Melvin Zelnik

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Melvin Zelnik is a scholar working on Demography, Gender Studies and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Melvin Zelnik has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Demography, 21 papers in Gender Studies and 20 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Melvin Zelnik's work include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (20 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (15 papers) and Reproductive Health and Contraception (13 papers). Melvin Zelnik is often cited by papers focused on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (20 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (15 papers) and Reproductive Health and Contraception (13 papers). Melvin Zelnik collaborates with scholars based in United States. Melvin Zelnik's co-authors include John F. Kantner, Farida Shah, Ansley J. Coale, Kathleen Ford, Young Jin Kim, Frank F. Furstenberg, Laurie Schwab Zabin, Michael Koenig, Geoffrey K. Leigh and Richard A. Easterlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Melvin Zelnik

48 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use and Pregnancy Among Metropolitan-Area Teenagers: 1971-1979

1980 507 citations Melvin Zelnik, John F. Kantner Family Planning Perspectives profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melvin Zelnik United States	24	2.0k	792	571	565	532	51	3.1k
John F. Kantner United States	21	1.5k 0.8×	652 0.8×	474 0.8×	503 0.9×	426 0.8×	46	2.5k
John O. G. Billy United States	32	2.0k 1.0×	687 0.9×	1.1k 1.8×	541 1.0×	884 1.7×	46	3.9k
William R. Grady United States	23	1.4k 0.7×	327 0.4×	544 1.0×	676 1.2×	440 0.8×	37	2.8k
Laurie Schwab Zabin United States	32	2.3k 1.2×	513 0.6×	621 1.1×	759 1.3×	693 1.3×	61	3.4k
Jacqueline Darroch Forrest United States	33	1.6k 0.8×	628 0.8×	493 0.9×	1.4k 2.5×	285 0.5×	78	3.2k
Frank Luther Mott United States	29	971 0.5×	791 1.0×	1.0k 1.8×	254 0.4×	513 1.0×	83	2.7k
Jennifer Manlove United States	32	1.8k 0.9×	577 0.7×	629 1.1×	685 1.2×	463 0.9×	93	2.7k
Lília Blima Schraiber Brazil	37	2.2k 1.1×	861 1.1×	1.5k 2.7×	555 1.0×	956 1.8×	162	4.4k
Susheela Singh United States	22	1.2k 0.6×	536 0.7×	397 0.7×	662 1.2×	207 0.4×	54	2.2k
Margaret E. Greene United States	20	1.1k 0.6×	867 1.1×	490 0.9×	623 1.1×	213 0.4×	47	2.6k

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Zelnik, Melvin, Michael Koenig, & Young Jin Kim. (1984). Sources of prescription contraceptives and subsequent pregnancy among young women.. PubMed. 16(1). 6–13. 11 indexed citations

Leigh, Geoffrey K., Melvin Zelnik, John F. Kantner, & Kathleen Ford. (1983). Sex and Pregnancy in Adolescence. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 45(1). 234–234. 145 indexed citations

Koenig, Michael & Melvin Zelnik. (1982). Repeat Pregnancies Among Metropolitan-Area Teenagers: 1971-1979. Family Planning Perspectives. 14(6). 341–341. 41 indexed citations

Zelnik, Melvin & John F. Kantner. (1981). 4. Sexual and Contraceptive Experience of Young Unmarried Women in the United States, 1976 and 1971. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 9(2). 68–92. 232 indexed citations

Zelnik, Melvin & John F. Kantner. (1981). 6. Contraceptive Patterns and Premarital Pregnancy Among Women Aged 15–19 in 1976. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 112–125. 6 indexed citations

Ford, Kathleen, Melvin Zelnik, & John F. Kantner. (1981). Sexual behaviour and contraceptive use among socioeconomic groups of young women in the United States. Journal of Biosocial Science. 13(1). 31–45. 9 indexed citations

Zelnik, Melvin & John F. Kantner. (1975). Attitudes of American Teenagers Toward Abortion. Family Planning Perspectives. 7(2). 89–89. 14 indexed citations

Kantner, John F. & Melvin Zelnik. (1972). Sexual Experience of Young Unmarried Women in the United States. Family Planning Perspectives. 4(4). 9–9. 171 indexed citations

Zelnik, Melvin. (1968). The census and selective service. Eugenics Quarterly. 15(3). 173–176.

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Zelnik, Melvin. (1967). PUBLIC HEALTH AND POPULATION CHANGE: CURRENT RESEARCH ISSUES. American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health. 57(3). 562–563. 5 indexed citations

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Zelnik, Melvin. (1966). Fertility of the American Negro in 1830 and 1850. Population Studies. 20(1). 77–83. 13 indexed citations

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Coale, Ansley J., et al.. (1966). New Estimates of Fertility and Population in the United States. Revue de l Institut International de Statistique / Review of the International Statistical Institute. 34(3). 447–447. 3 indexed citations

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Zelnik, Melvin. (1966). Fertility of the American Negro in 1830 and 1850. Population Studies. 20(1). 77–77. 1 indexed citations

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Zelnik, Melvin, et al.. (1965). An Estimate of the Birth Rate in East and West Pakistan. The Pakistan Development Review. 64–93. 3 indexed citations

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Zelnik, Melvin. (1965). An Evaluation of new estimates of the negro population. Demography. 2(1). 630–639. 3 indexed citations

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Coale, Ansley J., et al.. (1964). New Estimates of Fertility and Population in the United States. A Study of Annual White Births from 1855 to 1960 and of Completeness of Enumeration in the Censuses from 1880 to 1960. Population. 19(4). 766–766. 14 indexed citations

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Zelnik, Melvin. (1964). Errors in the 1960 Census Enumeration of Native Whites. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 59(306). 437–437. 2 indexed citations

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Zelnik, Melvin. (1964). Errors in the 1960 Census Enumeration of Native Whites. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 59(306). 437–459. 8 indexed citations

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Easterlin, Richard A., Ansley J. Coale, & Melvin Zelnik. (1964). New Estimates of Fertility and Population in the United States. A Study of Annual White Births from 1855 to 1960 and of Completeness of Enumeration in the Censuses from 1880 to 1960. Southern Economic Journal. 30(4). 368–368. 31 indexed citations

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Coale, Ansley J. & Melvin Zelnik. (1963). New Estimates of Fertility and Population in the United States. Princeton University Press eBooks. 171 indexed citations

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