Ralph LaRossa

7.6k citations
60 papers · 4.9k · 3 hit papers · h-index 25

Impact in

    • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
    • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Demography top 0.1%
    • Family Dynamics and Relationships

Papers in

    • Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics 8
    • Work-Family Balance Challenges 5
    • Data Analysis and Archiving 5
    • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics 5
    • Gender Roles and Identity Studies 5

Ralph LaRossa

56 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Ralph LaRossa's Hit Papers

Grounded Theory Methods and Qualitative Family Research 2005 · 555 citations
5550+9+19Years since publication4008001.2k

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Ralph LaRossa
Comparison fields: 5 of 128
  • Gender Studies 1.5k
  • Demography 1.3k
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.7k
  • Clinical Psychology 834
  • Social Psychology 797
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ralph LaRossa, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood.
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19981439
2
Grounded Theory Methods and Qualitative Family Research
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2005555
3
Parents' Cultural Belief Systems: Their Origins, Expressions, and Consequences
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1997403
4 1997386
5 1988336
6 1994240
7 1997159
8 1994152
9 1982136
10 2006126
11 2015123
12 1998108
13 198995
14 198155
15
Becoming a parent
198646
16 199144
17 198544
18 198842
19 200632
20 199332

About Ralph LaRossa

Ralph LaRossa is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Demography, Education and History, having authored 60 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Family Dynamics and Relationships (9 papers), Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (8 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (5 papers), Gender Roles and Identity Studies (5 papers), Work-Family Balance Challenges (5 papers), Data Analysis and Archiving (5 papers), Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (5 papers) and Qualitative Research Methods and Applications (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Gender Studies (1.5k citations), Demography (1.3k citations), Sociology and Political Science (2.7k citations), Clinical Psychology (834 citations) and Social Psychology (797 citations). Ralph LaRossa has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Sharon Hays, Scott Coltrane, Sara Harkness, Charles M. Super, Peter N. Stearns, Robert L. Griswold, William J. Doherty, Maureen Mulligan LaRossa, Martha Farrell Erickson and Phyllis W. Berman. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Marriage and the Family, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Family Relations, Social Forces and The Journal of Sex Research.

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