prof. RNDr. Jitka Rychtaříková, CSc.

Identifiers

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6417-1920
ResearcherID: R-1828-2017
Scopus Author ID: 7003471744

Education

2005 Professor, Faculty of Science, Charles University
1993 Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Charles University
1991 JASPEX, Faculty of Education, Charles University, State Exam in English Language
1986 PhD in Mathematical and Programming Methods in ASŘ, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
1982 CSc., Faculty of Science, Charles University
1976 Diplôme de Démographie Générale, Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
1974 RNDr., Faculty of Science, Charles University
1973 Faculty of Science, Charles University, Geography, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, French

Professional Experience

1980–present: Faculty of Science, Charles University
2016 (March–April): Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Visiting Professor
2015 (March–April): Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Visiting Professor
2014 (March–April): Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Visiting Professor
2013 (February–April): Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Visiting Professor
1996–1997: University of South Carolina, USA, Professor, Teaching and Research
1977–1980: Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Internal PhD Researcher
1975–1976: Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, Paris, France, Research Stay
1974–1975: Institute for Child Development Research, Faculty of Pediatric Medicine, Charles University, Prague
1973 (October–December): Wyzsza Szkola Ekonomiczna, Poznan, Poland, Research Stay

Membership in Professional Organizations

• Czech Demographic Society
• Czech Geographical Society
• Association Internationale des Démographes de Langue Française
• European Association for Population Studies
• Population Europe, The Presidium of the Council of Advisors
• Associate Member of the Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences (Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique), Belgium

Awards

2022 – Commemorative Medal of the Faculty of Science, Charles University
2006 – Knight of the Order of Academic Palms (Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques), France
1995 – Silver Commemorative Medal of the Faculty of Science for Teaching and Research Work
1987 – Rector's Award of Charles University for the Best Textbook of 1986 (Fundamentals of Demography, co-authorship) in the Field of Natural Sciences

Teaching

• Demographic Analysis II
• Demographic Analysis III
• SAS Applications in Demography II
• SAS Applications in Demography III
• Population Development of the Czech Republic after 1914
• Demographic Ageing
• Demographic Analysis II
• Demographic Ageing
• SAS Applications in Demography II

Supervision of Final Theses

Current Topics Offered

• List of topics: see SIS
• After selecting a topic in SIS, the student should contact their supervisor for an initial consultation
• A student may visit their supervisor with a self-proposed topic, which can be discussed and listed in SIS for processing

Ongoing Research Topics

• List of topics: see SIS

Defended Theses

• List of topics: see SIS

Scientific Research Focus

• Analysis of Population Trends in the Czech Republic and Developed Countries
• Regional and Social Aspects of Demographic Processes
• Methods in Demography, Applied Demography

International Research Projects

• EHLEIS (European Health and Life Expectancy Information System), EC Programme of Community Action in the Field of Public Health, No: 788214963FS340780493, 6th EU Framework Programme, Co-investigator, 1.7.2007 – 30.6.2010
• EUROTHINE (Tackling Health Inequalities in Europe: An Integrated Approach - EUROTHINE), EC Public Health and Risk Assessment, No. 2003125, 6th EU Framework Programme, 1.9.2004 – 1.9.2007
• FELICIE (Future Elderly Living Conditions In Europe), EC Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources, Key Action No. 6.3, QLK6-CT-2002-02310, 5th EU Framework Programme, Co-investigator, 2003–2006
• Spatial Patterns of Population Reproduction in the Czech Republic in 1992–1996 according to Community Level, CEU Research Support Scheme, No.: 210/1998, Principal Investigator, 1998–1999
• Regional Mortality Differences by Cause of Death within the EU, 1994–96, ERDF Study No. 98/00/27/176, European Commission, Co-investigator, 1999
• Gestational Selection, Birth Weight & Infant Survival, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, Public Health Service Grant, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Grant R01 HD 31146-02, USA, Co-investigator, 1995–1997
• Socio-Economic Inequalities in Morbidity and Mortality in Europe: A Comparative Study, PECO Project of EC, ERBCIPDCT930145, ERBBMH1CT921068, Co-investigator, 1993–1996
• Social and biological factors of pregnancy outcome, PECO Project of EC, RBCIPACT922012, Co-investigator, 1993–1994
• Analysis of mortality in the Czech Republic: Causal models of mortality, changes in generations, and the international comparative analysis, CEU Research Support Scheme, No.: 879, Category G, Principal Investigator, 1993–1994
• The State and Structure of Families. Evaluation of Policies stimulating fertility, International Social Science Council - European Coordination Centre for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences, Austria, Co-investigator, 1988–1991
• Carole Pommois: Urban Retailing Structure and Spatial Consumer Behaviour in Central Europe, Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, HPMF-CT-2002-01986, 5th EU Framework Programme, Researcher in Charge of Postdoctoral Project, 2003–2005

