Jan Delhey

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Jan Delhey is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Delhey has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 19 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jan Delhey's work include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (17 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (13 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (13 papers). Jan Delhey is often cited by papers focused on Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (17 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (13 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (13 papers). Jan Delhey collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Russia. Jan Delhey's co-authors include Kenneth Newton, Christian Welzel, Georgi Dragolov, Hilke Brockmann, Hao Yuan, Leonie C. Steckermeier, Emanuel Deutschmann, Klaus Boehnke, Ulrich Köhler and Jan Lorenz and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, World Development and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Jan Delhey

50 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Predicting Cross-National Levels of Social Trust: Global Pattern or Nordic Exceptionalism?

2005 874 citations Jan Delhey, Kenneth Newton European Sociological Review profile →
How General Is Trust in “Most People”? Solving the Radius of Trust Problem

2011 545 citations Jan Delhey, Kenneth Newton et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jan Delhey Germany	21	2.2k	1.1k	746	629	368	55	3.4k
Gerbert Kraaykamp Netherlands	36	2.6k 1.2×	491 0.5×	385 0.5×	450 0.7×	451 1.2×	148	4.3k
Stephen Vaisey United States	27	2.3k 1.0×	693 0.7×	324 0.4×	316 0.5×	259 0.7×	49	3.4k
Nan Dirk de Graaf Netherlands	31	2.7k 1.2×	283 0.3×	791 1.1×	705 1.1×	293 0.8×	108	3.9k
Yuen J. Huo United States	23	2.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	221 0.4×	155 0.4×	48	3.6k
James R. Kluegel United States	28	3.6k 1.6×	763 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	324 0.5×	512 1.4×	41	4.6k
Steven L. Blader United States	26	2.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.5×	639 0.9×	125 0.2×	286 0.8×	37	5.8k
Lincoln Quillian United States	24	5.0k 2.2×	493 0.5×	1.0k 1.4×	407 0.6×	811 2.2×	42	5.8k
Jaak Billiet Belgium	25	2.2k 1.0×	667 0.6×	910 1.2×	229 0.4×	227 0.6×	217	3.6k
Vincent J. Roscigno United States	42	3.1k 1.4×	326 0.3×	609 0.8×	248 0.4×	848 2.3×	103	5.5k
René Bekkers Netherlands	28	3.2k 1.4×	634 0.6×	164 0.2×	605 1.0×	183 0.5×	123	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Jan Delhey

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Delhey

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Delhey

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20 of 20 papers shown

Delhey, Jan, et al.. (2025). Friends and foes of the green transition: the role of expansive and limiting life conceptions. Environmental Sociology. 1–17.

Schneickert, Christian, et al.. (2024). Europeans Seek Exciting Experiences More Than Status: Exploring the Development of Two Fundamental Life Orientations. Sociology. 58(5). 1115–1135. 3 indexed citations

Dragolov, Georgi, et al.. (2023). Youth and social cohesion in times of the COVID pandemic: Most negatively affected? Most resilient?. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1036516–1036516. 4 indexed citations

Delhey, Jan, et al.. (2023). Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Human, Economic, Social, and Psychological Capital. Journal of Happiness Studies. 24(7). 2201–2222. 15 indexed citations

Delhey, Jan, et al.. (2022). Reality bites: An analysis of corona deniers in Germany over time. Frontiers in Sociology. 7. 974972–974972. 7 indexed citations

Delhey, Jan, et al.. (2021). Who values status seeking? A cross-European comparison of social gradients and societal conditions. European Societies. 24(1). 29–60. 13 indexed citations

Steckermeier, Leonie C. & Jan Delhey. (2019). Correction to: Better for Everyone? Egalitarian Culture and Social Wellbeing in Europe. Social Indicators Research. 146(3). 783–783.

Deutschmann, Emanuel, et al.. (2018). The power of contact: Europe as a network of transnational attachment. European Journal of Political Research. 57(4). 963–988. 21 indexed citations

Steckermeier, Leonie C. & Jan Delhey. (2018). Better for Everyone? Egalitarian Culture and Social Wellbeing in Europe. Social Indicators Research. 143(3). 1075–1108. 30 indexed citations

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Dragolov, Georgi, et al.. (2016). Social Cohesion in the Western World. 20 indexed citations

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Delhey, Jan, et al.. (2015). Between ‘class project’ and individualization: The stratification of Europeans’ transnational activities. International Sociology. 30(3). 269–293. 24 indexed citations

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Delhey, Jan, et al.. (2014). Measuring the Europeanization of Everyday Life: Three New Indices and an Empirical Application. European Societies. 16(3). 355–377. 21 indexed citations

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Brockmann, Hilke & Jan Delhey. (2013). Human happiness and the pursuit of maximization : is more always better?. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 3 indexed citations

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Delhey, Jan & Ulrich Köhler. (2012). Happiness inequality: Adding meaning to numbers – A reply to Veenhoven and Kalmijn. Social Science Research. 41(3). 731–734. 7 indexed citations

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Delhey, Jan & Christian Welzel. (2012). Generalizing Trust: How Outgroup-Trust Grows Beyond Ingroup-Trust. SSRN Electronic Journal. 32 indexed citations

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Brockmann, Hilke, Jan Delhey, Christian Welzel, & Hao Yuan. (2008). The China Puzzle: Falling Happiness in a Rising Economy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Brockmann, Hilke, Jan Delhey, Christian Welzel, & Hao Yuan. (2008). The China Puzzle: Falling Happiness in a Rising Economy. Journal of Happiness Studies. 10(4). 387–405. 306 indexed citations

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Delhey, Jan & Kenneth Newton. (2005). Predicting Cross-National Levels of Social Trust: Global Pattern or Nordic Exceptionalism?. European Sociological Review. 21(4). 311–327. 874 indexed citations breakdown →

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Delhey, Jan & Kenneth Newton. (2003). Who trusts?: The origins of social trust in seven societies. European Societies. 5(2). 93–137. 438 indexed citations

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Delhey, Jan. (2002). Korruption in Bewerberländern zur Europäischen Union: Institutionenqualität und Korruption in vergleichender Perspektive. Soziale Welt. 53(3). 32. 3 indexed citations

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