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D-Index
66
Citations
19811
World Ranking
963
National Ranking
451

Arland Thornton publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arland Thornton sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 181 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Arland Thornton D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arland Thornton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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

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

    Deborah Freedman;Arland Thornton;Donald Camburn;Duane Alwin

  • Causes and Consequences of Sex-Role Attitudes and Attitude Change.

    Arland Thornton;Duane F. Alwin;Donald Camburn

  • 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

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

    William G. Axinn;Arland Thornton

  • Changing Attitudes toward Family Issues in the United States.

    Arland Thornton

  • Reciprocal Effects of Religiosity, Cohabitation, and Marriage

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

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

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

  • Religious Participation and Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Attitudes.

    Arland Thornton;Donald Camburn

  • The influence of the family on premarital sexual attitudes and behavior

    Arland Thornton;Donald Camburn

  • Influence of the Marital History of Parents on the Marital and Cohabitational Experiences of Children

    Arland Thornton

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

    Duane F. Alwin;Arland Thornton

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

    William G. Axinn;Arland Thornton

  • Marriage and Cohabitation

    Arland Thornton;William G. Axinn;Yu Xie

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

    Arland Thornton;Thomas E. Fricke

  • The developmental paradigm, reading history sideways, and family change.

    Arland Thornton

  • Unwanted childbearing, health, and mother-child relationships.

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

  • Economic Potential and Entry into Marriage and Cohabitation

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

  • Social change and the family in Taiwan

    Arland Thornton;Hui-sheng Lin

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

    William G. Axinn;Arland Thornton

Frequent Co-Authors

William G. Axinn
William G. Axinn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yu Xie
Yu Xie Princeton University
Kathryn M. Yount
Kathryn M. Yount Emory University
Miles S. Kimball
Miles S. Kimball University of Colorado Boulder
Jennifer S. Barber
Jennifer S. Barber Indiana University
Ronald Freedman
Ronald Freedman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Duane F. Alwin
Duane F. Alwin Pennsylvania State University
Frances K. Goldscheider
Frances K. Goldscheider University of Maryland, College Park
James M. Raymo
James M. Raymo Princeton University
Susan Cotts Watkins
Susan Cotts Watkins University of California, Los Angeles

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