| Marriage, divorce, remarriage AJ Cherlin Harvard University Press, 1992 | 3739 | 1992 |
| The deinstitutionalization of American marriage AJ Cherlin Journal of marriage and family 66 (4), 848-861, 2004 | 3012 | 2004 |
| Remarriage as an incomplete institution A Cherlin American journal of Sociology 84 (3), 634-650, 1978 | 1787 | 1978 |
| The marriage-go-round: The state of marriage and the family in America today AJ Cherlin Vintage, 2010 | 1684 | 2010 |
| Divided families: What happens to children when parents part FF Furstenberg, AJ Cherlin Harvard University Press, 1991 | 1461 | 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 | 1320 | 1991 |
| The new American grandparent: A place in the family, a life apart AJ Cherlin, FF Furstenberg Harvard University Press, 1992 | 1313 | 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 | 1309 | 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 | 1270 | 2010 |
| Family instability and child well-being P Fomby, AJ Cherlin American sociological review 72 (2), 181-204, 2007 | 1212 | 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 | 855 | 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 | 816 | 1995 |
| Stepfamilies in the United States: A reconsideration AJ Cherlin, FF Furstenberg Jr Annual review of sociology 20 (1), 359-381, 1994 | 789 | 1994 |
| Public & private families: An introduction AJ Cherlin (No Title), 1996 | 694 | 1996 |
| American marriage in the early twenty-first century AJ Cherlin The future of children, 33-55, 2005 | 422 | 2005 |
| Labor's love lost: The rise and fall of the working-class family in America AJ Cherlin Russell Sage Foundation, 2014 | 405 | 2014 |
| Parental divorce in childhood and demographic outcomes in young adulthood AJ Cherlin, KE Kiernan, PL Chase-Lansdale Demography 32 (3), 299-318, 1995 | 403 | 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 | 395 | 1995 |
| Going to extremes: Family structure, children’s well-being, and social science AJ Cherlin Demography 36 (4), 421-428, 1999 | 392 | 1999 |
| 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 | 382 | 2003 |
