Matthias Matthijs

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 886 citations indexed

About

Matthias Matthijs is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Finance and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Matthijs has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 886 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 13 papers in Finance and 5 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Matthias Matthijs's work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (13 papers), Global Financial Crisis and Policies (9 papers) and European Union Policy and Governance (7 papers). Matthias Matthijs is often cited by papers focused on Social Policy and Reform Studies (13 papers), Global Financial Crisis and Policies (9 papers) and European Union Policy and Governance (7 papers). Matthias Matthijs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Ireland. Matthias Matthijs's co-authors include Mark Blyth, Kathleen R. McNamara, Erik Jones, Martin B. Carstensen, Uma Subramanian, Silvia Merler, Craig Parsons, R. Daniel Kelemen, Rogers M. Smith and Jeffrey Friedman and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, Journal of European Public Policy and Perspectives on Politics.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Matthijs

29 papers receiving 776 citations

Hit Papers

The Euro Crisis’ Theory E... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150
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.

  1. The Euro Crisis’ Theory Effect: Northern Saints, Southern Sinners, and the Demise of the Eurobond
    2015 189 citations Matthias Matthijs, Kathleen R. McNamara Journal of European Integration profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthias Matthijs United States 16 653 380 157 139 130 30 886
Waltraud Schelkle United Kingdom 16 456 0.7× 332 0.9× 199 1.3× 57 0.4× 99 0.8× 57 700
Rachel A. Epstein United States 17 552 0.8× 365 1.0× 92 0.6× 157 1.1× 113 0.9× 38 841
Henrik Enderlein Germany 13 226 0.3× 239 0.6× 185 1.2× 103 0.7× 59 0.5× 34 554
Magnus Ryner United Kingdom 18 566 0.9× 267 0.7× 110 0.7× 72 0.5× 191 1.5× 37 768
Aidan Regan Ireland 13 426 0.7× 330 0.9× 213 1.4× 66 0.5× 130 1.0× 28 724
Hilary Appel United States 14 421 0.6× 75 0.2× 160 1.0× 49 0.4× 154 1.2× 30 578
Patricia Hagan Kuwayama United States 4 199 0.3× 132 0.3× 92 0.6× 163 1.2× 78 0.6× 8 456
Peter Gowan United Kingdom 10 214 0.3× 162 0.4× 81 0.5× 53 0.4× 222 1.7× 26 526
Andrew Walter United Kingdom 13 249 0.4× 168 0.4× 77 0.5× 117 0.8× 215 1.7× 44 609
A. Wigger Netherlands 12 260 0.4× 111 0.3× 105 0.7× 97 0.7× 95 0.7× 27 429

Countries citing papers authored by Matthias Matthijs

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Matthias Matthijs's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Matthias Matthijs with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Matthias Matthijs more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Matthias Matthijs

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Matthias Matthijs. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Matthias Matthijs. The network helps show where Matthias Matthijs may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Matthijs

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Matthijs, Matthias & Silvia Merler. (2020). Mind the Gap: Southern Exit, Northern Voice and Changing Loyalties since the Euro Crisis. JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies. 58(1). 96–115. 13 indexed citations
2.
Jones, Erik & Matthias Matthijs. (2020). Italy and the European Elections of 2019. JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies. 58(S1). 69–79. 5 indexed citations
3.
Matthijs, Matthias. (2020). Lessons and learnings from a decade of EU crises. Journal of European Public Policy. 27(8). 1127–1136. 13 indexed citations
4.
Jones, Erik & Matthias Matthijs. (2019). Rethinking Central-Bank Independence. Journal of democracy. 30(2). 127–141. 26 indexed citations
5.
Matthijs, Matthias, et al.. (2019). Ever tighter union? Brexit, Grexit, and frustrated differentiation in the single market and Eurozone. Comparative European Politics. 17(2). 209–230. 19 indexed citations
6.
Matthijs, Matthias. (2018). The Worst Brexit Option, Except for All the Others. Foreign Affairs.
7.
Matthijs, Matthias. (2017). Integration at What Price? The Erosion of National Democracy in the Euro Periphery. Government and Opposition. 52(2). 266–294. 44 indexed citations
8.
Jones, Erik & Matthias Matthijs. (2017). Democracy without Solidarity: Political Dysfunction in Hard Times. Government and Opposition. 52(2). 383–384. 12 indexed citations
9.
Matthijs, Matthias & Mark Blyth. (2017). When Is It Rational to Learn the Wrong Lessons? Technocratic Authority, Social Learning, and Euro Fragility. Perspectives on Politics. 16(1). 110–126. 57 indexed citations
10.
Jones, Erik & Matthias Matthijs. (2016). Democracy without Solidarity: Political Dysfunction in Hard Times – Introduction to Special Issue. Government and Opposition. 52(2). 185–210. 16 indexed citations
11.
Matthijs, Matthias. (2016). Europe After Brexit. Foreign Affairs. 2 indexed citations
12.
Checkel, Jeffrey T., Jeffrey Friedman, Matthias Matthijs, & Rogers M. Smith. (2016). Roundtable on Ideational Turns in the Four Subdisciplines of Political Science. Critical Review. 28(2). 171–202. 1 indexed citations
13.
Matthijs, Matthias & Kathleen R. McNamara. (2015). The Euro Crisis’ Theory Effect: Northern Saints, Southern Sinners, and the Demise of the Eurobond. Journal of European Integration. 37(2). 229–245. 189 indexed citations breakdown →
14.
Matthijs, Matthias. (2015). Reading Kindleberger in Washington and Berlin: Ideas and Leadership in a Time of Crisis. 1 indexed citations
15.
Matthijs, Matthias & R. Daniel Kelemen. (2015). Europe Reborn: How to save the European Union from irrelevance. 94(1). 5 indexed citations
16.
Matthijs, Matthias. (2013). David Cameron’s Dangerous Game. Foreign Affairs. 3 indexed citations
17.
Blyth, Mark & Matthias Matthijs. (2012). The World Waits For Germany. Foreign Affairs. 4 indexed citations
18.
Matthijs, Matthias. (2012). Ideas and Economic Crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005). 34 indexed citations
19.
Matthijs, Matthias. (2012). Crying Wolf Again? The Decline of Western Economic Influence after the Great Recession. The International Spectator. 47(3). 37–52. 2 indexed citations
20.
Matthijs, Matthias & Mark Blyth. (2011). Why Only Germany Can Fix the Euro. Foreign Affairs. 23 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Waltraud Schelkle Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Rachel A. Epstein Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Henrik Enderlein Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Magnus Ryner Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Aidan Regan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Hilary Appel Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Patricia Hagan Kuwayama Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter Gowan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Andrew Walter Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by A. Wigger
Rankless by CCL
2026