Maria Charles

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Maria Charles is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Charles has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Gender Studies, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Maria Charles's work include Gender Diversity and Inequality (8 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (7 papers) and Gender Roles and Identity Studies (6 papers). Maria Charles is often cited by papers focused on Gender Diversity and Inequality (8 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (7 papers) and Gender Roles and Identity Studies (6 papers). Maria Charles collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Switzerland. Maria Charles's co-authors include Karen Bradley, David B. Grusky, Sarah Thébaud, Marlis Buchmann, Jeanne M. Powers, Erin A. Cech, Halleli Pinson, Yariv Feniger, François Höpflinger and Barbara F. Reskin and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Maria Charles

35 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Indulging Our Gendered Selves? Sex Segregation by Field o... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
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. Indulging Our Gendered Selves? Sex Segregation by Field of Study in 44 Countries
    2009 617 citations Maria Charles, Karen Bradley American Journal of Sociology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maria Charles United States 19 1.4k 1.3k 573 502 393 37 2.6k
Erik Plug Netherlands 22 1.3k 1.0× 578 0.4× 481 0.8× 662 1.3× 314 0.8× 64 2.3k
Stephanie Möller United States 25 1.1k 0.8× 527 0.4× 941 1.6× 412 0.8× 530 1.3× 59 3.0k
Kim A. Weeden United States 18 1.4k 1.0× 573 0.4× 354 0.6× 716 1.4× 182 0.5× 26 2.5k
Philip K. Robins United States 28 1.5k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 552 1.0× 1.2k 2.3× 293 0.7× 103 3.6k
Margaret Mooney Marini United States 26 1.8k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 669 1.2× 366 0.7× 233 0.6× 36 3.2k
Claudia Buchmann United States 22 1.7k 1.3× 711 0.5× 1.8k 3.1× 368 0.7× 712 1.8× 36 3.7k
Patricia A. Roos United States 23 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 216 0.4× 589 1.2× 177 0.5× 38 2.5k
Shulamit Kahn United States 21 489 0.4× 838 0.6× 347 0.6× 810 1.6× 351 0.9× 39 2.2k
Cedric Herring United States 16 1.4k 1.0× 793 0.6× 278 0.5× 309 0.6× 109 0.3× 46 2.4k
Lauren A. Rivera United States 15 1.4k 1.0× 678 0.5× 458 0.8× 404 0.8× 118 0.3× 27 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Maria Charles

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maria Charles

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Charles

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maria Charles. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maria Charles 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 Maria Charles. Maria Charles 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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Charles, Maria, et al.. (2025). Is It Really a Paradox? A Mixed-Methods, Within-Country Analysis of the Gender Gap in STEM Education. Social Sciences. 14(4). 238–238.
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Charles, Maria, et al.. (2022). Complicating Patriarchy: Gender Beliefs of Muslim Facebook Users in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Gender & Society. 37(1). 91–123. 6 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria, et al.. (2021). Traditional Asians? Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Policy Attitudes in the United States. RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 7(2). 130–153. 5 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria. (2019). Gender Attitudes in Africa: Liberal Egalitarianism Across 34 Countries. Social Forces. 99(1). 86–125. 23 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria. (2017). Venus, Mars, and Math: Gender, Societal Affluence, and Eighth Graders’ Aspirations for STEM. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 3. 53 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria. (2012). Cecilia L. Ridgeway: Framed by Gender: How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World. European Sociological Review. 29(2). 408–410.
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Charles, Maria. (2011). What Gender Is Science?. Contexts. 10(2). 22–28. 39 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria & Karen Bradley. (2009). Indulging Our Gendered Selves? Sex Segregation by Field of Study in 44 Countries. American Journal of Sociology. 114(4). 924–976. 617 indexed citations breakdown →
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Charles, Maria, et al.. (2008). Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey, 2007. Research Report DCSF-RR0026.. 1 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria. (2008). Culture and Inequality: Identity, Ideology, and Difference in “Postascriptive Society”. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 619(1). 41–58. 20 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria & David B. Grusky. (2004). Occupational Ghettos. Stanford University Press eBooks. 394 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria & Karen Bradley. (2002). Equal but Separate? A Cross-National Study of Sex Segregation in Higher Education. American Sociological Review. 67(4). 573–573. 300 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria & Karen Bradley. (2002). Equal but Separate? A Cross-National Study of Sex Segregation in Higher Education. American Sociological Review. 67(4). 573–599. 89 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria. (2000). Divisions of labour. Social groups and occupational allocation. European Sociological Review. 16(1). 27–42. 13 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria. (1999). The Future of Female-Dominated Occupations. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 28(4). 408–408. 14 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria, et al.. (1998). Unraveling Higher Education's Costs.. Planning for higher education. 26(2). 24–26. 8 indexed citations
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Grusky, David B. & Maria Charles. (1998). The past, present, and future of sex segregation methodoloqy. Demography. 35(4). 497–504. 51 indexed citations
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Buchmann, Marlis & Maria Charles. (1995). Organizational and Institutional Factors in the Process of Gender Stratification: Comparing Social Arrangements in Six European Countries. International Journal of Sociology. 25(2). 66–95. 36 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria & François Höpflinger. (1992). Gender, Culture and the Division of Household Labor: A Replication of U.S. Studies for the Case of Switzerland. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 23(3). 375–387. 3 indexed citations
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Charles, Maria. (1992). Cross-National Variation in Occupational Sex Segregation. American Sociological Review. 57(4). 483–483. 198 indexed citations

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