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Jeroen Smits publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jeroen Smits sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 137 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Jeroen Smits D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jeroen Smits sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jeroen Smits is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a particular focus on sociology, political science, gender studies, demography, economics, and pediatrics. Their research spans various topics, including demographic trends, income inequality, global maternal and child health, family dynamics, and climate change impacts.

Their recent publication record includes several significant papers, such as:

  • "Twin Peaks: more twinning in humans than ever before" (2021) published in Human Reproduction
  • "Future cooling gap in shared socioeconomic pathways" (2021) published in Environmental Research Letters
  • "The 'Dark Side' of Social Capital: A Cross-National Examination of the Relationship Between Social Capital and Violence in Africa" (2020) published in Social Indicators Research
  • "Inequality in Human Development across the Globe" (2020) published in Radboud Repository (Radboud University)
  • "The Demographic Window of Opportunity and Economic Growth at Sub-National Level in 91 Developing Countries" (2021) published in Social Indicators Research

Smits has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including Lamar Crombach, Janine Huisman, Iñaki Permanyer, Christiaan Monden, and Ludovico Alcorta. These collaborations have resulted in multiple publications within their research areas.

The scientist has published repeatedly in various academic venues, notably:

  • Social Indicators Research
  • Scientific Data
  • Population Space and Place
  • Preprints.org
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Their main fields of study concentrate on social sciences, with subfields that include sociology and political science, gender studies, demography, economics and econometrics, as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. The research topics addressed include:

  • Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies

Best Publications

  • Educational Homogamy in 65 Countries: An Explanation of Differences in Openness Using Country-Level Explanatory Variables

    J.P.J.M. Smits;W.C. Ultee;J.G.M. Lammers

  • The International Wealth Index (IWI)

    Jeroen Smits;Roel Steendijk

  • Twinning across the Developing World.

    Jeroen Smits;Christiaan Monden

  • Effects of Household- and District-Level Factors on Primary School Enrollment in 30 Developing Countries

    Janine Huisman;Jeroen Smits

  • Duration and quality of the peer review process: the author's perspective.

    Janine Huisman;Jeroen Smits

  • The Subnational Human Development Database.

    Jeroen Smits;Iñaki Permanyer

  • Length of life inequality around the globe.

    Jeroen Smits;Christiaan Monden

  • Variation in labor market participation of married women in Turkey

    Ayşe Gündüz-Hoşgör;Jeroen Smits

  • Effects of Family Background Characteristics on Educational Participation in Turkey

    Jeroen Smits;Ayşe Gündüz Hoşgör

  • Hidden Child Labor: Determinants of Housework and Family Business Work of Children in 16 Developing Countries

    E. Webbink;J.P.J.M. Smits;E. de Jong

  • Twin Peaks: more twinning in humans than ever before.

    Christiaan Monden;Gilles Pison;Jeroen Smits

  • First-Time Home-Ownership of Couples The Effect of Inter-Generational Transmission

    Clara H. Mulder;Jeroen Smits

  • Social closure among the higher educated: trends in educational homogamy in 55 countries

    J.P.J.M. Smits

  • Five Decades of Educational Assortative Mating in 10 East Asian Societies

    Jeroen Smits;Hyunjoon Park

  • Changing gender roles, shifting power balance and long-distance migration of couples

    Jeroen Smits;Clara H. Mulder;Pieter Hooimeijer

  • Clean water, sanitation and diarrhoea in Indonesia: Effects of household and community factors

    Ahmad Komarulzaman;Jeroen Smits;Eelke de Jong

  • Micro‐ and Macrolevel Determinants of Women's Employment in Six Arab Countries

    Niels Spierings;Jeroen Smits;Mieke Verloo

  • More or less educational homogamy? A test of different versions of modernization theory using cross-temporal evidence for 60 countries

    W.C. Ultee;J.P.J.M. Smits;J.G.M. Lammers

  • Twinning Rates in Developed Countries: Trends and Explanations

    Gilles Pison;Christiaan Monden;Jeroen Smits

  • Linguistic capital: Language as a socio-economic resource among Kurdish and Arabic women in Turkey

    Jeroen Smits;Ayşe Gündüz-Hoşgör

Frequent Co-Authors

Gert P. Westert
Gert P. Westert Radboud University
Hannie Kremer
Hannie Kremer Radboud University
Helger G. Yntema
Helger G. Yntema Radboud University
Miguel D. Mahecha
Miguel D. Mahecha Leipzig University
Mihai G. Netea
Mihai G. Netea Radboud University
Mieke Verloo
Mieke Verloo Radboud University
Clara H. Mulder
Clara H. Mulder University of Groningen
Hyunjoon Park
Hyunjoon Park University of Pennsylvania
Frans P.M. Cremers
Frans P.M. Cremers Radboud University
Paolo Gasparini
Paolo Gasparini University of Trieste

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