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title: "German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP): papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 189 archived papers mentioned German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (16)."
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# German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/3.md)

Household panels and surveys of Europe, Australia, Japan and Korea.

- data category: European and other national household panels
- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Socio-Economic Panel, SOEP, GSOEP

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All European and other national household panels datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/european-and-other-national-household-panels.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 189 archived papers mentioned German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (16).
- German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) was mentioned in 4 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #79 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (3) and Operations Research (1).
- Most of them appeared in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (1), Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies (1) and Journal for Labour Market Research (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) was mentioned in 289 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (202), health economics and policy (43) and management (11).
- 53 of them were published in 2025, against 15 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (20), German Institute for Economic Research (15) and Freie Universität Berlin (12).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal for Labour Market Research (14), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (11) and Labour Economics (9).
- The most-cited of them is “Drivers of renewable technology adoption in the household sector” (Energy Economics, 2019), with 186 citations.
- Papers use German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) most often with Eurostat (21), Understanding Society / BHPS (20) and PSID (18); it has 31 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 70 | 56 | 63 | 189 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 53 | 39 | 40 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 15 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 71 | 53 | 57 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal for Labour Market Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-for-labour-market-research.md) | 14 |
| 2 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 11 |
| 3 | [Labour Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/labour-economics.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [Journal of Population Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-population-economics.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Review of Economics of the Household](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-economics-of-the-household.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Transportation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Journal of Happiness Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-happiness-studies.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [Social Science & Medicine](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/social-science-medicine.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [Empirical Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/empirical-economics.md) | 6 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [IZA - Institute of Labor Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/iza-institute-of-labor-economics.md) | 20 |
| 2 | German Institute for Economic Research | 15 |
| 3 | Freie Universität Berlin | 12 |
| 4 | Universität Trier | 11 |
| 5 | Ifo Institute for Economic Research | 9 |
| 6 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | 8 |
| 7 | Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research | 8 |
| 8 | University of Cologne | 8 |
| 9 | [University of Groningen](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-groningen.md) | 8 |
| 10 | Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union | 7 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Germany | 121 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 29 |
| 3 | United States | 24 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 18 |
| 5 | Italy | 15 |
| 6 | Australia | 14 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 11 |
| 8 | France | 11 |
| 9 | Austria | 10 |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 10 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [gender differences](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/gender-differences.md) | 26 |
| 2 | [Germany](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/germany.md) | 22 |
| 3 | German Socio-Economic Panel | 18 |
| 4 | life satisfaction | 17 |
| 5 | [risk preferences](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/risk-preferences.md) | 16 |
| 6 | [mental health](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mental-health.md) | 12 |
| 7 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 10 |
| 8 | [subjective well-being](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/subjective-well-being.md) | 10 |
| 9 | [unemployment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/unemployment.md) | 8 |
| 10 | East Germany | 7 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 186 | 2.0 | [Drivers of renewable technology adoption in the household sector](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.04.001) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2019-04-03 | Anke Jacksohn, Peter Grösche, Katrin Rehdanz A et al. |
| 2 | 179 | 2.8 | [Determinants, persistence, and dynamics of energy poverty: An empirical assessment using German household survey data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105433) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2021-07-14 | Katharina Drescher, Benedikt Janzen |
| 3 | 174 | 1.5 | [Fertility effects of child benefits](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-017-0647-y) | [Journal of Population Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-population-economics.md) | 2017-06-27 | Regina T. Riphahn, Frederik Wiynck |
| 4 | 164 | 1.5 | [Diversification Strategies and Adaptation Deficit: Evidence from Rural Communities in Niger](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.09.004) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2017-10-07 | Solomon Asfaw, Giacomo Pallante, Alessandro Palma |
| 5 | 110 | 2.0 | [Working from home, hours worked and wages: Heterogeneity by gender and parenthood](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102169) | [Labour Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/labour-economics.md) | 2022-04-09 | Melanie Arntz, Sarra Ben Yahmed, Francesco Berlingieri |

## Used together with

Papers use German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) most often with Eurostat (21), Understanding Society / BHPS (20) and PSID (18); it has 31 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [Eurostat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/eurostat.md) | Dataset | 21 | 2.4 |
| [Understanding Society / BHPS](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/understanding-society-bhps.md) | Dataset | 20 | 12.6 |
| [PSID](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/psid.md) | Dataset | 18 | 15.1 |
| [European Social Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/european-social-survey.md) | Dataset | 10 | 7.4 |
| [HILDA](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/hilda.md) | Dataset | 9 | 12.3 |
| [NLSY](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/nlsy.md) | Dataset | 9 | 11.2 |
| [Facebook](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/facebook.md) | Dataset | 8 | 0.4 |
| [Health and Retirement Study](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/health-and-retirement-study.md) | Dataset | 8 | 4.8 |
| [Labour Force Surveys](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/labour-force-surveys.md) | Dataset | 8 | 4.0 |
| [Gallup World Poll](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/gallup-world-poll.md) | Dataset | 6 | 3.9 |
| [Amazon Mechanical Turk](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/amazon-mechanical-turk.md) | Dataset | 5 | 1.4 |
| [American Time Use Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/american-time-use-survey.md) | Dataset | 5 | 8.1 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | [Predicting food waste from dynamic inconsistency](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107810) | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | Alexander M. Danzer, Helen Zeidler | Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt; Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research; Rockwool Foundation Berlin; … |
| 2026-10-22 | [Measuring the state of open science in transportation using large language models](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.106024) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | Junyi Ji, Ruth Lu, Linda Belkessa et al. | Vanderbilt University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Université Gustave Eiffel; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [The hidden costs of technological change: investigating pathways through which highly automatable jobs undermine workers’ health in Germany](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-026-00444-2) | [Journal for Labour Market Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-for-labour-market-research.md) | Mariia Vasiakina, Christian Dudel | Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; University of Helsinki; Federal Institute for Population Research |
| 2026-10-10 | [Does increasing inequality threaten social stability? Evidence from the lab](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2026.104061) | [Games and Economic Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/games-and-economic-behavior.md) | Fabrizio Adriani, Abigail Margaret Barr, Anna Hochleitner et al. | University of Leicester; University of Nottingham; Norwegian School of Economics |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/german-socio-economic-panel-soep

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  title = {German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/german-socio-economic-panel-soep}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).