Kristin Luker

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Kristin Luker is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Reproductive Medicine and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristin Luker has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 6 papers in Reproductive Medicine and 5 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Kristin Luker's work include Reproductive Health and Technologies (6 papers), Reproductive Health and Contraception (6 papers) and Gender Roles and Identity Studies (3 papers). Kristin Luker is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Health and Technologies (6 papers), Reproductive Health and Contraception (6 papers) and Gender Roles and Identity Studies (3 papers). Kristin Luker collaborates with scholars based in United States and Czechia. Kristin Luker's co-authors include Rickie Solinger, Jacqueline Corcoran, Zakiya Luna, Jane Mauldon, Rosanna Hertz, Mirra Komarovsky, Constance A. Nathanson, Constantina Safilios‐Rothschild, Martha Brady and Paul D. Werner and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and Journal of Marriage and the Family.

In The Last Decade

Kristin Luker

31 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kristin Luker United States	18	828	585	574	565	319	32	2.2k
Faye Ginsburg United States	21	1.3k 1.6×	296 0.5×	668 1.2×	272 0.5×	375 1.2×	70	3.3k
Hannah Brückner United States	16	632 0.8×	746 1.3×	329 0.6×	254 0.4×	126 0.4×	25	1.6k
Julia Wrigley United States	14	1.9k 2.3×	385 0.7×	889 1.5×	155 0.3×	215 0.7×	35	3.3k
Rosanna Hertz United States	24	950 1.1×	211 0.4×	578 1.0×	103 0.2×	123 0.4×	73	1.7k
Amy Adamczyk United States	27	1.4k 1.7×	321 0.5×	391 0.7×	219 0.4×	276 0.9×	72	2.2k
Terry Arendell United States	14	1.7k 2.0×	430 0.7×	843 1.5×	128 0.2×	143 0.4×	21	2.9k
Gayle Letherby United Kingdom	20	709 0.9×	167 0.3×	403 0.7×	168 0.3×	65 0.2×	77	1.6k
Eva Feder Kittay United States	24	791 1.0×	534 0.9×	187 0.3×	177 0.3×	366 1.1×	64	2.4k
Catherine Cozzarelli United States	23	792 1.0×	423 0.7×	193 0.3×	648 1.1×	72 0.2×	32	2.7k
Karin L. Brewster United States	19	1.4k 1.7×	1.1k 1.9×	1.2k 2.0×	129 0.2×	170 0.5×	27	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kristin Luker

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All Works

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Luker, Kristin. (2019). Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood. 54 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin. (2018). Dilemmas of Masculinity: A Study of College Youth. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 47(6). 676–677. 1 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin, et al.. (2015). Cases on reproductive rights and justice. eYLS (Yale Law School). 2 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin. (2010). Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences. Harvard University Press eBooks. 36 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin. (2009). Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences. Harvard University Press eBooks. 95 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin. (2008). Salsa dancing into the social sciences : research in an age of info-glut. Harvard University Press eBooks. 145 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin. (1999). Is Academic Sociology Politically Obsolete?. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 28(1). 5–5. 4 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin. (1998). Sex, Social Hygiene and the Double-Edged Sword of Social Reform. Theory and Society. 1 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin. (1998). Sex, social hygiene, and the state: The double-edged sword of social reform. Theory and Society. 27(5). 601–634. 32 indexed citations

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Brady, Martha & Kristin Luker. (1997). Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy.. Studies in Family Planning. 28(1). 74–74. 17 indexed citations

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Solinger, Rickie & Kristin Luker. (1997). Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 26(1). 3–3. 280 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin & Jane Mauldon. (1996). Does Liberalism Cause Sex. Berkley Law Scholarship Repository (University of California, Berkeley). 1 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin. (1995). Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of the Teenage Pregnancy Crisis. Berkley Law Scholarship Repository (University of California, Berkeley). 5 indexed citations

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Hertz, Rosanna & Kristin Luker. (1986). Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood.. Social Forces. 64(4). 1082–1082. 41 indexed citations

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Joffe, Carole, Kristin Luker, & Rosalind Pollack Petchesky. (1985). The Meaning of the Abortion Conflict. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(1). 26–26. 2 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin. (1984). The war between the women.. PubMed. 16(3). 105–10. 6 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin & Mirra Komarovsky. (1977). Dilemmas of Masculinity: A Study of College Youth.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 6(5). 600–600. 38 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin. (1977). Contraceptive Risk Taking and Abortion: Results and Implications of a San Francisco Bay Area Study. Studies in Family Planning. 8(8). 190–190. 24 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin. (1976). Taking Chances: Abortion and the Decision Not to Contracept.. Studies in Family Planning. 7(8). 239–239. 198 indexed citations

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Luker, Kristin. (1975). Taking Chances. 145 indexed citations

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