Publications
Selected papers and reports are grouped by type. Click on a title to download a PDF of the publication (when available). For my full list of publications, please see my CV.
You can view reproducibility details (including code and, when available, data) for some projects at my Open Science Framework repository or GitHub repository.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Who Authors Social Science? Demographics and the Production of Knowledge
Jeffrey W. Lockhart, Molly M. King, and Christin Munsch
2024 | Social Currents
Kjersten Bunker Whittington, Molly M. King, and Isabella Cingolani
2024 | Scientometrics
King, Molly M. and Megan Imai
2023 | The American Sociologist
“Name-Based Demographic Inference and the Unequal Distribution of Misrecognition”
Lockhart, Jeffrey W., Molly M. King, and Christin Munsch
2023 | Nature Human Behavior
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“Paying Attention to the Pandemic: Knowledge of COVID-19 by News Sources and Demographics”
Molly M. King
2023 | American Behavioral Scientist
"The Undergraduate RA: Benefits and Challenges for Sociology Faculty and Research Assistants"
Molly M. King and Megan K. Imai
2023 | Teaching Sociology
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Molly M. King and Maria A. Gregg
2022 | Sociology Compass
Molly M. King and Megan E. Frederickson
2021 | Socius
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Jeremy Freese and Molly M. King.
2018 | Socius
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- Invited manuscript, Special Issue: Fixing Science
Molly M. King, Carl T. Bergstrom, Shelley J. Correll, Jennifer Jacquet, and Jevin D. West
2017 | Socius
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- Featured in Contexts article “Gender inequality in academic self-citations”
- Selected media coverage: The Washington Post, The Times (London), Nature News, Science Careers, Slate, New York Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, Jezebel
Jevin D. West, Jennifer Jacquet, Molly M. King, Shelley J. Correll, and Carl T. Bergstrom
2013 | PLOS ONE
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- Selected media coverage: The Atlantic, FiveThirtyEight, Salon, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Newsweek
Lyle J. Fagnan, David A. Dorr, Melinda Davis, Paul McGinnis, Jo Mahler, Molly McCarthy King, LeAnn Michaels
2011 | The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management
Public Scholarship
“Standing Up for Environmental Justice for People with Disabilities.” | 2023 | Santa Clara University Environmental Justice and the Common Good Initiative (coauthored with Emily Pachoud)
“Mentoring and teaching women with disabilities in universities.” | 2022 | THE (Times Higher Education) Campus
"People with disabilities are worth saving, too: Ensuring healthcare equity during the COVID-19 pandemic"| 2020 | Journal of Medical Ethics Blog
"The Graduate Voice and Influence program teaches students that negotiation is critical to their career success" | 2018 | Gender News
Research formed foundation for California AB 1520: Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force Act
Reducing Poverty in California… Permanently | 2015 | Pathways: a magazine on poverty, inequality, and social policy