Lawrence Wu

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Lawrence Wu is a scholar working on Demography, Gender Studies and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence Wu has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Demography, 18 papers in Gender Studies and 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Lawrence Wu's work include Family Dynamics and Relationships (19 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (14 papers) and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (8 papers). Lawrence Wu is often cited by papers focused on Family Dynamics and Relationships (19 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (14 papers) and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (8 papers). Lawrence Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. Lawrence Wu's co-authors include Brian C. Martinson, Daniel Long, Martin Nystrand, Adam Gamoran, Elizabeth Thomson, Hak‐Kim Chan, Keith Elliston, Wayne M. Geissler, Monica Einstein and Siv G. E. Andersson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence Wu

46 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Questions in Time: Investigating the Structure and Dynami... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 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. Questions in Time: Investigating the Structure and Dynamics of Unfolding Classroom Discourse
    2003 459 citations Martin Nystrand, Lawrence Wu et al. Discourse Processes profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lawrence Wu United States 20 1.1k 975 745 431 403 49 2.7k
Alice Sullivan United Kingdom 27 1.1k 1.0× 148 0.2× 183 0.2× 1.2k 2.7× 157 0.4× 94 2.8k
Xavier Carbonell Spain 34 2.8k 2.6× 112 0.1× 70 0.1× 1.5k 3.5× 188 0.5× 143 4.4k
Richard E. Watts United States 20 489 0.4× 79 0.1× 108 0.1× 779 1.8× 331 0.8× 89 3.3k
Pablo Brañas‐Garza Spain 25 903 0.8× 440 0.5× 146 0.2× 63 0.1× 33 0.1× 125 2.3k
Robert A. Cooke United States 21 480 0.4× 115 0.1× 163 0.2× 169 0.4× 360 0.9× 65 2.5k
Shupei Yuan United States 22 2.5k 2.3× 202 0.2× 222 0.3× 158 0.4× 394 1.0× 48 3.4k
Paul Connolly United Kingdom 28 1.2k 1.1× 78 0.1× 326 0.4× 1.3k 3.0× 232 0.6× 148 2.6k
Katherine W. Phillips United States 29 1.8k 1.6× 99 0.1× 1.5k 2.0× 140 0.3× 158 0.4× 71 3.6k
Josh Pasek United States 29 1.7k 1.6× 39 0.0× 168 0.2× 358 0.8× 120 0.3× 65 2.7k
Robert Slonim Australia 25 670 0.6× 323 0.3× 109 0.1× 121 0.3× 39 0.1× 78 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lawrence Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lawrence Wu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lawrence Wu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lawrence Wu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lawrence Wu 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 Lawrence Wu. Lawrence Wu 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
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Wu, Lawrence, et al.. (2023). Is US Fertility now Below Replacement? Evidence from Period vs. Cohort Trends. Population Research and Policy Review. 42(5). 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Lawrence, et al.. (2022). Hazard Versus Linear Probability Difference-in-Differences Estimators for Demographic Processes. Demography. 59(5). 1911–1928. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Lawrence, et al.. (2020). Sexual Abstinence in the United States: Cohort Trends in Abstaining from Sex While Never Married for U.S. Women Born 1938 to 1983. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 6. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Lawrence, et al.. (2018). Could We Level the Playing Field? Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives, Nonmarital Fertility, and Poverty in the United States. RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 4(3). 144–166. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Lawrence & Steven P. Martin. (2015). Premarital first births: The influence of the timing of sexual onset versus post-onset risks in the United States. Population Studies. 69(3). 281–297. 4 indexed citations
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England, Paula, Lawrence Wu, & Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer. (2013). Cohort Trends in Premarital First Births: What Role for the Retreat From Marriage?. Demography. 50(6). 2075–2104. 27 indexed citations
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Bailey, Elizabeth M., et al.. (2010). Merger Screens: Market-Share Based Approaches and 'Upward Pricing Pressure'. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Wu, Lawrence & Steven P. Martin. (2009). 6. Effects of Exposure on Prevalence and Cumulative Relative Risk: Direct and Indirect Effects in a Recursive Hazard Model. Sociological Methodology. 39(1). 185–232. 5 indexed citations
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Leonard, Gregory K. & Lawrence Wu. (2007). Assessing the Competitive Effects of a Merger: Empirical Analysis of Price Differences Across Markets and Natural Experiments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Lawrence, et al.. (2005). Children of the NLSY79: A unique data resource. Monthly labor review. 128(2). 59–62. 6 indexed citations
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Nystrand, Martin, et al.. (2003). Questions in Time: Investigating the Structure and Dynamics of Unfolding Classroom Discourse. Discourse Processes. 35(2). 135–198. 459 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Lawrence & Steven P. Martin. (2002). Is There an Engine of Nonmarital Fertility. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Lawrence, Steven P. Martin, & Daniel Long. (2001). Comparing Data Quality of Fertility and First Sexual Intercourse Histories. The Journal of Human Resources. 36(3). 520–520. 39 indexed citations
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Wu, Lawrence & Elizabeth Thomson. (2001). Race Differences in Family Experience and Early Sexual Initiation: Dynamic Models of Family Structure and Family Change. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 63(3). 682–696. 146 indexed citations
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Wu, Lawrence. (1998). Family Planning through Human Cloning: Is There a Fundamental Right?. Columbia Law Review. 98(6). 1461–1461. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Lawrence. (1996). Effects of Family Instability, Income, and Income Instability on the Risk of a Premarital Birth. American Sociological Review. 61(3). 386–386. 265 indexed citations
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Wu, Lawrence, Daniel Courgeau, & Éva Lelièvre. (1994). Event History Analysis in Demography.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 23(4). 564–564. 79 indexed citations
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Martinson, Brian C. & Lawrence Wu. (1992). Parent Histories. Journal of Family Issues. 13(3). 351–377. 44 indexed citations
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Wu, Lawrence. (1989). Issues in Smoothing Empirical Hazard Rates. Sociological Methodology. 19. 127–127. 7 indexed citations
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Wu, Lawrence. (1983). Local Blockmodel Algebras for Analyzing Social Networks. Sociological Methodology. 14. 272–272. 9 indexed citations

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