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John Knodel 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 John Knodel sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 284 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Knodel 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 John Knodel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John Knodel is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the social sciences, focusing on themes related to migration, health, environment, and family dynamics. Their work is published primarily in journals addressing cross-cultural and social issues.

The scientist's notable recent publications include:

  • Smoking and Drinking Behaviors among Older Adults: A Comparative Analysis of Three Southeast Asian Countries, 2021, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
  • Parental migration and care for left-behind children in Myanmar's Dry Zone, 2021, Journal of Social Issues

John Knodel collaborates with other researchers, often co-authoring with Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan and Wiraporn Pothisiri. These collaborations contribute to a multidisciplinary approach in their investigations.

The main fields of study they contribute to include:

  • Social Sciences

Their subfields of study further refine their research focus into:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Health

Research topics that consistently appear in their work cover a range of social and environmental issues:

  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Publications by John Knodel are found in venues such as the Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology and the Journal of Social Issues, reflecting their engagement with interdisciplinary research at the intersection of social sciences and health.

Best Publications

  • The Design and Analysis of Focus Group Studies: A Practical Approach

    John Knodel

  • Lessons from the past: policy implications of historical fertility studies.

    Knodel J;van de Walle E

  • Demographic behavior in the past : a study of fourteen German village populations in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

    John E. Knodel

  • Thailand's reproductive revolution : rapid fertility decline in a Third-World setting

    John E. Knodel;Aphichat Chamratrithirong;Nibhon Debavalya

  • Focus Groups and Surveys as Complementary Research Methods: A Case Example

    Brent Wolff;John Knodel;Werasit Sittitrai

  • Family size and children's education in Thailand: evidence from a national sample

    John Knodel;Malinee Wongsith

  • Family limitation and the fertility transition: Evidence from the age patterns of fertility in Europe and Asia.

    John Knodel

  • Family size and the education of children in the context of rapid fertility decline

    John Knodel;Napaporn Havanon;Werasit Sittitrai

  • Europe's fertility transition: new evidence and lessons for today's developing world.

    Van De Walle E;Knodel J

  • Family size and children’s education in Vietnam

    Truong Si Anh;John Knodel;David Lam;Jed Friedman

  • Rural parents with urban children: social and economic implications of migration for the rural elderly in Thailand

    John Knodel;Chanpen Saengtienchai

  • Breast feeding fertility and infant mortality: an analysis of some early German data.

    John Knodel;Etienne van de Walle

  • The impact of breast feeding patterns on the biometric analysis of infant mortality.

    John Knodel;Hallie Kintner

  • Post-Cairo population policy: does promoting girls schooling miss the mark?

    John Knodel;Gavin W. Jones

  • Gender and Aging in the Developing World: Where Are the Men?

    John Knodel;Mary Beth Ofstedal

  • Breast-feeding and population growth

    John Knodel

  • Fertility transition in Thailand: a qualitative analysis.

    John Knodel;Napaporn Havanon;Anthony Pramualratana

  • The decline of non-marital fertility in Europe, 1880–1940

    Edward Shorter;John Knodel;Etienne Van De Walle

  • Family support and living arrangements of Thai elderly.

    John Knodel;Napaporn Chayovan

  • Intergenerational support and gender: a comparison of four Asian countries.

    Mary Beth Ofstedal;John Knodel;Napaporn Chayovan

Frequent Co-Authors

Zachary Zimmer
Zachary Zimmer Mount Saint Vincent University
David Lam
David Lam University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Susan Cotts Watkins
Susan Cotts Watkins University of California, Los Angeles
Emmanuel Lagarde
Emmanuel Lagarde University of Bordeaux
Peter McDonald
Peter McDonald University of Melbourne
Bobbi S. Low
Bobbi S. Low University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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