Max Weber

51.7k citations
287 papers · 13.0k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 46

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Max Weber

232 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism 2013 · 407 citations
407195120261976200150010001.5k2.0k

Peers

Max Weber
Comparison fields: 5 of 181
  • Sociology and Political Science 7.3k
  • Political Science and International Relations 3.1k
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 968
  • Public Administration 303
  • Demography 929
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Max Weber, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
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20052140
2
Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft : Grundriss der verstehenden Soziologie
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19761016
3
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
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2002767
4
FROM ‘POLITICS AS A VOCATION’
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1991721
5
Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology
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1970617
6
The Methodology of the Social Sciences.
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1951582
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
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2013407
8
The religion of China : confucianism and Taoism
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1951281
9 1962259
10
The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism.
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1959242
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La ética protestante y el espíritu del capitalismo
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1984235
12 1960225
13 1994224
14 1978188
15 1997186
16 1989184
17 2001176
18 1993176
19 1960173
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Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Wissenschaftslehre
2009166

About Max Weber

Max Weber is a scholar working on Music, General Arts and Humanities, Sociology and Political Science, General Social Sciences and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 287 papers that have together received 13.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory (57 papers), German Social Sciences and History (26 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (16 papers), European history and politics (16 papers), Critical Theory and Philosophy (15 papers), Political Theology and Sovereignty (9 papers), Musicology and Musical Analysis (8 papers) and Chinese history and philosophy (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sociology and Political Science (7.3k citations), Political Science and International Relations (3.1k citations), Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (968 citations), Public Administration (303 citations) and Demography (929 citations). Max Weber has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include Johannes Winckelmann, Stephen Kalberg, Alemseghed Kebede, Hans H. Gerth, Edward Shils, Guenther Roth, Henry Finch, Werner Stark, Arthur Mitzman and Donald S. Zagoria. Their work appears in journals such as British Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Archives de sciences sociales des religions and Economy and Society.

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