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1433

Femida Handy 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 Femida Handy sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 188 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Femida Handy 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 Femida Handy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Femida Handy is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on sociology and political science. Their scholarly output reflects engagement with various interdisciplinary subfields, including demography, health, finance, and areas related to management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics within the nonprofit sector and volunteering, as well as tourism, volunteerism, and development. Additional areas of interest include religion, society, and development, health disparities and outcomes, social capital and networks, community development and social impact, and environmental education and sustainability.

Femida Handy has published notably in the following venues:

  • Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
  • Nonprofit Policy Forum
  • Voluntary Sector Review
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Community Well-Being

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Handy are:

  • "Global Philanthropy: Does Institutional Context Matter for Charitable Giving?" (2021) in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
  • "The Good-looking Giver Effect: The Relationship Between Doing Good and Looking Good" (2020) in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
  • "Volunteer Retirement and Well-being: Evidence from Older Adult Volunteers" (2022) in International Journal of Community Well-Being
  • "Intergenerational disenchantment? Environmental behaviors and motivations across generations in South Korea" (2021) in Geoforum
  • "'Because we all love K-Pop': How young adults reshape symbolic boundaries in Paris, Manchester, and Philadelphia" (2022) in British Journal of Sociology

Frequent coauthors of Handy include:

  • Allison R. Russell
  • Tiana Marrese
  • Tally Katz-Gerro
  • Daniel Choi
  • A. Stefanie Ruiz

Best Publications

  • Defining Who is a Volunteer: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations

    Ram A. Cnaan;Femida Handy;Margaret Wadsworth

  • Navigating Theories of Volunteering: A Hybrid Map for a Complex Phenomenon

    Lesley Hustinx;Ram A. Cnaan;Femida Handy

  • The Wage Differential between Nonprofit Institutions and Corporations: Getting More by Paying Less?

    Femida Handy;Eliakim Katz

  • Public Perception of "Who is a Volunteer": An Examination of the Net-Cost Approach from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

    Femida Handy;Ram A. Cnaan;Jeffrey L. Brudney;Ugo Ascoli

  • A Cross-cultural Examination of Student Volunteering: is it all about Resume building?

    Femida Handy;Ram A. Cnaan;Lesley Hustinx;Chulhee Kang

  • Valuing Volunteers: An Economic Evaluation of the Net Benefits of Hospital Volunteers

    Femida Handy;Narasimhan Srinivasan

  • Immigrant Volunteering: A Stepping Stone to Integration?

    Femida Handy;Itay Greenspan

  • Motivations and benefits of student volunteering: comparing regular, occasional, and non-volunteers in five countries

    Karen Smith;Kirsten Holmes;Debbie Haski-Leventhal;Ram A Cnaan

  • Social and Cultural Origins of Motivations to Volunteer A Comparison of University Students in Six Countries

    Lesley Hustinx;Femida Handy;Ram A. Cnaan;Jeffrey L. Brudney

  • The Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers in Nonprofit Organizations

    Femida Handy;Laurie Mook;Jack Quarter

  • Generation green: understanding the motivations and mechanisms influencing young adults' environmental volunteering

    Lindsey M. McDougle;Itay Greenspan;Femida Handy

  • Keeping up with the Joneses: The relationship of perceived descriptive social norms, social information, and charitable giving

    Rachel Croson;Femida Handy;Jen Shang

  • Volunteering and Volunteers: Benefit-Cost Analyses

    Femida Handy;Laurie Mook

  • Financial Inclusion: Lessons from Rural South India

    Ram A. Cnaan;M. S. Moodithaya;Femida Handy

  • Summer on the Island: Episodic Volunteering

    Femida Handy;Nadine Brodeur;Ram A Cnaan

  • Understanding online donor behavior: the role of donor characteristics, perceptions of the internet, website and program, and influence from social networks

    Micheal L. Shier;Femida Handy

  • Cultural values and volunteering: a cross-cultural comparison of students' motivation to volunteer in 13 countries

    Henrietta Grönlund;Kirsten Holmes;Chulhee Kang;Ram A. Cnaan

  • The Demand for Volunteer Labor: A Study of Hospital Volunteers

    Femida Handy;Narasimhan Srinivasan

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Global Philanthropy

    Pamala Wiepking;Femida Handy

  • Factors Influencing Women Entrepreneurs of NGOs in India

    Femida Handy;Meenaz Kassam;Shree Renade

  • Review essay: The Why and How of volunteering

    Femida Handy;Lesley Hustinx

Frequent Co-Authors

Ram A. Cnaan
Ram A. Cnaan University of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey L. Brudney
Jeffrey L. Brudney University of North Carolina Wilmington
Tally Katz-Gerro
Tally Katz-Gerro University of Haifa
Rachel Croson
Rachel Croson University of Minnesota
Ale Smidts
Ale Smidts Erasmus University Rotterdam

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