An Sofie Smetcoren

1.3k total citations
47 papers, 519 citations indexed

About

An Sofie Smetcoren is a scholar working on Demography, Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, An Sofie Smetcoren has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 519 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Demography, 17 papers in Health and 16 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in An Sofie Smetcoren's work include Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (22 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (17 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (9 papers). An Sofie Smetcoren is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (22 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (17 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (9 papers). An Sofie Smetcoren collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Poland and United Kingdom. An Sofie Smetcoren's co-authors include Liesbeth De Donder, Sarah Dury, Dominique Verté, Nico De Witte, Tine Buffel, Sofie Van Regenmortel, Dorien Brosens, Chris Phillipson, Tinie Kardol and Teresa Braña Tobío and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and International Journal of Nursing Studies.

In The Last Decade

An Sofie Smetcoren

40 papers receiving 501 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
An Sofie Smetcoren Belgium 13 249 236 175 168 100 47 519
Hanna M. van Dijk Netherlands 9 365 1.5× 174 0.7× 196 1.1× 199 1.2× 67 0.7× 11 615
Sarah Hillcoat‐Nallétamby United Kingdom 10 155 0.6× 260 1.1× 229 1.3× 161 1.0× 52 0.5× 23 517
Phoebe S. Liebig United States 11 253 1.0× 335 1.4× 150 0.9× 227 1.4× 79 0.8× 35 618
Marco Socci Italy 14 129 0.5× 183 0.8× 211 1.2× 168 1.0× 84 0.8× 53 523
José de São José Portugal 8 99 0.4× 140 0.6× 149 0.9× 137 0.8× 112 1.1× 25 441
Ricardo Rodrigues Portugal 15 181 0.7× 209 0.9× 268 1.5× 324 1.9× 56 0.6× 37 637
Sofie Van Regenmortel Belgium 10 187 0.8× 113 0.5× 136 0.8× 141 0.8× 64 0.6× 25 358
Yu‐Chih Chen United States 13 197 0.8× 103 0.4× 133 0.8× 143 0.9× 43 0.4× 33 425
Suzanne Dupuis‐Blanchard Canada 11 105 0.4× 129 0.5× 92 0.5× 213 1.3× 79 0.8× 32 375
Heidi H. Ewen United States 11 92 0.4× 148 0.6× 76 0.4× 151 0.9× 35 0.3× 29 339

Countries citing papers authored by An Sofie Smetcoren

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Fields of papers citing papers by An Sofie Smetcoren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of An Sofie Smetcoren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of An Sofie Smetcoren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of An Sofie Smetcoren based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with An Sofie Smetcoren. An Sofie Smetcoren is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Buffel, Tine, et al.. (2025). Rethinking community-based housing for older adults: a research agenda for spatial justice. International Journal of Housing Policy. 1–19. 1 indexed citations
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Petermans, Ann, et al.. (2024). Towards a residential socio-physical framework: positioning subjective experiences in physical environments. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28(1).
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Duppen, Daan, et al.. (2024). How ‘co’ can you go? A qualitative inquiry on the key principles of co-creative research and their enactment in real-life practices. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 28(1). 87–103. 1 indexed citations
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Vanrie, Jan, et al.. (2024). Exploring older migrants’ meaning-making of ‘happiness’: “ The main thing is health. Young people might say otherwise.”. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being. 19(1). 2300873–2300873. 2 indexed citations
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Vanrie, Jan, et al.. (2024). The ‘right’ place to age? Exploring age-friendly and diversity-sensitive design in a super-diverse neighbourhood. The Design Journal. 27(3). 533–555. 1 indexed citations
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Petermans, Ann, et al.. (2023). “I was Basically Deaf-Mute. I felt like a Stranger”: Exploring the Role of Language in Older Migrants’ Sense of Home. Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale. 25(1). 85–107. 3 indexed citations
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Smetcoren, An Sofie, et al.. (2021). Hiring Live-in Migrant Care Workers: Motivations and Experiences of Older People and their Families. Journal of Population Ageing. 16(2). 497–518. 11 indexed citations
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Donder, Liesbeth De, et al.. (2021). Lokaal samenwerken in zorgzame buurten. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 1 indexed citations
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Donder, Liesbeth De, An Sofie Smetcoren, Jos M. G. A. Schols, Anne van der Vorst, & Eva Dierckx. (2019). Critical reflections on the blind sides of frailty in later life. Journal of Aging Studies. 49. 66–73. 17 indexed citations
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Smetcoren, An Sofie, et al.. (2019). Caring for migrant older Moroccans with dementia in Belgium as a complex and dynamic transnational network of informal and professional care: A qualitative study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 101. 103413–103413. 36 indexed citations
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Lambotte, Deborah, Liesbeth De Donder, Sofie Van Regenmortel, et al.. (2018). Frailty differences in older adults’ use of informal and formal care. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 79. 69–77. 18 indexed citations
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Fret, Bram, et al.. (2018). Exploring the Cost of ‘Ageing in Place’: Expenditures of Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Belgium. Ageing International. 45(3). 209–229. 7 indexed citations
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Smetcoren, An Sofie, et al.. (2018). TOWARDS AN ACTIVE CARING COMMUNITY IN BRUSSELS. Innovation in Aging. 2(suppl_1). 217–217. 4 indexed citations
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Donder, Liesbeth De, Tinie Kardol, Sofie Van Regenmortel, et al.. (2017). Does active ageing contribute to life satisfaction for older people? Testing a new model of active ageing. European Journal of Ageing. 14(3). 295–310. 60 indexed citations
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Dury, Sarah, Nico De Witte, Dominique Verté, et al.. (2017). FEELINGS OF LONELINESS IN AN URBANIZED COUNTRY: DOES PLACE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT MATTER?. Innovation in Aging. 1(suppl_1). 103–103. 2 indexed citations
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Smetcoren, An Sofie, et al.. (2017). D-SCOPE: naar een positieve kijk op preventie bij kwetsbare ouderen. 19(1). 35–38.
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Smetcoren, An Sofie, Liesbeth De Donder, Sarah Dury, et al.. (2015). Refining the push and pull framework: identifying inequalities in residential relocation among older adults. Ageing and Society. 37(1). 90–112. 26 indexed citations
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Smetcoren, An Sofie, Sarah Dury, Liesbeth De Donder, et al.. (2014). Denken over later? Attitudes van ouderen ten opzichte van verschillende woonvormen in Vlaanderen. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 6. 14–38. 1 indexed citations
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Buffel, Tine, Chris Phillipson, Liesbeth De Donder, et al.. (2013). Developing Age-Friendly Cities: Case Studies From Brussels and Manchester and Implications for Policy and Practice. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 26(1-2). 52–72. 89 indexed citations

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