Alain Touraine

8.4k total citations
233 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Alain Touraine is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Touraine has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 28 papers in Urban Studies and 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Alain Touraine's work include French Urban and Social Studies (30 papers), Social Sciences and Governance (25 papers) and Education, sociology, and vocational training (16 papers). Alain Touraine is often cited by papers focused on French Urban and Social Studies (30 papers), Social Sciences and Governance (25 papers) and Education, sociology, and vocational training (16 papers). Alain Touraine collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Brazil. Alain Touraine's co-authors include David Macey, Seymour Martin Lipset, Derek Coltman, Joane Nagel, Joffre Dumazedier, Carroll J. Bourg, Peter Kivisto, Alan Duff, Anne-Marie Guillemard and Michel Wieviorka and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Administrative Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Alain Touraine

188 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Touraine France 30 2.4k 1.1k 497 421 253 233 4.1k
Ron Eyerman Sweden 28 2.7k 1.1× 829 0.7× 283 0.6× 238 0.6× 225 0.9× 71 4.4k
Anthony McGrew United Kingdom 17 2.1k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 526 1.1× 188 0.4× 175 0.7× 39 4.1k
Alberto Melucci Italy 18 2.4k 1.0× 924 0.8× 235 0.5× 293 0.7× 216 0.9× 54 3.7k
Margaret R. Somers United States 17 2.8k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 317 0.6× 166 0.4× 346 1.4× 35 4.5k
Jeffrey C. Alexander United States 44 5.3k 2.2× 1.3k 1.2× 400 0.8× 380 0.9× 285 1.1× 209 7.8k
Louis Althusser United States 18 2.7k 1.1× 857 0.8× 613 1.2× 149 0.4× 165 0.7× 120 5.0k
Antonio Gramsci Chile 21 2.4k 1.0× 882 0.8× 466 0.9× 135 0.3× 183 0.7× 96 4.0k
Cole Harris Canada 11 2.7k 1.2× 922 0.8× 345 0.7× 1.0k 2.4× 378 1.5× 47 5.9k
Claus Offe Germany 31 2.1k 0.9× 2.5k 2.3× 337 0.7× 234 0.6× 447 1.8× 132 4.9k
Cris Shore New Zealand 27 1.6k 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 754 1.5× 183 0.4× 380 1.5× 86 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alain Touraine

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Touraine

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alain Touraine. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alain Touraine 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 Touraine. Alain Touraine 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
1.
Touraine, Alain. (2013). La fin des sociétés. Seuil eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Touraine, Alain. (2010). Après la crise. Seuil eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Touraine, Alain. (2005). Un nouveau paradigme : pour comprendre le monde d'aujourd'hui. Fayard eBooks. 46 indexed citations
4.
Renaut, Alain & Alain Touraine. (2005). Un débat sur la laïcité.. 11 indexed citations
5.
Touraine, Alain. (2002). Comunidades en construcción. Cuadernos de pedagogía. 115–116. 1 indexed citations
6.
Touraine, Alain. (2002). Sociologie des mouvements sociaux. OpenEdition (OpenEdition). 569–571. 13 indexed citations
7.
Touraine, Alain. (1998). De la antigua a la nueva sociología del trabajo. Sociologia del trabajo. 73(35). 3–24. 3 indexed citations
8.
Touraine, Alain. (1997). El sujeto democrático: Las concepciones liberal, revolucionaria y social de la democracia. Claves de razón práctica. 6–14.
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Touraine, Alain. (1995). Qué es una sociedad multicultural. Claves de razón práctica. 20(56). 14–25. 4 indexed citations
10.
Touraine, Alain. (1994). Cuando Europa entra en el mundo. Claves de razón práctica. 12–16. 1 indexed citations
11.
Touraine, Alain. (1992). Mutaciones de América Latina. Claves de razón práctica. 103(24). 15–21.
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Touraine, Alain, et al.. (1981). Le pays contre l'État : luttes occitanes. Éditions du Seuil eBooks. 19 indexed citations
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Touraine, Alain. (1979). Mort d'une gauche. 1 indexed citations
14.
Touraine, Alain, et al.. (1976). Jenseits der Krise : wider das politische Defizit der Ökologie.
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Touraine, Alain. (1974). Lettres à une étudiante. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government). 1 indexed citations
16.
Touraine, Alain. (1972). Die postindustrielle Gesellschaft. Suhrkamp eBooks. 16 indexed citations
17.
Touraine, Alain. (1968). Le communisme utopique : le mouvement de mai 68. Seuil eBooks. 8 indexed citations
18.
Touraine, Alain. (1963). André Renard écrivait. Recueil d'articles, 1936-1962, 1963. Sociologie du Travail. 5(2). 196–197. 1 indexed citations
19.
Touraine, Alain & Michel Crozier. (1962). Le congrès de Washington. Sociologie du Travail. 4(4). 398–400. 2 indexed citations
20.
Touraine, Alain. (1956). Henri Mercillon, La Rémunération des employés. Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche).

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