Peer-reviewed journal articles

  • Fischer, M. & Mazrekaj, D. (2025). Trans*, inter*, and non-binary (TIN*) people’s desire of parenthood and fertility intentions within the LGBTQI* community in Germany. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2025.2540588

  • de Vries, L., Fischer, M. & Kasprowski, D. (2024). „männlich“, „weiblich“, „divers“ – Eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der Erhebung von Geschlecht in der quantitativ-empirischen Sozialforschung. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, online first. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfsoz-2024-2029

  • Mazrekaj, D., Fischer, M.M., & Bos, H.M.W. (2022). Behavioural outcomes of children with same-sex parents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10), 5922. Full text. Request replication files.
  • Wittgens, C., Fischer, M.M., Buspavanich, P., Theobald, S., Schweizer, K., & Trautmann, S. (2022). Mental health in people with minoritized sexual orientations: A meta-analysis of population-based studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 145(4), 357-372. Full text here. Request replication files.
  • Fischer, M.M., Kroh, M., De Vries, L., Kasprowski, D., Kuehne, S. & Zindel, Z. (2021). Sexual and gender minority (SGM) research meets household panel surveys:  Research potentials of the German Socio-Economic Panel and its boost sample of SGM households. European Sociological Review, 38(2), 321-335. Full text here. Request replication files.
  • Buspavanich P., Lech S., Lermer E., Fischer M.M., Berger M., Vilsmaier T., et al. (2021). Well-being during COVID-19 pandemic: A comparison of individuals with minoritized sexual and gender identities and cis-heterosexual individuals. PLoS ONE, 16(6): e0252356. Full text here. Request replication files. 
  • Fischer M. M. (2021). Social exclusion and resilience: Examining social network stratification among people in same-sex and different-sex relationships. Social Forces, 100(3), 1284-1306. Full text here. Replication files here.
  • Fischer, M. M. & Kalmijn, M. (2019) Do adult men and women in same-sex relationships have weaker ties to their parents? Journal of Family Psychology, 35(3), 288–298. Full text here. Replication files here.
  • Fischer, M. M., Kalmijn, M. & Steinmetz, S. (2019). The social integration of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals: Exploring the role of the municipal context. Social Science Research, 84 (2019), 102320. Full text here.
  • Steinmetz, S., & Fischer, M. M. (2019). Surveying LGB couples in a probabilistic way – An example from The Netherlands. Journal of Official Statistics, 35 (4), 753-776. Full text here.
  • Fischer, M.M. (2018). Free to live their lives as they wish? The social well-being gap between persons in same-sex and mixed-sex relationships in Europe [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Amsterdam: The Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-92679-72-7 . Full text here.
  • Fischer, M.M., Kalmijn, M. & Steinmetz, S. (2016). Does tolerance matter? A study of same-sex unions and well-being in nine European countries. European Societies, 18(5), 514-534. Full text here.
  • Elffers, L., Van de Werfhorst, H. & Fischer, M.M. (2015). Effects of reducing the period of mixed ability grouping in secondary education on cognitive, civic and motivational outcomes: A quasi-experimental case study. Pedagogische Studien, 92(6), 413-433. Full text here. 

Book chapters (* peer reviewed)

  • Fischer, M. (2026). Queer-theoretische quantitative Forschung: das Ob und das Wie. In E. Mader, M. Fischer & L. Luttenberger (Eds.), Methoden in den Gender Studies: Ein Lehrbuch für das inter- und transdisziplinäre Studium. Leverkusen: Verlag Barbara Budrich.

  • Baams, L., Caprinali, A. & Fischer, M. (2025). Navigating Time: A Systematic Review of the Timing of Sexual and Gender Identity Milestones. In L. Baams & T. Kaufmann (Eds.), Sexually and Gender Diverse Adolescents: Critical Perspectives on Risk and Resilience. London, UK: Routledge. *

  • Fischer, M. & de Vries, L. (2022). LGBTQ* Partnerschaften & Familienbeziehungen. In Oliver Arránz Becker, Karsten Hank, Anja Steinbach (Eds.), Handbuch Familiensoziologie. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien. *

  • Fischer, M. & Steinmetz, S. (2018). Designing a sampling frame for same-sex couples and families: The Unions in Context (UNICON) Study. In SAGE Research Methods Cases, 2018. Full text here. *

  • Fischer, M. (2016). Identifying same-sex couples in cross-national survey data: A comparison of same-sex couples’ demographic and socio-economic traits in six European countries. In R. Meuleman, G. Kraaykamp & M. Wittenberg (Eds.), Nederland in Context: Verschillen en Overeenkomsten (pp. 50-79). Den Haag: DANS. Full text here. *

Editorships

  • Bellows-Blakely, S., Buspavanich, P., Oloff, A. & Fischer, M. (in progress). Institutionalizing Gender and Diversity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Special issue in Gender Open Journal.
  • Mader, E., Fischer, M. & Luttenberger, L. (2026), Methoden in den Gender Studies: Ein Lehrbuch für das inter- und transdisziplinäre Studium. Leverkusen: Verlag Barbara Budrich.
  • Bates, N., Steinmetz, S. & Fischer, M. (2019). Measuring LGBT populations. Special issue in Journal of Official Statistics, 35(4), 699-707.

