Josef van Ess

1.3k total citations
75 papers, 389 citations indexed

About

Josef van Ess is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Josef van Ess has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 389 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 31 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Josef van Ess's work include Islamic Studies and History (34 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (26 papers) and Historical and Linguistic Studies (19 papers). Josef van Ess is often cited by papers focused on Islamic Studies and History (34 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (26 papers) and Historical and Linguistic Studies (19 papers). Josef van Ess collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Türkiye and Netherlands. Josef van Ess's co-authors include Colette Sirat, Richard Walzer, Jane Marie Todd, Nikki R. Keddie, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Hans Küng, Heinz Bechert, Richard M. Frank, Fathu Rahman and Avicenna Avicenna and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American Oriental Society and Die Welt des Islams.

In The Last Decade

Josef van Ess

53 papers receiving 238 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Josef van Ess Germany 11 191 182 137 116 87 75 389
Wilferd Madelung United Kingdom 10 219 1.1× 147 0.8× 37 0.3× 101 0.9× 55 0.6× 62 293
Richard M. Frank United States 10 151 0.8× 96 0.5× 120 0.9× 42 0.4× 78 0.9× 40 272
Michael E. Marmura Canada 10 103 0.5× 86 0.5× 196 1.4× 73 0.6× 96 1.1× 25 306
Michel Chodkiewicz France 7 164 0.9× 137 0.8× 46 0.3× 43 0.4× 47 0.5× 43 266
Muḥsin Mahdī United States 10 122 0.6× 78 0.4× 123 0.9× 38 0.3× 35 0.4× 37 291
Christopher Melchert United Kingdom 11 223 1.2× 171 0.9× 37 0.3× 72 0.6× 52 0.6× 50 309
Khaled El-Rouayheb United States 9 194 1.0× 121 0.7× 79 0.6× 32 0.3× 55 0.6× 21 297
Eric J. Sharpe United Kingdom 7 50 0.3× 210 1.2× 101 0.7× 41 0.4× 96 1.1× 41 327
Carl Brockelmann 6 85 0.4× 89 0.5× 23 0.2× 83 0.7× 35 0.4× 14 216
Julie Scott Meisami United Kingdom 10 243 1.3× 104 0.6× 34 0.2× 43 0.4× 33 0.4× 31 327

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Fields of papers citing papers by Josef van Ess

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Josef van Ess

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Josef van Ess. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Josef van Ess 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 Josef van Ess. Josef van Ess 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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Ess, Josef van. (2019). Unfertige Studien 6: Der Brudermord des Kain aus theologischer Sicht. Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques. 73(3). 447–489.
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Ess, Josef van. (2019). Unfertige Studien 5: Angeberei und Sufikleidung. Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques. 73(1). 121–147. 1 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van. (2018). Unfertige Studien 3: Die Nihāyat al-marām des Ḍiyāʾaddīn ar-Rāzī. Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques. 72(1). 31–85. 1 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van. (2018). Unfertige Studien 4: Skrupelhaftigkeit. Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques. 72(3). 909–1005. 2 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van. (2017). Unfertige Studien II: Bemerkungen zum Korankommentar des Aṣamm. Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques. 71(1). 131–150.
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Ess, Josef van. (2016). Unfertige Studien I: Wer sind und was bedeutet al-māriqa?. Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques. 70(4). 1389–1431. 3 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van, et al.. (2015). el-Câhız ve Erken Mu’tezile Kelâmı. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Ess, Josef van, et al.. (2015). Ebû İshâk en-Nazzâm Örneği Üzerinden Kelâm-Bilim İlişkisi. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 46(46). 267–267. 4 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van. (2013). Im Halbschatten : der Orientalist Hellmut Ritter,1892-1971. Harrassowitz eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van. (2010). Spiritual Purification in Islam: The Life and Works of al-Muhasibi, by Gavin Picken. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 1(1). 126–132. 1 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van & Jane Marie Todd. (2006). The flowering of Muslim theology. Harvard University Press eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van, et al.. (2002). Les prémices de la théologie musulmane. Albin Michel eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Frank, Richard M. & Josef van Ess. (1994). Creation and the Cosmic System : Al-Ghazālī and Avicenna. Tijdschrift voor Philosophie. 56(2). 8 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van. (1984). Une lecture à rebours de l'histoire du mu'tazilisme. 3 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van, et al.. (1981). Schriften zum Islam : Volksroman, Frauenfrage, Bilderverbot. Kohlhammer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van. (1977). Chiliastische Erwartungen und die Versuchung der Göttlichkeit : der Kalif al-Hākim (386-411 H.). Winter eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van & Nikki R. Keddie. (1976). Scholars, Saints, and Sufis: Muslim Religious Institutions in the Middle East since 1500. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 96(2). 293–293. 15 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van. (1975). Zwischen Hadit und Theologie. 4 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van. (1968). Skepticism in islamic religious thought.. 21(1). 1–18. 4 indexed citations
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Ess, Josef van, et al.. (1966). Die Erkenntnislehre des ʿAḍudaddīn al-Īcī. Steiner eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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