karl Pillemer
Comparison fields: 5 of 167
  • Demography 6.4k
  • Sociology and Political Science 4.7k
  • Health 3.8k
  • Clinical Psychology 3.4k
  • General Health Professions 2.9k
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Countries citing papers authored by Karl Pillemer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karl Pillemer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karl Pillemer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karl Pillemer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karl Pillemer 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 Karl Pillemer. Karl Pillemer 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
#WorkIndexed citations
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2 2
3 8
4 9
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Social structure and the familiy: a United States - Germany comparison of residential proxmity between parents and adult children
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11 15
12 30
13 49
14 76
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Ambivalence and the Study of Intergenerational Relations
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16 41
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Learning to lead.
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Myths about nursing assistants.
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The revolving door (and why it turns).
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About Karl Pillemer

Karl Pillemer is a scholar working on Demography, Health and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, having authored 257 papers that have together received 11.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (78 papers), Elder Abuse and Neglect (77 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (46 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Demography (6.4k citations), Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (691 citations) and Health (3.8k citations). Karl Pillemer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Frequent co-authors include J. Jill Suitor, Mark S. Lachs, David Finkelhor, David Burnes, M. Carrington Reid, Catherine Riffin, Charles Henderson, David W. Moore, Megan Gilligan and Jori Sechrist. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

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