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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
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 33 Citations 5,952 92 World Ranking 4818 National Ranking 2411

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Awards & Achievements

1997 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social science
  • Anthropology
  • Social psychology

His primary areas of investigation include Gender studies, Homosexuality, Developmental psychology, Lesbian and Anthropology. His Gender studies study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Flute. His Homosexuality study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Gender systems, Third gender, Subject and Sexology.

His Developmental psychology study also includes fields such as

  • Sexual attraction and related Sexual orientation,
  • Social psychology and related Psychosexual development. His Lesbian research incorporates elements of Heterosexuality, Gender role and Sexual identity. His work deals with themes such as Moral development and Indexicality, which intersect with Anthropology.

His most cited work include:

  • Cultural psychology : essays on comparative human development (653 citations)
  • Third sex, Third gender – Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History (297 citations)
  • Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian Teens Are Leading a New Way Out of the Closet (200 citations)

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

His main research concerns Gender studies, Human sexuality, Anthropology, Homosexuality and New guinea. His work on Lesbian as part of general Gender studies research is frequently linked to Context, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science. His Lesbian study incorporates themes from Gerontology and Transgender.

Gilbert Herdt interconnects Reproductive health, Criminology, Psychosexual development and Kinship in the investigation of issues within Human sexuality. His Anthropology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Cultural psychology, Theoretical psychology and Critical psychology. His study looks at the intersection of Homosexuality and topics like Identity with Subject.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Gender studies (43.43%)
  • Human sexuality (21.21%)
  • Anthropology (20.20%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2005-2020)?

  • Gender studies (43.43%)
  • Human sexuality (21.21%)
  • New guinea (16.16%)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Gender studies, Human sexuality, New guinea, Inequality and Secrecy. His research integrates issues of Anthropology, Social science, Socialization and Denial in his study of Gender studies. His studies in Anthropology integrate themes in fields like Secret society and Gender & Development.

Gilbert Herdt has included themes like Homosexuality, Transgender, Public opinion and Queer in his Socialization study. The various areas that Gilbert Herdt examines in his Human sexuality study include Demography, Popularity and Criminology. His Criminology research incorporates themes from Feeling, Anger, Power and Reproductive rights.

Between 2005 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • I Do, but I Can't: The Impact of Marriage Denial on the Mental Health and Sexual Citizenship of Lesbians and Gay Men in the United States (89 citations)
  • Social support in the lives of lesbians and gay men at midlife and later (46 citations)
  • Moral Panics, Sex Panics: Fear and the Fight Over Sexual Rights (43 citations)

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

  • Social science
  • Anthropology
  • Social psychology

Gilbert Herdt focuses on Mental health, Sexual orientation, Criminology, Human sexuality and Gender studies. His Mental health research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Sexual minority, Social support, Social psychology and Ethnic group. His Sexual orientation research integrates issues from Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Comfort women, Heterosexuality and Reproductive health.

The Criminology study combines topics in areas such as Feeling, Anger, Power and Reproductive rights. Gilbert Herdt integrates several fields in his works, including Human sexuality, Indigenous and Sexual coercion. His research in Gender studies is mostly focused on Heterosexism.

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Best Publications

Cultural psychology : essays on comparative human development

James W. Stigler;Richard A. Schweder;Gilbert Herdt.
All but three of the chapters in this book are revised versions of presentations from two symposia held by the University of Chicago Committee on Human Development: "Culture and Human Development" (Oct 23-25, 1986) and "Children's Lives in Cultural Context" (Nov 5-7, 1987). (1990)

716 Citations

Third sex, Third gender – Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History

Gilbert H. Herdt.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (1995)

595 Citations

Rethinking Puberty: The Development of Sexual Attraction

Martha K. McClintock;Gilbert Herdt.
Current Directions in Psychological Science (1996)

329 Citations

Guardians of the Flutes: Idioms of Masculinity

Gilbert H. Herdt.
(1981)

302 Citations

Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian Teens Are Leading a New Way Out of the Closet

Gilbert H. Herdt;Andrew Boxer.
(1993)

297 Citations

The magical age of 10.

Gilbert Herdt;Martha McClintock.
Archives of Sexual Behavior (2000)

243 Citations

Sexual culture, HIV transmission, and AIDS research

Richard G. Parker;Gilbert Herdt;Manuel Carballo.
Journal of Sex Research (1991)

242 Citations

Ritualized homosexuality in Melanesia

Gilbert H. Herdt.
Pacific Affairs (1985)

208 Citations

Double jeopardy: Identity transitions and parent-child relations among gay and lesbian youth.

Andrew M. Boxer;Judith A. Cook;Gilbert Herdt.
Portions of the data in this chapter were presented at the conference, "Parent Child Relations Across the Lifespan," University of New Hampshire, May 1989, and at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, Aug 13, 1989. (1991)

204 Citations

The Sambia : ritual and gender in New Guinea

Gilbert H. Herdt.
(1987)

175 Citations

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