Alain Boyer

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 781 citations indexed

About

Alain Boyer is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Boyer has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 781 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alain Boyer's work include Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (10 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (5 papers) and Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research (4 papers). Alain Boyer is often cited by papers focused on Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (10 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (5 papers) and Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research (4 papers). Alain Boyer collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and United States. Alain Boyer's co-authors include François Avellan, Pierre Payeur, Martine Cadène, Karl Popper, Guillaume Bouzillé and A. Dupuy and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, International Journal of Immunopharmacology and The Monist.

In The Last Decade

Alain Boyer

25 papers receiving 684 citations

Hit Papers

Democracy and Disagreement 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 200 400 600
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. Democracy and Disagreement
    1995 682 citations Alain Boyer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Boyer France 6 350 330 244 71 67 44 781
Min Reuchamps Belgium 16 581 1.7× 276 0.8× 318 1.3× 27 0.4× 41 0.6× 126 929
Michael Parenti United States 15 275 0.8× 451 1.4× 223 0.9× 57 0.8× 63 0.9× 57 873
Laura W. Black United States 15 171 0.5× 289 0.9× 382 1.6× 57 0.8× 77 1.1× 39 713
Gregory M. Maney United States 12 265 0.8× 516 1.6× 166 0.7× 30 0.4× 55 0.8× 23 750
Katherine Cramer Walsh United States 9 322 0.9× 371 1.1× 310 1.3× 46 0.6× 27 0.4× 12 690
Nancy L. Rosenblum United States 17 667 1.9× 612 1.9× 140 0.6× 73 1.0× 125 1.9× 55 1.1k
Isabela Fairclough United Kingdom 8 220 0.6× 252 0.8× 129 0.5× 83 1.2× 112 1.7× 14 802
Maeve Cooke Ireland 12 275 0.8× 447 1.4× 97 0.4× 69 1.0× 122 1.8× 53 661
Robert B. Talisse United States 15 350 1.0× 380 1.2× 96 0.4× 78 1.1× 353 5.3× 111 851
Ismail K. White United States 14 758 2.2× 820 2.5× 243 1.0× 31 0.4× 26 0.4× 29 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Alain Boyer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alain Boyer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Boyer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alain Boyer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alain Boyer 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 Alain Boyer. Alain Boyer 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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Boyer, Alain. (2017). Introduction à la lecture de Karl Popper. Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra). 1 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (2017). Promesse oblige: The exchange of promises as an essential human activity. 227–240. 1 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (2011). « La coopération intercommunale en France ». SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.
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Boyer, Alain. (2007). Un philosophe dans le siècle. Philosophia Scientae. 11-1. 1–2. 2 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (2005). Comment l'État laïque connaît-il les religions ?. Archives de sciences sociales des religions. 129. 37–49. 6 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (2005). La représentation du culte musulman en France. French Politics Culture & Society. 23(1). 2 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (2004). Kant et Épicure, le corps, l'âme, l'esprit.
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Boyer, Alain, et al.. (2002). SESA an expert system for auxiliary power services design. 375–378.
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Boyer, Alain. (2001). La place et l'organisation du culte musulman en France. Cairn.info. 395(12). 619–629. 1 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (2001). Hors du temps : un essai sur Kant. J. Vrin eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (2001). On the Modern Relevance of Old Republicanism. The Monist. 84(1). 22–44. 3 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (2001). Congrégations et associations cultuelles. Revue Projet. n° 267(3). 85–95. 1 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (1998). L'Islam en France. Presses Universitaires de France eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Avellan, François, et al.. (1997). Improving the operation stability of Francis turbines by active control. International Journal of Immunopharmacology. 1(2-3). 299–304. 1 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (1994). Les pouvoirs publics et l'islam en France.. Migrations Société. 6(33). 99–104. 1 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (1992). L’explication en histoire. Presses universitaires du Septentrion eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (1992). L'Institut musulman de la mosquée de Paris. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (1991). Pourquoi nous ne sommes pas nietzschéens. B. Grasset eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (1988). Les origines du sionisme. Presses Universitaires de France eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Boyer, Alain. (1984). Réflexions sur l'enseignement et la laïcité. 4(1). 69–71.

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