Alexander Seifert

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Alexander Seifert is a scholar working on Demography, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Seifert has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Demography, 37 papers in General Health Professions and 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Alexander Seifert's work include Technology Use by Older Adults (43 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (14 papers) and Social and Demographic Issues in Germany (11 papers). Alexander Seifert is often cited by papers focused on Technology Use by Older Adults (43 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (14 papers) and Social and Demographic Issues in Germany (11 papers). Alexander Seifert collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Alexander Seifert's co-authors include Shelia R. Cotten, Bo Xie, Ronny König, Anna Schlomann, Michael Doh, Christian Rietz, Matthias Höfer, Susanne Zank, Vera Gallistl and Amy M. Schuster and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and The Journals of Gerontology Series B.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Seifert

84 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A Double Burden of Exclusion? Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19

2020 338 citations Alexander Seifert et al. profile →
Internet use among older Europeans: an analysis based on SHARE data

2018 218 citations Alexander Seifert et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Seifert Switzerland	22	1.0k	558	530	507	304	86	2.0k
Bárbara Barbosa Neves Australia	23	924 0.9×	281 0.5×	557 1.1×	389 0.8×	345 1.1×	54	1.8k
Amanda Hunsaker United States	17	500 0.5×	252 0.5×	440 0.8×	216 0.4×	123 0.4×	29	1.4k
Elizabeth Ozanne Australia	20	652 0.6×	288 0.5×	263 0.5×	224 0.4×	205 0.7×	40	1.4k
Cara Bailey Fausset United States	11	856 0.8×	343 0.6×	294 0.6×	170 0.3×	150 0.5×	25	1.3k
Maryalice Jordan‐Marsh United States	18	307 0.3×	510 0.9×	453 0.9×	241 0.5×	68 0.2×	40	1.6k
R. V. Rikard United States	20	294 0.3×	468 0.8×	385 0.7×	194 0.4×	75 0.2×	39	1.3k
Yiwei Chen United States	19	318 0.3×	175 0.3×	318 0.6×	197 0.4×	273 0.9×	47	1.2k
Amanda Grenier Canada	24	468 0.5×	725 1.3×	454 0.9×	354 0.7×	279 0.9×	75	1.6k
Paul P. Freddolino United States	19	376 0.4×	401 0.7×	195 0.4×	145 0.3×	77 0.3×	52	1.2k
Tenzin Wangmo Switzerland	28	425 0.4×	772 1.4×	723 1.4×	141 0.3×	59 0.2×	164	2.5k

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Seifert, Alexander, et al.. (2024). The role of optometry in healthcare for visually impaired older adult populations: a Swiss case study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 1378236–1378236. 1 indexed citations

Seifert, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Exploring online health information seeking and sharing among older adults: a mini-review about acceptance, potentials, and barriers. Frontiers in Digital Health. 6. 1336430–1336430. 10 indexed citations

Seifert, Alexander & Neil Charness. (2022). Digital transformation of everyday lives of older Swiss adults: use of and attitudes toward current and future digital services. European Journal of Ageing. 19(3). 729–739. 22 indexed citations

Seifert, Alexander. (2021). Older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic – Forgotten and stigmatized?. International Social Work. 64(2). 275–278. 11 indexed citations

Seifert, Alexander, et al.. (2021). Einstellungen gegenüber Menschen mit Demenz. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 54(7). 636–642. 1 indexed citations

Seifert, Alexander, John A. Batsis, & Anthony C Smith. (2020). Telemedicine in Long-Term Care Facilities During and Beyond COVID-19: Challenges Caused by the Digital Divide. Frontiers in Public Health. 8. 601595–601595. 55 indexed citations

Seifert, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Digitalisierung und Technikeinsatz in Institutionen fur Menschen im Alter. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 1 indexed citations

Seifert, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Loneliness Among Older Adults. Frontiers in Sociology. 5. 590935–590935. 67 indexed citations

Schlomann, Anna, Alexander Seifert, & Christian Rietz. (2019). Relevance of Activity Tracking With Mobile Devices in the Relationship Between Physical Activity Levels and Satisfaction With Physical Fitness in Older Adults: Representative Survey. JMIR Aging. 2(1). e12303–e12303. 11 indexed citations

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Seifert, Alexander, et al.. (2019). Partizipativ mitforschen: Interesse und Meinungen zur partizipativen Forschung unter Teilnehmenden einer Senioren-Universität. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 53(5). 423–429. 2 indexed citations

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Seifert, Alexander, Dominique Alexandra Reinwand, & Anna Schlomann. (2019). Designing and Using Digital Mental Health Interventions for Older Adults: Being Aware of Digital Inequality. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 10. 568–568. 54 indexed citations

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Seifert, Alexander, Matthias Höfer, & Mathias Allemand. (2018). Mobile Data Collection: Smart, but Not (Yet) Smart Enough. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 12. 971–971. 14 indexed citations

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Grove, T. L., Thomas Hassel, Alexander Seifert, et al.. (2017). Mat.‐wiss. u. Werkstofftech. 11/2017. Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik. 48(11). 1031–1033. 3 indexed citations

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Seifert, Alexander. (2016). Internetkompetenzen im Alter. merz | medien + erziehung. 60(1). 66–71. 1 indexed citations

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Seifert, Alexander. (2016). Das Wohnquartier als Ressource im Alter - Nachbarschaftskontakte, Nachbarschaftshilfe und die Verbundenheit mit dem Wohnumfeld. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 2016(2). 42–49. 1 indexed citations

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Seifert, Alexander, et al.. (2016). Technische Hilfen im Alter – Vor- oder Nachteil?. Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences). 47(4). 36–38. 1 indexed citations

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Seifert, Alexander. (2015). Im Alter ziehe ich … (nie und nimmer) ins Altersheim. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 12–13. 2 indexed citations

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Seifert, Alexander, et al.. (2015). Alt und offline?. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 49(7). 619–625. 20 indexed citations

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Seifert, Alexander, et al.. (2013). Altersgerechte Webseitengestaltung: Grundlagen und Empfehlungen. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 1 indexed citations

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Seifert, Alexander, et al.. (2010). Internet-Nutzung im Alter: Gründe der (Nicht-)Nutzung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) durch Menschen ab 65 Jahren in der Schweiz. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 7. 5 indexed citations

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