Kurt Lewin

53.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
31 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Kurt Lewin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt Lewin has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Education and 4 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kurt Lewin's work include Sociology and Education Studies (3 papers), Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (3 papers) and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (3 papers). Kurt Lewin is often cited by papers focused on Sociology and Education Studies (3 papers), Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (3 papers) and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (3 papers). Kurt Lewin collaborates with scholars based in Spain. Kurt Lewin's co-authors include Dorwin Cartwright, R. L. French, H.J. Eysenck, Ruth Reed, Daniel O. Price, W. J. H. Sprott, Alfred J. Marrow, Carl F. Graumann, Gertrud Weiss Lewin and Sigmund Freud and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology and Journal of Social Issues.

In The Last Decade

Kurt Lewin

29 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

Field Theory in Social Science 1951 2026 1976 2001 1953 1951 1952 1951 1975 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Field Theory in Social Science
    1953 3.5k citations R. L. French, Kurt Lewin et al. The American Journal of Psychology profile →
  2. Field Theory in Social Science: Selected Theoretical Papers.
    1951 2.0k citations Kurt Lewin, Dorwin Cartwright et al. profile →
  3. Field Theory in Social Science
    1952 1.5k citations Kurt Lewin et al. profile →
  4. Field Theory in Social Science
    1951 1.4k citations Ruth Reed, Kurt Lewin The American Catholic Sociological Review profile →
  5. Field Theory in Social Science: Selected Theoretical Papers
    1975 827 citations Kurt Lewin, Dorwin Cartwright profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kurt Lewin Spain 15 2.3k 2.2k 2.2k 1.4k 1.1k 31 10.3k
Dorwin Cartwright United States 25 3.4k 1.5× 2.7k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 928 0.8× 51 13.0k
Fred N. Kerlinger United States 22 3.0k 1.3× 2.8k 1.3× 1.6k 0.7× 2.6k 1.8× 1.1k 1.0× 53 14.7k
Neil W. Henry United States 15 2.2k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 884 0.6× 827 0.7× 29 10.1k
Rosedith Sitgreaves United States 7 2.3k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 2.5k 1.1× 886 0.6× 730 0.7× 18 9.7k
Victor H. Vroom United States 31 2.2k 0.9× 3.0k 1.4× 5.1k 2.4× 1.3k 0.9× 801 0.7× 56 12.1k
Dov Eden Israel 39 2.1k 0.9× 3.1k 1.4× 4.1k 1.9× 853 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 78 9.6k
Michael A. Gurdon United States 7 2.4k 1.0× 3.2k 1.5× 5.1k 2.4× 672 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 14 10.3k
John P. Wanous United States 32 2.2k 0.9× 2.5k 1.1× 4.9k 2.3× 714 0.5× 1.4k 1.2× 53 8.9k
Charles L. Hulin United States 54 3.1k 1.3× 3.4k 1.5× 5.3k 2.5× 670 0.5× 1.5k 1.3× 122 11.5k
Angelo S. DeNisi United States 43 1.6k 0.7× 2.1k 0.9× 3.8k 1.8× 1.9k 1.3× 713 0.6× 122 10.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kurt Lewin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kurt Lewin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Lewin, Kurt. (2017). Feedback Problems of Social Diagnosis and Action. 441–444.
2.
Lewin, Kurt. (2013). A Dynamic Theory Of Personality - Selected Papers by Kurt Lewin Psychology.
3.
Lewin, Kurt. (2008). A Dynamic Theory of Personality - Selected Papers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 255 indexed citations
4.
Lewin, Kurt. (1999). Experiments in Social Space (1939). 1(1). 7–13. 22 indexed citations
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Lewin, Kurt. (1997). Resolving social conflicts and field theory in social science.. American Psychological Association eBooks. 297 indexed citations
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Lewin, Kurt. (1992). The conflict between aristotelian and galileian modes of thought in contemporary psychology. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 8(2). 251–270. 1 indexed citations
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Lewin, Kurt. (1992). Law and Experiment in Psychology. Science in Context. 5(2). 385–416. 8 indexed citations
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Lewin, Kurt. (1992). La investigación-acción y los problemas de las minorías. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 13–26. 22 indexed citations
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Lewin, Kurt. (1988). Acción-investigación y problemas de las minorías. International Journal of Social Psychology Revista de Psicología Social. 3(2). 229–240. 7 indexed citations
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Lewin, Kurt. (1986). “Everything Within Me Rebels”: A Letter from Kurt Lewin to Wolfgang Köhler, 1933. Journal of Social Issues. 42(4). 39–47. 7 indexed citations
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Lewin, Kurt, et al.. (1982). Psychologie der Entwicklung und Erziehung. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
12.
Lewin, Kurt & Carl F. Graumann. (1981). Kurt-Lewin-Werkausgabe. 10 indexed citations
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Lewin, Kurt. (1978). La teoría del campo en la ciencia social. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 308–308. 24 indexed citations
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Lewin, Kurt, et al.. (1975). Psychologie dynamique : les relations humaines. Presses Universitaires de France eBooks. 6 indexed citations
15.
Senn, Milton J. E., William Kessen, G. Stanley Hall, et al.. (1975). Insights on the Child Development Movement in the United States. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 40(3/4). 1–1. 48 indexed citations
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Lewin, Kurt, et al.. (1965). Teoria de campo em ciência social. 40 indexed citations
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Lewin, Kurt & Dorwin Cartwright. (1963). Feldtheorie in den Sozialwissenschaften : ausgewählte theoretische Schriften. 9 indexed citations
18.
French, R. L., Kurt Lewin, & Dorwin Cartwright. (1953). Field Theory in Social Science. The American Journal of Psychology. 66(2). 324–324. 3539 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lewin, Kurt. (1953). Die Lösung sozialer Konflikte. 14 indexed citations
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Reed, Ruth & Kurt Lewin. (1951). Field Theory in Social Science. The American Catholic Sociological Review. 12(2). 103–103. 1393 indexed citations breakdown →

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