Michael Burleigh

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 552 citations indexed

About

Michael Burleigh is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, History and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Burleigh has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 552 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 20 papers in History and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Burleigh's work include European history and politics (18 papers), Medical History and Research (10 papers) and German History and Society (9 papers). Michael Burleigh is often cited by papers focused on European history and politics (18 papers), Medical History and Research (10 papers) and German History and Society (9 papers). Michael Burleigh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Michael Burleigh's co-authors include Catherine E. Boyd, Geoffrey J. Giles, Peter Fritzsche, Stanley Hoffmann, Michael H. Kater, Richard Weikart, Robert G. L. Waite, Richard Blanke, Steven Rowan and István Deák and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The American Historical Review and Ethnic and Racial Studies.

In The Last Decade

Michael Burleigh

36 papers receiving 389 citations

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Death And Deliverance: “Euthanasia” in Germany, 1900–1945

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Burleigh United Kingdom	11	229	206	206	71	53	40	552
Michael H. Kater Canada	15	266 1.2×	261 1.3×	331 1.6×	123 1.7×	52 1.0×	81	701
Leslie J. Reagan United States	9	124 0.5×	96 0.5×	165 0.8×	58 0.8×	18 0.3×	26	427
Richard Weikart United States	11	115 0.5×	82 0.4×	102 0.5×	36 0.5×	18 0.3×	37	322
Barbara Duden United States	7	142 0.6×	29 0.1×	142 0.7×	81 1.1×	28 0.5×	16	507
Veena Das United States	5	316 1.4×	129 0.6×	37 0.2×	63 0.9×	59 1.1×	7	535
Gordon R. Mork United States	4	124 0.5×	67 0.3×	93 0.5×	53 0.7×	29 0.5×	14	292
Jeffrey Stout United States	8	310 1.4×	167 0.8×	35 0.2×	18 0.3×	63 1.2×	27	611
Tony Kushner United Kingdom	12	307 1.3×	115 0.6×	145 0.7×	41 0.6×	16 0.3×	97	548
Geoffrey Scarre United Kingdom	11	96 0.4×	85 0.4×	28 0.1×	54 0.8×	35 0.7×	54	378
Alexander Mitscherlich Germany	10	121 0.5×	77 0.4×	93 0.5×	113 1.6×	26 0.5×	48	413

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All Works

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Burleigh, Michael. (2013). Small wars, faraway places : the genesis of the modern world: 1945-65. Macmillan eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (2012). ¿De qué historia aprendemos? Las lecciones de Irlanda del Norte para el resto del mundo. 11–22. 1 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (2002). The Cardinal Basil Hume Memorial Lectures - Political Religion and Social Evil. Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions. 3(2). 1–60. 1 indexed citations

4.

Burleigh, Michael. (2002). El Tercer Reich: una nueva historia. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 4 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Stanley & Michael Burleigh. (2001). The Third Reich: A New History. Foreign Affairs. 80(2). 177–177. 46 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael, et al.. (2000). Die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus : eine Gesamtdarstellung. S. Fischer eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (2000). Death and Deliverance. 266–267. 27 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (2000). Eugenic utopias and the genetic present. Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions. 1(1). 56–77. 3 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (1997). Ethics and Extermination. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations

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Waite, Robert G. L. & Michael Burleigh. (1996). Death and Deliverance: "Euthanasia" in Germany 1900-1945. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 27(2). 324–324. 5 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (1995). Die Totung Geisteskranker in Deutschland. BMJ. 310(6975). 338.1–338.1. 6 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (1994). Between Enthusiasm, Compliance and Protest: The Churches, Eugenics and the Nazi ‘Euthanasia’ Programme. Contemporary European History. 3(3). 253–264. 6 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (1994). Psychiatry, German Society, and the Nazi ‘Euthanasia’ Programme. Social History of Medicine. 7(2). 213–228. 6 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (1991). Racism as social policy: The Nazi ‘euthanasia’ programme, 1939–1945. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 14(4). 453–473. 10 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (1991). The racial state. 19 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (1991). Surveys of Developments in the Social History of Medicine: III: ‘Euthanasia’ in the Third Reich: Some Recent Literature. Social History of Medicine. 4(2). 317–328. 4 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (1990). Euthanasia and the Third Reich.. PubMed. 40. 11–6. 5 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael. (1989). The Third Reich: A New History. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 19 indexed citations

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Burleigh, Michael, et al.. (1989). Ewolucja "Ostforschung" w Republice Federalnej Niemiec (1969-1982). The American Historical Review. 94(1). 174–174.

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Burleigh, Michael. (1988). Albert Brackmann (1871 -1952) Ostforscher: The Years of Retirement. Journal of Contemporary History. 23(4). 573–588. 2 indexed citations

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