Ludwik Fleck

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ludwik Fleck is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ludwik Fleck has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Education and 1 paper in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Ludwik Fleck's work include Educational theories and practices (2 papers), Literary and Cultural Studies (1 paper) and Vector-borne infectious diseases (1 paper). Ludwik Fleck is often cited by papers focused on Educational theories and practices (2 papers), Literary and Cultural Studies (1 paper) and Vector-borne infectious diseases (1 paper). Ludwik Fleck collaborates with scholars based in Austria. Ludwik Fleck's co-authors include Thaddeus J. Trenn, Robert Κ. Merton, Thomas Kühn, Lothar Schäfer, Thomas Schnelle, Ilana Löwy, Nathalie Jas, Frank W. Stahnisch, Claus Zittel and Marcus A. Klingberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Epidemiology and Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas.

In The Last Decade

Ludwik Fleck

10 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact. 1981 2026 1996 2011 1982 1981 250 500 750 1000
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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. Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact.
    1982 1.2k citations Ludwik Fleck, Thaddeus J. Trenn et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  2. Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact
    1981 559 citations Ludwik Fleck, Thaddeus J. Trenn et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ludwik Fleck Austria 8 544 281 213 177 152 10 2.0k
Thaddeus J. Trenn Germany 7 467 0.9× 271 1.0× 177 0.8× 150 0.8× 144 0.9× 18 1.8k
Barry Barnes United Kingdom 23 905 1.7× 527 1.9× 242 1.1× 204 1.2× 122 0.8× 76 2.5k
David Hiley United States 10 393 0.7× 158 0.6× 394 1.8× 158 0.9× 121 0.8× 53 1.6k
Martin Hollis United Kingdom 25 1.3k 2.3× 262 0.9× 381 1.8× 184 1.0× 148 1.0× 80 3.0k
Gary Gutting United States 17 571 1.0× 213 0.8× 341 1.6× 130 0.7× 71 0.5× 45 1.3k
Margaret W. Rossiter United States 17 630 1.2× 358 1.3× 90 0.4× 258 1.5× 215 1.4× 63 2.6k
Joseph Agassi Israel 22 689 1.3× 414 1.5× 313 1.5× 160 0.9× 169 1.1× 191 2.5k
J. B. Austin United States 9 625 1.1× 197 0.7× 110 0.5× 176 1.0× 127 0.8× 16 1.9k
Andrew Pickering United Kingdom 17 973 1.8× 384 1.4× 169 0.8× 275 1.6× 132 0.9× 41 2.7k
Hugh Lehman Canada 9 468 0.9× 490 1.7× 193 0.9× 203 1.1× 154 1.0× 33 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ludwik Fleck

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ludwik Fleck

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Fleck, Ludwik, et al.. (2010). Denkstile und Tatsachen : gesammelte Schriften und Zeugnisse. Suhrkamp eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Fleck, Ludwik, Ilana Löwy, & Nathalie Jas. (2005). Genèse et développement d'un fait scientifique. Les Belles Lettres eBooks. 31 indexed citations
3.
Fleck, Ludwik, et al.. (1994). Sobre la crisis de la "Realidad". Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. 251–251. 2 indexed citations
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Fleck, Ludwik. (1988). Some Specific Features of the Serological Way of Thinking: A Methodological Study. Science in Context. 2(2). 343–344. 1 indexed citations
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Fleck, Ludwik, et al.. (1986). La génesis y el desarrollo de un hecho científico: introducción a la teoría del estilo de pensamiento y del colectivo de pensamiento. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 17 indexed citations
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Fleck, Ludwik, Lothar Schäfer, & Thomas Schnelle. (1983). Erfahrung und Tatsache : gesammelte Aufsätze. Suhrkamp eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Fleck, Ludwik, et al.. (1982). Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 11(3). 321–321. 1164 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fleck, Ludwik, et al.. (1981). Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact. 559 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fleck, Ludwik, Lothar Schäfer, & Thomas Schnelle. (1980). Entstehung und Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Tatsache : Einführung in die Lehre vom Denkstil und Denkkollektiv. Suhrkamp eBooks. 214 indexed citations
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Fleck, Ludwik, et al.. (1960). THE RENAL EXCRETION OF SPECIFIC MICROBIAL SUBSTANCES DURING THE COURSE OF INFECTION WITH MURINE TYPHUS RICKETTSIAE1. American Journal of Epidemiology. 72(3). 351–365. 9 indexed citations

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