Sylvia D. Hoffert

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sylvia D. Hoffert is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvia D. Hoffert has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in History and 9 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Sylvia D. Hoffert's work include Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (11 papers), Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (9 papers) and American History and Culture (9 papers). Sylvia D. Hoffert is often cited by papers focused on Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (11 papers), Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (9 papers) and American History and Culture (9 papers). Sylvia D. Hoffert collaborates with scholars based in United States. Sylvia D. Hoffert's co-authors include Emily Martin, Judith Walzer Leavitt, Linda Gordon, Rima D. Apple, John C. Spurlock, Judy Barrett Litoff, Nancy Isenberg, Susan Marshall and Molly Ladd‐Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Journal of American History and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History.

In The Last Decade

Sylvia D. Hoffert

28 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction

1988 1.2k citations Sylvia D. Hoffert et al. Journal of American History profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Sylvia D. Hoffert	491	314	264	237	217	36	1.6k
Barbara Katz Rothman	432 0.9×	280 0.9×	173 0.7×	296 1.2×	266 1.2×	86	1.8k
Rosalind Pollack Petchesky	563 1.1×	432 1.4×	215 0.8×	125 0.5×	228 1.1×	33	1.4k
Wendy Simonds	433 0.9×	221 0.7×	59 0.2×	158 0.7×	179 0.8×	31	996
Deirdre English	285 0.6×	227 0.7×	159 0.6×	159 0.7×	111 0.5×	12	995
Gayle Letherby	709 1.4×	403 1.3×	54 0.2×	287 1.2×	168 0.8×	77	1.6k
Margrit Shildrick	899 1.8×	563 1.8×	101 0.4×	375 1.6×	258 1.2×	97	2.6k
Mike Hepworth	645 1.3×	339 1.1×	90 0.3×	179 0.8×	94 0.4×	35	1.6k
Rickie Solinger	438 0.9×	340 1.1×	178 0.7×	183 0.8×	358 1.6×	43	1.3k
Jane McCabe	417 0.8×	337 1.1×	98 0.4×	147 0.6×	49 0.2×	5	1.0k
Linda M. Blum	443 0.9×	280 0.9×	60 0.2×	258 1.1×	229 1.1×	38	1.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hoffert, Sylvia D.. (2019). Some Techniques in Teaching Women's History. Teaching History A Journal of Methods. 1(1). 25–26.

Hoffert, Sylvia D.. (2019). A History of Gender in America: Essays, Documents, and Articles. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

Hoffert, Sylvia D.. (2008). Female Self–Making in Mid–Nineteenth–Century America. Journal of women's history. 20(3). 34–59. 5 indexed citations

Hoffert, Sylvia D., et al.. (2003). When Hens Crow: The Woman's Rights Movement in Antebellum America. The History Teacher. 36(2). 266–266. 4 indexed citations

Hoffert, Sylvia D., et al.. (2001). Joyous Greetings: The First International Women's Movement, 1830-1860. Journal of American History. 87(4). 1490–1490. 1 indexed citations

Hoffert, Sylvia D.. (2001). Jane Grey Swisshelm, Elizabeth Keckley, and the Significance of Race Consciousness in American Women's History. Journal of women's history. 13(3). 8–33. 2 indexed citations

Hoffert, Sylvia D.. (1997). Jane Grey Swisshelm and the Negotiation of Gender Roles on the Minnesota Frontier. Frontiers A Journal of Women Studies. 18(3). 17–17. 1 indexed citations

Hoffert, Sylvia D., et al.. (1996). Catching Babies: The Professionalization of Childbirth, 1870-1920. History of Education Quarterly. 36(4). 505–505. 1 indexed citations

Hoffert, Sylvia D. & Molly Ladd‐Taylor. (1995). Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare, and the State, 1890-1930. History of Education Quarterly. 35(2). 218–218. 2 indexed citations

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Hoffert, Sylvia D.. (1992). Neither Ballots nor Bullets: Women Abolitionists and the Civil War. History Reviews of New Books. 20(4). 148–149. 2 indexed citations

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Hoffert, Sylvia D.. (1991). Better than Second Best: Love and Work in the Life of Helen Magill. History Reviews of New Books. 19(3). 136–136. 1 indexed citations

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Hoffert, Sylvia D., et al.. (1991). Winter Friends: Women Growing Old in the New Republic, 1785-1835.. Journal of American History. 77(4). 1343–1343. 3 indexed citations

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Hoffert, Sylvia D.. (1991). Childbearing on the Trans-Mississippi Frontier, 1830-1900. Western Historical Quarterly. 22(3). 272–272. 2 indexed citations

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Apple, Rima D. & Sylvia D. Hoffert. (1990). Private Matters: American Attitudes toward Childbearing and Infant Nurture in the Urban North, 1800-1860. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 20(4). 686–686. 1 indexed citations

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Hoffert, Sylvia D.. (1990). Retrieving Women's History: Changing Perceptions of the Role of Women in Politics and Society. History Reviews of New Books. 18(2). 89–90. 2 indexed citations

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Hoffert, Sylvia D. & Rima D. Apple. (1989). Mothers and Medicine: A Social History of Infant Feeding, 1890-1950. Journal of American History. 75(4). 1351–1351. 6 indexed citations

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Litoff, Judy Barrett & Sylvia D. Hoffert. (1989). Private Matters: American Attitudes toward Childbearing and Infant Nurture in the Urban North, 1800-1860. Journal of the Early Republic. 9(3). 401–401. 1 indexed citations

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Hoffert, Sylvia D. & Linda Gordon. (1989). Heroes of Their Own Lives: The Politics and History of Family Violence, Boston, 1880-1960. Journal of American History. 76(1). 270–270. 74 indexed citations

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Hoffert, Sylvia D.. (1987). "A Very Peculiar Sorrow": Attitudes Toward Infant Death in the Urban Northeast, 1800-1860. American Quarterly. 39(4). 601–601. 9 indexed citations

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Hoffert, Sylvia D. & Judith Walzer Leavitt. (1987). Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America, 1750 to 1950. Journal of American History. 74(1). 145–145. 134 indexed citations

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