Mathias Lerch

746 total citations
38 papers, 430 citations indexed

About

Mathias Lerch is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Mathias Lerch has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 430 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Demography and 11 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Mathias Lerch's work include Migration and Labor Dynamics (14 papers), Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (10 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (9 papers). Mathias Lerch is often cited by papers focused on Migration and Labor Dynamics (14 papers), Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (10 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (9 papers). Mathias Lerch collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Mathias Lerch's co-authors include Philippe Wanner, Rosita Fibbi, Jérôme Kaiser, Michel Oris, Pavel Grigoriev, Fatou Berthé, Gilbert Ritschard, Patrick Festy, Thomas Spoorenberg and Derek Pierre Christie and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mathias Lerch

35 papers receiving 395 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mathias Lerch Switzerland 12 236 172 89 69 59 38 430
Júlia Mikolai United Kingdom 11 206 0.9× 203 1.2× 112 1.3× 75 1.1× 49 0.8× 31 395
Salvatore Strozza Italy 14 478 2.0× 207 1.2× 75 0.8× 78 1.1× 170 2.9× 82 667
Lynne E. Lonnquist United States 6 135 0.6× 81 0.5× 52 0.6× 117 1.7× 51 0.9× 6 399
Patrick Festy France 11 212 0.9× 189 1.1× 117 1.3× 95 1.4× 40 0.7× 69 425
Maria Castiglioni Italy 11 255 1.1× 251 1.5× 165 1.9× 54 0.8× 37 0.6× 22 419
Marcantonio Caltabiano Italy 10 132 0.6× 152 0.9× 91 1.0× 75 1.1× 27 0.5× 25 286
Dominique Tabutin Belgium 12 158 0.7× 116 0.7× 176 2.0× 120 1.7× 66 1.1× 52 519
Alice Goldstein United States 17 552 2.3× 262 1.5× 250 2.8× 64 0.9× 44 0.7× 49 744
Dirk J. van de Kaa Netherlands 9 214 0.9× 251 1.5× 172 1.9× 56 0.8× 44 0.7× 17 399
Martin Piotrowski United States 14 391 1.7× 193 1.1× 138 1.6× 69 1.0× 20 0.3× 30 505

Countries citing papers authored by Mathias Lerch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mathias Lerch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mathias Lerch

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

All Works

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Lerch, Mathias, et al.. (2025). Internal Migration Over the Course of Urbanization in Developing Countries. Population and Development Review. 51(3). 1022–1046. 1 indexed citations
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Lerch, Mathias. (2024). Societal Upheaval and the Contraceptive Transition. Population and Development Review. 50(S2). 625–647. 1 indexed citations
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Christie, Derek Pierre, Stéphane Joost, Dusan Licina, et al.. (2023). Housing, street and health: a new systemic research framework. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 629–649.
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Lerch, Mathias, et al.. (2023). Different health systems – Different mortality outcomes? Regional disparities in avoidable mortality across German-speaking Europe, 1992–2019. Social Science & Medicine. 329. 115976–115976. 11 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Jérôme & Mathias Lerch. (2021). Sedimentary faecal lipids as indicators of Baltic Sea sewage pollution and population growth since 1860 AD. Environmental Research. 204(Pt C). 112305–112305. 16 indexed citations
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Lerch, Mathias, et al.. (2021). Migrations internationales et croissance de la ville de Zurich entre 1836 et 1949. Population. Vol. 76(3). 461–489. 2 indexed citations
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Lerch, Mathias. (2019). Regional variations in the rural-urban fertility gradient in the global South. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0219624–e0219624. 33 indexed citations
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Lerch, Mathias, Michel Oris, Philippe Wanner, & Patrick Festy. (2017). Périurbanisation et transformation du gradient de la mortalité urbaine en Suisse. Population. Vol. 72(1). 95–126. 4 indexed citations
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Lerch, Mathias, et al.. (2017). On the plausibility of socioeconomic mortality estimates derived from linked data: a demographic approach. Population Health Metrics. 15(1). 26–26. 1 indexed citations
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Lerch, Mathias, Michel Oris, & Philippe Wanner. (2017). Periurbanization and the Transformation of the Urban Mortality Gradient in Switzerland. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 72(1). 93–122. 6 indexed citations
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Lerch, Mathias. (2015). Does indirect exposure to international migration influence marriage and fertility in Albania?. Journal of Population Research. 32(2). 95–114. 6 indexed citations
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Lerch, Mathias. (2014). The Role of Migration in the Urban Transition: A Demonstration From Albania. Demography. 51(4). 1527–1550. 47 indexed citations
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Lerch, Mathias. (2009). The impact of migration on fertility in post‐communist Albania. Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies. 9(4). 519–537. 3 indexed citations
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Berthé, Fatou, et al.. (2008). The Start of the Sexual Transition in Mali: Risks and Opportunities. Studies in Family Planning. 39(4). 263–280. 13 indexed citations
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Lerch, Mathias, Janine Dahinden, & Philippe Wanner. (2007). Remittance behaviour of Serbian migrants living in Switzerland. reroDoc Digital Library. 1 indexed citations
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Fibbi, Rosita, Mathias Lerch, & Philippe Wanner. (2007). Naturalisation and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Youth of Immigrant Descent in Switzerland. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 33(7). 1121–1144. 37 indexed citations
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Lerch, Mathias & Philippe Wanner. (2006). Les transferts de fonds des migrants albanais. 3 indexed citations
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Fibbi, Rosita, Mathias Lerch, & Philippe Wanner. (2005). Processus de naturalisation et caractéristiques socio-économiques des jeunes issus de la migration.. SERVAL (Université de Lausanne). 5 indexed citations
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Wanner, Philippe, Mathias Lerch, & Rosita Fibbi. (2005). Familles et migrations : le rôle de la famille sur les flux migratoires. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 1 indexed citations

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