M. P. Lawton

27.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
58 papers, 21.2k citations indexed

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M. P. Lawton is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, M. P. Lawton has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 21.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in General Health Professions, 15 papers in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology and 12 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in M. P. Lawton's work include Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (15 papers), Aging and Gerontology Research (15 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (12 papers). M. P. Lawton is often cited by papers focused on Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (15 papers), Aging and Gerontology Research (15 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (12 papers). M. P. Lawton collaborates with scholars based in United States. M. P. Lawton's co-authors include Elaine Brody, Morton H. Kleban, Miriam S. Moss, Patricia A. Parmelee, Mark C. Fulcomer, Ira R. Katz, Allen Glicksman, Jennifer Dean, Michael J. Rovine and Jennifer Klapper and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, American Journal of Public Health and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

In The Last Decade

M. P. Lawton

57 papers receiving 19.9k citations

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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.

Assessment of Older People: Self-Maintaining and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

1969 14.1k citations M. P. Lawton, Elaine Brody The Gerontologist profile →
The Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale: A Revision

1975 1.2k citations M. P. Lawton Journal of Gerontology profile →
A Research and Service Oriented Multilevel Assessment Instrument

1982 835 citations M. P. Lawton, Miriam S. Moss et al. Journal of Gerontology profile →
Measuring Caregiving Appraisal

1989 629 citations M. P. Lawton, Morton H. Kleban et al. Journal of Gerontology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. P. Lawton United States	37	7.1k	5.7k	3.9k	3.5k	3.1k	58	21.2k
Elaine Brody United States	24	5.6k 0.8×	4.3k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	56	16.6k
Jerome A. Yesavage United States	60	11.7k 1.6×	4.5k 0.8×	3.8k 1.0×	2.7k 0.8×	4.9k 1.6×	368	31.8k
Alan M. Jette United States	82	5.6k 0.8×	5.4k 0.9×	4.3k 1.1×	2.6k 0.7×	4.3k 1.4×	364	25.1k
Dorly J. H. Deeg Netherlands	86	5.8k 0.8×	6.0k 1.1×	7.6k 2.0×	2.8k 0.8×	5.2k 1.7×	444	29.6k
Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen Netherlands	65	5.0k 0.7×	4.4k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	302	17.7k
Kenneth M. Langa United States	85	7.8k 1.1×	6.0k 1.1×	4.8k 1.2×	2.6k 0.7×	3.4k 1.1×	416	29.0k
Kyriakos S. Markides United States	65	2.6k 0.4×	3.5k 0.6×	4.3k 1.1×	2.7k 0.8×	3.7k 1.2×	311	15.2k
T. L. Brink United States	14	5.7k 0.8×	2.4k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	2.1k 0.7×	62	13.7k
Sidney Katz United States	17	3.5k 0.5×	4.3k 0.8×	3.1k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	33	14.8k
Michael Dewey United Kingdom	73	6.6k 0.9×	3.0k 0.5×	2.9k 0.7×	967 0.3×	1.6k 0.5×	265	16.7k

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Lawton, M. P., Miriam S. Moss, Christine Hoffman, & Margaret A. Perkinson. (2000). Two Transitions in Daughters' Caregiving Careers. The Gerontologist. 40(4). 437–448. 130 indexed citations

Lawton, M. P.. (1999). Quality of Life in Chronic Illness. Gerontology. 45(4). 181–183. 46 indexed citations

Lawton, M. P., Miriam S. Moss, Christine Hoffman, et al.. (1999). Health, Valuation of Life, and the Wish to Live. The Gerontologist. 39(4). 406–416. 89 indexed citations

Parmelee, Patricia A., M. P. Lawton, & Ira R. Katz. (1998). The Structure of Depression Among Elderly Institution Residents: Affective and Somatic Correlates of Physical Frailty. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 53A(2). M155–M162. 42 indexed citations

Lawton, M. P.. (1997). Assessing quality of life in Alzheimer disease research.. PubMed. 11 Suppl 6. 91–9. 125 indexed citations

Lawton, M. P., et al.. (1995). Relationship of events and affect in the daily life of an elderly population.. Psychology and Aging. 10(3). 469–477. 37 indexed citations

Teresi, Jeanne A., M. P. Lawton, Marcia G. Ory, & D. Holmes. (1994). Measurement issues in chronic care populations: dementia special care.. PubMed. 8 Suppl 1. S144–83. 21 indexed citations

Lawton, M. P., Morton H. Kleban, & Jennifer Dean. (1993). Affect and age: Cross-sectional comparisons of structure and prevalence.. Psychology and Aging. 8(2). 165–175. 140 indexed citations

Lawton, M. P., et al.. (1992). Dimensions of affective experience in three age groups.. Psychology and Aging. 7(2). 171–184. 334 indexed citations

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Lawton, M. P., et al.. (1992). The Factorial Generality of Brief Positive and Negative Affect Measures. Journal of Gerontology. 47(4). P228–P237. 117 indexed citations

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Kleban, Morton H., M. P. Lawton, John R. Nesselroade, & Patricia A. Parmelee. (1992). The Structure of Variation in Affect Among Depressed and Nondepressed Elders. Journal of Gerontology. 47(3). P190–P198. 20 indexed citations

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Berg, Leonard van den, Kathleen C. Buckwalter, Lisa P. Gwyther, et al.. (1991). Special Care Units for Persons with Dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 39(12). 1229–1236. 45 indexed citations

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Lawton, M. P., Morton H. Kleban, Miriam S. Moss, Michael J. Rovine, & Allen Glicksman. (1989). Measuring Caregiving Appraisal. Journal of Gerontology. 44(3). P61–P71. 629 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lawton, M. P.. (1985). The Relevance of Impairments to Age Targeting of Housing Assistance. The Gerontologist. 25(1). 31–34. 10 indexed citations

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Lawton, M. P.. (1985). The 1986 Annual Meeting. The Gerontologist. 25(6). 565–565. 1 indexed citations

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Brody, Elaine, et al.. (1984). Senile dementia: public policy and adequate institutional care.. American Journal of Public Health. 74(12). 1381–1383. 43 indexed citations

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Moss, Miriam S. & M. P. Lawton. (1982). Time Budgets of Older People: a Window on Four Lifestyles. Journal of Gerontology. 37(1). 115–123. 150 indexed citations

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Lawton, M. P.. (1981). To Be Black, Poor, and Aged in South Africa. The Gerontologist. 21(3). 235–239. 3 indexed citations

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Lawton, M. P., et al.. (1977). Planning for a mental hospital phasedown. American Journal of Psychiatry. 134(12). 1386–1390. 8 indexed citations

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Lawton, M. P.. (1975). The Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale: A Revision. Journal of Gerontology. 30(1). 85–89. 1187 indexed citations breakdown →

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