Ulf Zölitz

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 750 citations indexed

About

Ulf Zölitz is a scholar working on Education, Safety Research and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulf Zölitz has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 750 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Education, 6 papers in Safety Research and 5 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Ulf Zölitz's work include School Choice and Performance (21 papers), Innovations in Educational Methods (12 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (11 papers). Ulf Zölitz is often cited by papers focused on School Choice and Performance (21 papers), Innovations in Educational Methods (12 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (11 papers). Ulf Zölitz collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Netherlands. Ulf Zölitz's co-authors include Jan Feld, Friederike Mengel, Jan Sauermann, Bart Golsteyn, Olivier Marie, Arjan Non, Ingo E. Isphording, Benjamin Elsner, Lex Borghans and Giuseppe Sorrenti and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

Ulf Zölitz

33 papers receiving 714 citations

Hit Papers

Gender Bias in Teaching Evaluations 2016 2026 2019 2022 2018 2016 50 100 150 200
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. Gender Bias in Teaching Evaluations
    2018 230 citations Ulf Zölitz et al. profile →
  2. Understanding Peer Effects: On the Nature, Estimation, and Channels of Peer Effects
    2016 162 citations Jan Feld, Ulf Zölitz Journal of Labor Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ulf Zölitz Switzerland 11 466 190 135 128 97 36 750
Tuomas Pekkarinen Finland 14 373 0.8× 405 2.1× 98 0.7× 106 0.8× 205 2.1× 41 841
Gigi Foster Australia 13 280 0.6× 195 1.0× 90 0.7× 49 0.4× 85 0.9× 43 570
Natasha Quadlin United States 14 163 0.3× 293 1.5× 210 1.6× 53 0.4× 119 1.2× 27 592
Scott Imberman United States 16 617 1.3× 191 1.0× 47 0.3× 112 0.9× 158 1.6× 47 871
Julie S. Ashby United Kingdom 9 102 0.2× 141 0.7× 101 0.7× 90 0.7× 105 1.1× 10 441
Colm Harmon Australia 9 202 0.4× 342 1.8× 87 0.6× 111 0.9× 331 3.4× 20 752
Helena Holmlund Sweden 13 398 0.9× 529 2.8× 135 1.0× 134 1.0× 124 1.3× 32 929
Richard Buddin United States 15 627 1.3× 189 1.0× 49 0.4× 43 0.3× 161 1.7× 65 911
Shaun M. Dougherty United States 14 470 1.0× 87 0.5× 46 0.3× 144 1.1× 64 0.7× 52 656
Rajeev Darolia United States 12 286 0.6× 151 0.8× 33 0.2× 56 0.4× 149 1.5× 40 553

Countries citing papers authored by Ulf Zölitz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ulf Zölitz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ulf Zölitz. 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 Ulf Zölitz. The network helps show where Ulf Zölitz may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ulf Zölitz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ulf Zölitz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ulf Zölitz 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 Ulf Zölitz. Ulf Zölitz 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
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Shan, Xiaoyue & Ulf Zölitz. (2025). Peers Affect Personality Development. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 1–45.
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Sorrenti, Giuseppe, Ulf Zölitz, Denis Ribeaud, & Manuel Eisner. (2024). The Causal Impact of Socio-Emotional Skills Training on Educational Success. The Review of Economic Studies. 92(1). 506–552. 4 indexed citations
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Zuber, Sascha, Laura Bechtiger, Marta Golin, et al.. (2023). An integrative approach for the analysis of risk and health across the life course: challenges, innovations, and opportunities for life course research. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 14–14. 7 indexed citations
4.
Feld, Jan & Ulf Zölitz. (2022). The effect of higher-achieving peers on major choices and labor market outcomes. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 196. 200–219. 6 indexed citations
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Elsner, Benjamin, Ingo E. Isphording, & Ulf Zölitz. (2021). Achievement Rank Affects Performance and Major Choices in College. The Economic Journal. 131(640). 3182–3206. 23 indexed citations
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Elsner, Benjamin, Ingo E. Isphording, & Ulf Zölitz. (2021). Achievement Rank Affects Performance and Major Choices in College. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Isphording, Ingo E. & Ulf Zölitz. (2020). The Value of a Peer. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Sorrenti, Giuseppe, Ulf Zölitz, Denis Ribeaud, & Manuel Eisner. (2020). The Causal Impact of Socio-Emotional Skills Training on Educational Success. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Zölitz, Ulf, et al.. (2019). Exposure to More Female Peers Widens the Gender Gap in Stem Participation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Zölitz, Ulf, et al.. (2018). Exposure to More Female Peers Widens the Gender Gap in STEM Participation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Feld, Jan & Ulf Zölitz. (2018). Peers from Venus and Mars – higher-achieving men foster gender gaps in major choice and labor market outcomes. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 4 indexed citations
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Feld, Jan, Nicolás Salamanca, & Ulf Zölitz. (2018). Are Professors Worth it? The Value-Added and Costs of Tutorial Instructors. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Feld, Jan, Nicolás Salamanca, & Ulf Zölitz. (2018). Are Professors Worth It?. The Journal of Human Resources. 55(3). 836–863. 17 indexed citations
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Feld, Jan, Nicolás Salamanca, & Ulf Zölitz. (2017). Students Are Almost as Effective as Professors in University Teaching. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Zölitz, Ulf & Jan Feld. (2017). The Effect of Peer Gender on Major Choice. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Golsteyn, Bart, Arjan Non, & Ulf Zölitz. (2017). The Impact of Peer Personality on Academic Achievement. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Feld, Jan & Ulf Zölitz. (2016). Understanding Peer Effects: On the Nature, Estimation, and Channels of Peer Effects. Journal of Labor Economics. 35(2). 387–428. 162 indexed citations breakdown →
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Borghans, Lex, Bart Golsteyn, & Ulf Zölitz. (2015). School Quality and the Development of Cognitive Skills between Age Four and Six. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0129700–e0129700. 14 indexed citations
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Marie, Olivier & Ulf Zölitz. (2015). 'High' Achievers? Cannabis Access and Academic Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Borghans, Lex, Bart Golsteyn, & Ulf Zölitz. (2014). Parental Preferences for Primary School Characteristics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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