Sara McLanahan
- Demography top 0.01%
- Family Dynamics and Relationships 83
- Gender Studies top 0.01%
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics 82
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences 18
- Sociology and Political Science top 0.02%
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving 72
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies 14
- Health top 0.1%
- Health disparities and outcomes 12
- Clinical Psychology top 0.5%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development 15
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- Early Childhood Education and Development 17
- Co-authors
- Gary D. SandefurIrwin GarfinkelNan Marie AstoneJeanne Brooks‐GunnToby L. ParcelElizabeth ThomsonNancy E. ReichmanJulien O. Teitler
- Journals
- Journal of Marriage and the Family (20 papers)Demography (16 papers)Social Forces (9 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomNetherlands
In The Last Decade
Sara McLanahan
193 papers receiving 17.1k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 166
- Demography 9.0k
- Gender Studies 6.3k
- Sociology and Political Science 11.5k
- Health 2.0k
- Clinical Psychology 3.1k
Countries citing papers authored by Sara McLanahan
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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara McLanahan
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Sara McLanahan, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021 | 19 | |
| 2 | 2020 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2020 | 21 | |
| 4 | 2019 | 9 | |
| 5 | 2017 | 43 | |
| 6 | Was Moynihan right? what happens to children of unmarried mothers | 2015 | 10 |
| 7 | 2015 | 5 | |
| 8 | 2015 | 41 | |
| 9 | 2014 | 16 | |
| 10 | 2012 | 80 | |
| 11 | 2011 | 42 | |
| 12 | 2011 | 91 | |
| 13 | 2009 | 259 | |
| 14 | What We Know About Unmarried Parents: Implications for Building Strong Families Programs | 2005 | 12 |
| 15 | Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Marriage among New, Unwed Parents | 2004 | 10 |
| 16 | Father absence and child wellbeing: a critical review | 2004 | 131 |
| 17 | 2002 | 22 | |
| 18 | 2002 | 30 | |
| 19 | 2001 | 19 | |
| 20 | Fathers under Fire: The Revolution in Child Support Enforcement in the USA (This CASEpaper is a summary of the book by the same title and authors, published by the Russel Sage Foundation, 1998) | 1998 | 4 |
About Sara McLanahan
Sara McLanahan is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Demography and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 194 papers that have together received 19.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Family Dynamics and Relationships (83 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (82 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (72 papers), Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (18 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (17 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (15 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (14 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Demography (9.0k citations), Gender Studies (6.3k citations) and Sociology and Political Science (11.5k citations). Sara McLanahan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Gary D. Sandefur, Irwin Garfinkel, Nan Marie Astone, Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn, Toby L. Parcel, Elizabeth Thomson, Nancy E. Reichman, Julien O. Teitler, Larry L. Bumpass and Marcia J. Carlson. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Marriage and the Family, Demography, Social Forces, The Future of Children and Children and Youth Services Review.
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