Czech Research Projects

• Prostorová diferenciace a vizualizace geodemografických procesů se zaměřením na domácnosti ve stárnoucí populaci České republiky (Spatial differentiation and visualisation of geodemographic processes with a focus on households in an ageing society in the Czech Republic), Grant GA ČR, Praha, ČR, 18-12166S, principal investigator, 2018-2020
• Generační úmrtnostní tabulky České republiky: data, biometrické funkce a trendy (Cohort life tables for the Czech Republic: data, biometric functions, and trends, Grant GA ČR, Praha, ČR, P404/12/0883, principal investigator, 2012-2016
• Stane se nízká plodnost v České republice trvalým reprodukčním modelem?(Is the low fertility in the Czech Republic an inevitable outcome of the new reproductive pattern?) Grant GA ČR, Praha, ČR, P404/12/1097, team member, 2012-2014
• Aktivní stárnutí, rodina a mezigenerační solidarita (Active Ageing, Family, and Intergenerational Solidarity)  2D06004, Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy, principal investigator, 2006-2011
• Rodina, partnerství a demografické stárnutí: Generace a gender(Generations and gender Survey, prospective longitudinal study), TP-5 “Moderní společnost a její proměny”, 1J 023/04-DP2, principal investigator, 2004-2006
• Atlas sčítání 2001, (Atlas of Census 2001), Grant GA ČR, Praha, ČR, 205/03/1260, principal investigator, 2003-2005
• Změny plodnosti a rodinného chování v souvislosti se současnou sociální transformací ČR,  (Fertility and Family responses to Social change in the Czech Republic), Grant GAAV, Praha ČR, A7028101, principal investigator, 2001-2003
• Prežívání dětí v prvním roce života po těhotenství s využitím metod asistované reprodukce v ČR v období 1996 - 2001,  (Infant survival from assisted reproduction pregnancies in the Czech Republic in 1996-2001), Grant IGA, Praha, ČR, NJ/6491-3, coinvestigator, 2001-2003
• Vliv sociálních a biologických rizikových faktorů na prežívání dětí v prvním roce života, (The impact of social and biological risk factors on infant survival), Grant GA ČR, Praha, ČR, 403/00/1521, principal investigator, 2000-2002
• Biologicko-sociální vlivy jako determinující faktory pro vznik vybraných typu vrozených vad v České republice, (Bio-social determinants generating  selected congenital malformations in the Czech Republic), Grant IGA, Praha, ČR, NJ/5764-3, coinvestigator, 1999-2001
• Diferenční úmrtnost v České republice a její regionální aspekty, (Differential mortality in the Czech Republic from regional perspective), GA UK, Praha, ČR, 342/1998/A SP/PrF, principal investigator, 1998-2000
• Analýza a prognóza formování rozpadu rodin v České republice. Mezinárodní analogie. (Analysis and forecast of family formation and Dissolution in the Czech Republic), GA UK, Praha, ČR, 20118/B/GEO, principal investigator, 1994-1996

Scientific Publications

Complete list of publications available for download here.

Original Scientific Article with IF 

Teng, Andrea; Blakely, Tony; Atkinson, June; Kalediene, Ramune; Leinsalu, Mall; Martikainen, Pekka T.; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Mackenbach, Johan P. Changing social inequalities in smoking, obesity and cause-specific mortality: Cross-national comparisons using compass typology. PLOS ONE. 2020, 15, 7, (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0232971), IF=2.9

Mackenbach, Johan P.; Valverde, Jose Rubio; Artnik, Barbara; Bopp, Matthias; Bronnum-Hansen, Henrik; Deboosere, Patrick; Kalediene, Ramune; Kovacs, Katalin; Leinsalu, Mall; Martikainen, Pekka; Menvielle, Gwenn; Regidor, Enrique; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Rodriguez-Sanz, Maica; Vineis, Paolo; Whiten, Chris; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Hu, Yannan; Nusselder, Wilma J. Trends in health inequalities in 27 European countries. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2018,115, 25, (doi:10.1073/pnas.1800028115), IF=9.4

Rychtaříková, Jitka. Demographic Trends and patterns in Czechia and Slovakia during the socialist era. Demografie. 2018, 60, 3, ISSN 0011-8265, eISSN 1805-2991, IF=0.9     

