Alfred Schäfer

1.6k total citations
51 papers, 107 citations indexed

About

Alfred Schäfer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Religious studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfred Schäfer has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 107 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Education and 5 papers in Religious studies. Recurrent topics in Alfred Schäfer's work include Sociology and Education Studies (18 papers), Education Methods and Technologies (5 papers) and Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (4 papers). Alfred Schäfer is often cited by papers focused on Sociology and Education Studies (18 papers), Education Methods and Technologies (5 papers) and Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (4 papers). Alfred Schäfer collaborates with scholars based in Germany. Alfred Schäfer's co-authors include Anna Braungart, Michael Wimmer, Winfried Marotzki, Micha Brumlik, Thomas Bedorf, Ralf Mayer, Andreas Hetzel, Pim de Voogt, Frank‐Olaf Radtke and Krassimir Stojanov and has published in prestigious journals such as Educational Philosophy and Theory, Zeitschrift für Pädagogik and Archiv für Religionsgeschichte.

In The Last Decade

Alfred Schäfer

32 papers receiving 74 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alfred Schäfer Germany 6 52 27 18 12 10 51 107
Andreas Gruschka Germany 7 73 1.4× 67 2.5× 12 0.7× 3 0.3× 11 1.1× 47 106
Arno Combe Germany 7 68 1.3× 62 2.3× 5 0.3× 4 0.3× 6 0.6× 17 103
Mike Sandbothe Germany 5 26 0.5× 12 0.4× 9 0.5× 2 0.2× 23 2.3× 18 67
Rajini Srikanth United States 5 46 0.9× 7 0.3× 9 0.5× 13 1.1× 4 0.4× 17 66
Jeff Stickney Canada 8 45 0.9× 52 1.9× 25 1.4× 9 0.8× 56 5.6× 25 136
Hans Günter Holl 5 26 0.5× 8 0.3× 8 0.4× 5 0.4× 5 0.5× 9 77
Daniel Wrana Estonia 6 52 1.0× 42 1.6× 8 0.4× 2 0.2× 5 0.5× 28 106
Dirk Lange Germany 4 55 1.1× 59 2.2× 20 1.1× 2 0.2× 3 0.3× 30 97
Robert Joustra Canada 6 110 2.1× 7 0.3× 69 3.8× 11 0.9× 14 1.4× 19 132
Ralf Koerrenz Germany 4 35 0.7× 40 1.5× 8 0.4× 7 0.7× 35 84

Countries citing papers authored by Alfred Schäfer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alfred Schäfer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alfred Schäfer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alfred Schäfer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alfred Schäfer 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 Alfred Schäfer. Alfred Schäfer 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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Schäfer, Alfred. (2020). Rahmungen der Selbst-Optimierung. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik. 22–28. 1 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred. (2020). Bildung und Negativität. Velbrück Wissenschaft eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred. (2018). Kontingenz und Souveränität. VIERTELJAHRSSCHRIFT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTLICHE PÄDAGOGIK. 94(1). 113–132. 1 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred & Anna Braungart. (2015). Schulische Leistungsdiskurse. 2 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred, et al.. (2013). Vergebliche Zusammenhänge?.
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Schäfer, Alfred. (2013). Umstrittene Kategorien und problematisierende Empirie. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik. 59(4). 536–550. 5 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred, et al.. (2011). Pädagogische Ironie - Ironische Pädagogik.
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Schäfer, Alfred, et al.. (2011). Das Versprechen der Bildung. 8 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred. (2004). Alterität: Überlegungen zu Grenzen des pädagogischen Selbstverständnisses. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik. 50(5). 706–726. 2 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred. (2002). Bildung und Schule in Tansania: eine Fallstudie. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 2(1). 49–66.
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Schäfer, Alfred, et al.. (2002). Religiöse Vereine in der römischen Antike : Untersuchungen zu Organisation, Ritual und Raumordnung. Mohr Siebeck eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred. (1999). Unbestimmte Transzendenz. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Marotzki, Winfried, et al.. (1997). Die Zukunft des Bildungsgedankens. 5 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred. (1996). Das Bildungsproblem nach der humanistischen Illusion. 4 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred. (1996). Autonomie - zwischen Illusion und Zumutung. VIERTELJAHRSSCHRIFT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTLICHE PÄDAGOGIK. 72(2). 175–189. 2 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred. (1990). Allgemeine Pädagogik - zwischen philosophischer Theorie und wissenschaftlicher Empirie. VIERTELJAHRSSCHRIFT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTLICHE PÄDAGOGIK. 66(1). 61–80. 2 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred. (1989). Zur Kritik pädagogischer Wirklichkeitsentwürfe : Möglichkeiten und Grenzen pädagogischer Rationalitätsansprüche. 1 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred. (1983). Systemtheorie und Pädagogik : Konstitutionsprobleme von Erziehungstheorien. 1 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Alfred, et al.. (1968). Eigenspannungen an der Oberfläche begrenzt induktiv gehärteter Stahlzylinder. Archiv für das Eisenhüttenwesen. 39(2). 165–170. 1 indexed citations

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