John Bednarz

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 954 citations indexed

About

John Bednarz is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Bednarz has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 954 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1 paper in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 1 paper in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in John Bednarz's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (2 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (1 paper) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 paper). John Bednarz is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (2 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (1 paper) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 paper). John Bednarz collaborates with scholars based in United States. John Bednarz's co-authors include Niklas Luhmann, Leo Narodny, Jörg Bergmann, Jennie Hornosty, Hans‐Peter Müller, John Heritage, Michel Forsé, Dirk Baecker and Stéphan Fuchs and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and The Canadian Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

John Bednarz

13 papers receiving 810 citations

Hit Papers

Ecological Communication 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 100 200 300 400
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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. Ecological Communication
    1991 475 citations Leo Narodny, Niklas Luhmann et al. Leonardo profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Bednarz United States 8 509 133 98 90 82 13 954
W. H. Newton‐Smith United Kingdom 7 350 0.7× 90 0.7× 58 0.6× 90 1.0× 76 0.9× 15 1.2k
William Outhwaite United Kingdom 16 650 1.3× 193 1.5× 65 0.7× 97 1.1× 27 0.3× 84 1.2k
William W. Mayrl United States 3 292 0.6× 68 0.5× 39 0.4× 87 1.0× 28 0.3× 8 820
Joseph M. Whitmeyer United States 14 712 1.4× 140 1.1× 85 0.9× 155 1.7× 20 0.2× 52 1.2k
K. Sundaram United States 4 443 0.9× 123 0.9× 86 0.9× 105 1.2× 28 0.3× 7 999
David Sally United States 11 571 1.1× 55 0.4× 160 1.6× 52 0.6× 26 0.3× 21 1.3k
Roy Boyne United Kingdom 10 406 0.8× 148 1.1× 23 0.2× 60 0.7× 23 0.3× 33 811
Peter Whalley 2 364 0.7× 87 0.7× 33 0.3× 76 0.8× 102 1.2× 3 914
Peter T. Coleman United States 21 959 1.9× 140 1.1× 166 1.7× 207 2.3× 39 0.5× 105 1.8k
Gerard Radnitzky Germany 10 283 0.6× 96 0.7× 54 0.6× 47 0.5× 18 0.2× 43 806

Countries citing papers authored by John Bednarz

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Bednarz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by John Bednarz. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by John Bednarz. The network helps show where John Bednarz may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Bednarz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Bednarz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Bednarz 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 John Bednarz. John Bednarz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Fuchs, Stéphan, et al.. (1997). Social Systems.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 26(1). 117–117. 1 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Jörg, et al.. (1995). Discreet Indiscretions: The Social Organization of Gossip. Journal of American Folklore. 108(428). 215–215. 3 indexed citations
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Heritage, John, Jörg Bergmann, & John Bednarz. (1994). Discreet Indiscretions: The Social Organization of Gossip.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 23(4). 595–595. 39 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Jörg, et al.. (1994). Discreet Indiscretions: The Social Organization of Gossip.. Social Forces. 73(1). 354–354. 148 indexed citations
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Hornosty, Jennie, Niklas Luhmann, & John Bednarz. (1991). Political Theory in the Welfare State. The Canadian Journal of Sociology. 16(1). 104–104. 143 indexed citations
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Müller, Hans‐Peter, Niklas Luhmann, & John Bednarz. (1991). Political Theory in the Welfare State.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 20(5). 801–801. 94 indexed citations
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Narodny, Leo, Niklas Luhmann, & John Bednarz. (1991). Ecological Communication. Leonardo. 24(3). 364–364. 475 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bednarz, John & Michel Forsé. (1991). L'ordre Improbable: Entropie et Processus Sociaux.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 20(3). 362–362. 6 indexed citations
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Bednarz, John. (1990). System and Time: The Function of Time in Meaning‐constituting Systems. Kybernetes. 19(4). 35–45. 1 indexed citations
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Bednarz, John. (1988). Autopoiesis: The organizational closure of social systems. Systems Research. 5(1). 57–64. 22 indexed citations
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Bednarz, John & Niklas Luhmann. (1987). Soziale Systeme.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 16(3). 443–443. 1 indexed citations
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Bednarz, John. (1984). Functional method and phenomenology: The view of Niklas Luhmann. Human Studies. 7(1-4). 343–362. 7 indexed citations
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Bednarz, John. (1984). Complexity and intersubjectivity: Towards the theory of Niklas Luhmann. Human Studies. 7(1-4). 55–69. 14 indexed citations

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