Rychtaříková, Jitka; Léger, Jean-Francois. Recompositions géopolitiques et évolution de la mortalité dans les pays de l'ancien Empire Austro-Hongrois depuis 1920 (Geopolitical transitions and the evolution of mortality in the countries of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire since 1920). Espace Populations Sociétés. 2018,1-2, (doi:10.4000/eps.7484), IF=0.2

Mackenbach, Johan; Looman, Caspar W. N.; Artnik, Barbara; Bopp, Matthias; Deboosere, Patrick; Dibben, Chris; Kalediene, Ramune; Kovacs, Katalin; Leinsalu, Mall; Martikainen, Pekka; Regidor, Enrique;  Rychtarikova, Jitka; de Gelder, Rianne. 'Fundamental causes' of inequalities in mortality: an empirical test of the theory in 20 European populations. Sociology of Health & Illness. 2017, 39, 7, (doi:10.1111/1467-9566.12562), IF=2.7

Gadeyne, Sylvie; Menvielle, Gwenn; Kulhanova, Ivana; Bopp, Matthias; Deboosere, Patrick; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Hoffmann, Rasmus; Kovacs, Katalin; Leinsalu, Mall; Martikainen, Pekka; Regidor, Enrique; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Spadea, Teresa; Strand, Bjorn Heine; Trewin, Cassia; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Mackenbach, Johan. The turn of the gradient? Educational differences in breast cancer mortality in 18 European populations during the 2000s. International Journal of Cancer. 2017, 141, 1,  (doi:10.1002/ijc.30685), IF=5.7

Podolská Kateřina; Rychtaříková, Jitka. The impact of cosmic-origin background radiation on human survival in the Czech Republic. Demografie. 2017, 59, 2, ISSN 0011-8265, eISSN 1805-2991, IF=0.9

Nagavci, Blin; de Gelder, Rianne; Martikainen, Pekka; Deboosere, Patrick; Bopp, Matthias; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Kalediene, Ramune; Leinsalu, Mall; Mackenbach, Johan P.  Inequalities in tuberculosis mortality: long-term trends in 11 European countries. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2016, 20, 5, (doi:10.5588/ijtld.15.0658), IF=3.8

Mackenbach, Johan P.; Kulhánová, Ivana; Bopp, Matthias; Borrell, Carme;  Deboosere, Patrick; Kovacs, Katalin; Looman, Caspar W. N.; Leinsalu, Mall; Makela, Pia; Martikainen, Pekka; Menvielle, Gwenn; Rodriguez-Sanz, Maica; Rychtarikova, Jitka; de Gelder, Rianne. Inequalities in Alcohol-Related Mortality in 17 European Countries: A Retrospective Analysis of Mortality Registers. PLOS MEDICINE. 2015, 12, 12, (doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001909), IF=10.5

Vandenheede, Hadewijch; Deboosere, Patrick; Espelt, Albert; Bopp, Matthias; Borrell, Carme; Costa, Giuseppe; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Gnavi, Roberto; Hoffmann, Rasmus; Kulhánová, Ivana; Kulik, Margarete; Leinsalu, Mall; Martikainen, Pekka; Menvielle, Gwenn; Rodriguez-Sanz, Maica; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Mackenbach, Johan P. Educational inequalities in diabetes mortality across Europe in the 2000s: the interaction with gender. International Journal of Public Health. 2015, 60, 4, (doi:10.1007/s00038-015-0669-8), IF=2.6

Reissigova, Jindra; Rychtaříková, Jitka. Základní pojmy a principy konstrukce modelů typu věk-období-kohorta (The Basic Concepts and Principles of the Construction of Age-Period-Cohort Models). Demografie. 2015, 57, 1, ISSN 0011-8265, eISSN 1805-2991, IF=0.9

Rychtaříková, Jitka. Délka života, zdraví a postoje v Evropské unii. (Length of life, health and attitudes in the European Union). Geografie. 120, 4, ISSN:1212-0014, IF=0.9

Kulhánová, Ivana; Menvielle, Gwenn; Bopp, Matthias; Borrell, Carme; Deboosere, Patrick; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Hoffmann, Rasmus; Leinsalu, Mall; Martikainen, Pekka; Regidor, Enrique; Rodriguez-Sanz, Maica; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Mackenbach, Johan P. Socioeconomic differences in the use of ill-defined causes of death in 16 European countries. BMC Public Health. 2014, 14, 1295, (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-1295), IF=3.5

Kulhánová, Ivana; Hoffmann, Rasmus; Judge, Ken; Looman, Caspar W. N.;  Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bopp, Matthias; Deboosere, Patrick; Leinsalu, Mall; Martikainen, Pekka; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Menvielle, Gwenn; Mackenbach, Johan P.; Group Author(s): EURO-GBD-SE Consortium.  Assessing the potential impact of increased participation in higher education on mortality: Evidence from 21 European populations. Social Science & Medicine. 2014, 117, (doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.027), IF=4.9

