Reuben Hill

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Reuben Hill is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Reuben Hill has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Gender Studies, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Reuben Hill's work include Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (7 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (6 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 papers). Reuben Hill is often cited by papers focused on Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (7 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (6 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 papers). Reuben Hill collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Puerto Rico. Reuben Hill's co-authors include Willard Waller, Joan Aldous, Donald A. Hansen, J. Mayone Stycos, William T. Liu, Robert MacDonald, Nelson N. Foote, Robert A. Carlson, Kurt W. Back and Ira L. Reiss and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Reuben Hill

56 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

1. Generic Features of Families under Stress 1958 2026 1980 2003 1958 100 200 300 400 500
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. 1. Generic Features of Families under Stress
    1958 524 citations Reuben Hill profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Reuben Hill United States 18 899 632 527 515 316 65 2.0k
Harold T. Christensen United States 17 713 0.8× 372 0.6× 349 0.7× 309 0.6× 446 1.4× 48 1.7k
F. Ivan Nye United States 24 1.6k 1.8× 653 1.0× 640 1.2× 516 1.0× 454 1.4× 54 2.8k
Robert A. Lewis United States 18 662 0.7× 434 0.7× 783 1.5× 595 1.2× 269 0.9× 71 1.8k
Wesley R. Burr United States 18 1.3k 1.4× 951 1.5× 886 1.7× 733 1.4× 377 1.2× 41 2.7k
Joseph B. Perry United States 8 907 1.0× 1.1k 1.7× 918 1.7× 266 0.5× 178 0.6× 21 3.1k
Deborah Freedman United States 14 831 0.9× 405 0.6× 187 0.4× 432 0.8× 541 1.7× 29 1.8k
David Mendell United States 7 686 0.8× 1.3k 2.1× 954 1.8× 389 0.8× 103 0.3× 12 2.2k
Félix M. Berardo United States 18 685 0.8× 419 0.7× 312 0.6× 426 0.8× 241 0.8× 51 1.4k
John Snarey United States 20 923 1.0× 504 0.8× 703 1.3× 489 0.9× 232 0.7× 64 2.2k
Toni Falbo United States 26 1.0k 1.2× 487 0.8× 707 1.3× 371 0.7× 426 1.3× 70 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Reuben Hill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Reuben Hill

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Richards, Kit, Thomas Rimmelé, Reuben Hill, & Jianxin Chen. (2004). High speed low latency solar adaptive optics camera. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5171. 316–316. 5 indexed citations
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George, Linda K., Wesley R. Burr, Reuben Hill, F. Ivan Nye, & Ira L. Reiss. (1980). Contemporary Theories about the Family: Research-Based Theories. Vol. 1.. Social Forces. 58(4). 1343–1343. 9 indexed citations
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Hill, Reuben. (1977). Hill's Response to Bytheway. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 39(2). 251–251. 1 indexed citations
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Mattessich, Paul W. & Reuben Hill. (1976). Family Enterprise and Societal Development: A Theoretical Assessment. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 7(2). 147–158. 8 indexed citations
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Hill, Reuben. (1971). Modern systems theory and the family : A confrontation*. Social Science Information. 10(5). 7–26. 70 indexed citations
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Turner, Christopher, Reuben Hill, & René König. (1971). Families in East and West: Socialization Process and Kinship Ties. British Journal of Sociology. 22(3). 344–344. 2 indexed citations
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Hill, Reuben. (1964). New knowledges about the Family: A review of Family research in Europe and America. Social Compass. 11(1). 5–22.
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Hill, Reuben & Donald A. Hansen. (1960). The Identification of Conceptual Frameworks Utilized in Family Study. Marriage and Family Living. 22(4). 299–299. 94 indexed citations
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Kephart, William M., Reuben Hill, J. Mayone Stycos, & Kurt W. Back. (1959). The Family and Population Control. Marriage and Family Living. 21(3). 301–301. 38 indexed citations
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Hill, Reuben, et al.. (1959). The Family and Population Control: A Puerto Rican Experiment in Social Change.. American Sociological Review. 24(6). 901–901. 48 indexed citations
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Hill, Reuben. (1958). Sociology of Marriage and Family Behaviour, I945-56. Current Sociology. 7(1). 1–33. 10 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W., Reuben Hill, & J. Mayone Stycos. (1957). The Puerto Rican Field Experiment in Population Control. Human Relations. 10(4). 315–334. 1 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W., Reuben Hill, & J. Mayone Stycos. (1957). Manner of Original Presentation and Subsequent Communication. Psychological Reports. 3(3). 149–154.
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Stycos, J. Mayone, Kurt W. Back, & Reuben Hill. (1956). Contraception and Catholicism in Puerto Rico. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. 34(2). 150–150. 7 indexed citations
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Stycos, J. Mayone, Kurt W. Back, & Reuben Hill. (1956). Problems of Communication Between Husband and Wife on Matters Relating to Family Limitation. Human Relations. 9(2). 207–215. 10 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W., Reuben Hill, & J. Mayone Stycos. (1955). Interviewer Effect on Scale Reproducibility. American Sociological Review. 20(4). 443–443. 3 indexed citations
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Hill, Reuben. (1954). Marriage and family research a critical evaluation. Eugenics Quarterly. 1(1). 58–63. 1 indexed citations
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Waller, Willard, et al.. (1952). The Family: A Dynamic Interpretation.. American Sociological Review. 17(2). 251–251. 263 indexed citations
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Leslie, Gerald R., Willard Waller, & Reuben Hill. (1952). The Family: A Dynamic Interpretation. Marriage and Family Living. 14(1). 81–81. 35 indexed citations
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Hill, Reuben. (1951). Interdisciplinary Workshop on Marriage and Family Research. Marriage and Family Living. 13(1). 13–13. 4 indexed citations

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