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D-Index
40
Citations
10314
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5230
National Ranking
373

Michael Bittman 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 Michael Bittman sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 112 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Bittman 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 Michael Bittman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Bittman is affiliated with the University of New England in Australia and has contributed research primarily in the field of Social Sciences, with a focus on Education. Their work spans subfields such as Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research topics include Early Childhood Education and Development, Education Systems and Policy, Educational and Psychological Assessments, Child Development and Digital Technology, and Work-Family Balance Challenges.

Bittman has published in several academic journals, including:

  • Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
  • International Journal of Research & Method in Education
  • Social Sciences
  • The Australian Educational Researcher

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on early childhood education and worktime, job demands, and the challenges of commodified care. Notable publications include:

  • Taking a detailed look at early childhood educators' worktime, 2023, Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
  • Measuring early childhood educators' time at work using an electronic random time-sampling approach, 2022, International Journal of Research & Method in Education
  • Discovering the Hidden Work of Commodified Care: The Case of Early Childhood Educators, 2024, Social Sciences
  • All in a day's work: job demands and satisfaction in Australian early childhood education and care settings, 2025, The Australian Educational Researcher

Bittman frequently collaborates with several co-authors who have contributed significantly to related research areas. These co-authors include:

  • Linda Harrison
  • Sandie Wong
  • Megan Gibson
  • Frances Press
  • Judith Brown

Best Publications

  • When Does Gender Trump Money? Bargaining and Time in Household Work

    Michael Bittman;Paula England;Liana Sayer;Liana Sayer;Nancy Folbre

  • The Rush Hour: The Character of Leisure Time and Gender Equity

    Michael Bittman;Judy Wajcman

  • Families without Borders : Mobile Phones, Connectedness and Work-Home Divisions

    Judy Wajcman;Michael Bittman;Judith Elizabeth Brown

  • The Double Life of the Family: Myth, hope and experience

    Michael Bittman;Jocelyn Pixley

  • The double life of the family

    Michael Bittman;Jocelyn Pixley

  • The Rush Hour: The Character of Leisure Time and Gender Equity

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  • Family Time : The Social Organization of Care

    Michael Bittman;Nancy Folbre

  • Exit, Voice, and Suffering: Do Couples Adapt to Changing Employment Patterns?

    Jonathan Gershuny;Michael Bittman;John Brice

  • Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

    Ann Sanson;Jan Nicholson;Judy Ungerer;Stephen Zubrick

  • Digital natives? New and old media and children's outcomes.

    Michael Bittman;Leonie Rutherford;Jude Brown;Lens Unsworth

  • The mobile phone, perpetual contact and time pressure:

    Michael Bittman;Judith E. Brown;Judy Wajcman

  • The time-pressure illusion : Discretionary time vs. free time

    Robert E. Goodin;James Mahmud Rice;Michael Bittman;Peter Saunders

  • Juggling time: how Australian families use time

    Michael Bittman

  • Appliances and their impact: the ownership of domestic technology and time spent on household work

    Michael Bittman;James Mahmud Rice;Judy Wajcman

  • Time demands of caring for children with autism: what are the implications for maternal mental health?

    Michael G. Sawyer;Michael Bittman;Annette M. La Greca;Angela D. Crettenden

  • Do working mothers raise couch potato kids? Maternal employment and children's lifestyle behaviours and weight in early childhood.

    Judith E. Brown;Dorothy H. Broom;Jan M. Nicholson;Michael Bittman

  • How Long Is the Second (Plus First) Shift? Gender Differences in Paid, Unpaid, and Total Work Time in Australia and the United States

    Liana C. Sayer;Paula England;Michael Bittman;Suzanne M. Bianchi

  • The Impact of Caring on Informal Carers' Employment, Income and Earnings: a Longitudinal Approach

    Michael Bittman;Trish Hill;Cathy Thomson

  • The incremental time costs of children: An analysis of children's impact on adult time use in Australia

    Lyn Craig;Michael Bittman

  • Parenthood Without Penalty: Time Use And Public Policy In Australia And Finland

    Michael Bittman

  • Mothers and fathers with young children: paid employment, caring and wellbeing

    Jennifer Baxter;Matthew Gray;Michael Alexander;Lyndall Strazdins

Frequent Co-Authors

Judy Wajcman
Judy Wajcman London School of Economics and Political Science
Adrian Bauman
Adrian Bauman University of Sydney
Melissa Wake
Melissa Wake University of Melbourne
Jan M. Nicholson
Jan M. Nicholson La Trobe University
Lyndall Strazdins
Lyndall Strazdins Australian National University
Michael G. Sawyer
Michael G. Sawyer University of Adelaide
Paula England
Paula England New York University Abu Dhabi
Nancy Folbre
Nancy Folbre University of Massachusetts Amherst
Dorothy Broom
Dorothy Broom Australian National University
Helen Skouteris
Helen Skouteris Monash University

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