Erving Goffman

132.9k total citations · 27 hit papers
103 papers, 68.8k citations indexed

About

Erving Goffman is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Erving Goffman has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 68.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Philosophy and 7 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Erving Goffman's work include Sociology and Education Studies (8 papers), Media, Gender, and Advertising (5 papers) and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (5 papers). Erving Goffman is often cited by papers focused on Sociology and Education Studies (8 papers), Media, Gender, and Advertising (5 papers) and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (5 papers). Erving Goffman collaborates with scholars based in United States. Erving Goffman's co-authors include Melvin Seeman, Harold W. Pfautz, Edward A. Tiryakian, Melvin L. DeFleur, Everett C. Hughes, Edgar H. Schein, Melville Dalton, Louis Schneider, Ralph H. Turner and Brian Sutton‐Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Academy of Management Review and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Erving Goffman

99 papers receiving 57.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. 1952 2026 1976 2001 1956 1964 1962 1968 1989 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erving Goffman United States 59 29.8k 11.2k 9.7k 8.5k 8.2k 103 68.8k
Pierre Bourdıeu France 123 67.7k 2.3× 6.2k 0.5× 6.0k 0.6× 7.8k 0.9× 3.3k 0.4× 620 126.1k
Michel Foucault United States 98 46.1k 1.5× 6.3k 0.6× 2.5k 0.3× 8.4k 1.0× 8.7k 1.1× 521 96.1k
Anselm L. Strauss United States 43 35.6k 1.2× 13.0k 1.2× 2.8k 0.3× 19.7k 2.3× 14.1k 1.7× 109 125.6k
Anselm Strauss United States 43 22.7k 0.8× 8.8k 0.8× 2.0k 0.2× 12.6k 1.5× 9.1k 1.1× 93 81.4k
Juliet Corbin United States 31 29.5k 1.0× 11.8k 1.0× 2.7k 0.3× 17.0k 2.0× 12.5k 1.5× 51 108.4k
Norman K. Denzin United States 72 25.6k 0.9× 7.4k 0.7× 2.1k 0.2× 10.8k 1.3× 6.9k 0.8× 341 74.1k
Barney G. Glaser United States 41 24.4k 0.8× 8.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.2× 13.3k 1.6× 9.6k 1.2× 90 85.7k
John W. Creswell United States 59 21.0k 0.7× 9.7k 0.9× 3.9k 0.4× 12.7k 1.5× 10.4k 1.3× 146 100.3k
Yvonna S. Lincoln United States 47 25.3k 0.9× 9.3k 0.8× 2.1k 0.2× 14.2k 1.7× 10.3k 1.3× 161 85.3k
Geert Hofstede Netherlands 59 22.6k 0.8× 19.3k 1.7× 1.7k 0.2× 2.8k 0.3× 3.7k 0.5× 115 76.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erving Goffman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erving Goffman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Goffman, Erving. (2013). De como calmar al primo. Algunos aspectos de la adaptacion al fracaso. Digitum: Institutional Repository of the University of Murcia (University of Murcia). 415–438.
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Konecki, Krzysztof T., et al.. (2012). "Spotkania. Dwa studia z socjologii interakcji", Erving Goffman, tł. Paweł Tomanek, Kraków 2010 : [recenzja]. 3 indexed citations
3.
Goffman, Erving. (2002). The Anchoring of Activity. 2(2). 10–53. 2 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving, Hubert Knoblauch, & Helga Kotthoff. (1994). Interaktion und Geschlecht. Campus Verlag eBooks. 62 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving, et al.. (1991). Les cadres de l'expérience. Éditions de Minuit eBooks. 123 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving, et al.. (1991). Interaktionsrituale: über Verhalten in direkter Kommunikation. Suhrkamp eBooks. 33 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving & Hermann Vetter. (1989). Rahmen-Analyse : ein Versuch über die Organisation von Alltagserfahrungen. Suhrkamp eBooks. 80 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving & Alain Kihm. (1987). Façons de parler. 43 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving. (1981). Forms of talk. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3404 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goffman, Erving. (1978). Response Cries. Language. 54(4). 787–815. 257 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving & Nils Thomas Lindquist. (1977). Asyle : über die soziale Situation psychiatrischer Patienten und anderer Insassen. Suhrkamp eBooks. 96 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving & Alain Kihm. (1975). Stigmate : les usages sociaux des handicaps. Éditions de Minuit eBooks. 235 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goffman, Erving & Rolf Wiggershaus. (1974). Das Individuum im öffentlichen Austausch : Mikrostudien zur öffentlichen Ordnung. Suhrkamp eBooks. 25 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving & Alain Kihm. (1974). Les rites d'interaction. Éditions de Minuit eBooks. 334 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving & Alain Kihm. (1973). Les relations en public. Éditions de Minuit eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving. (1969). La vita quotidiana come rappresentazione. 32 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving, et al.. (1968). Asiles : études sur la condition sociale des malades mentaux et autres reclus. 113 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving. (1964). The Neglected Situation. American Anthropologist. 66(6_PART2). 133–136. 470 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sutton‐Smith, Brian & Erving Goffman. (1964). Encounters: Two Studies in the Sociology of Interaction. The American Journal of Psychology. 77(2). 347–347. 1021 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goffman, Erving. (1959). The Moral Career of the Mental Patient. Psychiatry. 22(2). 123–142. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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