2026 Greg J. Duncan: 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	130	15	11	10	8	483	85853

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Greg J. Duncan is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their scholarly work spans various aspects of social sciences, with a significant focus on education, health, safety, gender studies, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's main field of study is Social Sciences, with a notable number of publications totaling 62. Within this broad area, their subfields include:

Education (31 publications)
General Health Professions (13 publications)
Safety Research (12 publications)
Gender Studies (11 publications)
Clinical Psychology (9 publications)

Greg J. Duncan's research covers a range of topics, especially in early childhood development and social welfare, including:

Early Childhood Education and Development (40 publications)
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (22 publications)
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (22 publications)
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (14 publications)
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (12 publications)
Parental Involvement in Education (8 publications)
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (8 publications)

Among recent scholarly papers, the following are noted:

The impact of a poverty reduction intervention on infant brain activity, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Persistence and Fade-Out of Educational-Intervention Effects: Mechanisms and Potential Solutions, 2020, Gothic.net
Baby's First Years: Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Poverty Reduction in the United States, 2021, PEDIATRICS
A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty, 2021, Academic Pediatrics
The kindergarten Early Development Instrument predicts third grade academic proficiency, 2020, Early Childhood Research Quarterly

The researcher has collaborated frequently with other scholars, including:

Lisa A. Gennetian
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Katherine Magnuson
Kimberly G. Noble
Nathan A. Fox

Greg J. Duncan has published research in several recurring venues, with multiple papers featured in:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Developmental Psychology
UNC Libraries
Child Development

Throughout their career, Duncan has received various recognitions including:

Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2014)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2010)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)

Best Publications

School Readiness and Later Achievement

Greg J. Duncan;Chantelle J. Dowsett;Amy Claessens;Katherine Magnuson

7416
Citations
The Effects of Poverty on Children.

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Greg J. Duncan

5060
Citations
Economic Deprivation and Early Childhood Development

Greg J. Duncan;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Pamela Kato Klebanov

3636
Citations
Consequences of growing up poor

Greg J. Duncan;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

3051
Citations
Do Neighborhoods Influence Child and Adolescent Development

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Greg J. Duncan;Pamela Kato Klebanov;Naomi Sealand

2438
Citations
How much does childhood poverty affect the life chances of children

Greg J. Duncan;W. Jean Yeung;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Judith R. Smith

2113
Citations
Whither Opportunity?: Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances

Greg J. Duncan;Richard J. Murnane

1551
Citations
Family Poverty, Welfare Reform, and Child Development

Greg J. Duncan;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

1418
Citations
Neighborhood Poverty, Volume 1: Context and Consequences for Children

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Greg Duncan;J. Lawrence Aber

1403
Citations
The incidence and wage effects of overeducation

Greg J. Duncan;Saul D. Hoffman

1196
Citations
Neighborhoods, Obesity, and Diabetes — A Randomized Social Experiment

Jens Ludwig;Jens Ludwig;Lisa Sanbonmatsu;Lisa Gennetian;Emma Adam

1134
Citations
Early‐Childhood Poverty and Adult Attainment, Behavior, and Health

Greg J. Duncan;Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest;Ariel Kalil

1129
Citations
Early Predictors of High School Mathematics Achievement

Robert S. Siegler;Greg J. Duncan;Pamela E. Davis-Kean;Kathryn Duckworth

1036
Citations
Investing in Preschool Programs

Greg J. Duncan;Katherine Magnuson

1027
Citations
Does neighborhood and family poverty affect mothers' parenting, mental health, and social support?

Pamela Kato Klebanov;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Greg J. Duncan

1011
Citations
Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment

Jens Ludwig;Greg J. Duncan;Paul Hirschfield

986
Citations
Optimal Indicators of Socioeconomic Status for Health Research

Greg J. Duncan;Mary C. Daly;Peggy McDonough;David R. Williams

966
Citations
Years of Poverty, Years of Plenty: The Changing Economic Fortunes of American Workers and Families

Greg J Duncan;Richard Coe;Mary Corcoran;Martha S. Hill

966
Citations
Neighborhood Effects on the Long-Term Well-Being of Low-Income Adults

Jens Ludwig;Jens Ludwig;Greg J. Duncan;Lisa A. Gennetian;Lawrence F. Katz;Lawrence F. Katz

920
Citations
Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory: a meta-analysis

Jacky Au;Ellen Sheehan;Nancy Tsai;Greg J. Duncan

869
Citations
The Consequences of Growing Up Poor

Kathleen Ann Lodl;Greg J. Duncan;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

170
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey R. Kling National Bureau of Economic Research

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Columbia University

Katherine Magnuson University of Wisconsin–Madison

Lisa A. Gennetian Duke University

Hirokazu Yoshikawa New York University

George Farkas University of California, Irvine

Margaret Burchinal University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ariel Kalil University of Chicago

Deborah Lowe Vandell University of California, Irvine

J. Lawrence Aber New York University

External Links

Wikipedia of Greg J. Duncan Personal website of Greg J. Duncan Google Scholar page

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