Alvin Toffler

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Alvin Toffler is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Alvin Toffler has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Urban Studies, 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Alvin Toffler's work include Cultural Industries and Urban Development (2 papers), Coronary Artery Anomalies (2 papers) and Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (1 paper). Alvin Toffler is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Industries and Urban Development (2 papers), Coronary Artery Anomalies (2 papers) and Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (1 paper). Alvin Toffler collaborates with scholars based in . Alvin Toffler's co-authors include Heidi Toffler, Eliot A. Cohen, Ronald Abler, Zbigniew Brzeziński, John Arquilla, John McHale, Magoroh Maruyama, Marc H. Bornstein, Gerald Segal and Kurt Lang and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Foreign Affairs and Political Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Alvin Toffler

42 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Third Wave 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alvin Toffler 17 1.2k 560 524 449 393 47 4.0k
Edwin B. Parker United States 20 1.3k 1.0× 757 1.4× 442 0.8× 642 1.4× 608 1.5× 71 4.8k
Thomas L. Friedman 12 1.3k 1.0× 373 0.7× 778 1.5× 990 2.2× 576 1.5× 30 4.6k
Daniel Bell United Kingdom 31 3.7k 3.0× 568 1.0× 1.8k 3.5× 881 2.0× 698 1.8× 147 9.3k
Robin Mansell United Kingdom 25 654 0.5× 508 0.9× 512 1.0× 133 0.3× 430 1.1× 128 2.4k
Dexter Dunphy Australia 25 644 0.5× 218 0.4× 116 0.2× 312 0.7× 783 2.0× 55 4.2k
Peter F. Drucker United States 26 859 0.7× 395 0.7× 303 0.6× 458 1.0× 1.4k 3.6× 120 5.2k
Judy Wajcman Australia 32 3.1k 2.5× 701 1.3× 458 0.9× 419 0.9× 219 0.6× 64 6.0k
William H. Dutton United Kingdom 31 1.5k 1.2× 1.2k 2.2× 896 1.7× 282 0.6× 243 0.6× 221 3.8k
Rob Kling United States 39 3.2k 2.5× 2.0k 3.6× 875 1.7× 1.0k 2.3× 547 1.4× 184 7.8k
Don Tapscott Colombia 17 1.5k 1.2× 654 1.2× 177 0.3× 1.2k 2.7× 711 1.8× 40 5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alvin Toffler

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Toffler, Alvin. (2002). Gelombang ketiga = The third wave. 1 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin, et al.. (1999). Riding the Third Wave: A Conversation with Alvin Toffler Tom Johnson and Lawrence Bennigson. Strategy and Leadership. 27(4/5). 4–10. 1 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin, Heidi Toffler, Barry Buzan, & Gerald Segal. (1998). The Discontinuous Future: A Bold but Overoptimistic Forecast. Foreign Affairs. 77(2). 134–134. 2 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin & Heidi Toffler. (1994). Las guerras del futuro. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 207–218. 6 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1994). Creating a new civilization. Radiology Case Reports. 18(12). 4338–4340. 47 indexed citations
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Cohen, Eliot A., Alvin Toffler, & Heidi Toffler. (1994). War and Anti-War: Survival at the Dawn of the 21st Century. Foreign Affairs. 73(3). 156–156. 144 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1990). Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 363 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1983). Previews & premises : an interview with the author of Future shock and The third wave. 5 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1981). Education and the Future: An Interview with Alvin Toffler.. Social Education. 45(6). 2 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1981). El "shock" del futuro. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 31 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1980). The Third Wave. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2689 indexed citations breakdown →
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Toffler, Alvin, et al.. (1980). La tercera ola. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 126 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1974). Learning for tomorrow : the role of the future in education. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government). 102 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1974). Learning for tomorrow. 35 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1972). “English Education and Future Shock”. English Education. 3(3). 145–150. 1 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1971). Learning to Live with Future Shock.. 1 indexed citations
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Abler, Ronald, Zbigniew Brzeziński, & Alvin Toffler. (1971). Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era. Geographical Review. 61(4). 624–624. 49 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1967). The Art of Measuring the Arts. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 373(1). 141–155. 7 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1965). The culture consumers : art and affluence in America. Penguin Books. 10 indexed citations
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Toffler, Alvin. (1964). The culture consumers: A study of art and affluence in America. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 16 indexed citations

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