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D-Index
55
Citations
13816
World Ranking
2004
National Ranking
963

Susan Cotts Watkins 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 Susan Cotts Watkins sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 181 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan Cotts Watkins 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 Susan Cotts Watkins sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Susan Cotts Watkins is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Arts and Humanities as well as Health Professions. The main fields of study include Literature and Literary Theory, Philosophy, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Cultural Studies.

Their scholarly work addresses a variety of topics, including:

  • Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
  • Contemporary Literature and Criticism
  • Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature
  • Short Stories in Global Literature
  • Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Cultural Industries and Urban Development

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • "Reduced to curtain twitchers? Age, ageism and the careers of four women actors," 2021, Journal of Women & Aging
  • "Simulation-Enhanced Interprofessional Education for Ambulatory Care Registered Nurses and Health Professions Students," 2023, The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
  • "Applying Realist Retroduction to EHR-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool Development," 2025, International Journal of Qualitative Methods
  • "Help us document what we already do: pilot study of clinical decision support tools targeting social risk-informed care," 2025, JAMIA Open
  • "Aging as Adaptation," 2023, The Gerontologist

Susan Cotts Watkins has published books through Palgrave Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing, including the 2020 title Contemporary Women's Post-Apocalyptic Fiction.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Watkins include:

  • Suzanne E. Morrissey
  • Arwen Bunce
  • Jenna Donovan
  • Laura M. Gottlieb
  • Maura Pisciotta

Publication venues where Watkins has contributed multiple works feature:

  • New Left Review
  • Journal of Women & Aging
  • The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
  • International Journal of Qualitative Methods
  • JAMIA Open

In recognition of their work, Susan Cotts Watkins was awarded the fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Social interactions and contemporary fertility transitions.

    John Bongaarts;Susan Cotts Watkins

  • The Decline of Fertility in Europe

    Ansley Johnson Coale;Susan Cotts Watkins

  • Attrition in longitudinal household survey data - some tests for three developing-country samples

    Harold Alderman;Jere R. Behrman;Hans-Peter Kohler;John A. Maluccio

  • The Density of Social Networks and Fertility Decisions: Evidence From South Nyanza District, Kenya

    Hans-Peter Kohler;Jere R. Behrman;Susan Cotts Watkins

  • Ties of dependence: AIDS and transactional sex in rural Malawi.

    Ann Swidler;Susan Cotts Watkins

  • Social network associations with contraceptive use among Cameroonian women in voluntary associations.

    Thomas W. Valente;Susan C. Watkins;Miriam N. Jato;Ariane Van Der Straten

  • Demographic foundations of family change.

    Susan Cotts Watkins;Jane A. Menken;John Bongaarts

  • The buzz outside the clinics: conversations and contraception in Nyanza Province, Kenya.

    Naomi Rutenberg;Susan Cotts Watkins

  • “Teach a Man to Fish”: The Sustainability Doctrine and Its Social Consequences

    Ann Swidler;Susan Cotts Watkins;Susan Cotts Watkins

  • Social networks and changes in contraceptive use over time: evidence from a longitudinal study in rural Kenya.

    Jere R. Behrman;Hans-Peter Kohler;Susan Cotts Watkins

  • Navigating the AIDS Epidemic in Rural Malawi

    Susan Cotts Watkins

  • Outsourcing Social Transformation: Development NGOs as Organizations

    Susan Cotts Watkins;Ann Swidler;Thomas Hannan

  • Cultural and Economic Approaches to Fertility: Proper Manriage or Mesalliance?

    Robert A. Pollak;Susan Cotts Watkins

  • Feminists and neo-Malthusians: Past and present alliances

    Dennis Hodgson;Susan Cotts Watkins

  • Famines in historical perspective.

    Susan Cotts Watkins;Jane Menken

  • Social networks and HIV/AIDs risk perceptions.

    Hans-Peter Kohler;Jere R. Behrman;Susan Cotts Watkins;Susan Cotts Watkins

  • Perceptions of Risk and Strategies for Prevention: Responses to HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi

    Kirsten P. Smith;Susan Cotts Watkins

  • From Provinces into Nations: Demographic Integration in Western Europe, 1870-1960

    Susan Cotts Watkins

  • Attrition in Longitudinal Household Survey Data

    Harold Alderman;Jere Behrman;Hans-Peter Kohler;John A. Maluccio

  • Cultural and Economic Approaches to Fertility : A Proper Marriage or a Mesalliance?

    Robert Pollak;S.C. Watkins

  • The Decline of Fertility in Europe

    Rudolf Andorka;David Levine;Charles Tilly;Ansley J. Coale

  • Ties of Dependence: AIDS and Transactional Sex in Rural Malawi - eScholarship

    Ann Swidler;Susan Cotts Watkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Peter Kohler
Hans-Peter Kohler University of Pennsylvania
Jere R. Behrman
Jere R. Behrman University of Pennsylvania
Ansley J. Coale
Ansley J. Coale Princeton University
Harold Alderman
Harold Alderman International Food Policy Research Institute
John A. Maluccio
John A. Maluccio Middlebury College
Jane Menken
Jane Menken University of Colorado Boulder
Eliya M. Zulu
Eliya M. Zulu Shelter Insurance
John Knodel
John Knodel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Arland Thornton
Arland Thornton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John Cleland
John Cleland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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