Sonalde Desai

Sonalde Desai publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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Sonalde Desai 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 Sonalde Desai sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Maternal education and child health: is there a strong causal relationship?

  Sonalde Desai;Soumya Alva

  1123
  Citations

• Mother or market? Effects of maternal employment on the intellectual ability of 4-year-old children.

  Sonalde Desai;P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale;Robert T. Michael

  550
  Citations

• Women's Employment During Pregnancy and After the First Birth: Occupational Characteristics and Work Commitment

  Sonalde Desai;Linda J. Waite

  493
  Citations

• Changing educational inequalities in India in the context of affirmative action.

  Sonalde Desai;Veena Kulkarni

  459
  Citations

• GENDER SCRIPTS AND AGE AT MARRIAGE IN INDIA

  Sonalde Desai;Lester Andrist

  450
  Citations

• Caste in 21st Century India: Competing Narratives.

  Sonalde Desai;Amaresh Dubey

  348
  Citations

• Maternal Employment and Changes in Family Dynamics: The Social Context of Women's Work in Rural South India

  Sonalde Desai;Devaki Jain

  334
  Citations

• Wedding Celebrations as Conspicuous Consumption Signaling Social Status in Rural India

  Francis Bloch;Vijayendra Rao;Sonalde Desai

  328
  Citations

• Linkages between maternal education and childhood immunization in India.

  Kriti Vikram;Reeve Vanneman;Sonalde Desai

  322
  Citations

• Children at Risk: The Role of Family Structure in Latin America and West Africa

  Sonalde Desai

  268
  Citations

• Negotiated Identities: Male Migration and Left-Behind Wives in India

  Sonalde Desai;Manjistha Banerji

  258
  Citations

• Private Schooling in India: A New Educational Landscape

  Sonalde Desai;Amaresh Dubey;Reeve Vanneman;Rukmini Banerji

  230
  Citations

• Children's living arrangements in developing countries

  Cynthia B. Lloyd;Sonalde Desai

  208
  Citations

• When Are Children from Large Families Disadvantaged? Evidence from Cross-National Analyses

  Sonalde Desai

  203
  Citations

• INDIAN PARADOX: RISING EDUCATION, DECLINING WOMENS' EMPLOYMENT.

  Esha Chatterjee;Sonalde Desai;Reeve Vanneman

  168
  Citations

• Families in Southeast and South Asia

  Wei-Jun Jean Yeung;Sonalde Desai;Gavin W. Jones

  148
  Citations

• Escaping and Falling into Poverty in India Today

  Amit Thorat;Reeve Vanneman;Sonalde Desai;Amaresh Dubey

  137
  Citations

• Gender inequalities and household fuel choice in India.

  Pallavi Choudhuri;Sonalde Desai

  115
  Citations

• The Paradox of Declining Female Work Participation in an Era of Economic Growth.

  Sonalde Desai;Omkar Joshi

  85
  Citations

• Wedding Celebrations as Conspicuous Consumption: Signaling Social Status in Rural India

  Francis Bloch;Vijayendra Rao;Sonalde Desai

  45
  Citations