Bengt Muthén

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Bengt Muthén is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bengt Muthén has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 2 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Bengt Muthén's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 papers), Spatial and Panel Data Analysis (2 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (2 papers). Bengt Muthén is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 papers), Spatial and Panel Data Analysis (2 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (2 papers). Bengt Muthén collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Bengt Muthén's co-authors include Linda K. Muthén, Tihomir Asparouhov, Charles F. Hofacker, Sharon F. Lambert, Jeanne Poduska, Sheppard G. Kellam, Cindy M. Schaeffer, Hanno Petras, Nicholas S. Ialongo and Scott Hubbard and has published in prestigious journals such as Development and Psychopathology, Psychological Methods and Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research.

In The Last Decade

Bengt Muthén

8 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Integrating Person‐Centered and Variable‐Centered Analyse... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2009 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Integrating Person‐Centered and Variable‐Centered Analyses: Growth Mixture Modeling With Latent Trajectory Classes
    2000 2.4k citations Bengt Muthén, Linda K. Muthén Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research profile →
  2. Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling
    2009 2.0k citations Tihomir Asparouhov, Bengt Muthén Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal profile →

Peers

Bengt Muthén
Linda K. Muthén United States
Cora J. M. Maas Netherlands
Jennifer L. Krull United States
Darcy A. Santor Canada
Jeffrey H. Kahn United States
Pere J. Ferrando Spain
James Peugh United States
Aja Louise Murray United Kingdom
Anne Gadermann Canada
Rebecca Zwick United States
Linda K. Muthén United States
Bengt Muthén
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Countries citing papers authored by Bengt Muthén

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bengt Muthén

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bengt Muthén

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Muthén, Bengt, Tihomir Asparouhov, & Saul Shiffman. (2025). Dynamic structural equation modeling with floor effects.. Psychological Methods.
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Muthén, Bengt, Tihomir Asparouhov, & Katie Witkiewitz. (2024). Cross-lagged panel modeling with binary and ordinal outcomes.. Psychological Methods. 7 indexed citations
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Muthén, Bengt, Tihomir Asparouhov, & Loes Keijsers. (2024). Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling with Cycles. Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal. 32(2). 264–286. 4 indexed citations
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Asparouhov, Tihomir & Bengt Muthén. (2009). Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling. Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal. 16(3). 397–438. 2027 indexed citations breakdown →
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Muthén, Linda K. & Bengt Muthén. (2009). Categorical Latent Variable Modeling Using Mplus: Longitudinal Data. 1 indexed citations
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Petras, Hanno, Cindy M. Schaeffer, Nicholas S. Ialongo, et al.. (2004). When the course of aggressive behavior in childhood does not predict antisocial outcomes in adolescence and young adulthood: An examination of potential explanatory variables. Development and Psychopathology. 16(4). 919–41. 40 indexed citations
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Muthén, Bengt & Linda K. Muthén. (2000). Integrating Person‐Centered and Variable‐Centered Analyses: Growth Mixture Modeling With Latent Trajectory Classes. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 24(6). 882–891. 2380 indexed citations breakdown →
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Muthén, Bengt. (1989). Multiple‐group structural modelling with non‐normal continuous variables. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. 42(1). 55–62. 56 indexed citations
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Muthén, Bengt & Charles F. Hofacker. (1988). Testing the Assumptions Underlying Tetrachoric Correlations. Psychometrika. 53(4). 563–577. 60 indexed citations

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