Kaat Smets

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Kaat Smets is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Communication and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaat Smets has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 5 papers in Communication and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Kaat Smets's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (10 papers), Social Media and Politics (5 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 papers). Kaat Smets is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (10 papers), Social Media and Politics (5 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 papers). Kaat Smets collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Belgium. Kaat Smets's co-authors include Carolien van Ham, Anja Neundorf, Gema García-Albacete, Richard G. Niemi, Pierangelo Isernia, Patrick Santens, Jonathan Baets, Linda De Meırleır, Peter De Jonghe and Michael S. Lewis‐Beck and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Kaat Smets

18 papers receiving 982 citations

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The embarrassment of riches? A meta-analysis of individual-level research on voter turnout

2013 476 citations Kaat Smets et al. Electoral Studies profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kaat Smets United Kingdom	12	597	454	240	171	87	21	1.0k
Christopher Hewitt United States	14	271 0.5×	478 1.1×	49 0.2×	62 0.4×	61 0.7×	32	831
Andrew Reynolds United States	21	848 1.4×	700 1.5×	45 0.2×	598 3.5×	26 0.3×	52	1.5k
Daniel Maliniak United States	10	345 0.6×	300 0.7×	70 0.3×	267 1.6×	9 0.1×	22	908
Christopher S. Parker United States	16	270 0.5×	320 0.7×	49 0.2×	79 0.5×	33 0.4×	38	667
Meaghan Morris Australia	14	106 0.2×	453 1.0×	65 0.3×	87 0.5×	19 0.2×	54	947
Arlene Stein United States	16	94 0.2×	516 1.1×	30 0.1×	317 1.9×	52 0.6×	37	1.0k
Olivier Roy Italy	22	1.4k 2.4×	2.1k 4.7×	47 0.2×	70 0.4×	48 0.6×	166	2.8k
Esther Oliver Spain	12	43 0.1×	130 0.3×	22 0.1×	68 0.4×	79 0.9×	37	632
Annette Zimmer Germany	17	209 0.4×	464 1.0×	32 0.1×	30 0.2×	16 0.2×	73	1.0k
Anita L. Allen United States	14	173 0.3×	367 0.8×	33 0.1×	63 0.4×	140 1.6×	84	893

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smets, Kaat, et al.. (2020). GIANT BASAL CELL CARCINOMA ON THE FOREHEAD AND WHY WE SHOULD PREVENT THEM - CASE REPORT.. PubMed. 61(1-4). 24–27.

Vaccari, Cristian, Kaat Smets, & Oliver Heath. (2019). The United Kingdom 2017 election: polarisation in a split issue space. West European Politics. 43(3). 587–609. 5 indexed citations

Smets, Kaat, et al.. (2019). Culture eats strategy for breakfast. 1 indexed citations

Neundorf, Anja, Richard G. Niemi, & Kaat Smets. (2016). The Compensation Effect of Civic Education on Political Engagement: How Civics Classes Make Up for Missing Parental Socialization. Political Behavior. 38(4). 921–949. 108 indexed citations

Smets, Kaat. (2015). Revisiting the political life-cycle model: later maturation and turnout decline among young adults. European Political Science Review. 8(2). 225–249. 34 indexed citations

Isernia, Pierangelo, Kaat Smets, & Marco R. Steenbergen. (2014). ARGUMENTS, BELIEFS AND UNCERTAINTY - A STUDY OF MICRO-MECHANISMS OF ATTITUDE CHANGE IN DELIBERATIVE SETTINGS.

Smets, Kaat & Pierangelo Isernia. (2014). The role of deliberation in attitude change: An empirical assessment of three theoretical mechanisms. European Union Politics. 15(3). 389–409. 16 indexed citations

Smets, Kaat, et al.. (2014). Meta-Analysis: Why Do Citizens Vote (or Abstain) in National Elections?. Radboud Repository (Radboud University). 2 indexed citations

Isernia, Pierangelo & Kaat Smets. (2013). Revealing preferences: Does deliberation increase ideological awareness among the less well educated?. European Journal of Political Research. 53(3). 520–540. 5 indexed citations

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Hooghe, Marc & Kaat Smets. (2013). Jongeren en politiek in verandering. Res Publica. 55(1). 5–9.

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Bekkering, Geertruida E, Bert Aertgeerts, Martine Goossens, et al.. (2013). Practitioner Review: Evidence‐based practice guidelines on alcohol and drug misuse among adolescents: a systematic review. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 55(1). 3–21. 16 indexed citations

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Smets, Kaat & Anja Neundorf. (2013). The hierarchies of age-period-cohort research: Political context and the development of generational turnout patterns. Electoral Studies. 33. 41–51. 56 indexed citations

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Smets, Kaat. (2013). De opkomstkloof tussen jongvolwassenen en ouderen in nationale verkiezingen. Res Publica. 55(1). 11–36. 1 indexed citations

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Neundorf, Anja, Kaat Smets, & Gema García-Albacete. (2012). Homemade citizens: The development of political interest during adolescence and young adulthood. Acta Politica. 48(1). 92–116. 126 indexed citations

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Smets, Kaat. (2012). A Widening Generational Divide? The Age Gap in Voter Turnout Through Time and Space. Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties. 22(4). 407–430. 36 indexed citations

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Stegmaier, Mary, Michael S. Lewis‐Beck, & Kaat Smets. (2012). Standing for Parliament: Do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Candidates Pay Extra?. Parliamentary Affairs. 66(2). 268–285. 17 indexed citations

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Baets, Jonathan, Tine Deconinck, Kaat Smets, et al.. (2010). Mutations in SACS cause atypical and late-onset forms of ARSACS. Neurology. 75(13). 1181–1188. 85 indexed citations

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Dermaut, Bart, Sara Seneca, Lina Dom, et al.. (2009). Progressive myoclonic epilepsy as an adult-onset manifestation of Leigh syndrome due to m.14487T>C. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 81(1). 90–93. 27 indexed citations

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Baets, Jonathan, P. Pals, Bruno Bergmans, et al.. (2006). Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome: a clinicopathological confrontation.. PubMed. 106(3). 142–6. 13 indexed citations

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Smets, Kaat, et al.. (2005). Central neurocytoma presenting with intraventricular hemorrhage: case report and review of literature.. PubMed. 105(4). 218–25. 10 indexed citations

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