Niklas Luhmann

60.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
375 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Niklas Luhmann is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Niklas Luhmann has authored 375 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 38 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 30 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Niklas Luhmann's work include Sociology and Education Studies (37 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (28 papers) and German Social Sciences and History (27 papers). Niklas Luhmann is often cited by papers focused on Sociology and Education Studies (37 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (28 papers) and German Social Sciences and History (27 papers). Niklas Luhmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Niklas Luhmann's co-authors include John Bednarz, André Kieserling, Leo Narodny, Dieter Lenzen, Jürgen Habermas, William Rasch, Stéphan Fuchs, José María García Blanco, Edward A. Tiryakian and Jeremy Gaines and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Niklas Luhmann

341 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

Trust and Power 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 2000 1984 1991 1982 500 1000 1.5k

Peers

Niklas Luhmann
Comparison fields: 5 of 201
  • Sociology and Political Science 8.7k
  • Political Science and International Relations 2.7k
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2.3k
  • Strategy and Management 1.4k
  • Communication 1.2k
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Countries citing papers authored by Niklas Luhmann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Niklas Luhmann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niklas Luhmann

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Niklas Luhmann. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Niklas Luhmann 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 Niklas Luhmann. Niklas Luhmann 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 1
2 10
3 0
4 2
5 6
6 64
7 23
8 142
9 17
10 23
11 0
12 9
13 239
14 165
15
Die neuzeitlichen Wissenschaften und die Phänomenologie
12
16
Zwischen Absicht und Person : Fragen an die Pädagogik
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17 80
18
Neuere Entwicklung in der Systemtheorie
7
19 1
20
Ilustración sociológica y otros ensayos, Versión castellana de H.A. Murena
3

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