Paula Sheppard

753 total citations
21 papers, 479 citations indexed

About

Paula Sheppard is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Demography and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paula Sheppard has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 479 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Gender Studies, 10 papers in Demography and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Paula Sheppard's work include Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (9 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (9 papers) and Family Dynamics and Relationships (9 papers). Paula Sheppard is often cited by papers focused on Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (9 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (9 papers) and Family Dynamics and Relationships (9 papers). Paula Sheppard collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Paula Sheppard's co-authors include Rebecca Sear, Christiaan Monden, David A. Coall, Justin R. Garcia, Mark S. Pearce, Kristin Snopkowski, Lisa McAllister, Zachary Van Winkle, Richard Smith and Susan B. Schaffnit and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Journal of Marriage and the Family.

In The Last Decade

Paula Sheppard

21 papers receiving 456 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paula Sheppard United Kingdom 12 174 165 157 129 93 21 479
Kristin Snopkowski United States 10 139 0.8× 96 0.6× 177 1.1× 137 1.1× 57 0.6× 19 313
Kevin Pickering United Kingdom 9 72 0.4× 144 0.9× 26 0.2× 146 1.1× 52 0.6× 12 500
Zdeněk Matějček Czechia 9 71 0.4× 61 0.4× 38 0.2× 55 0.4× 91 1.0× 46 431
Luke Russell United States 12 20 0.1× 231 1.4× 43 0.3× 201 1.6× 38 0.4× 45 392
Ed Spruijt Netherlands 11 23 0.1× 242 1.5× 60 0.4× 219 1.7× 27 0.3× 23 435
Susan Jekielek United States 9 17 0.1× 255 1.5× 102 0.6× 198 1.5× 24 0.3× 14 459
Laura Spencer Loomis United States 5 24 0.1× 421 2.6× 177 1.1× 437 3.4× 35 0.4× 7 617
Clarisse Pereira Mosmann Brazil 13 21 0.1× 169 1.0× 52 0.3× 230 1.8× 24 0.3× 65 544
Deborah A. Gerrity United States 10 20 0.1× 127 0.8× 122 0.8× 47 0.4× 43 0.5× 16 516
Yanshu Huang New Zealand 11 26 0.1× 231 1.4× 175 1.1× 21 0.2× 15 0.2× 18 504

Countries citing papers authored by Paula Sheppard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paula Sheppard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paula Sheppard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paula Sheppard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paula Sheppard 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 Paula Sheppard. Paula Sheppard 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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Sheppard, Paula, et al.. (2022). Fertility Decision-Making in the UK: Insights from a Qualitative Study among British Men and Women. Social Sciences. 11(9). 409–409. 3 indexed citations
2.
Sheppard, Paula, et al.. (2022). Father–Toddler Bonding during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Qualitative Insights from 17 Families in Britain. Social Sciences. 11(12). 542–542. 1 indexed citations
3.
Sheppard, Paula & Kristin Snopkowski. (2021). Behavioral Ecology of the Family: Harnessing Theory to Better Understand Variation in Human Families. Social Sciences. 10(7). 275–275. 2 indexed citations
4.
Sheppard, Paula & Zachary Van Winkle. (2020). Using sequence analysis to test if human life histories are coherent strategies. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 2. e39–e39. 9 indexed citations
5.
Sheppard, Paula & Christiaan Monden. (2020). When does family size matter? Sibship size, socioeconomic status and education in England. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 2. e51–e51. 7 indexed citations
6.
Cavallaro, Francesca, Kerry LM Wong, Paula Sheppard, et al.. (2020). What the percentage of births in facilities does not measure: readiness for emergency obstetric care and referral in Senegal. BMJ Global Health. 5(3). e001915–e001915. 5 indexed citations
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Sear, Rebecca, Paula Sheppard, & David A. Coall. (2019). Cross-cultural evidence does not support universal acceleration of puberty in father-absent households. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 374(1770). 20180124–20180124. 64 indexed citations
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Sear, Rebecca, Paula Sheppard, & David A. Coall. (2019). Supplementary material from "Cross-cultural evidence does not support universal acceleration of puberty in father-absent households". Figshare. 2 indexed citations
9.
Sheppard, Paula & Christiaan Monden. (2019). Becoming a First‐Time Grandparent and Subjective Well‐Being: A Fixed Effects Approach. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 81(4). 1016–1026. 30 indexed citations
10.
Sheppard, Paula, et al.. (2018). Grandparent Effects on Educational Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Sociological Science. 5. 114–142. 63 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Paula & Christiaan Monden. (2018). The Additive Advantage of Having Educated Grandfathers for Children’s Education: Evidence from a Cross-National Sample in Europe. European Sociological Review. 34(4). 365–380. 17 indexed citations
12.
Sheppard, Paula & Rebecca Sear. (2016). Do grandparents compete with or support their grandchildren? In Guatemala, paternal grandmothers may compete, and maternal grandmothers may cooperate. Royal Society Open Science. 3(4). 160069–160069. 35 indexed citations
13.
Sheppard, Paula & Richard Smith. (2016). What students want: using a choice modelling approach to estimate student demand. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 38(2). 140–149. 8 indexed citations
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Coall, David A., et al.. (2016). Developmental influences on fertility decisions by women: an evolutionary perspective. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1692). 20150146–20150146. 30 indexed citations
15.
Sheppard, Paula, Justin R. Garcia, & Rebecca Sear. (2015). Childhood family disruption and adult height: is there a mediating role of puberty?. Evolution Medicine and Public Health. 2015(1). 332–342. 22 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Paula, Mark S. Pearce, & Rebecca Sear. (2015). How does childhood socioeconomic hardship affect reproductive strategy? Pathways of development. American Journal of Human Biology. 28(3). 356–363. 48 indexed citations
17.
Sheppard, Paula, Kristin Snopkowski, & Rebecca Sear. (2014). Father Absence and Reproduction-Related Outcomes in Malaysia, a Transitional Fertility Population. Human Nature. 25(2). 213–234. 40 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Paula, Justin R. Garcia, & Rebecca Sear. (2014). A Not-So-Grim Tale: How Childhood Family Structure Influences Reproductive and Risk-Taking Outcomes in a Historical U.S. Population. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e89539–e89539. 35 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Paula, Susan B. Schaffnit, Justin R. Garcia, & Rebecca Sear. (2013). Fostering relations: first sex and marital timings for children raised by kin and non-kin carers. Evolution and Human Behavior. 35(3). 161–168. 13 indexed citations
20.
Sheppard, Paula & Rebecca Sear. (2011). Father absence predicts age at sexual maturity and reproductive timing in British men. Biology Letters. 8(2). 237–240. 37 indexed citations

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