Marcia J. Carlson

Marcia J. Carlson publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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Marcia J. Carlson D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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Best Publications

• Family Structure and Children's Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes

  Marcia J. Carlson;Mary E. Corcoran

  874
  Citations

• Family Structure, Father Involvement, and Adolescent Behavioral Outcomes

  Marcia Jeanne Carlson

  863
  Citations

• Union Formation in Fragile Families

  Marcia Carlson;Sara McLanahan;Paula England

  738
  Citations

• Coparenting and nonresident fathers’ involvement with young children after a nonmarital birth

  Marcia J. Carlson;Sara S. McLanahan;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

  451
  Citations

• The Prevalence and Correlates of Multipartnered Fertility Among Urban U.S. Parents

  Marcia J. Carlson;Frank F. Furstenberg

  376
  Citations

• Parenting Practices of Resident Fathers: The Role of Marital and Biological Ties

  Lawrence M. Berger;Marcia J. Carlson;Sharon H. Bzostek;Cynthia Osborne

  260
  Citations

• Parents' Relationship Quality and Children's Behavior in Stable Married and Cohabiting Families

  Julia S. Goldberg;Marcia J. Carlson

  229
  Citations

• Couples as partners and parents over children's early years.

  Marcia J. Carlson;Natasha V. Pilkauskas;Sara S. McLanahan;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

  193
  Citations

• Fathers in Fragile Families

  Marcia J. Carlson;Sara S. McLanahan

  153
  Citations

• "Low-Income Men and Fathers' Influences on Children?"

  Marcia J. Carlson;Katherine A. Magnuson

  149
  Citations

• What Kids Get from Parents: Packages of Parental Involvement across Complex Family Forms.

  Marcia J. Carlson;Lawrence M. Berger

  146
  Citations

• Interstate migration of the US poverty population: Immigration “pushes” and welfare magnet “pulls”

  William H. Frey;Kao Lee Liaw;Yu Xie;Marcia J. Carlson

  133
  Citations

• Childbearing across partnerships in Australia, the United States, Norway, and Sweden.

  Elizabeth Thomson;Trude Lappegård;Marcia Carlson;Ann Evans

  132
  Citations

• Welfare reform, fertility, and father involvement.

  Sara S McLanahan;Marcia J Carlson

  129
  Citations

• Welfare Reform, Fertility and Father Involvement

  Sara McLanahan;Marcia J. Carlson

  129
  Citations

• Fragile Families, Father Involvement, and Public Policy

  Marcia J. Carlson;Sara S. McLanahan

  122
  Citations

• Strengthening Unmarried Families: Could EnhancingCouple Relationships AlsoImprove Parenting?

  Marcia J. Carlson;Sara S. McLanahan

  114
  Citations

• The effects of welfare and child support policies on union formation

  Marcia Carlson;Irwin Garfinkel;Sara McLanahan;Ronald Mincy

  85
  Citations

• Post-Welfare employment and psychological well-being.

  Sandra K. Danziger;Marcia J. Carlson;Julia R. Henly

  83
  Citations

• Early Father Involvement in Fragile Families

  Marcia J. Carlson;Sara S. McLanahan

  77
  Citations