Robert G. Potter

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Robert G. Potter is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Demography and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert G. Potter has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 27 papers in Demography and 27 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Robert G. Potter's work include Family Dynamics and Relationships (22 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (17 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (16 papers). Robert G. Potter is often cited by papers focused on Family Dynamics and Relationships (22 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (17 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (16 papers). Robert G. Potter collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert G. Potter's co-authors include John Bongaarts, Charles F. Westoff, Philip C. Sagi, Donald M. Camaioni, George S. Masnick, Amos H. Hawley, Ansley J. Coale, John B. Wyon, John E. Gordon and Patricio A. Vela and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Robert G. Potter

101 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

Fertility, Biology, and Behavior: An Analysis of the Proximate Determinants

1984 445 citations John Bongaarts, Robert G. Potter profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert G. Potter United States	23	915	780	715	408	356	113	2.6k
Tarun Kumar Roy India	18	883 1.0×	982 1.3×	311 0.4×	185 0.5×	241 0.7×	57	1.7k
Christopher Tietze United States	28	298 0.3×	821 1.1×	187 0.3×	1.6k 3.9×	224 0.6×	137	3.2k
Gary R. Lee United States	32	343 0.4×	62 0.1×	1.1k 1.5×	74 0.2×	1.8k 4.9×	70	3.1k
Geoffrey L. Brown United States	26	160 0.2×	106 0.1×	876 1.2×	389 1.0×	781 2.2×	75	2.4k
Leslie F. Clark United States	30	394 0.4×	162 0.2×	56 0.1×	222 0.5×	768 2.2×	65	3.6k
Richard Lincoln Canada	18	124 0.1×	79 0.1×	56 0.1×	159 0.4×	91 0.3×	53	1.7k
Robert A. Lewis United States	18	269 0.3×	36 0.0×	595 0.8×	75 0.2×	662 1.9×	71	1.8k
Teresa Castro Martín Spain	24	1.4k 1.5×	376 0.5×	1.8k 2.5×	128 0.3×	1.6k 4.4×	103	2.8k
Lisa A. Goodman United States	54	2.0k 2.2×	153 0.2×	480 0.7×	221 0.5×	3.6k 10.1×	135	9.9k
Timothy J. Nelson United States	14	150 0.2×	58 0.1×	268 0.4×	127 0.3×	415 1.2×	22	779

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Potter, Robert G., Donald M. Camaioni, Monica Vasiliu, & David A. Dixon. (2010). Thermochemistry of Lewis Adducts of BH₃ and Nucleophilic Substitution of Triethylamine on NH₃BH₃ in Tetrahydrofuran. Inorganic Chemistry. 49(22). 10512–10521. 43 indexed citations

Grant, Daniel J., David A. Dixon, Donald M. Camaioni, Robert G. Potter, & Karl O. Christe. (2009). Lewis Acidities and Hydride, Fluoride, and X⁻ Affinities of the BH_3−nX_n Compounds for (X = F, Cl, Br, I, NH₂, OH, and SH) from Coupled Cluster Theory. Inorganic Chemistry. 48(18). 8811–8821. 59 indexed citations

Potter, Robert G. & Thomas Smart Hughes. (2007). Synthesis of poly(para-phenylene)(2-isocyano-2-tosylpropane-1,3-diyl), poly(para-phenylene)(2-oxopropane-1,3-diyl) and oligo(cyclopentadienones) via carbonylative coupling of α,α′-dibromoxylene. Chemical Communications. 4665–4665. 2 indexed citations

Potter, Robert G.. (1988). The Changing Role of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Hydraulic Engineering. 115–119.

Donaldson, Peter J., John Bongaarts, & Robert G. Potter. (1985). Fertility, Biology, and Behavior: An Analysis of the Proximate Determinants.. Social Forces. 63(4). 1115–1115. 13 indexed citations

Bongaarts, John & Robert G. Potter. (1983). Fertility, Biology, and Behavior: An Analysis of the Proximate Determinants.. Population and Development Review. 9(3). 544–544. 161 indexed citations

Sullivan, Deborah A., et al.. (1980). Birth Rates and Birth Control Practice: Relations Based on the Computer Models TABRAP and CONVERSE.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 9(6). 808–808. 3 indexed citations

Bongaarts, John & Robert G. Potter. (1979). Fertility effect of seasonal migration and seasonal variation in fecundability: Test of a useful approximation under more general conditions. Demography. 16(3). 475–479. 21 indexed citations

Potter, Robert G., et al.. (1976). Extrapolation of IUD continuation curves. Population Studies. 30(2). 353–368. 4 indexed citations

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Potter, Robert G.. (1975). Changes of Natural Fertility and Contraceptive Equivalents. Social Forces. 54(1). 36–51. 17 indexed citations

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Potter, Robert G., George S. Masnick, & Murray Gendell. (1973). Postamenorrheic versus postpartum strategies of contraception. Demography. 10(1). 99–112. 22 indexed citations

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Potter, Robert G., et al.. (1965). A Case Study of Birth Interval Dynamics. Population Studies. 19(1). 81–81. 12 indexed citations

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Potter, Robert G., et al.. (1965). Applications of field studies to research on the physiology of human reproduction. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 18(11). 1125–1140. 50 indexed citations

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Brass, W., Charles F. Westoff, Robert G. Potter, & Philip C. Sagi. (1964). The Third Child a Study in the Prediction of Fertility. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. 42(3). 95–95. 2 indexed citations

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Potter, Robert G., et al.. (1964). Predicting the time required to conceive. Population Studies. 18(1). 99–116. 85 indexed citations

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Potter, Robert G., Philip C. Sagi, & Charles F. Westoff. (1962). Some Neglected Factors Pertaining to Fertility Control. Fertility and Sterility. 13(3). 259–264.

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Barrett, Donald N., Charles F. Westoff, Robert G. Potter, Philip C. Sagi, & Elliot G. Mishler. (1962). Family Growth in Metropolitan America. The American Catholic Sociological Review. 23(1). 77–77. 14 indexed citations

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Potter, Robert G.. (1958). Artificial Insemination by Donors. Fertility and Sterility. 9(1). 37–53. 8 indexed citations

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Kiser, Clyde V., Elliot G. Mishler, Charles F. Westoff, & Robert G. Potter. (1956). Development of Plans for a Social Psychological Study of the Future Fertility of Two-Child Families. Population Studies. 10(1). 43–43. 1 indexed citations

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Westoff, Charles F., et al.. (1955). A new study of American fertility. Eugenics Quarterly. 2(4). 229–233. 5 indexed citations

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