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Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 50 Citations 11,689 141 World Ranking 1645 National Ranking 815

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Awards & Achievements

2009 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Social science
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Social psychology

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Social psychology, Developing country, Social network and Economic growth. Her Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome research includes themes of Public health, Qualitative research and Empowerment. Susan Cotts Watkins combines subjects such as Socioeconomic status and Environmental health with her study of Social psychology.

Her Developing country research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Condom, Human sexuality, Social constructionism and Social change. Susan Cotts Watkins interconnects Rural area, Modernity and Ethnography in the investigation of issues within Economic growth. Susan Cotts Watkins focuses mostly in the field of Socioeconomics, narrowing it down to topics relating to Total fertility rate and, in certain cases, Demography.

Her most cited work include:

  • The Decline of Fertility in Europe (788 citations)
  • Social interactions and contemporary fertility transitions. (695 citations)
  • The Density of Social Networks and Fertility Decisions: Evidence From South Nyanza District, Kenya (259 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Susan Cotts Watkins spends much of her time researching Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Demography, Fertility, Developing country and Economic growth. Her studies deal with areas such as Rural area, Social psychology, Epidemiology and Perception as well as Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Her work focuses on many connections between Demography and other disciplines, such as Demographic analysis, that overlap with her field of interest in Historical demography.

Susan Cotts Watkins usually deals with Fertility and limits it to topics linked to Developed country and Socioeconomics. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Focus group, Family medicine and Probit. Within one scientific family, Susan Cotts Watkins focuses on topics pertaining to Ethnography under Economic growth, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Modernity.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (33.96%)
  • Demography (23.90%)
  • Fertility (18.24%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2014-2019)?

  • Fertility (18.24%)
  • Demography (23.90%)
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (33.96%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Susan Cotts Watkins mainly focuses on Fertility, Demography, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Economic growth and Demographic transition. Her work deals with themes such as Control, Development economics, Ethnic group and Social group, which intersect with Fertility. Her research integrates issues of Total fertility rate, Economic history, Longitudinal study and Rural health in her study of Demography.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Argument and Ethnography in addition to Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Her research in the fields of Primary education and Developing country overlaps with other disciplines such as Food security. Her work carried out in the field of Demographic transition brings together such families of science as Regional science, Demographic economics and Infant mortality.

Between 2014 and 2019, her most popular works were:

  • Men's heightened risk of AIDS-related death: the legacy of gendered HIV testing and treatment strategies. (81 citations)
  • Cohort Profile: The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH) (61 citations)
  • A Fraught Embrace: The Romance and Reality of AIDS Altruism in Africa (29 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social science
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Anthropology

Susan Cotts Watkins mainly investigates Demography, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Fertility, Ethnography and Economic growth. Her Demography research integrates issues from Hiv testing and Immunology. Her Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome study incorporates themes from Social psychology, Altruism and Ethnology.

Her Fertility research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Total fertility rate and Economic history. The Ethnography study combines topics in areas such as Poverty and Argument. Her work in the fields of Economic growth, such as Developing country, intersects with other areas such as Food security.

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Best Publications

The Decline of Fertility in Europe

Ansley Johnson Coale;Susan Cotts Watkins.
(1986)

1234 Citations

Social interactions and contemporary fertility transitions.

John Bongaarts;Susan Cotts Watkins.
Population and Development Review (1996)

1099 Citations

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

Harold Alderman;Jere R. Behrman;Hans-Peter Kohler;John A. Maluccio.
Research Papers in Economics (2000)

564 Citations

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

Hans-Peter Kohler;Jere R. Behrman;Susan Cotts Watkins.
Demography (2001)

430 Citations

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.
Social Science & Medicine (1997)

355 Citations

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

Naomi Rutenberg;Susan Cotts Watkins.
Studies in Family Planning (1997)

326 Citations

Demographic foundations of family change.

Susan Cotts Watkins;Jane A. Menken;John Bongaarts.
American Sociological Review (1987)

318 Citations

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.
Demography (2002)

302 Citations

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

Ann Swidler;Susan Cotts Watkins.
Studies in Family Planning (2007)

299 Citations

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

Robert A. Pollak;Susan Cotts Watkins.
Population and Development Review (1993)

288 Citations

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