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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 32 Citations 5,826 52 World Ranking 6783 National Ranking 3788

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Awards & Achievements

2020 - Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, American Sociological Association

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Social psychology

Brian Powell spends much of his time researching Parental investment, Academic achievement, Social psychology, Developmental psychology and Overweight. The Academic achievement study combines topics in areas such as Higher education, Demographic economics, Educational attainment and Human capital. His Educational attainment research includes themes of Test and Inclusion.

The concepts of his Social psychology study are interwoven with issues in Schizophrenia, Disadvantaged, Perception and Race. His work on Early childhood as part of general Developmental psychology study is frequently linked to Nature versus nurture, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. In his study, Objectivity and Black female is strongly linked to Psychiatry, which falls under the umbrella field of Clinical psychology.

His most cited work include:

  • Reconsidering the effects of sibling configuration: Recent advances and challenges (303 citations)
  • Gender, race, and DSM-III: a study of the objectivity of psychiatric diagnostic behavior (268 citations)
  • The effect of school on overweight in childhood: gain in body mass index during the school year and during summer vacation. (211 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Brian Powell mainly focuses on Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Race, Test and Academic achievement. Brian Powell has included themes like Perception and Scholarship in his Social psychology study. Brian Powell has researched Developmental psychology in several fields, including Inclusion and Well-being.

His study in Race is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Criminology, Social capital and Economic sociology. His biological study deals with issues like State, which deal with fields such as Educational quality, Social science, Associate professor and Argument. His Academic achievement research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Educational attainment and Demographic economics.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (40.30%)
  • Developmental psychology (26.87%)
  • Race (14.93%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2020)?

  • Social psychology (40.30%)
  • Human sexuality (5.97%)
  • Family structure (8.96%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Brian Powell mainly investigates Social psychology, Human sexuality, Family structure, Public opinion and Identity. He combines subjects such as Legislature and Corporation with his study of Social psychology. His Family structure study is associated with Developmental psychology.

Developmental psychology and Well-being are frequently intertwined in his study. His research integrates issues of Nuclear family, Gender studies, Criminology and Economic sociology in his study of Public opinion. His Identity study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Empirical evidence, Scrutiny, Research design and Symbolic interactionism.

Between 2010 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Marital Name Change as a Window into Gender Attitudes (44 citations)
  • Measurement, methods, and divergent patterns: Reassessing the effects of same-sex parents. (43 citations)
  • Public Opinion, the Courts, and Same-sex Marriage: Four Lessons Learned (27 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Social psychology

Brian Powell focuses on Social psychology, Human sexuality, Family structure, Same-sex parenting and Measurement method. His research in the fields of Sexual orientation overlaps with other disciplines such as Structure. His Human sexuality study combines topics in areas such as Opposition, Public opinion and Public sociology.

The Family structure study combines topics in areas such as Epistemology and Social environment. His Same-sex parenting research encompasses a variety of disciplines, including Function, Developmental psychology and Lesbian parents.

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Best Publications

Reconsidering the effects of sibling configuration: Recent advances and challenges

Lala Carr Steelman;Brian Powell;Regina Werum;Scott Carter.
Review of Sociology (2002)

544 Citations

Gender, race, and DSM-III: a study of the objectivity of psychiatric diagnostic behavior

Marti Loring;Brian Powell.
Journal of Health and Social Behavior (1988)

509 Citations

Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans' Definitions of Family

Brian Powell;Catherine Blozendahl;Claudia Geist;Lala Carr Steelman.
(2010)

344 Citations

The effect of school on overweight in childhood: gain in body mass index during the school year and during summer vacation.

Paul T. von Hippel;Brian Powell;Douglas B. Downey;Nicholas J. Rowland.
American Journal of Public Health (2007)

323 Citations

Sponsoring the Next Generation: Parental Willingness to Pay for Higher Education

Lala Carr Steelman;Brian Powell.
American Journal of Sociology (1991)

283 Citations

The effects of obesity on the clinical judgments of mental health professionals

Laura M. Young;Brian Powell.
Journal of Health and Social Behavior (1985)

263 Citations

Beyond Sibship Size: Sibling Density, Sex Composition, and Educational Outcomes

Brian Powell;Lala Carr Steelman.
Social Forces (1990)

262 Citations

Adoptive Parents, Adaptive Parents: Evaluating the Importance of Biological Ties for Parental Investment

Laura Hamilton;Simon Cheng;Brian Powell.
American Sociological Review (2007)

255 Citations

Nature, Nurture, Neither, Nor: Black-White Differences in Beliefs about the Causes and Appropriate Treatment of Mental Illness

Jason Schnittker;Jeremy Freese;Brian Powell.
Social Forces (2000)

246 Citations

The Educational Benefits of Being Spaced Out: Sibship Density and Educational Progress.

Brian Powell;Lala Carr Steelman.
American Sociological Review (1993)

230 Citations

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