Research reports (* peer reviewed)

  • Schäfer, I., Khoudja, Y, Grunow, D., Traunmueller, R., Fischer, M., Meister, B., Bettinger, E., Castelli, L., Zabel, L., Bauer, M. & Heimhilcher, F. (2025). Technical report RISS Internalization Survey. Frankfurt, Germany: Goethe University Frankfurt.  https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/42uv7_v1
  • Fabian, G., Fischer, M., Hamann, J., Hofmann, A., Koch, M. Schimank, U., Thompson, C., Traunmüller, R. & Villa, P.-I. (2024). Kurzbericht zu einer empirischen Studie an deutschen Hochschulen. Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung, Berlin, Germany. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/mycjs .
  • Schubert, K. & Fischer, M. (2023). Epistemological attitudes in research scale (EARS-6). Zusammenstellung sozialwissenschaftlicher Items und Skalen (ZIS). Infrastructure and Research for Social Sciences – GESIS, Mannheim, Germany. https://doi.org/10.6102/zis336 *
  • Zindel Z., Kühne S., de Vries L., Kroh M., Kasprowski D., Fischer M., Richter D. (2023). LGBielefeld 2021. Data Report: Online Survey on LGBTQI* People in Germany, 1st ed. Universität Bielefeld, Germany. https://doi.org/10.4119/unibi/2964217
  • Fischer, M. (2022). Einsamkeit unter LSBTQI* Menschen: Gesellschaftliche Entfremdung, soziale Ausgrenzung und Resilienz. Das Kompetenznetz Einsamkeit Expertise No. 7/2022. Institut für Sozialarbeit und Sozialpädagogik, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. *
  • Richter, D., Kasprowski, D. & Fischer, M. (2021). Pretest eines Fragenmoduls zu subjektiven Diskriminierungserfahrungen in der SOEP-Innovationsstichprobe 2020.  SOEP Survey papers 1077: Series B. DIW/SOEP, Berlin, Germany. Full text here.
  • Vries, L. De, Fischer, M., Kroh, M., Kühne, S., & Richter, D. (2021). Design, nonresponse, and weighting in the 2019 Sample Q (Queer) of the Socio-Economic Panel. SOEP Survey Paper 940/v36. German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany. Full text here.
  • Kasprowski, D., Fischer, M., Chen, X., De Vries, L., Kroh, M., Kuehne, S., Richter, D. & Zindel, Z. (2020). LGBTQI* people in Germany face staggering health disparities. DIW Weekly Report 06/2021, pp. 80-88. German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany. Full text here. German version here. *
  • De Vries, L., Fischer, M., Kasprowski, D., Kroh, M., Kuehne, S., Richter, D. & Zindel, Z. (2020). LGBTQI* people on the labor market: Highly educated, frequently discriminated against. DIW Weekly Report 36/2020. German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany. Full text here. German version here. *
  • Fischer, M., Kalmijn, M. & Steinmetz, S. (2017). Design, content and questionnaire of The UNICON Study: Lesbian, gay and heterosexual couples and families in the Netherlands. Research report. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Full text here.

Survey datasets

  • Grunow, D., Traunmüller, R., Khoudja, Y. Fischer, M. and Schäfer, I. (2024). Reconfiguration and Internalization of the Social Structure (RISS) [Dataset: nationally representative of adult residents in Germany, 11.300 respondents]. Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Restricted access.
  • Fabian, G., Fischer, M., Hamann, J., Hofmann, A., Koch, M. Schimank, U., Thompson, C., Traunmüller, R., Villa, P.-I. (2024). Academic freedom: An empirical study at German universities [Dataset: nationally representative of researchers at German universities, 9.000 respondents]. Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung, Berlin, Germany.
  • Traunmüller, R., Revers, M., Diehl, C., Fischer, M., Schubert, K., Weidmann, N., Wuttke, A. (2021) Adversarial Collaboration: Freedom of Speech on Campus [Dataset: access panel sample of students at German universities, ~ 1.000 respondents]. Restricted access.
  • Zindel Z., Kühne S., de Vries L. K., Kroh M., Kasprowski D., Fischer M. and Richter D. (2023). LGBielefeld 2021. Online Survey on LGBTQI* People in Germany [Dataset: community sample, 7.000 respondents]. Bielefeld University, Germany. Available at https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2968539.
  • Fischer, M., Kalmijn, M. & Steinmetz, S. (2017). Unions in context (UNICON) survey: Same-sex and different-sex couples in The Netherlands [Dataset: probability sample, Netherlands, 1.350 respondents]. Available from DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities at https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-z5y-xa6w .

Other publications

  • Fischer, M. (2022). Buchrezension Trans & Care. Trans Personen zwischen Selbstsorge, Fürsorge und Versorgung, Max Nicolai Appenroth & María do Castro Varela (Eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag.
  • Bates, N., Steinmetz, S. & Fischer, M. (2019). Preface to Special Issue Measuring LGBT Populations. Official Statistics, 35(4), 699-707. Full text here.