Matthew Sobek

755 total citations
37 papers, 359 citations indexed

About

Matthew Sobek is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management Science and Operations Research and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Sobek has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 359 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 7 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Matthew Sobek's work include demographic modeling and climate adaptation (8 papers), Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (7 papers) and Census and Population Estimation (7 papers). Matthew Sobek is often cited by papers focused on demographic modeling and climate adaptation (8 papers), Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (7 papers) and Census and Population Estimation (7 papers). Matthew Sobek collaborates with scholars based in United States and Spain. Matthew Sobek's co-authors include Steven Ruggles, Robert McCaa, Albert Esteve, Evan Roberts, Miriam King, Sheela Kennedy, J. David Hacker, Deborah Levison, Lisa Dillon and Sarah Flood and has published in prestigious journals such as Lecture notes in computer science, Social Science History and Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Sobek

32 papers receiving 324 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew Sobek United States 11 206 92 78 63 47 37 359
Catherine Massey United States 10 231 1.1× 50 0.5× 72 0.9× 31 0.5× 87 1.9× 13 346
Sean Becketti United States 8 144 0.7× 42 0.5× 219 2.8× 61 1.0× 37 0.8× 23 502
John Parman United States 10 230 1.1× 52 0.6× 131 1.7× 51 0.8× 41 0.9× 19 390
Ulrich Rendtel Germany 8 161 0.8× 26 0.3× 85 1.1× 30 0.5× 46 1.0× 41 345
Rob van der Erf Netherlands 8 245 1.2× 119 1.3× 38 0.5× 11 0.2× 18 0.4× 14 327
L.J.G. van Wissen Netherlands 12 120 0.6× 162 1.8× 97 1.2× 37 0.6× 70 1.5× 31 424
Evert van Imhoff Netherlands 12 171 0.8× 302 3.3× 70 0.9× 146 2.3× 49 1.0× 36 545
Christian Schlüter United Kingdom 13 376 1.8× 29 0.3× 199 2.6× 93 1.5× 24 0.5× 45 555
João Sabóia Brazil 12 123 0.6× 112 1.2× 142 1.8× 18 0.3× 39 0.8× 47 411
Nikolas Mittag United States 10 139 0.7× 24 0.3× 129 1.7× 112 1.8× 31 0.7× 32 346

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew Sobek

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Sobek

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

All Works

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Hacker, J. David, et al.. (2025). New data sources for research on the nineteenth-century United States: IPUMS full count datasets of the censuses of population 1850–1880. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 58(4). 199–213. 1 indexed citations
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Ruggles, Steven, Catherine A Fitch, J. David Hacker, et al.. (2025). The IPUMS multigenerational longitudinal panel: progress and prospects. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 58(4). 258–271. 2 indexed citations
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Hacker, J. David, et al.. (2025). IPUMS full count datasets of the United States censuses of mortality, 1850–1880. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 58(4). 231–245.
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Hacker, J. David, et al.. (2025). IPUMS full count datasets of enslaved persons and slaveholders in the United States in 1850 and 1860. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 58(4). 246–257. 1 indexed citations
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Sobek, Matthew, et al.. (2014). IPUMS International: A Data Resource for Statistics Education. 1 indexed citations
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Sobek, Matthew. (2012). Making Social Class Work. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 45(4). 187–192. 3 indexed citations
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Sobek, Matthew, et al.. (2011). Big Data: Large-Scale Historical Infrastructure from the Minnesota Population Center. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 44(2). 61–68. 25 indexed citations
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Ruggles, Steven, et al.. (2011). The North Atlantic Population Project: Progress and Prospects. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 44(1). 1–6. 47 indexed citations
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Sobek, Matthew, Steven Ruggles, & Robert McCaa. (2011). IPUMS-International Statistical Disclosure Controls: 159 Census Microdata Samples in Dissemination, 100+ in Preparation. 6344. 74–84. 2 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Sheela, et al.. (2011). The quality of constructed family and household relationships in African Census Samples. 1 indexed citations
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Sobek, Matthew. (2001). U.S. historical statistics. 34(2). 1 indexed citations
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Sobek, Matthew. (2001). U.S. historical statistics: New statistics on the U.S. labor force, 1850-1990. 34(2). 71–87. 2 indexed citations
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Sobek, Matthew. (2001). New Statistics on the U.S. Labor Force, 1850–1990. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 34(2). 71–87. 11 indexed citations
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Ruggles, Steven, et al.. (1999). IPUMS Data Extraction System. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 32(3). 119–124. 4 indexed citations
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Sobek, Matthew. (1996). Work, Status, and Income: Men in the American Occupational Structure since the Late Nineteenth Century. Social Science History. 20(2). 169–169. 35 indexed citations
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Sobek, Matthew. (1996). Work, Status, and Income. Social Science History. 20(2). 169–207. 8 indexed citations
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Sobek, Matthew & Lisa Dillon. (1995). Interpreting Work: Classifying Occupations in the Public Use Microdata Samples. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 28(1). 70–73. 8 indexed citations
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Sobek, Matthew. (1995). The Comparability of Occupations and the Generation of Income Scores. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 28(1). 47–51. 30 indexed citations

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