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Sara McLanahan

Sara McLanahan publishes mostly in Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Demography, on topics such as Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, Family Dynamics and Relationships and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving.

World rank
#8,123
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#3,914
of 358,040
Works
79
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
14.2

What does Sara McLanahan research?

Gender Studies: 27.4%Sociology and Political Science: 25.3%Demography: 18.9%General Health Professions: 7.4%other fields: 21.0%27%top field
Gender Studies27.4%Sociology and Political Science25.3%Demography18.9%General Health Professions7.4%other fields21.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Gender Studies27% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science25% of their works
  3. 3Demography19% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions7% of their works
  5. 5Clinical Psychology3% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sara McLanahan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gender Inequality, Gender Roles, Labor Force Participation, Welfare Reform, Divorce, Fertility, Family Support and Intergenerational Relations.

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.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Gender Inequality252 topics
  2. Gender Roles232 topics
  3. Labor Force Participation201 topic
  4. Welfare Reform201 topic
  5. Divorce181 topic
  6. Fertility181 topic
  7. Family Support121 topic
  8. Intergenerational Relations121 topic
  9. Health Outcomes52 topics
  10. Mental Health52 topics
  11. Sex Ratios51 topic
  12. Son Preference51 topic
  13. Telecommuting51 topic
  14. Work-Family Conflict51 topic
  15. Neighborhood Effects31 topic
  16. Precarious Employment31 topic
  17. Residential Segregation31 topic
  18. Unemployment31 topic
  19. Food Insecurity21 topic
  20. Social Determinants21 topic

Where does Sara McLanahan work?

Sara McLanahan's main affiliation in the publication record is Princeton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Sara McLanahan have?

Science Explorer counts 79 works and 1,124 citations for Sara McLanahan, ranking #8,123 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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