Rychtarikova, Jitka; Gourbin, Catherine; Sipek, Antonin; Wunsch, Guillaume. Impact of parental ages and other characteristics at childbearing on congenital anomalies: Results for the Czech Republic, 2000-2007. Demographic Research. 2013, 28, 5, (doi:10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.5), IF=2.1

Hoffmann, Rasmus; Eikemo, Terje Andreas;  Kulhánová, Ivana;  Dahl, Espen; -Deboosere, Patrick;  Dzurova, Dagmar; van Oyen, Herman; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Strand, Bjorn Heine; Mackenbach, Johan P. The potential impact of a social redistribution of specific risk factors on socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: illustration of a method based on population attributable fractions. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67, 1, (doi:10.1136/jech-2011-200886), IF=4.9

Rychtaříková, Jitka. Děti narozené v manželství a mimo manželství: dvě různé populace (Two different populations: children born in and out of wedlock). Demografie. 2013, 55, 1, ISSN 0011-8265, eISSN 1805-2991, IF=0.9

Stickley, Andrew; Leinsalu, Mall; Kunst, Anton E.; Bopp, Matthias; Strand, Bjorn Heine; Martikainen, Pekka; Lundberg, Olle; Kovacs, Katalin; Artnik, Barbara; Kalediene, Ramune; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Mackenbach, Johan P. Socioeconomic inequalities in homicide mortality: a population-based comparative study of 12 European countries. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2012, 27, 11, (doi:10.1007/s10654-012-9717-3 ), IF=7.7

Plug, Iris; Hoffmann, Rasmus; Artnik, Barbara; Bopp, Matthias; Borrell, Carme; Costa, Giuseppe; Deboosere, Patrick; Esnaola, Santi; Kalediene, Ramune; Leinsalu, Mall; Lundberg, Olle; Martikainen, Pekka; Regidor, Enrique, Rychtarikova, Jitka; Strand, Bjorn Heine; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Mackenbach, Johan P. Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality from conditions amenable to medical interventions: do they reflect inequalities in access or quality of health care? BMC Public Health. 2012, 12, 346, (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-346), IF=3.5

Jagger, Carol; Weston, Claire; Cambois, Emmanuelle; van Oyen, Herman; Nusselder, Wilma; Doblhammer, Gabriele; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Robine, Jean-Marie. Inequalities in health expectancies at older ages in the European Union: findings from the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2011, 65, 11, (doi:10.1136/jech.2010.117705), IF=4.9

Rychtaříková, Jitka. Demografické faktory stárnutí (Demographic factors of ageing). Demografie. 2011,53, 2, ISSN 0011-8265, eISSN 1805-2991, IF=0.9

Stirbu, Irina; Kunst, Anton E.; Bopp, Matthias; Leinsalu, Mall; Regidor, Enriqie; Esnaola, Santiago; Costa, Giuseppe; Martikainen, Pekka; Borrell, Carme; Deboosere, Patrick; Kalediene, Ramune; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Artnik, Barbara; Mackenbach, Johan P. Educational inequalities in avoidable mortality in Europe. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2010, 64, 10, (doi:10.1136/jech.2008.081737), IF=4.9

Rychtarikova, Jitka. Les défis actuels de la démographie tchèque (The current challenges arising out of Czech population trends). Revue d'études comparatives Est-Ouest, 2009, 40, 1, (doi:10.4074/S0338059909001065), IF=0.1

Espelt, Albert; Borrell, Carme; Roskam, Albert Jan; Rodriguez-Sanz, Maica; Stirbu, Irina; Dalmau-Bueno, Albert; Regidor, Enrique; Bopp, Matthias; Martikainen, Pekka; Leinsalu, Mall; Artnik, Barbara; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Kalediene, Ramune; Dzurova, Dagmar; Mackenbach, Johan P; Kunst, Anton E. Socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes mellitus across Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. Diabetologia, 2008, 51, 11, (doi:10.1007/s00125-008-1146-1), IF=8.4

Rychtarikova, Jitka; Gourbin, Catherine; Wunsch, Guillaume. Paternal age and child death: The stillbirth case. European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie. 2004, 20, 1, (doi:10.1023/B:EUJP.0000014514.52745.54), IF=1.9

Rychtarikova, Jitka; Akkerman, Abraham. Trajectories of fertility and household composition in the demographic profile of the Czech Republic. Population and Environment, 2003, 24, 3, (doi:10.1023/A:1021287827173), IF=3.2

