Ben Pelzer

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Ben Pelzer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Pelzer has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Ben Pelzer's work include Social Capital and Networks (6 papers), Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (5 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (4 papers). Ben Pelzer is often cited by papers focused on Social Capital and Networks (6 papers), Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (5 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (4 papers). Ben Pelzer collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Sweden and Germany. Ben Pelzer's co-authors include Manfred te Grotenhuis, Rob Eisinga, Rense Nieuwenhuis, Tom van der Meer, Maurice Vergeer, Alexander Schmidt‐Catran, Tom Heskes, Gerbert Kraaykamp, Ruben Konig and Margriet van Hek and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Sociological Review and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Ben Pelzer

46 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

The reliability of a two-item scale: Pearson, Cronbach, or Spearman-Brown?

2012 1.8k citations Rob Eisinga, Manfred te Grotenhuis et al. International Journal of Public Health profile →
influence.ME: Tools for Detecting Influential Data in Mixed Effects Models

2012 352 citations Rense Nieuwenhuis, Ben Pelzer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Pelzer Netherlands	18	979	615	471	299	273	47	3.3k
Rob Eisinga Netherlands	24	1.0k 1.1×	677 1.1×	762 1.6×	308 1.0×	301 1.1×	96	3.7k
Manfred te Grotenhuis Netherlands	19	1.3k 1.3×	584 0.9×	506 1.1×	244 0.8×	300 1.1×	44	3.1k
DeWayne Moore United States	33	1.1k 1.1×	931 1.5×	500 1.1×	324 1.1×	241 0.9×	81	3.1k
Zhiyong Zhang United States	27	545 0.6×	452 0.7×	482 1.0×	229 0.8×	174 0.6×	96	3.2k
Dean Lusher Australia	32	1.4k 1.5×	514 0.8×	445 0.9×	165 0.6×	295 1.1×	76	4.1k
Oliver Robinson United Kingdom	23	832 0.8×	647 1.1×	728 1.5×	348 1.2×	471 1.7×	67	3.3k
Howard B. Lee United States	8	643 0.7×	669 1.1×	681 1.4×	455 1.5×	382 1.4×	20	3.4k
Lawrence S. Meyers United States	18	518 0.5×	620 1.0×	571 1.2×	363 1.2×	162 0.6×	67	2.5k
Maria Knight Lapinski United States	28	1.5k 1.6×	855 1.4×	319 0.7×	278 0.9×	354 1.3×	90	3.6k
Marijtje A. J. van Duijn Netherlands	28	819 0.8×	643 1.0×	447 0.9×	374 1.3×	187 0.7×	92	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Pelzer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Pelzer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Pelzer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Pelzer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Pelzer 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 Ben Pelzer. Ben Pelzer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Lust, Jessica M., et al.. (2019). Activation of Mirror Neuron Regions Is Altered in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)–Neurophysiological Evidence Using an Action Observation Paradigm. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 13. 232–232. 15 indexed citations

Eisinga, Rob, Tom Heskes, Ben Pelzer, & Manfred te Grotenhuis. (2017). Exact p-values for pairwise comparison of Friedman rank sums, with application to comparing classifiers. BMC Bioinformatics. 18(1). 68–68. 101 indexed citations

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

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

Pelzer, Ben, et al.. (2016). Constraining Is Enabling? Exploring the Influence of National Context on Civil Society Strength. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 27(3). 1023–1044. 10 indexed citations

Pelzer, Ben, Barto J. Otten, Elbrich P. C. Siemensma, et al.. (2013). Growth hormone combined with child-specific motor training improves motor development in infants with Prader-Willi syndrome: A randomized controlled trial. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 34(10). 3092–3103. 25 indexed citations

Pelzer, Ben, et al.. (2012). BELIEVING AND BELONGING IN EUROPE. European Societies. 14(4). 611–632. 17 indexed citations

Janssens, A.A.P.O. & Ben Pelzer. (2012). Did Factory Girls Make Bad Mothers? Women's Labor Market Experience, Motherhood, and Children's Mortality Risks in the Past. Biodemography and Social Biology. 58(2). 133–148. 9 indexed citations

Eisinga, Rob, Manfred te Grotenhuis, & Ben Pelzer. (2012). The reliability of a two-item scale: Pearson, Cronbach, or Spearman-Brown?. International Journal of Public Health. 58(4). 637–642. 1835 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eisinga, Rob, Manfred te Grotenhuis, & Ben Pelzer. (2011). Weather conditions and voter turnout in Dutch national parliament elections, 1971–2010. International Journal of Biometeorology. 56(4). 783–786. 23 indexed citations

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Eisinga, Rob, Manfred te Grotenhuis, & Ben Pelzer. (2011). Weather conditions and political party vote share in Dutch national parliament elections, 1971–2010. International Journal of Biometeorology. 56(6). 1161–1165. 8 indexed citations

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Grever, María, Ben Pelzer, & Terry Haydn. (2011). High school students’ views on history. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 43(2). 207–229. 30 indexed citations

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Eisinga, Rob, Manfred te Grotenhuis, Junilla K. Larsen, & Ben Pelzer. (2011). Interviewer BMI effects on under- and over-reporting of restrained eating: evidence from a national Dutch face-to-face survey and a postal follow-up. International Journal of Public Health. 57(3). 643–647. 11 indexed citations

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Meer, Tom van der, Manfred te Grotenhuis, & Ben Pelzer. (2010). Influential Cases in Multilevel Modeling: A Methodological Comment. American Sociological Review. 75(1). 173–178. 172 indexed citations

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Vergeer, Maurice & Ben Pelzer. (2009). Televisiekijken, online en offline netwerkkapitaal en eenzaamheid. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschappen. 37(3). 2 indexed citations

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Vergeer, Maurice & Ben Pelzer. (2009). Consequences of media and Internet use for offline and online network capital and well-being. A causal model approach. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 15(1). 189–210. 95 indexed citations

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Últee, Wout, et al.. (2008). Aap, Noot, Mustafa…: Het effect van taalafstand en koloniaal verleden op leesprestaties. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 83(3). 258–278. 2 indexed citations

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King, Gary, Jonathan Wakefield, David Steel, et al.. (2004). Ecological Inference. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 98 indexed citations

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Pelzer, Ben, Rob Eisinga, & Philip Hans Franses. (2001). Inferring transition probabilities from repeated cross sections: a cross-level inference approach to US presidential voting. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations

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Pelzer, Ben, Rob Eisinga, & Philip Hans Franses. (2001). Estimating Transition Probabilities from a Time Series of Independent Cross Sections. Statistica Neerlandica. 55(2). 249–262. 6 indexed citations

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