Bjørn Thomassen

1.9k total citations
57 papers, 763 citations indexed

About

Bjørn Thomassen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bjørn Thomassen has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 763 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 7 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Bjørn Thomassen's work include Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (10 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (6 papers) and Emile Durkheim and Sociology (6 papers). Bjørn Thomassen is often cited by papers focused on Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (10 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (6 papers) and Emile Durkheim and Sociology (6 papers). Bjørn Thomassen collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Japan and Italy. Bjørn Thomassen's co-authors include Rosario Forlenza, Harald Wydra, Ágnes Horváth, Isabella Clough Marinaro, Lone Riisgaard, Árpád Szakolczai, Giampaolo Garzarelli, Gerard Dijkstra, Tom J.G. Gevers and Feikje Smeets and has published in prestigious journals such as Theory Culture & Society, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute and Journal of Crohn s and Colitis.

In The Last Decade

Bjørn Thomassen

49 papers receiving 694 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bjørn Thomassen Denmark 14 465 186 100 70 62 57 763
Eduardo Mendieta United States 16 644 1.4× 245 1.3× 100 1.0× 35 0.5× 59 1.0× 138 1.1k
Athena Athanasiou Greece 9 386 0.8× 133 0.7× 55 0.6× 49 0.7× 42 0.7× 15 644
Vikki Bell United Kingdom 14 488 1.0× 90 0.5× 58 0.6× 98 1.4× 51 0.8× 57 782
Sara C. Motta Australia 14 550 1.2× 273 1.5× 52 0.5× 41 0.6× 66 1.1× 44 961
Sarah Maddison Australia 18 401 0.9× 193 1.0× 75 0.8× 29 0.4× 89 1.4× 63 814
Alexei Yurchak United States 10 510 1.1× 319 1.7× 121 1.2× 115 1.6× 26 0.4× 20 856
David Held 3 518 1.1× 196 1.1× 69 0.7× 46 0.7× 39 0.6× 5 885
Madina Tlostanova Sweden 13 526 1.1× 309 1.7× 166 1.7× 38 0.5× 28 0.5× 53 991
Rita Laura Segato Brazil 16 674 1.4× 136 0.7× 179 1.8× 54 0.8× 57 0.9× 64 1.2k
Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar United States 9 420 0.9× 188 1.0× 115 1.1× 37 0.5× 22 0.4× 24 867

Countries citing papers authored by Bjørn Thomassen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bjørn Thomassen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bjørn Thomassen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bjørn Thomassen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bjørn Thomassen 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 Bjørn Thomassen. Bjørn Thomassen 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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Thomassen, Bjørn, Zlatan Mujagic, Feikje Smeets, et al.. (2024). P093 Innovating in IBD care: what do patients and informal caregivers value? Preliminary results of a narrative inquiry. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 18(Supplement_1). i367–i368. 1 indexed citations
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Forlenza, Rosario & Bjørn Thomassen. (2024). Christian democracy as political spirituality: transcendence as transformation—Italian politics, 1942–1953. Politics and Religion. 17(2). 229–249.
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Forlenza, Rosario & Bjørn Thomassen. (2022). The Globalization of Christian Democracy: Religious Entanglements in the Making of Modern Politics. Religions. 13(7). 659–659. 4 indexed citations
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Forlenza, Rosario & Bjørn Thomassen. (2021). Social dramas and memory formation. Resistance and the use of theRisorgimentoin the Italian politics of memory, 1943–1948. History and Anthropology. 32(5). 527–548.
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Thomassen, Bjørn & Lone Riisgaard. (2020). The mask as political symbol: On the ritualization of political protest through mask-wearing. RUCforsk (Roskilde University). 1 indexed citations
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Szakolczai, Árpád & Bjørn Thomassen. (2018). From Anthropology to Social Theory. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Forlenza, Rosario & Bjørn Thomassen. (2017). Resurrections and rebirths: how the Risorgimento shaped modern Italian politics. Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 22(3). 291–313. 6 indexed citations
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Thomassen, Bjørn & Rosario Forlenza. (2016). Catholic Modernity and the Italian Constitution. History Workshop Journal. 81(1). 231–251. 9 indexed citations
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Forlenza, Rosario & Bjørn Thomassen. (2016). Decoding Donald Trump: The Triumph of Trickster Politics. IRIS - Institutional Research Information System (Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli). -–"-. 1 indexed citations
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Thomassen, Bjørn. (2015). Thinking with liminality:: To the boundaries of an anthropological concept. RUCforsk (Roskilde University). 10 indexed citations
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Thomassen, Bjørn, Harald Wydra, & Ágnes Horváth. (2015). Breaking Boundaries: Varieties of Liminality. 48 indexed citations
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Thomassen, Bjørn, et al.. (2014). Diversely Global Rome. RUCforsk (Roskilde University). 10(12). 21–32. 2 indexed citations
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Thomassen, Bjørn. (2014). DEBATING MODERNITY AS SECULAR RELIGION: HANS KELSEN'S FUTILE EXCHANGE WITH ERIC VOEGELIN. History and Theory. 53(3). 435–450. 6 indexed citations
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Thomassen, Bjørn. (2013). Political crimes in the transition to modernity: Anthropological perspectives. RUCforsk (Roskilde University). 36(2). 39–56. 1 indexed citations
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Thomassen, Bjørn. (2012). Anthropology and its many modernities: when concepts matter. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 18(1). 160–178. 29 indexed citations
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Thomassen, Bjørn & Rosario Forlenza. (2011). From Myth to Reality and Back Again: The Fascist reading of Garibaldi and the Risorgimento. 3(2). 263–281. 2 indexed citations
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Thomassen, Bjørn. (2010). Schismogenesis and schismogenetic processes: Gregory Bateson reconsidered.. 3 indexed citations
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Garzarelli, Giampaolo, et al.. (2008). Open source software and economic growth: A classical division of labor perspective. Information Technology for Development. 14(2). 116–135. 12 indexed citations
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Garzarelli, Giampaolo & Bjørn Thomassen. (2006). Review Article: Is State Building the Road to World Order?. Prometheus. 24(2).
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Thomassen, Bjørn. (2001). Borderline Cases: The Ethnic Frontiers of European Integration. Regional & Federal Studies. 2(11).

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