Alexander Schmidt‐Catran

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alexander Schmidt‐Catran is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Schmidt‐Catran has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 7 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Alexander Schmidt‐Catran's work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (9 papers), Migration, Refugees, and Integration (7 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (5 papers). Alexander Schmidt‐Catran is often cited by papers focused on Social Policy and Reform Studies (9 papers), Migration, Refugees, and Integration (7 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (5 papers). Alexander Schmidt‐Catran collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Sweden. Alexander Schmidt‐Catran's co-authors include Malcolm Fairbrother, Christian S. Czymara, Marco Gießelmann, Dennis C. Spies, Rob Eisinga, Ben Pelzer, Manfred te Grotenhuis, Hans‐Jürgen Andreß, Ruben Konig and Rense Nieuwenhuis and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, American Journal of Epidemiology and Demography.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Schmidt‐Catran

23 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Random Effects in Multilevel Models: Getting Them Wrong and Getting Them Right

2015 283 citations Alexander Schmidt‐Catran, Malcolm Fairbrother European Sociological Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Schmidt‐Catran Germany	13	609	401	229	141	110	27	1.1k
Howard Ramos Canada	17	639 1.0×	223 0.6×	152 0.7×	89 0.6×	89 0.8×	60	1.1k
Daniel Stegmueller United States	15	559 0.9×	637 1.6×	160 0.7×	94 0.7×	73 0.7×	38	1.3k
Emanuele Ferragina France	17	483 0.8×	510 1.3×	313 1.4×	93 0.7×	89 0.8×	38	1.1k
Ottar Hellevik Norway	13	378 0.6×	147 0.4×	163 0.7×	115 0.8×	163 1.5×	37	972
Peter Achterberg Netherlands	24	1.1k 1.8×	808 2.0×	185 0.8×	148 1.0×	91 0.8×	107	1.8k
Gabe Mythen United Kingdom	23	1.2k 1.9×	261 0.7×	172 0.8×	66 0.5×	80 0.7×	63	1.5k
Markus Hadler Austria	16	695 1.1×	170 0.4×	157 0.7×	202 1.4×	457 4.2×	61	1.3k
Andrew Kohut United States	9	719 1.2×	252 0.6×	179 0.8×	151 1.1×	74 0.7×	14	1.2k
J. Phillip Thompson United States	9	581 1.0×	231 0.6×	257 1.1×	139 1.0×	33 0.3×	22	1.0k
Meir Yaish Israel	19	987 1.6×	199 0.5×	225 1.0×	76 0.5×	78 0.7×	42	1.5k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Langenkamp, Alexander, et al.. (2025). It seems tense: The influence of loneliness on perceived social conflict and societal threats. Political Psychology. 47(1).

Schmidt‐Catran, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Economic Inequality and Public Support for Redistribution in Europe: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 36(4).

Lange, Martín & Alexander Schmidt‐Catran. (2024). High-Profile Crime and Perceived Public Safety: Evidence From Cologne’s New Year’s Eve in 2015. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Meulemann, Heiner & Alexander Schmidt‐Catran. (2023). Is Secularization a Pervasive Trend in Europe?. Journal of Religion in Europe. 16(3). 288–315. 1 indexed citations

Schmidt‐Catran, Alexander & Christian S. Czymara. (2022). Political elite discourses polarize attitudes toward immigration along ideological lines. A comparative longitudinal analysis of Europe in the twenty-first century. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 49(1). 85–109. 26 indexed citations

Gießelmann, Marco & Alexander Schmidt‐Catran. (2020). Interactions in Fixed Effects Regression Models. Sociological Methods & Research. 51(3). 1100–1127. 89 indexed citations

Schmidt‐Catran, Alexander & Christian S. Czymara. (2020). “Did you read about Berlin?” Terrorist attacks, online media reporting and support for refugees in Germany. Soziale Welt. 71(1-2). 201–232. 7 indexed citations

Meulemann, Heiner & Alexander Schmidt‐Catran. (2020). Secularization—Still Going Strong? What Remains When Cross-sectional Differences Are Eliminated from a Longitudinal Analysis. Journal of Religion in Europe. 12(3). 231–259. 3 indexed citations

Czymara, Christian S. & Alexander Schmidt‐Catran. (2018). Konfundierungen in Vignettenanalysen mit einzelnen d‑effizienten Vignettenstichproben. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 70(1). 93–103.

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Czymara, Christian S. & Alexander Schmidt‐Catran. (2017). Refugees Unwelcome? Changes in the Public Acceptance of Immigrants and Refugees in Germany in the Course of Europe’s ‘Immigration Crisis’. European Sociological Review. 33(6). 735–751. 117 indexed citations

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Gießelmann, Marco, et al.. (2017). Lebensbedingungen in Deutschland in der Längsschnittperspektive. 2 indexed citations

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Schmidt‐Catran, Alexander & Romana Careja. (2017). Institutions, culture and migrants’ preference for state-provided welfare. Longitudinal evidence from Germany. Journal of European Social Policy. 27(2). 197–212. 11 indexed citations

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Reibling, Nadine, Jason Beckfield, Tim Huijts, et al.. (2016). Depressed during the depression: has the economic crisis affected mental health inequalities in Europe? Findings from the European Social Survey (2014) special module on the determinants of health. European Journal of Public Health. 27(suppl_1). 47–54. 67 indexed citations

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Grotenhuis, Manfred te, Ben Pelzer, Rob Eisinga, et al.. (2016). When size matters: advantages of weighted effect coding in observational studies. International Journal of Public Health. 62(1). 163–167. 81 indexed citations

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Grotenhuis, Manfred te, Ben Pelzer, Rob Eisinga, et al.. (2016). A novel method for modelling interaction between categorical variables. International Journal of Public Health. 62(3). 427–431. 25 indexed citations

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Pförtner, Timo‐Kolja & Alexander Schmidt‐Catran. (2016). In-Work Poverty and Self-Rated Health in a Cohort of Working Germans: A Hybrid Approach for Decomposing Within-Person and Between-Persons Estimates of In-Work Poverty Status. American Journal of Epidemiology. 185(4). 274–282. 11 indexed citations

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Czymara, Christian S. & Alexander Schmidt‐Catran. (2016). Wer ist in Deutschland willkommen?. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 68(2). 193–227. 34 indexed citations

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Schmidt‐Catran, Alexander & Dennis C. Spies. (2016). Immigration and Welfare Support in Germany. American Sociological Review. 81(2). 242–261. 79 indexed citations

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Schmidt‐Catran, Alexander & Malcolm Fairbrother. (2015). The Random Effects in Multilevel Models: Getting Them Wrong and Getting Them Right. European Sociological Review. 32(1). 23–38. 283 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schmidt‐Catran, Alexander. (2014). Economic inequality and public demand for redistribution: combining cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence. Socio-Economic Review. 14(1). 119–140. 132 indexed citations

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