Otto Spies

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
98 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Otto Spies is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Otto Spies has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 18 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Otto Spies's work include Islamic Studies and History (32 papers), Education and Islamic Studies (15 papers) and Archaeology and Historical Studies (13 papers). Otto Spies is often cited by papers focused on Islamic Studies and History (32 papers), Education and Islamic Studies (15 papers) and Archaeology and Historical Studies (13 papers). Otto Spies collaborates with scholars based in . Otto Spies's co-authors include Bernard Lewıs, W. Montgomery Watt, S. D. Goıteın, P. M. Holt, A. S. Tritton, Reuben Levy, Cæsar E. Farah, Aziz Ahmad, C. Edmund Bosworth and George Makdisi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Franklin Institute, Die Welt des Islams and Oriens.

In The Last Decade

Otto Spies

80 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

An Introduction to Islamic Law 1952 2026 1976 2001 1965 1969 1952 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An Introduction to Islamic Law
    1965 601 citations Otto Spies et al. Die Welt des Islams profile →
  2. The Emergence of Modern Turkey
    1969 484 citations Otto Spies et al. Die Welt des Islams profile →
  3. Dimensional analysis and theory of models
    1952 459 citations Otto Spies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Otto Spies 18 971 912 246 240 224 98 2.6k
Bernard Lewıs United States 34 2.1k 2.1× 2.5k 2.7× 447 1.8× 423 1.8× 217 1.0× 188 4.7k
Stephen Ellis United States 36 559 0.6× 1.7k 1.9× 555 2.3× 170 0.7× 17 0.1× 104 4.9k
Peter van der Veer Germany 24 726 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 719 2.9× 125 0.5× 34 0.2× 96 2.6k
C. J. Fuller United States 18 379 0.4× 720 0.8× 441 1.8× 24 0.1× 15 0.1× 71 1.4k
Edward Friedman United States 25 295 0.3× 517 0.6× 71 0.3× 78 0.3× 10 0.0× 274 2.8k
Marc Howard Ross United States 27 478 0.5× 931 1.0× 105 0.4× 50 0.2× 24 0.1× 90 2.5k
James Lee United States 26 176 0.2× 756 0.8× 77 0.3× 32 0.1× 21 0.1× 138 2.4k
Thomas Trautmann Germany 33 143 0.1× 267 0.3× 261 1.1× 22 0.1× 44 0.2× 184 3.5k
David Pritchard United States 19 105 0.1× 388 0.4× 172 0.7× 32 0.1× 69 0.3× 138 1.5k
L. Carrington Goodrich United States 9 93 0.1× 325 0.4× 94 0.4× 44 0.2× 59 0.3× 67 936

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Fields of papers citing papers by Otto Spies

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Otto Spies

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Otto Spies. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Otto Spies 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 Otto Spies. Otto Spies 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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Spies, Otto, et al.. (2009). Three treatises on mysticism. 1 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto, et al.. (1979). Die medizinischen Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und der Turkei. Die Welt des Islams. 19(1/4). 237–237. 1 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto, et al.. (1976). Muslim Religious Architecture, Part I: The Mosque and Its Early Development. Die Welt des Islams. 17(1/4). 226–226. 3 indexed citations
4.
Spies, Otto, William H. McNeill, & Marilyn Waldman. (1976). The Islamic World. Die Welt des Islams. 17(1/4). 232–232. 14 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto & John Haywood. (1973). Modern Arabic Literature 1800-1970. Die Welt des Islams. 14(1/4). 215–215. 5 indexed citations
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Ritter, Helmut & Otto Spies. (1969). Die goldhaarigen Zwillingskinder. Ein libanesisches Märchen aus dem Volksmund. Fabula. 10(Jahresband). 86–99. 1 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto, et al.. (1968). Dynamik und Dogma im Islam. Die Welt des Islams. 11(1/4). 235–235. 1 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto & George