Renata Forste

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Renata Forste is a scholar working on Gender Studies, General Health Professions and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Renata Forste has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Gender Studies, 13 papers in General Health Professions and 13 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Renata Forste's work include Family Dynamics and Relationships (13 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (11 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (10 papers). Renata Forste is often cited by papers focused on Family Dynamics and Relationships (13 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (11 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (10 papers). Renata Forste collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Renata Forste's co-authors include Wade C. Jacobsen, Tim B. Heaton, Benjamin G. Gibbs, David W. Haas, Dallan Flake, Koray Tanfer, Jessica Weiss, Marta Tienda, John P. Hoffmann and Nancy S. Landale and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, Social Science & Medicine and The Journal of Pediatrics.

In The Last Decade

Renata Forste

46 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

  1. The Wired Generation: Academic and Social Outcomes of Electronic Media Use Among University Students
    2010 451 citations Wade C. Jacobsen, Renata Forste Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Renata Forste 867 610 441 431 430 46 2.5k
Jennifer Van Hook 1.7k 2.0× 879 1.4× 221 0.5× 301 0.7× 470 1.1× 93 2.9k
Stefanie Mollborn 894 1.0× 941 1.5× 251 0.6× 338 0.8× 517 1.2× 89 2.8k
Margaret E. Greene 490 0.6× 1.1k 1.8× 669 1.5× 867 2.0× 623 1.4× 47 2.6k
Susan E. Short 761 0.9× 408 0.7× 230 0.5× 475 1.1× 274 0.6× 41 1.8k
Lisa M. Bates 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.7× 402 0.9× 450 1.0× 459 1.1× 85 3.0k
Kristin F. Butcher 917 1.1× 617 1.0× 199 0.5× 369 0.9× 831 1.9× 54 2.4k
Kathleen M. Ziol‐Guest 1.0k 1.2× 643 1.1× 228 0.5× 390 0.9× 206 0.5× 37 2.4k
John Elvis Hagan 793 0.9× 847 1.4× 444 1.0× 120 0.3× 238 0.6× 174 2.4k
Martha Zaslow 755 0.9× 684 1.1× 302 0.7× 351 0.8× 451 1.0× 91 3.8k
Beniamino Cislaghi 566 0.7× 911 1.5× 456 1.0× 530 1.2× 353 0.8× 100 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Renata Forste

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Fields of papers citing papers by Renata Forste

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Renata Forste

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gibbs, Benjamin G., et al.. (2018). Breastfeeding, Parenting, and Infant Attachment Behaviors. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 22(4). 579–588. 59 indexed citations
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Forste, Renata, et al.. (2017). Sad and lonely: body dissatisfaction among adolescent girls. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 31(2). 11 indexed citations
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Forste, Renata, et al.. (2016). Physical and social factors associated with early adolescent headache and stomachache pain. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 30(3). 5 indexed citations
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Pierce, Hayley, et al.. (2016). Caregiver Decision-Making: Household Response to Child Illness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Population Research and Policy Review. 35(5). 581–597. 16 indexed citations
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Gibbs, Benjamin G. & Renata Forste. (2013). Breastfeeding, Parenting, and Early Cognitive Development. The Journal of Pediatrics. 164(3). 487–493. 43 indexed citations
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Forste, Renata, et al.. (2012). Adolescent obesity and life satisfaction: Perceptions of self, peers, family, and school. Economics & Human Biology. 10(4). 385–394. 71 indexed citations
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Forste, Renata, et al.. (2011). HIV/AIDS related knowledge and perceived risk associated with condom use among adolescents in Uganda : original research article. African Journal of Reproductive Health. 15(1). 57–63. 1 indexed citations
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Forste, Renata, et al.. (2011). HIV/AIDS related knowledge and perceived risk associated with condom use among adolescents in Uganda.. PubMed. 15(1). 57–63. 23 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, Wade C. & Renata Forste. (2010). The Wired Generation: Academic and Social Outcomes of Electronic Media Use Among University Students. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking. 14(5). 275–280. 451 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heaton, Tim B. & Renata Forste. (2007). Informal Unions in Mexico and the United States. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 38(1). 55–70. 11 indexed citations
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Forste, Renata, et al.. (2005). Hearing Native Voices: Contraceptive Use in Matemwe Village, East Africa. African Journal of Reproductive Health. 9(1). 32–32. 26 indexed citations
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Heaton, Tim B., Renata Forste, John P. Hoffmann, & Dallan Flake. (2004). Cross-national variation in family influences on child health. Social Science & Medicine. 60(1). 97–108. 66 indexed citations
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Forste, Renata, et al.. (2004). Maternal education and child nutritional status in Bolivia: finding the links. Social Science & Medicine. 60(2). 395–407. 268 indexed citations
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Forste, Renata. (2002). Prelude to Marriage or Alternative to Marriage? A Social Demographic Look at Cohabitation in the U.S.. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 10 indexed citations
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Forste, Renata, et al.. (2001). The Decision to Breastfeed in the United States: Does Race Matter?. PEDIATRICS. 108(2). 291–296. 158 indexed citations
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Forste, Renata. (1998). INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES AND CHILD HEALTH IN BOLIVIA. Journal of Biosocial Science. 30(1). 107–125. 25 indexed citations
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Heaton, Tim B. & Renata Forste. (1998). Education as policy: The impact of education on marriage, contraception, and fertility in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. Social Biology. 45(3-4). 194–213. 19 indexed citations
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Forste, Renata. (1995). Effects of lactation and contraceptive use on birth‐spacing in Bolivia. Social Biology. 42(1-2). 108–123. 4 indexed citations
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Forste, Renata & Marta Tienda. (1992). Race and Ethnic Variation in the Schooling Consequences of Female Adolescent Sexual Activity.. Social Science Quarterly. 73(1). 12–30. 30 indexed citations

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