Allan Janik

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 890 citations indexed

About

Allan Janik is a scholar working on Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Allan Janik has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 890 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Philosophy, 5 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Allan Janik's work include Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (18 papers), Literature, Culture, and Aesthetics (3 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (3 papers). Allan Janik is often cited by papers focused on Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (18 papers), Literature, Culture, and Aesthetics (3 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (3 papers). Allan Janik collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Norway and Canada. Allan Janik's co-authors include Stephen Toulmin, Richard D. Rieke, Gottlob Frege and Dominick LaCapra and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ethics and Isis.

In The Last Decade

Allan Janik

31 papers receiving 668 citations

Hit Papers

An introduction to reasoning 1973 2026 1990 2008 1979 1973 100 200 300 400 500
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. An introduction to reasoning
    1979 566 citations Stephen Toulmin, Richard D. Rieke et al. profile →
  2. Wittgenstein's Vienna
    1973 201 citations Allan Janik, Stephen Toulmin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Allan Janik Austria 8 211 199 156 127 122 44 890
Richard D. Rieke United States 7 112 0.5× 215 1.1× 125 0.8× 142 1.1× 124 1.0× 18 770
Joachim Schulte Switzerland 12 238 1.1× 119 0.6× 247 1.6× 39 0.3× 80 0.7× 61 971
A. Francisca Snoeck Henkemans Netherlands 15 213 1.0× 192 1.0× 138 0.9× 117 0.9× 382 3.1× 41 1.1k
Eric Livingston Australia 12 106 0.5× 169 0.8× 343 2.2× 123 1.0× 39 0.3× 21 1.1k
Cheryl Geisler United States 15 84 0.4× 282 1.4× 246 1.6× 146 1.1× 45 0.4× 43 1.0k
Edward P. J. Corbett United States 11 191 0.9× 172 0.9× 140 0.9× 68 0.5× 32 0.3× 46 922
Lee H. Dowling 6 163 0.8× 118 0.6× 227 1.5× 108 0.9× 136 1.1× 10 1.3k
Siegfried J. Schmidt Germany 16 74 0.4× 75 0.4× 209 1.3× 44 0.3× 56 0.5× 135 894
Diana Knight United Kingdom 10 126 0.6× 88 0.4× 259 1.7× 26 0.2× 71 0.6× 41 1.0k
Timothy R. Austin United States 5 162 0.8× 60 0.3× 313 2.0× 59 0.5× 155 1.3× 14 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Allan Janik

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allan Janik

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Janik, Allan, et al.. (2023). 50 Years After Wittgenstein’s Vienna. On Wittgenstein, Toulmin and Philosophy. Tomasz Zarębski in Conversation With Allan Janik. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Janik, Allan. (2023). The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle. Common Knowledge. 29(1). 103–104. 2 indexed citations
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Janik, Allan. (2008). Wittgenstein e Spengler: la svolta fisiognomica.
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Janik, Allan. (2007). Viktor Frankl. Das Ende eines Mythos?. Central European History. 40(2). 390–392. 1 indexed citations
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Janik, Allan. (2003). Forsvar for den urene fornuft. 38. 41–58. 1 indexed citations
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Janik, Allan. (2001). From logic to animality, or how Wittgenstein used Otto Weininger. Complutensian Scientific Journals (Complutense University of Madrid). 4(2). 65–78. 1 indexed citations
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Janik, Allan, et al.. (1998). Wykorzystanie owiec rasy bergschaf w programie odbudowy i doskonalenia poglowia polskich owiec gorskich i dlugowelnistych. Przegląd Hodowlany. 66(5). 25–26.
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Janik, Allan, et al.. (1994). How Did Hertz Influence Wittgenstein's Philosophical Development?. Grazer Philosophische Studien. 49. 19–47.
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Frege, Gottlob, et al.. (1989). Briefe an Ludwig Wittgenstein aus den Jahren 1914-1920. Grazer Philosophische Studien. 33. 5–33. 7 indexed citations
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Janik, Allan. (1986). Wittgenstein and His Times. International Studies in Philosophy. 18(1). 100–101. 33 indexed citations
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Janik, Allan. (1983). The Mismeasure of Man. Stephen Jay Gould. Ethics. 94(1). 153–155. 1 indexed citations
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Janik, Allan, et al.. (1982). [Conception of sexology in the CSR and preparation of specialists (author's transl)].. PubMed. 78(1). 22–6. 1 indexed citations
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Toulmin, Stephen, Richard D. Rieke, & Allan Janik. (1981). Toulmin`s Bold Experiment. Informal Logic. 3(2). 3 indexed citations
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Janik, Allan & Stephen Toulmin. (1980). La grande Vienna : nella Vienna di Schönberg, di Musil, di Kokoschka e del dottor Freud : la formazione intellettuale del grande filosofo Wittgenstein.
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Janik, Allan, et al.. (1976). La Viena de Wittgenstein. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 25. 114–117. 13 indexed citations
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Janik, Allan, et al.. (1975). [The picture of the mentally sick in our daily newspapers (author's transl)].. PubMed. 71(2-3). 92–100. 1 indexed citations
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Janik, Allan. (1966). Schopenhauer and the Early Wittgenstein. Philosophical Studies. 15. 76–95. 2 indexed citations

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