2026 Naomi Gerstel: 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	37	6227	5783	2978	2714	98	6082

Naomi Gerstel 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 Naomi Gerstel sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 98 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Naomi Gerstel 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 Naomi Gerstel sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Naomi Gerstel is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on issues within the social sciences, with a concentration on sociology and political science, gender studies, education, and general health professions. The scientist's work addresses topics including work-family balance challenges, gender, labor, and family dynamics, gender diversity and inequality, higher education research studies, urban neighborhood and segregation studies, and employment and welfare studies.

Gerstel has published in various scholarly journals, with contributions appearing in the following venues:

Journal of Marriage and the Family
Sociological Perspectives
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
American Journal of Sociology

Some of their recent papers include:

Work and Family in the Second Decade of the 21st Century, 2020, Journal of Marriage and the Family
Families and Financial Support: Comparing Black and Asian American College Students, 2022, Sociological Perspectives
Unemployment: The Accumulation of Advantage and Disadvantage, 2022, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do about It. By Erin L. Kelly and Phyllis Moen. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2020. Pp. vii+325. $29.95., 2021, American Journal of Sociology

Throughout their career, Naomi Gerstel has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. These include:

Karen V. Hansen
Margaret K. Nelson
Nazli Kibria
Maureen Perry-Jenkins
Yolanda Wiggins

Best Publications

Kin Support among Blacks and Whites: Race and Family Organization:

Natalia Sarkisian;Naomi R. Gerstel

581
Citations
MEN'S CAREGIVING: Gender and the Contingent Character of Care

Naomi R. Gerstel;Sally K. Gallagher

301
Citations
Till Marriage Do Us Part: Adult Children’s Relationships With Their Parents

Natalia Sarkisian;Naomi R. Gerstel

283
Citations
Explaining the Symptomatology of Separated and Divorced Women and Men: The Role of Material Conditions and Social Networks

Naomi Gerstel;Catherine Kohler Riessman;Sarah Rosenfield

274
Citations
Work and Family in the Second Decade of the 21st Century

Maureen Perry-Jenkins;Naomi Gerstel

262
Citations
Fathering, Class, and Gender A Comparison of Physicians and Emergency Medical Technicians

Carla Shows;Naomi R. Gerstel

242
Citations
Does singlehood isolate or integrate? Examining the link between marital status and ties to kin, friends, and neighbors:

Natalia Sarkisian;Naomi Gerstel

214
Citations
Extended Family Integration among Euro and Mexican Americans: Ethnicity, Gender, and Class.

Natalia Sarkisian;Mariana Gerena;Naomi Gerstel

212
Citations
Explaining the Gender Gap in Help to Parents: The Importance of Employment

Natalia Sarkisian;Naomi R. Gerstel

208
Citations
Kinkeeping and Distress: Gender, Recipients of Care, and Work-Family Conflict.

Naomi Gerstel;Sally K. Gallagher

202
Citations
Job Leaves and the Limits of the Family and Medical Leave Act The Effects of Gender, Race, and Family

Naomi Gerstel;Katherine McGONAGLE

176
Citations
Marriage: The Good, the Bad, and the Greedy:

Naomi R. Gerstel;Natalia Sarkisian

165
Citations
Extended Family Ties Among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Whites: Superintegration or Disintegration?*

Natalia Sarkisian;Mariana Gerena;Naomi R. Gerstel

164
Citations
Family ties : enduring relations between parents and their grown children

Naomi Gerstel;John R. Logan;Glenna D. Spitze

158
Citations
Caring for Kith and Kin: Gender, Employment, and the Privatization of Care

Naomi Gerstel;Sally Gallagher

155
Citations
Rethinking Families and Community: The Color, Class, and Centrality of Extended Kin Ties†

Naomi R. Gerstel

154
Citations
The Third Shift: Gender and Care Work Outside the Home

Naomi Gerstel

153
Citations
Commuter Marriage: A Study of Work and Family

Naomi Gerstel;Harriet Gross

149
Citations
A Labor of Love or Labor Itself Care Work among Adult Brothers and Sisters

Shelley Eriksen;Naomi R. Gerstel

143
Citations
Marital dissolution and health: do males or females have greater risk?

Catherine Kohler Riessman;Naomi Gerstel

134
Citations
Unequal Time: Gender, Class, and Family in Employment Schedules

Dan Clawson;Naomi Gerstel

134
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Burawoy University of California, Berkeley

William Julius Wilson Harvard University

Maureen Perry-Jenkins University of Massachusetts Amherst

External Links

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