| Low birth weight, social factors, and developmental outcomes among children in the United States JD Boardman, DA Powers, YC Padilla, RA Hummer Demography 39 (2), 353-368, 2002 | 357 | 2002 |
| Parental acceptance and illegal drug use among gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents: Results from a national survey YC Padilla, C Crisp, DL Rew Social Work 55 (3), 265-275, 2010 | 211 | 2010 |
| Immigrant policy: Issues for social work practice YC Padilla Social Work 42 (6), 595-606, 1997 | 143 | 1997 |
| Grand challenges for social work E Uehara, M Flynn, R Fong, J Brekke, RP Barth, C Coulton, K Davis, ... Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research 4 (3), 165-170, 2013 | 140 | 2013 |
| Cultural responses to health among Mexican American women and their families YC Padilla, G Villalobos Family & Community Health 30, S24-S33, 2007 | 125 | 2007 |
| Low birthweight: Do unwed fathers help? YC Padilla, NE Reichman Children and Youth Services Review 23 (4-5), 427-452, 2001 | 110 | 2001 |
| Racial and ethnic variation in the predictors of maternal parenting stress JB Cardoso, YC Padilla, MC Sampson Journal of Social Service Research 36 (5), 429-444, 2010 | 102 | 2010 |
| Addressing policy barriers to paternal involvement during pregnancy AP Alio, MJ Bond, YC Padilla, JJ Heidelbaugh, M Lu, WJ Parker Maternal and child health journal 15, 425-430, 2011 | 101 | 2011 |
| Racial and ethnic disparities in low birthweight among urban unmarried mothers NE Reichman, ER Hamilton, RA Hummer, YC Padilla Maternal and Child Health Journal 12, 204-215, 2008 | 100 | 2008 |
| Using the transformative paradigm to conduct a mixed methods needs assessment of a marginalized community: Methodological lessons and implications KM Jackson, S Pukys, A Castro, L Hermosura, J Mendez, S Vohra-Gupta, ... Evaluation and Program Planning 66, 111-119, 2018 | 87 | 2018 |
| Assimilation and emerging health disparities among new generations of US children ER Hamilton, JB Cardoso, RA Hummer, YC Padilla Demographic Research 25, 783-818, 2011 | 78 | 2011 |
| Big Cities and Welfare Reform: Early Implementation and Ethnographic Findings from the Project on Devolution and Urban Change. J Quint, K Edin, ML Buck, B Fink, YC Padilla, O Simmons-Hewitt, ... Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, 16 East 34 Street, New York, NY …, 1999 | 78 | 1999 |
| Is the Mexican American “epidemiologic paradox” advantage at birth maintained through early childhood? YC Padilla, JD Boardman, RA Hummer, M Espitia Social Forces 80 (3), 1101-1123, 2002 | 62 | 2002 |
| Association between support and maternal stress at one year postpartum: Does type matter? MC Sampson, Y Villarreal, Y Padilla Social Work Research 39 (1), 49-60, 2015 | 59 | 2015 |
| Beyond the Epidemiological Paradox: The Health of Mexican‐American Children at Age Five* YC Padilla, ER Hamilton, RA Hummer Social Science Quarterly 90 (5), 1072-1088, 2009 | 45 | 2009 |
| GUEST EDITORIAL: Our Nation's Immigrants in Peril: An Urgent Call to Social Workers YC Padilla, ER Shapiro, MD Fernández-Castro, M Faulkner Social Work 53 (1), 5-8, 2008 | 45 | 2008 |
| Identifying grand challenges facing social work in the next decade: Maximizing social policy engagement YC Padilla, R Fong Journal of Policy Practice 15 (3), 133-144, 2016 | 42 | 2016 |
| The living conditions of US-born children of Mexican immigrants in unmarried families YC Padilla, MD Radey, RA Hummer, E Kim Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 28 (3), 331-349, 2006 | 40 | 2006 |
| Psychosocial factors associated with patterns of smoking surrounding pregnancy in fragile families RL Page, YC Padilla, ER Hamilton Maternal and child health journal 16, 249-257, 2012 | 37 | 2012 |
| Father-youth closeness and adolescent self-rated health: The mediating role of mental health JL O'Gara, A Zhang, Y Padilla, C Liu, K Wang Children and Youth Services Review 104, 104386, 2019 | 34 | 2019 |
