2026 Arland Thornton: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	66	963	838	451	382	181	19811

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

963

838

451

382

181

19811

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

19811

World Ranking

963

National Ranking

451

Overview

Arland Thornton is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health as key subfields.

The scientist's recent scholarly contributions include work published in the Journal of Drug Issues. One notable paper is titled "Factors Influencing Attitudes Towards Safer Supply Programs for People Who Use Drugs: Findings From an Atlantic Canadian Province", published in 2023.

Their research specialization incorporates topics such as:

HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Frequent collaborators in their academic work include:

Amy L. MacQuarrie
Caroline Brunelle

Their publications are mainly featured in the Journal of Drug Issues, which aligns with their topic focus areas related to drug use and public health interventions.

Best Publications

Four Decades of Trends in Attitudes Toward Family Issues in the United States: The 1960s Through the 1990s

Arland Thornton;Linda Young-DeMarco

1387
Citations
The life history calendar: a technique for collecting retrospective data.

Deborah Freedman;Arland Thornton;Donald Camburn;Duane Alwin

1172
Citations
Causes and Consequences of Sex-Role Attitudes and Attitude Change.

Arland Thornton;Duane F. Alwin;Donald Camburn

956
Citations
THE LIFE HISTORY CALENDAR: A RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR COLLECTING RETROSPECTIVE EVENT‐HISTORY DATA

Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Arland Thornton;Deborah Freedman

778
Citations
The relationship between cohabitation and divorce: Selectivity or causal influence?

William G. Axinn;Arland Thornton

735
Citations
Changing Attitudes toward Family Issues in the United States.

Arland Thornton

627
Citations
Reciprocal Effects of Religiosity, Cohabitation, and Marriage

Arland Thornton;William G. Axinn;Daniel H. Hill

625
Citations
The influence of school enrollment and accumulation on cohabitation and marriage in early adulthood.

Arland Thornton;William G. Axinn;Jay D. Teachman

534
Citations
Religious Participation and Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Attitudes.

Arland Thornton;Donald Camburn

488
Citations
The influence of the family on premarital sexual attitudes and behavior

Arland Thornton;Donald Camburn

429
Citations
Influence of the Marital History of Parents on the Marital and Cohabitational Experiences of Children

Arland Thornton

416
Citations
FAMILY ORIGINS AND THE SCHOOLING PROCESS: EARLY VERSUS LATE INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL CHARACTERISTICS*

Duane F. Alwin;Arland Thornton

410
Citations
Mothers, Children, and Cohabitation: The Intergenerational Effects of Attitudes and Behavior

William G. Axinn;Arland Thornton

407
Citations
Marriage and Cohabitation

Arland Thornton;William G. Axinn;Yu Xie

401
Citations
Social change and the family: Comparative perspectives from the west, China, and South Asia

Arland Thornton;Thomas E. Fricke

394
Citations
The developmental paradigm, reading history sideways, and family change.

Arland Thornton

388
Citations
Unwanted childbearing, health, and mother-child relationships.

Jennifer S. Barber;William G. Axinn;Arland Thornton

378
Citations
Economic Potential and Entry into Marriage and Cohabitation

Yu Xie;James M. Raymo;Kimberly A. Goyette;Arland Thornton

378
Citations
Social change and the family in Taiwan

Arland Thornton;Hui-sheng Lin

358
Citations
The influence of parents’ marital dissolutions on children’s attitudes toward family formation

William G. Axinn;Arland Thornton

339
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William G. Axinn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Yu Xie Princeton University

Kathryn M. Yount Emory University

Duane F. Alwin Pennsylvania State University

Ronald Freedman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Frances K. Goldscheider University of Maryland, College Park

Willard L. Rodgers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

James M. Raymo Princeton University

Susan Cotts Watkins University of California, Los Angeles

Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University

External Links

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