Michel Foucault

206.4k total citations · 50 hit papers
521 papers, 96.1k citations indexed

About

Michel Foucault is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel Foucault has authored 521 papers receiving a total of 96.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 44 papers in Philosophy and 43 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michel Foucault's work include Foucault, Power, and Ethics (36 papers), Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research (21 papers) and European history and politics (12 papers). Michel Foucault is often cited by papers focused on Foucault, Power, and Ethics (36 papers), Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research (21 papers) and European history and politics (12 papers). Michel Foucault collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Michel Foucault's co-authors include Colin Gordon, Alan Sheridan, Sharon Zukin, Paul Rabinow, Francesca Moore, Andrew Smith, Hernán Vera, David Cooper, Arnold I. Davidson and Graham Burchell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Michel Foucault

459 papers receiving 73.1k citations

Hit Papers

Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings 1... 1961 2026 1982 2004 1980 1996 1976 1982 1970 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michel Foucault United States 98 46.1k 14.1k 11.8k 10.9k 8.9k 521 96.1k
Pierre Bourdıeu France 123 67.7k 1.5× 19.5k 1.4× 22.2k 1.9× 10.0k 0.9× 4.0k 0.4× 620 126.1k
Judith Butler United States 58 24.3k 0.5× 6.4k 0.5× 4.0k 0.3× 14.8k 1.4× 4.1k 0.5× 289 49.9k
Erving Goffman United States 59 29.8k 0.6× 3.7k 0.3× 5.4k 0.5× 7.1k 0.7× 3.6k 0.4× 103 68.8k
Anthony Giddens United Kingdom 66 27.1k 0.6× 9.6k 0.7× 5.9k 0.5× 3.7k 0.3× 1.7k 0.2× 236 57.0k
Norman K. Denzin United States 72 25.6k 0.6× 3.2k 0.2× 19.3k 1.6× 4.8k 0.4× 1.9k 0.2× 341 74.1k
Anselm L. Strauss United States 43 35.6k 0.8× 4.5k 0.3× 26.2k 2.2× 6.7k 0.6× 2.1k 0.2× 109 125.6k
Yvonna S. Lincoln United States 47 25.3k 0.5× 3.1k 0.2× 23.8k 2.0× 4.6k 0.4× 1.7k 0.2× 161 85.3k
Juliet Corbin United States 31 29.5k 0.6× 3.5k 0.2× 24.0k 2.0× 5.9k 0.5× 1.5k 0.2× 51 108.4k
Bruno Latour France 76 26.5k 0.6× 6.9k 0.5× 5.0k 0.4× 1.1k 0.1× 3.6k 0.4× 347 67.9k
Barney G. Glaser United States 41 24.4k 0.5× 3.1k 0.2× 17.8k 1.5× 4.5k 0.4× 1.3k 0.1× 90 85.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Michel Foucault

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michel Foucault

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michel Foucault

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michel Foucault. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michel Foucault 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 Michel Foucault. Michel Foucault 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
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Foucault, Michel. (2019). Sexualität und Wahrheit. Suhrkamp eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel. (2010). The Government of Self and Others. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 416 indexed citations breakdown →
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Foucault, Michel, et al.. (2008). Le pecore e il pastore. Critica, politica, etica nel pensiero di Michel Foucault. 1 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel, et al.. (2007). Die Anormalen : Vorlesungen am Collège de France (1974-1975). Suhrkamp eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel, et al.. (2006). De woorden en de dingen : een archeologie van de menswetenschappen. 1 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel, et al.. (2006). Entrevistas con Michel Foucault. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 43 Suppl. 3–10. 7 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel, et al.. (2005). La hermenéutica del sujeto : curso del Collège de France (1982). 8 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel, et al.. (2005). Analytik der Macht. Suhrkamp eBooks. 23 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel. (2004). Uma entrevista com Michel Foucault. 3 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel, François Ewald, Alessandro Fontana, & Michel Senellart. (2004). Naissance de la biopolitique : cours au collège de France (1978-1979). 265 indexed citations breakdown →
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Foucault, Michel, Alessandro Fontana, & Pasquale Pasquino. (2000). Io, Pierre Rivière, avendo sgozzato mia madre, mia sorella e mio fratello ... : un caso di parricidio nel xix secolo. Einaudi eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel. (1995). Un diálogo sobre el poder. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 5(7). 498–498. 31 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel. (1995). ¿Qué es la [Crítica y "Aufklärung"]. Daímon. 11. 5 indexed citations
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Dreyfus, Hubert L., Michel Foucault, & Paul Rabinow. (1984). Michel Foucault, Un Parcours Philosophique au-Delà de l'Objectivité Et de la Subjectivité. Gallimard eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Perrot, Michelle, Michel Foucault, & Maurice Agulhon. (1980). L'impossible prison. Recherches sur le système pénitentiaire au XIXe siècle. Seuil eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel, et al.. (1975). Der Fall Rivière : Materialien zum Verhältnis von Psychiatrie und Strafjustiz. Suhrkamp eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel. (1973). Ceci n'est pas une pipe : deux lettres et quatre dessins de René Magritte. 4 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel, et al.. (1970). La grammaire logique ; suivi de, La science de dieu. 1 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel, et al.. (1968). Psychologie und Geisteskrankheit. Suhrkamp eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques & Michel Foucault. (1962). Rousseau juge de Jean Jaques : Dialogues. Honoré Champion eBooks. 18(1). 5 indexed citations

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