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Researcher · Wright State University · United States

Lawrence A. Kurdek

Lawrence A. Kurdek publishes mostly in Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Demography, on topics such as Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Family Dynamics and Relationships and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving.

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World rank
#22,900
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#8,446
of 1,627,098
Works
213
Citations
11k
Citations per work
53.5
h-index
62
i10-index 135Top 1% in Social Psychology
Lawrence A. Kurdek

What does Lawrence A. Kurdek research?

Lawrence A. Kurdek's work is mostly in Psychology (42%), Social Sciences (39%).

Social Sciences: 171 works · 80.2% of their workPsychology: 88 works · 41.5% of their workSocial Psychology: 62 works · 29.2% of their workClinical Psychology: 16 works · 7.6% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 works · 4.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 82 works · 38.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 36 works · 17.1% of their workDemography: 33 works · 15.5% of their workEducation: 13 works · 6.1% of their workEverything else: 42 works · 19.8% of their workTHEIR WORKLawrence A.Kurdek213works
Social Sciences80%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology8841.5%
    2. Social Sciences8238.7%
  2. Everything else4219.8%
  1. 1Social Psychology29% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science17% of their works
  3. 3Demography16% of their works
  4. 4Clinical Psychology8% of their works
  5. 5Education6% of their works
  6. 6Developmental and Educational Psychology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lawrence A. Kurdek's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Social Support, Emotion Regulation, Parenting, Attachment, Relationships, Divorce, Fertility and Mental Health.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Support1402 topics
  2. Emotion Regulation1262 topics
  3. Parenting1082 topics
  4. Attachment1011 topic
  5. Relationships1011 topic
  6. Divorce831 topic
  7. Fertility831 topic
  8. Mental Health833 topics
  9. Stigma582 topics
  10. Family Support391 topic
  11. Intergenerational Relations391 topic
  12. Intersectionality351 topic
  13. LGBTQ+351 topic
  14. Children251 topic
  15. Psychopathology251 topic
  16. Consensual Nonmonogamous Relationships231 topic
  17. Polyamory231 topic
  18. Infertility191 topic
  19. Reproductive Technologies191 topic
  20. School Engagement121 topic
  21. Student-Teacher Relationships121 topic

Where does Lawrence A. Kurdek work?

Lawrence A. Kurdek's main affiliation in the publication record is Wright State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Lawrence A. Kurdek have?

OpenAlex counts 213 works and 11,392 citations for Lawrence A. Kurdek, an h-index of 62, ranking #22,900 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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