| Marriage, divorce, remarriage AJ Cherlin Harvard University Press, 1992 | 3675 | 1992 |
| The deinstitutionalization of American marriage AJ Cherlin Journal of marriage and family 66 (4), 848-861, 2004 | 2886 | 2004 |
| Remarriage as an incomplete institution A Cherlin American journal of Sociology 84 (3), 634-650, 1978 | 1723 | 1978 |
| The marriage-go-round: The state of marriage and the family in America today AJ Cherlin Vintage, 2010 | 1622 | 2010 |
| Divided families: What happens to children when parents part FF Furstenberg, AJ Cherlin Harvard University Press, 1991 | 1434 | 1991 |
| The role of cohabitation in declining rates of marriage LL Bumpass, JA Sweet, A Cherlin Journal of Marriage and the Family, 913-927, 1991 | 1307 | 1991 |
| The new American grandparent AJ Cherlin, FF Furstenberg Harvard University Press, 1992 | 1288 | 1992 |
| Longitudinal studies of effects of divorce on children in Great Britain and the United States AJ Cherlin, FF Furstenberg Jr, PL Chase-Lansdale, KE Kiernan, ... Science 252 (5011), 1386-1389, 1991 | 1280 | 1991 |
| Demographic trends in the United States: A review of research in the 2000s AJ Cherlin Journal of marriage and family 72 (3), 403-419, 2010 | 1244 | 2010 |
| Family instability and child well-being P Fomby, AJ Cherlin American sociological review 72 (2), 181-204, 2007 | 1160 | 2007 |
| Effects of parental divorce on mental health throughout the life course AJ Cherlin, PL Chase-Lansdale, C McRae American Sociological Review, 239-249, 1998 | 835 | 1998 |
| The long‐term effects of parental divorce on the mental health of young adults: A developmental perspective PL Chase‐Lansdale, AJ Cherlin, KE Kiernan Child development 66 (6), 1614-1634, 1995 | 799 | 1995 |
| Stepfamilies in the United States: A reconsideration AJ Cherlin, FF Furstenberg Jr Annual review of sociology 20 (1), 359-381, 1994 | 769 | 1994 |
| Public & private families: An introduction AJ Cherlin (No Title), 1996 | 682 | 1996 |
| American marriage in the early twenty-first century AJ Cherlin The future of children, 33-55, 2005 | 420 | 2005 |
| Parental divorce in childhood and demographic outcomes in young adulthood AJ Cherlin, KE Kiernan, PL Chase-Lansdale Demography 32 (3), 299-318, 1995 | 402 | 1995 |
| The divorce process and young children's well-being: A prospective analysis DR Morrison, AJ Cherlin Journal of Marriage and the Family, 800-812, 1995 | 391 | 1995 |
| Going to extremes: Family structure, children’s well-being, and social science AJ Cherlin Demography 36 (4), 421-428, 1999 | 389 | 1999 |
| Labor's love lost: The rise and fall of the working-class family in America AJ Cherlin Russell Sage Foundation, 2014 | 387 | 2014 |
| Mothers' transitions from welfare to work and the well-being of preschoolers and adolescents PL Chase-Lansdale, RA Moffitt, BJ Lohman, AJ Cherlin, RL Coley, ... Science 299 (5612), 1548-1552, 2003 | 378 | 2003 |
