Leonore Davidoff

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Leonore Davidoff is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonore Davidoff has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in History and 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Leonore Davidoff's work include Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (8 papers), Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (8 papers) and Historical Economic and Social Studies (7 papers). Leonore Davidoff is often cited by papers focused on Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (8 papers), Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (8 papers) and Historical Economic and Social Studies (7 papers). Leonore Davidoff collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Mexico. Leonore Davidoff's co-authors include Catherine Hall, Janet Wolff, Frank Prochaska, Andrée Michel, Chris Waters, Angus McLaren, Paul McHugh, Harold Perkin, Keith McClelland and Janet Fink and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The American Historical Review and Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Leonore Davidoff

28 papers receiving 826 citations

Hit Papers

Family Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle Clas... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 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. Family Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle Class 1780-1850
    1987 536 citations Janet Wolff, Leonore Davidoff et al. Feminist Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonore Davidoff United Kingdom 14 553 399 272 156 145 29 1.1k
Olwen Hufton United Kingdom 13 345 0.6× 321 0.8× 196 0.7× 168 1.1× 82 0.6× 43 881
James Walvin United Kingdom 22 698 1.3× 246 0.6× 214 0.8× 150 1.0× 267 1.8× 88 1.4k
Gareth Stedman Jones United Kingdom 18 735 1.3× 366 0.9× 313 1.2× 342 2.2× 51 0.4× 54 1.4k
Ann Douglas United States 14 490 0.9× 274 0.7× 101 0.4× 177 1.1× 128 0.9× 24 1.3k
Richard L. Bushman United States 17 437 0.8× 292 0.7× 127 0.5× 395 2.5× 48 0.3× 86 1.3k
David Cressy United States 17 237 0.4× 542 1.4× 351 1.3× 176 1.1× 43 0.3× 69 1.2k
Christine Stansell United States 11 481 0.9× 220 0.6× 68 0.3× 153 1.0× 206 1.4× 24 888
Mary Beth Norton United States 16 341 0.6× 182 0.5× 96 0.4× 247 1.6× 83 0.6× 68 808
Antoinette Burton United States 19 813 1.5× 324 0.8× 80 0.3× 239 1.5× 114 0.8× 102 1.3k
Walter L. Arnstein United States 11 508 0.9× 182 0.5× 113 0.4× 281 1.8× 50 0.3× 59 943

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leonore Davidoff

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Davidoff, Leonore & Catherine Hall. (2013). Family Fortunes. 11 indexed citations
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Cowman, Krista, Leonore Davidoff, & Jane Rendall. (2013). Twenty Years On: remembering the origins of the Women's History Network (UK). Women s History Review. 22(4). 673–684.
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Davidoff, Leonore. (2005). Kinship as a Categorical Concept: A Case Study of Nineteenth Century English Siblings. Journal of Social History. 39(2). 411–428. 12 indexed citations
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Davidoff, Leonore. (2004). THE LEGACY OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOURGEOIS FAMILY AND THE WOOL MERCHANT'S SON. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 14. 25–46. 6 indexed citations
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Davidoff, Leonore. (2004). Family Life in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1789-1913. The English Historical Review. 119(480). 146–148. 1 indexed citations
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Davidoff, Leonore, et al.. (1999). Gender and history : retrospect and prospect. Blackwell eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Davidoff, Leonore, et al.. (1998). The Family Story: Blood, Contract and Intimacy. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 16 indexed citations
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Davidoff, Leonore. (1995). Worlds Between: Historical Perspectives on Gender and Class. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 88 indexed citations
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Davidoff, Leonore, et al.. (1993). Women's Work and the Family Economy in Historical Perspective. Feminist Review. 93–93. 1 indexed citations
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Davidoff, Leonore & Richard J. Morris. (1992). Class, Sect and Party: The Making of the British Middle Class. Leeds 1820-1850.. The Economic History Review. 45(2). 431–431. 4 indexed citations
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Thompson, F. M. L., Michael Anderson, Leonore Davidoff, et al.. (1990). The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750–1950. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Waters, Chris, Leonore Davidoff, & Catherine Hall. (1989). Family Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle Class, 1780-1850. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 19(4). 677–677. 63 indexed citations
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McLaren, Angus, Leonore Davidoff, & Catherine Hall. (1989). Family Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle Class, 1780-1850. The American Historical Review. 94(3). 761–761. 23 indexed citations
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Wolff, Janet, Leonore Davidoff, & Catherine Hall. (1987). Family Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle Class 1780-1850. Feminist Review. 115–115. 536 indexed citations breakdown →
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Davidoff, Leonore, et al.. (1986). Our Work, Our Lives, Our Words/Women's History and Women's Work. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
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Davidoff, Leonore, et al.. (1986). Our Work, Our Lives, Our Words. 10 indexed citations
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Davidoff, Leonore & Paul McHugh. (1981). Prostitution and Victorian Social Reform.. The Economic History Review. 34(2). 327–327. 14 indexed citations
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Davidoff, Leonore. (1979). Class and Gender in Victorian England: The Diaries of Arthur J. Munby and Hannah Cullwick. Feminist Studies. 5(1). 86–86. 31 indexed citations
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Davidoff, Leonore. (1976). Silent Sisterhood: Middle Class Women in the Victorian Home. Sociology. 10(2). 387–388. 20 indexed citations

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