Manuel Castells

55.4k total citations · 21 hit papers
312 papers, 30.5k citations indexed

About

Manuel Castells is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Social Sciences and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Manuel Castells has authored 312 papers receiving a total of 30.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 30 papers in General Social Sciences and 27 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Manuel Castells's work include Social Sciences and Policies (25 papers), French Urban and Social Studies (19 papers) and Regional Development and Innovation (18 papers). Manuel Castells is often cited by papers focused on Social Sciences and Policies (25 papers), French Urban and Social Studies (19 papers) and Regional Development and Innovation (18 papers). Manuel Castells collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Spain. Manuel Castells's co-authors include Rob Kling, Robert Fishman, Lauren Benton, Alejandro Portes, Jack Linchuan Qiu, Morton J. Rubin, Gustavo Cardoso, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, Alan Sheridan and Araba Sey and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Journal of Marketing.

In The Last Decade

Manuel Castells

289 papers receiving 23.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Information Age: Econ... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1999 2002 1996 2009 2002 1000 2.0k 3.0k

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Manuel Castells 13.1k 6.4k 6.0k 4.3k 3.1k 312 30.5k
Paul DiMaggio 19.8k 1.5× 8.4k 1.3× 3.9k 0.7× 3.3k 0.8× 5.7k 1.8× 128 59.3k
Anthony Giddens 27.1k 2.1× 9.6k 1.5× 3.4k 0.6× 2.6k 0.6× 2.7k 0.9× 236 57.0k
Mark Granovetter 27.0k 2.1× 4.9k 0.8× 6.7k 1.1× 2.3k 0.5× 9.0k 2.9× 61 61.4k
Robert D. Putnam 34.5k 2.6× 13.2k 2.1× 6.3k 1.1× 2.2k 0.5× 6.7k 2.1× 146 58.0k
Ronald S. Burt 20.2k 1.5× 2.7k 0.4× 7.2k 1.2× 939 0.2× 4.6k 1.5× 147 49.4k
Francis Fukuyama 29.3k 2.2× 19.4k 3.0× 2.6k 0.4× 1.6k 0.4× 8.6k 2.7× 387 59.6k
Walter W. Powell 13.6k 1.0× 7.0k 1.1× 2.4k 0.4× 1.6k 0.4× 7.9k 2.5× 96 54.4k
Jürgen Habermas 18.9k 1.4× 11.3k 1.8× 4.2k 0.7× 1.0k 0.2× 1.1k 0.4× 575 40.7k
Clifford Geertz 17.0k 1.3× 6.5k 1.0× 2.1k 0.4× 912 0.2× 1.7k 0.5× 169 37.7k
Barry Wellman 12.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.2× 6.8k 1.1× 525 0.1× 763 0.2× 178 21.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Manuel Castells

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Fields of papers citing papers by Manuel Castells

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manuel Castells

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Manuel Castells. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Manuel Castells 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 Manuel Castells. Manuel Castells 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
1.
Castells, Manuel. (2018). El poder de las ciudades en un mundo de redes. 22–25. 1 indexed citations
2.
Castells, Manuel & Peter Hall. (2017). Las tecnópolis del mundo. 12(1).
3.
Bauman, Zygmunt, et al.. (2017). Russian Environmentalist Oleg Yanitsky: Reflections on My Own Life-Story. International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education. 4(12). 1 indexed citations
4.
Castells, Manuel. (2014). El espacio y los movimientos sociales en red. 65(4). 58–64. 2 indexed citations
5.
Castells, Manuel. (2013). Communication et pouvoir. Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme eBooks. 37 indexed citations
6.
Castells, Manuel. (2012). A sociedade em rede. 284 indexed citations breakdown →
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Castells, Manuel, Peter R. Monge, & Noshir Contractor. (2011). Prologue to the Special Section: Network Multidimensionality in the Digital Age. International journal of communication. 5(1). 788–793. 8 indexed citations
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Castells, Manuel. (2011). Democracy in the age of the Internet. 96–103. 11 indexed citations
9.
Castells, Manuel. (2006). Emergence des « médias de masse individuels ». Le Monde diplomatique. 16–16. 2 indexed citations
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Himanen, Pekka & Manuel Castells. (2004). Institutional models of the network society: Silicon Valley and Finland. Chapters. 3 indexed citations
11.
Castells, Manuel. (2002). Local and Global: Cities in the Network Society. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 93(5). 548–558. 113 indexed citations
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Castells, Manuel. (2001). Globalització, drets socials i identitat nacional. 23–34. 1 indexed citations
13.
Castells, Manuel. (1998). The information age. Blackwell eBooks. 360 indexed citations
15.
Castells, Manuel. (1992). La informacionalización del trabajo. 87–93.
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Castells, Manuel. (1989). Nuevas tecnologías y desarrollo regional. 11–22. 5 indexed citations
17.
Castells, Manuel. (1986). La ciudad y las masas : sociología de los movimientos sociales urbanos. Alianza Editorial eBooks. 16 indexed citations
18.
Castells, Manuel. (1980). The Economic Crisis and American Society. Princeton University Press eBooks. 83 indexed citations
19.
Castells, Manuel. (1975). La lucha de clases en Chile. Siglo Veintiuno Editores eBooks. 6 indexed citations
20.
Castells, Manuel. (1975). Luttes urbaines et pouvoir politique.. 18 indexed citations

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