Caspar Kaiser

553 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 257 citations indexed

About

Caspar Kaiser is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Caspar Kaiser has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 257 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Social Psychology, 9 papers in Health and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Caspar Kaiser's work include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (14 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (9 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (3 papers). Caspar Kaiser is often cited by papers focused on Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (14 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (9 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (3 papers). Caspar Kaiser collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Caspar Kaiser's co-authors include Anders Bach‐Mortensen, Andrew J. Oswald, Maarten Vendrik, Alexi Gugushvili, Bastian Andreas Betthäuser, Anthony Lepinteur, Conchita D’Ambrosio, Alexandre Tkatchenko, Andrew E. Clark and Jan‐Emmanuel De Neve and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Caspar Kaiser

17 papers receiving 248 citations

Hit Papers

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of ca... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 25 50 75
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. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of cash transfers on subjective well-being and mental health in low- and middle-income countries
    2022 86 citations Caspar Kaiser, Anders Bach‐Mortensen et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Caspar Kaiser United Kingdom 9 109 91 78 71 39 20 257
Warn N. Lekfuangfu Spain 6 106 1.0× 59 0.6× 83 1.1× 47 0.7× 20 0.5× 18 246
Chenhong Peng Hong Kong 8 69 0.6× 83 0.9× 140 1.8× 42 0.6× 28 0.7× 24 272
Sarah C. Dahmann Australia 9 58 0.5× 28 0.3× 77 1.0× 43 0.6× 21 0.5× 24 256
Lucía Macchia United Kingdom 9 85 0.8× 38 0.4× 52 0.7× 41 0.6× 14 0.4× 25 198
Nathan Kettlewell Australia 9 70 0.6× 47 0.5× 37 0.5× 99 1.4× 7 0.2× 29 245
Daniel Kuehnle Germany 10 29 0.3× 68 0.7× 78 1.0× 158 2.2× 13 0.3× 35 309
Jasmín D. Llamas United States 11 132 1.2× 35 0.4× 131 1.7× 48 0.7× 34 0.9× 28 363
Julia Simonson Germany 9 88 0.8× 141 1.5× 183 2.3× 169 2.4× 6 0.2× 39 446
Suzanne L. Cook Canada 4 64 0.6× 168 1.8× 118 1.5× 146 2.1× 8 0.2× 5 368
Song-Iee Hong Singapore 11 60 0.6× 146 1.6× 189 2.4× 156 2.2× 9 0.2× 30 435

Countries citing papers authored by Caspar Kaiser

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Caspar Kaiser's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Caspar Kaiser with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Caspar Kaiser more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Caspar Kaiser

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Caspar Kaiser. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Caspar Kaiser. The network helps show where Caspar Kaiser may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caspar Kaiser

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Caspar Kaiser. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Caspar Kaiser 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 Caspar Kaiser. Caspar Kaiser 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
1.
2.
Kaiser, Caspar, et al.. (2025). Two paradoxes in women’s well-being. Science Advances. 11(10). eadt1646–eadt1646.
3.
Kaiser, Caspar, et al.. (2025). Machine learning in the prediction of human wellbeing. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 1632–1632. 3 indexed citations
4.
5.
Kaiser, Caspar, et al.. (2024). Time use and happiness: US evidence across three decades. Journal of Population Economics. 37(1). 5 indexed citations
6.
Kaiser, Caspar, et al.. (2022). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of cash transfers on subjective well-being and mental health in low- and middle-income countries. Nature Human Behaviour. 6(3). 359–370. 86 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Kaiser, Caspar & Andrew J. Oswald. (2022). The scientific value of numerical measures of human feelings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(42). e2210412119–e2210412119. 53 indexed citations
8.
Kaiser, Caspar & Andrew J. Oswald. (2022). Inequality, well-being, and the problem of the unknown reporting function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(50). e2217750119–e2217750119. 1 indexed citations
9.
Kaiser, Caspar. (2021). Using memories to assess the intrapersonal comparability of wellbeing reports. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 193. 410–442. 10 indexed citations
10.
Betthäuser, Bastian Andreas, et al.. (2021). Regional Variation in Inequality of Educational Opportunity across Europe. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 7. 6 indexed citations
11.
Kaiser, Caspar, et al.. (2021). Time use and happiness: Evidence across three decades. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
12.
13.
Kaiser, Caspar. (2020). People do not adapt. New analyses of the dynamic effects of own and reference income on life satisfaction. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 177. 494–513. 11 indexed citations
14.
Kaiser, Caspar, et al.. (2020). Positional, Mobility, and Reference Effects: How Does Social Class Affect Life Satisfaction in Europe?. European Sociological Review. 37(5). 713–730. 21 indexed citations
15.
16.
Kaiser, Caspar & Maarten Vendrik. (2020). How Threatening are Transformations of Happiness Scales to Subjective Wellbeing Research?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 16 indexed citations
17.
Kaiser, Caspar & Maarten Vendrik. (2019). How threatening are transformations of reported happiness to subjective wellbeing research. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5 indexed citations
18.
Kaiser, Caspar & Maarten Vendrik. (2019). How much can we learn from happiness data?. Research Publications (Maastricht University). 9 indexed citations
19.
Gugushvili, Alexi & Caspar Kaiser. (2019). Equality of opportunity is linked to lower mortality in Europe. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 74(2). 151–157. 10 indexed citations
20.
Kaiser, Caspar & Maarten Vendrik. (2018). Different Versions of the Easterlin Paradox: New Evidence for European Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Warn N. Lekfuangfu Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chenhong Peng Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sarah C. Dahmann Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Lucía Macchia Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Nathan Kettlewell Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Daniel Kuehnle Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jasmín D. Llamas Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Julia Simonson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Suzanne L. Cook Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Song-Iee Hong
Rankless by CCL
2026