Henning Schmidtke

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 659 citations indexed

About

Henning Schmidtke is a scholar working on Development, Political Science and International Relations and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Henning Schmidtke has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 659 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Development, 11 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 9 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Henning Schmidtke's work include International Development and Aid (12 papers), Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (8 papers) and International Relations and Foreign Policy (6 papers). Henning Schmidtke is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (12 papers), Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (8 papers) and International Relations and Foreign Policy (6 papers). Henning Schmidtke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Russia. Henning Schmidtke's co-authors include Pieter de Wilde, Eugénia C. Heldt, Klaus Dingwerth, Tobias Lenz, Frank Nullmeier, Steffen Schneider, Sebastian Haunss, Hanna Lierse, Philipp Genschel and Laura Seelkopf and has published in prestigious journals such as International Affairs, West European Politics and European Journal of International Relations.

In The Last Decade

Henning Schmidtke

19 papers receiving 623 citations

Hit Papers

Introduction: the differentiated politicisation of Europe... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Introduction: the differentiated politicisation of European governance
    2015 274 citations Pieter de Wilde, Henning Schmidtke et al. West European Politics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Henning Schmidtke Germany 9 486 250 228 179 48 19 659
Martin Binder Germany 8 370 0.8× 157 0.6× 206 0.9× 208 1.2× 28 0.6× 11 510
Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt Germany 9 446 0.9× 223 0.9× 218 1.0× 208 1.2× 82 1.7× 25 629
Tina Freyburg Switzerland 12 473 1.0× 82 0.3× 86 0.4× 257 1.4× 74 1.5× 27 589
Mareike Kleine United Kingdom 10 353 0.7× 155 0.6× 121 0.5× 124 0.7× 13 0.3× 21 463
Julia C. Morse United States 6 249 0.5× 104 0.4× 185 0.8× 133 0.7× 12 0.3× 12 399
Achim Hurrelmann Canada 13 385 0.8× 166 0.7× 40 0.2× 118 0.7× 47 1.0× 34 492
Jörn Ege Germany 13 285 0.6× 102 0.4× 185 0.8× 169 0.9× 16 0.3× 23 463
Shaun Narine United States 14 414 0.9× 78 0.3× 262 1.1× 256 1.4× 10 0.2× 27 565
Gabriel Siles‐Brügge United Kingdom 13 340 0.7× 205 0.8× 136 0.6× 53 0.3× 9 0.2× 28 474
Ferdi De Ville Belgium 14 390 0.8× 234 0.9× 119 0.5× 58 0.3× 11 0.2× 49 548

Countries citing papers authored by Henning Schmidtke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Henning Schmidtke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Henning Schmidtke

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Heldt, Eugénia C., et al.. (2025). Multilateralism à la carte: how China navigates global economic institutions. Review of International Political Economy. 32(4). 899–921. 8 indexed citations
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Schmidtke, Henning, et al.. (2023). The Legitimation of International Organizations: Introducing a New Dataset. International Studies Perspectives. 25(1). 86–110. 5 indexed citations
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Lenz, Tobias & Henning Schmidtke. (2023). Agents, audiences and peers: why international organizations diversify their legitimation discourse. International Affairs. 99(3). 921–940. 7 indexed citations
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Schmidtke, Henning & Tobias Lenz. (2023). Expanding or defending legitimacy? Why international organizations intensify self-legitimation. The Review of International Organizations. 19(4). 753–784. 12 indexed citations
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Schmidtke, Henning, et al.. (2022). Measuring precision precisely: A dictionary-based measure of imprecision. The Review of International Organizations. 18(3). 553–571. 4 indexed citations
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Dingwerth, Klaus, et al.. (2019). The rise of democratic legitimation: why international organizations speak the language of democracy. European Journal of International Relations. 26(3). 714–741. 53 indexed citations
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Heldt, Eugénia C. & Henning Schmidtke. (2019). Global Democracy in Decline. 25(2). 231–254. 1 indexed citations
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Heldt, Eugénia C. & Henning Schmidtke. (2019). Explaining coherence in international regime complexes: How the World Bank shapes the field of multilateral development finance. Review of International Political Economy. 26(6). 1160–1186. 44 indexed citations
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Heldt, Eugénia C. & Henning Schmidtke. (2019). Global Democracy in Decline?. Global Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations. 25(2). 231–254. 6 indexed citations
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Schmidtke, Henning. (2019). The Politics of Global Tax Governance. 3 indexed citations
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Schmidtke, Henning. (2018). Elite legitimation and delegitimation of international organizations in the media: Patterns and explanations. The Review of International Organizations. 14(4). 633–659. 49 indexed citations
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Schneider, Steffen, et al.. (2017). Capitalism and Its Legitimacy in Times of Crisis. 2 indexed citations
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Heldt, Eugénia C. & Henning Schmidtke. (2017). Measuring the Empowerment of International Organizations: The Evolution of Financial and Staff Capabilities. Global Policy. 8(S5). 51–61. 46 indexed citations
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Wilde, Pieter de, et al.. (2015). Acknowledgements. West European Politics. 39(1). 1–1. 3 indexed citations
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Genschel, Philipp, Hanna Lierse, Henning Schmidtke, et al.. (2015). Tax competition and inequality. Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh). 1 indexed citations
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Schmidtke, Henning, et al.. (2015). The quest for legitimacy in world politics – international institutions’ legitimation strategies. Review of International Studies. 42(3). 535–557. 114 indexed citations
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Wilde, Pieter de, et al.. (2015). Introduction: the differentiated politicisation of European governance. West European Politics. 39(1). 3–22. 274 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schmidtke, Henning. (2015). The differentiated politicisation of European tax governance. West European Politics. 39(1). 64–83. 16 indexed citations
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Schmidtke, Henning & Frank Nullmeier. (2011). Political Valuation Analysis and the Legitimacy of International Organizations. 7(3). 117. 11 indexed citations

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