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Adoption Law

Adoption Law is a branch of Comparative Family Law that governs the legal process through which individuals acquire the status of parent and child with respect to persons not biologically their own, thereby establishing rights and obligations equivalent to those of biological kinship.

224

Publications

6.4K

Citations

280

Authors

166

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

25

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Publications

224

Adoption in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Jack Goody · Comparative Studies in Society and History · 1969 · 153 citations

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Perception of Adoption as Social Stigma: Motivation for Search and Reunion

Karen March · Journal of Marriage and the Family · 1995 · 131 citations

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Adoption in the service of child protection: An international interdisciplinary perspective.

Jesús Palacios, Salomé Adroher, David M. Brodzinsky et al. · Psychology Public Policy and Law · 2019 · 124 citations

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Kinship by design: a history of adoption in the modern United States

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 115 citations

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The Case for Transracial Adoption.

Peter Uhlenberg, Rita J. Simon, Howard Alstein et al. · Social Forces · 1995 · 107 citations

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Authors

280

  1. RG
    Ruth G. McRoy

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    6 publications · 184 citations

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  2. EB
    Elizabeth Bartholet

    Harvard University Press, United States

    5 publications · 202 citations

    5

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  3. AR
    Annette R. Appell

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    4 publications · 99 citations

    4

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  4. AE
    Abbie E. Goldberg

    Clark University, United States

    3 publications · 89 citations

    3

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  5. BY
    Barbara Yngvesson

    Hampshire College, United States

    3 publications · 163 citations

    3

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Institutions

166

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    117 citations

  2. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    289 citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    144 citations

  4. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    57 citations

  5. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    161 citations

  6. University of East Anglia

    Norwich, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    57 citations

  7. Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    64 citations

  8. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    73 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 19 publications · 348 citations

    14

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 13 publications · 685 citations

    12

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  3. Adoption & Fostering

    9 publications · 199 citations

    9

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 199 citations

    8

    h-index

  5. Children and Youth Services Review

    7 publications · 208 citations

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