Kingsley Davis

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Kingsley Davis is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Kingsley Davis has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Gender Studies and 8 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Kingsley Davis's work include Social and Economic Development in India (6 papers), Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (6 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (5 papers). Kingsley Davis is often cited by papers focused on Social and Economic Development in India (6 papers), Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (6 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (5 papers). Kingsley Davis collaborates with scholars based in United States. Kingsley Davis's co-authors include Judith Blake, Vera Anstey, Eduardo E. Arriaga, Andrew J. Cherlin, Shoshana Grossbard, Jack P. Gibbs, Barbara E. Johnson, Albert J. Reiss, Roderic Beaujot and Krishnan Namboodiri and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Kingsley Davis

70 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Social Structure and Fertility: An Analytic Framework

1956 547 citations Kingsley Davis, Judith Blake profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kingsley Davis United States	24	923	845	724	405	360	76	2.6k
Dudley L. Poston United States	31	1.5k 1.6×	849 1.0×	794 1.1×	374 0.9×	347 1.0×	145	2.8k
Henry S. Shryock United States	13	883 1.0×	314 0.4×	698 1.0×	197 0.5×	419 1.2×	26	2.3k
Gavin W. Jones Australia	31	2.1k 2.2×	1.4k 1.7×	1.4k 1.9×	426 1.1×	319 0.9×	157	3.4k
Mead Cain United States	19	683 0.7×	780 0.9×	369 0.5×	395 1.0×	242 0.7×	33	1.7k
Jacob S. Siegel United States	19	938 1.0×	394 0.5×	1.2k 1.6×	225 0.6×	442 1.2×	39	3.3k
Tim Dyson United Kingdom	21	842 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	673 0.9×	881 2.2×	448 1.2×	54	2.8k
Paul Demeny United States	20	564 0.6×	592 0.7×	855 1.2×	475 1.2×	400 1.1×	73	2.3k
Barbara Entwisle United States	31	1.4k 1.5×	561 0.7×	474 0.7×	296 0.7×	312 0.9×	87	3.0k
E. A. Hammel United States	21	558 0.6×	413 0.5×	391 0.5×	123 0.3×	323 0.9×	94	1.9k
Michael J. White United States	38	2.6k 2.8×	460 0.5×	495 0.7×	252 0.6×	755 2.1×	103	4.1k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Davis, Kingsley. (1997). Kingsley Davis on Reproductive Institutions and the Pressure for Population. Population and Development Review. 23(3). 611–611. 16 indexed citations

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Beaujot, Roderic, et al.. (1988). Below-Replacement Fertility in Industrial Societies: Causes, Consequences, Policies. Canadian Public Policy. 14(2). 230–230. 23 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley. (1987). The world's most expensive survey. Sociological Forum. 2(4). 829–834. 9 indexed citations

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Cherlin, Andrew J., Kingsley Davis, & Shoshana Grossbard. (1987). Contemporary Marriage: Comparative Perspectives on a Changing Institution.. Population and Development Review. 13(2). 351–351. 64 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley, et al.. (1982). Demographic Foundations of New Sex Roles. Population and Development Review. 8(3). 495–495. 64 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley, et al.. (1976). California's twenty million : research contributions to population policy. Greenwood Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley. (1972). Analysis of trends, relationships, and development. 2 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley. (1969). Basic data for cities, countries, and regions. 2 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley, et al.. (1968). Influences Affecting Fertility in Urban and Rural Latin America. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. 46(3). 89–89. 23 indexed citations

10.

Freedman, Ronald, Kingsley Davis, & Judith Blake. (1967). Factores sociologicos de la fecundidad. 1 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley. (1965). The Urbanization of the Human Population. Scientific American. 213(3). 40–53. 178 indexed citations

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Driver, Edwin D., et al.. (1963). India's Urban Future.. American Sociological Review. 28(1). 155–155. 2 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley & Judith Blake. (1960). La estructura social y la fecundidad: un sistema analítico. DIGITAL REPOSITORY Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (United Nations). 2 indexed citations

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Gibbs, Jack P. & Kingsley Davis. (1958). Conventional Versus Metropolitan Data in the International Study of Urbanization. American Sociological Review. 23(5). 504–504. 10 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley. (1955). The Origin and Growth of Urbanization in the World. American Journal of Sociology. 60(5). 429–437. 112 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley. (1953). Some Principles of Stratification: A Critical Analysis: Reply. American Sociological Review. 18(4). 394–394. 15 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley, et al.. (1953). Planning for a Shortage Economy. The Indian Experiment.. Pacific Affairs. 26(3). 275–275. 1 indexed citations

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Stamp, L. Dudley, et al.. (1952). The Population of India and Pakistan. Geographical Review. 42(4). 664–664. 1 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley, et al.. (1952). The Population of India and Pakistan.. Pacific Affairs. 25(1). 104–104. 5 indexed citations

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Davis, Kingsley, et al.. (1951). The Population of India and Pakistan. Population. 6(2). 336–336. 6 indexed citations

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