2026 Dudley L. Poston: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	40	5428	5037	2558	2329	211	5569

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Dudley L. Poston is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within the social sciences, psychology, and health professions. With a strong focus on demographic and sociological studies, their work addresses various aspects of population, health, and social identity.

The main fields of study for Dudley L. Poston include:

Social Sciences
Psychology
Health Professions

Their research further extends into specialized subfields such as:

Sociology and Political Science
Gender Studies
Social Psychology
Demography
Political Science and International Relations

Core topics explored in their work include:

LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
Obesity and Health Practices
China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
Census and Population Estimation
Family Dynamics and Relationships

Dudley L. Poston has several recent papers that highlight areas of demography, census data, and health analysis:

"The Decennial Census and Congressional Apportionment," 2020, Harvard Data Science Review
"The Age-Related Probability of Dying from COVID-19 among Those Infected: A Relative Survival Analysis," 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"Demography," 2022, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

Their frequent coauthors include:

Eugenia Conde
Joachim Singelmann
Layton M. Field
Ginny Garcia-Alexander
Ceylan Engin

Publications appear in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Harvard Data Science Review
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

In addition to articles, Dudley L. Poston has contributed to book publications with notable titles:

Applied Regression Models in the Social Sciences (2023), Cambridge University Press
International Handbook of the Demography of Obesity (2022), Springer Nature (Netherlands)

Award recognition includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

The Academic, Personality, and Physical Outcomes of Only Children in China

Toni L Falbo;Dudley L. Poston

270
Citations
Income and Veteran Status: Variations Among Mexican Americans, Blacks and Anglos

Harley L. Browning;Sally C. Lopreato;Dudley L. Poston

225
Citations
Age and Sex

Dudley L. Poston

206
Citations
Academic Performance and Personality Traits of Chinese Children: "Onlies" versus Others'

Dudley L. Poston;Toni Falbo

196
Citations
Socioeconomic development, family planning, and fertility in China.

Dudley L. Poston;Baochang Gu

176
Citations
The global distribution of the overseas Chinese around 1990.

Dudley L. Poston;Michael Xinxiang Mao;Mei-Yu Yu

176
Citations
The Division of Labor: Conceptualization and Related Measures

Jack P. Gibbs;Dudley L. Poston

175
Citations
Handbook of population

Dudley L. Poston;Michael Micklin

162
Citations
Patterns of Asexuality in the United States

Dudley L. Poston;Amanda K. Baumle

154
Citations
Too Many Males: Marriage Market Implications of Gender Imbalances in China

Dudley L. Poston;Karen S. Glover

126
Citations
Same-Sex Partners: The Social Demography of Sexual Orientation

Amanda K. Baumle;D'Lane R. Compton;Dudley L. Poston

124
Citations
Son preference and the sex ratio at birth in China: A provincial level analysis

Dudley L. Poston;Baochang Gu;Peihang Peggy Liu;Terra McDaniel

123
Citations
The Distribution of the Overseas Chinese in the Contemporary World

Dudley L. Poston;Mei-Yu Yu

110
Citations
Population and Society: Author Index

Dudley L. Poston;Leon F. Bouvier

93
Citations
The Chinese diaspora: The current distribution of the overseas Chinese population:

Dudley L Poston;Juyin Helen Wong

91
Citations
Son preference and fertility in China.

Dudley L. Poston

90
Citations
The Economic Cost of Homosexuality: Multilevel Analyses

Amanda K. Baumle;Dudley L. Poston

87
Citations
Healthy Longevity in China

Zeng Yi;Dudley L. Poston;Denese Ashbaugh Vlosky;Danan Gu

79
Citations
Physical, achievement and personality characteristics of Chinese children

Toni L Falbo;D. L. Poston;G. Ji;S. Jiao

78
Citations
Variations in Veteran/Nonveteran Earnings Patterns Among World War II, Korea, and Vietnam War Cohorts:

Melanie Martindale;Dudley L. Poston

73
Citations
China’s One-child Policy and the Changing Family

Xiaotian Feng;Dudley L. Poston;Xiaotao Wang

34
Citations
Age and Sex Composition

Dudley L. Poston;Leon F. Bouvier

22
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Rogers University of Colorado Boulder

Joseph D. Tucker University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Scott J. South University at Albany, State University of New York

Danan Gu United Nations

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