Maithreyi Gopalan

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 757 citations indexed

About

Maithreyi Gopalan is a scholar working on Education, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Maithreyi Gopalan has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 757 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Education, 5 papers in Social Psychology and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Maithreyi Gopalan's work include Education Discipline and Inequality (5 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (3 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 papers). Maithreyi Gopalan is often cited by papers focused on Education Discipline and Inequality (5 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (3 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 papers). Maithreyi Gopalan collaborates with scholars based in United States. Maithreyi Gopalan's co-authors include Shannon T. Brady, Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Ashlyn Aiko Nelson, Ashley N. Linden‐Carmichael, Stephanie T. Lanza, Gregory M. Walton, Katherine T. U. Emerson, Mary C Murphy, Bette L. Bottoms and Evelyn R. Carter and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Science Advances and Educational Researcher.

In The Last Decade

Maithreyi Gopalan

19 papers receiving 719 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.

College Students’ Sense of Belonging: A National Perspective

2019 228 citations Maithreyi Gopalan, Shannon T. Brady Educational Researcher profile →
Use of Quasi-Experimental Research Designs in Education Research: Growth, Promise, and Challenges

2020 194 citations Maithreyi Gopalan, Kelly Ochs Rosinger et al. Review of Research in Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maithreyi Gopalan United States	8	366	185	181	135	97	20	757
Edward Sosu United Kingdom	15	465 1.3×	84 0.5×	167 0.9×	147 1.1×	70 0.7×	36	745
Amrita Kaur Malaysia	15	395 1.1×	153 0.8×	97 0.5×	72 0.5×	63 0.6×	65	633
Leanne Fray Australia	15	492 1.3×	121 0.7×	96 0.5×	141 1.0×	87 0.9×	32	729
Teniell L. Trolian United States	15	482 1.3×	166 0.9×	96 0.5×	89 0.7×	55 0.6×	53	724
Anastasio Ovejero Bernal Spain	14	311 0.8×	264 1.4×	184 1.0×	147 1.1×	55 0.6×	139	759
Santiago Mendo-Lázaro Spain	17	348 1.0×	312 1.7×	202 1.1×	132 1.0×	42 0.4×	52	819
Igor Chirikov Russia	14	328 0.9×	82 0.4×	178 1.0×	63 0.5×	68 0.7×	27	714
Julie Bower Australia	13	234 0.6×	231 1.2×	274 1.5×	120 0.9×	80 0.8×	35	660
Hsien‐Yuan Hsu United States	16	411 1.1×	145 0.8×	175 1.0×	110 0.8×	120 1.2×	52	760
Chinedu Okeke South Africa	14	381 1.0×	127 0.7×	262 1.4×	88 0.7×	59 0.6×	110	750

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maithreyi Gopalan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brady, Shannon T. & Maithreyi Gopalan. (2025). College Students’ Sense of Belonging: A Graduation Update. Educational Researcher. 55(2). 142–145. 1 indexed citations

Kroeper, Kathryn M., Maithreyi Gopalan, Katherine T. U. Emerson, & Gregory M. Walton. (2025). Who Gets to Belong in College? An Empirical Review of How Institutions Can Assess and Expand Opportunities for Belonging on Campus. Educational Psychology Review. 37(2). 4 indexed citations

Gopalan, Maithreyi, et al.. (2024). Historical Patterns and Trends in Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in School Discipline in the United States. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 10. 3 indexed citations

Gopalan, Maithreyi, et al.. (2024). Who feels like they belong? Personality and belonging in college. PLoS ONE. 19(1). e0295436–e0295436. 2 indexed citations

Gopalan, Maithreyi, et al.. (2023). Health Policies as Education Policies? A Review of Causal Evidence and Mechanisms. AERA Open. 9. 3 indexed citations

Gopalan, Maithreyi, et al.. (2023). The Stubborn Unresponsiveness of Youth Voter Turnout to Civic Education: Quasi-Experimental Evidence From State-Mandated Civics Tests. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 46(4). 764–787. 1 indexed citations

Lombardi, Caitlin McPherran, Lindsey Rose Bullinger, & Maithreyi Gopalan. (2022). Better Late Than Never: Effects of Late ACA Medicaid Expansions for Parents on Family Health-Related Financial Well-Being. INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing. 59. 2856726943–2856726943. 2 indexed citations

Bullinger, Lindsey Rose, Maithreyi Gopalan, & Caitlin McPherran Lombardi. (2022). Impacts of publicly funded health insurance for adults on children's academic achievement. Southern Economic Journal. 89(3). 860–884. 7 indexed citations

Gopalan, Maithreyi, et al.. (2022). K–12 Civil Rights Complaints: A Nationwide Analysis. Educational Researcher. 51(9). 584–587. 1 indexed citations

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Gopalan, Maithreyi, Ashley N. Linden‐Carmichael, & Stephanie T. Lanza. (2021). College Students’ Sense of Belonging and Mental Health Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Adolescent Health. 70(2). 228–233. 91 indexed citations

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Gopalan, Maithreyi, Caitlin McPherran Lombardi, & Lindsey Rose Bullinger. (2021). Effects of parental public health insurance eligibility on parent and child health outcomes. Economics & Human Biology. 44. 101098–101098. 6 indexed citations

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Gopalan, Maithreyi, et al.. (2021). The Effects of Campus Shootings on School Finance and Student Composition. Education Finance and Policy. 18(2). 277–301.

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Tipton, Elizabeth, Larry V. Hedges, David S. Yeager, Jared S. Murray, & Maithreyi Gopalan. (2021). Global Mindset Initiative Paper 4: Research Infrastructure and Study Design. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Murphy, Mary C, Maithreyi Gopalan, Evelyn R. Carter, et al.. (2020). A customized belonging intervention improves retention of socially disadvantaged students at a broad-access university. Science Advances. 6(29). eaba4677–eaba4677. 111 indexed citations

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Gopalan, Maithreyi, et al.. (2020). Use of Quasi-Experimental Research Designs in Education Research: Growth, Promise, and Challenges. Review of Research in Education. 44(1). 218–243. 194 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gopalan, Maithreyi. (2020). Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side by Eve L. Ewing. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. 275 pp., $22.50.. American Journal of Education. 126(3). 483–489. 1 indexed citations

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Gopalan, Maithreyi & Shannon T. Brady. (2019). College Students’ Sense of Belonging: A National Perspective. Educational Researcher. 49(2). 134–137. 228 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gopalan, Maithreyi & Ashlyn Aiko Nelson. (2019). Understanding the Racial Discipline Gap in Schools. AERA Open. 5(2). 64 indexed citations

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Gopalan, Maithreyi. (2019). Understanding the linkages between racial/ethnic discipline gaps and racial/ethnic achievement gaps in the United States. Education Policy Analysis Archives. 27. 154–154. 11 indexed citations

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Gopalan, Maithreyi & Maureen A. Pirog. (2017). Applying Behavioral Insights in Policy Analysis: Recent Trends in the United States. Policy Studies Journal. 45(S1). 26 indexed citations

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