Sharon Sassler

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Sharon Sassler is a scholar working on Demography, Gender Studies and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sharon Sassler has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Demography, 46 papers in Gender Studies and 44 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Sharon Sassler's work include Family Dynamics and Relationships (53 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (25 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (23 papers). Sharon Sassler is often cited by papers focused on Family Dynamics and Relationships (53 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (25 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (23 papers). Sharon Sassler collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Sharon Sassler's co-authors include Daniel T. Lichter, Amanda Miller, Katherine Michelmore, Fenaba R. Addo, Frances Goldscheider, Yael Levitte, Jennifer Glass, R.N. Turner, Robert Schoen and Kristi Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, PLoS ONE and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Sharon Sassler

77 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Cohabitation and Marriage: Complexity and Diversity in Un... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150
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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. Cohabitation and Marriage: Complexity and Diversity in Union‐Formation Patterns
    2020 171 citations Sharon Sassler, Daniel T. Lichter Journal of Marriage and the Family profile →

Peers

Sharon Sassler
Christine R. Schwartz United States
Gayle Kaufman United States
Nicholas H. Wolfinger United States
Tim B. Heaton United States
Peter Uhlenberg United States
Katherine R. Allen United States
Marilyn Coleman United States
Stacy J. Rogers United States
Linda Young‐DeMarco United States
Scott Coltrane United States
Christine R. Schwartz United States
Sharon Sassler
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Countries citing papers authored by Sharon Sassler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sharon Sassler

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sharon Sassler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sharon Sassler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sharon Sassler 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 Sharon Sassler. Sharon Sassler 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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Sassler, Sharon, et al.. (2023). Factors shaping the gender wage gap among college-educated computer science workers. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0293300–e0293300. 2 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon, et al.. (2023). State-Level Abortion Policy Hostility and Unplanned Births in the Pre-Dobbs Era. Demography. 60(5). 1469–1491. 4 indexed citations
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Miller, Amanda & Sharon Sassler. (2021). Reasons for Cohabitation Mini Qualitative Analysis. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology.
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Sassler, Sharon, et al.. (2020). Fatherhood and Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Progression of Romantic Relationships. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 83(4). 985–1003. 3 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon, Katherine Michelmore, & Zhenchao Qian. (2018). Transitions From Sexual Relationships Into Cohabitation and Beyond. Demography. 55(2). 511–534. 37 indexed citations
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Addo, Fenaba R., Jason N. Houle, & Sharon Sassler. (2018). The Changing Nature of the Association Between Student Loan Debt and Marital Behavior in Young Adulthood. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. 40(1). 86–101. 29 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon, Katherine Michelmore, & Jennifer Holland. (2016). The Progression of Sexual Relationships. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 78(3). 587–597. 22 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon, Jennifer Glass, Yael Levitte, & Katherine Michelmore. (2016). The missing women in STEM? Assessing gender differentials in the factors associated with transition to first jobs. Social Science Research. 63. 192–208. 107 indexed citations
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Dunifon, Rachel, et al.. (2015). Better for Baby? The Retreat From Mid-Pregnancy Marriage and Implications for Parenting and Child Well-being. Demography. 52(4). 1167–1194. 10 indexed citations
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Lichter, Daniel T., Sharon Sassler, & R.N. Turner. (2014). Cohabitation, post-conception unions, and the rise in nonmarital fertility. Social Science Research. 47. 134–147. 81 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon & Kara Joyner. (2011). Social Exchange and the Progression of Sexual Relationships in Emerging Adulthood. Social Forces. 90(1). 223–245. 23 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon, et al.. (2011). Class Differences in Cohabitation Processes. Family Relations. 60(2). 163–177. 72 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon, et al.. (2010). Class Differences in Women’s Family andWork Behaviors. 16(2). 349. 1 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon. (2010). Partnering Across the Life Course: Sex, Relationships, and Mate Selection. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 72(3). 557–575. 196 indexed citations
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Addo, Fenaba R. & Sharon Sassler. (2010). Financial Arrangements and Relationship Quality in Low‐Income Couples. Family Relations. 59(4). 408–423. 84 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon, Anna Cunningham, & Daniel T. Lichter. (2009). Intergenerational Patterns of Union Formation and Relationship Quality. Journal of Family Issues. 30(6). 757–786. 51 indexed citations
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Goldscheider, Frances & Sharon Sassler. (2006). Creating Stepfamilies: Integrating Children Into the Study of Union Formation. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 68(2). 275–291. 87 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon & Zhenchao Qian. (2003). Marital Timing and Marital Assimilation Variation and Change among European Americans between 1910 and 1980. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 36(3). 131–148. 14 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon. (2001). Family: The Making of an Idea, an Institution, and a Controversy in American Culture. 63(1). 281–23. 1 indexed citations

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