Rychtarikova, Jitka; Demko, George J. Inequalities in infant survival: An analysis of Czech linked records. European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie, 2001, 17,4, (doi:10.1023/A:1012559028756), IF=1.9

Mackenbach, Johan P; Kunst, Anton E; Groenhof, Feikje; Borgan, Jens-Kristian; Costa, Giuseppe; Faggiano, Fabrizio; Jozan, Peter; Leinsalu, Mall; Martikainen, Pekka; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Valkonen, Tapani. Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among women and among men: An international study. American Journal of Public Health, 1999, 89, 12, (doi:10.2105/AJPH.89.12.1800), IF=9.7

Carlson, Elwood; Hoem, Jan Michael; Rychtarikova, Jitka. Trajectories of fetal loss in the Czech Republic. Demography, 1999, 36, 3, (doi:10.2307/2648056), IF=3.6

Rychtarikova, Jitka. Czech and Slovak families in the European context. Journal of family history.1994, 19, 2, (DOI10.1177/036319909401900204), IF=0.4

Rychtarikova, Jitka; Dzurova, Dagmar. Les disparités géographiques de la mortalité en Tchécoslovaquie (Geographical differentials in Czechoslovak mortality rates). Population.1992, 47, 3, (doi:10.2307/1533736), IF=1.5

Monnier, Alain; Rychtarikova, Jitka. Comment l'Europe s'est divisée entre l'Est et l'Ouest (How Europe was divided into East and West). Population. 1991, 46, 6, (doi:10.2307/1533528), IF=1.5

Rychtarikova, Jitka; Vallin, Jacques; Mesle, France. Evolution comparée de la mortalité en République tchèque et en France, depuis 1950 (Mortality movements in the Czech Republic and in France since 1950). Population. 1988, 43, 3, (doi:10.2307/1532880), IF=1.5

Syrovatka, Augustin; Rychtarikova, Jitka. Naissances vivantes et décès de moins d'un an selon le poids à la naissance en République socialiste tchèque entre 1950 et 1980 (Live births and deaths during the 1st year of life by birth-weight in the Czech socialist Republic between 1950 and 1980). Population. 39, 3, (doi:10.2307/1532900), IF=1.5

Zborilova, Jitka. Les tables de la mortalité infantile par cause. Application à la Tchécoslovaquie et à la France 1968-1972 (Infant mortality tables by cause of death - application to Czechoslovakia and France 1968-1972). Population. 1977, 32, 3, (DOI10.2307/1531463), IF=1.5

Holy, Jiri; Pavlik, Zdenek; Vanecek, Karel; Zborilova, Jitka. Application d'une méthode démographique dans l'étude des adénovirus et virus herpétiques dans la collectivité infantile fermée (Application of a demographic method for study for study of adenoviruses and herpesviruses in a closed infantile community). Revue d'épidémiologie, Médecine sociale et Santé publique. 1975, 23, 6, ISSN 0398-7620

eISSN 1773-0627, IF=1.2

Proceedings Paper

Bruthans, Jan; Rychtarikova, Jitka; Jarkovsky, Jiri. COVID-19 pandemic and cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in the Czech Republic. European Heart Journal (Meeting Abstract). 2022, 43, Supplement 2, IF=38.1

Rychtarikova, Jitka. Data sčítání v kontextu přirozené reprodukce na území ČR po druhé světové válce (Census Data in the Context of Natural Reproduction in the Czech Republic after World War II; Editorial Material). Demografie. 2015, 57,3 ,  ISSN 0011-8265, eISSN 1805-2991, IF=0.9

Rychtarikova, Jitka. Different risks of population ageing: EU old and new members. Proceedings paper. In: Evolution of Geographical systems and risk processes in the global context. Conference: Milestone Conference on Evolution of Geographical Systems and Risk Processes in Global Context. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, sep. 21-22, 2007. 2008, 101-109,  Charles University in Prague, ISBN 978-80-86561-58-5

Book Review

Rychtarikova, Jitka. Understanding demographic transitions. Demografie. 2017, 59, 2, , ISSN 0011-8265, eISSN 1805-2991, IF=0.9

Rychtarikova, Jitka. Mortality and causes of death in the Ukraine in the 20th century (Meslé, F., Vallin, J. Eds.). European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie, 2006, 22, 3, (doi:10.1007/s10680-006-9103-5), IF=1.9

Rychtarikova, Jitka. Česká společnost stárne (Aging Czech society), Rabusic Ladislav. Sociologicky casopis, 1996, 32, 2, ISSN 0038-0288, IF=0.4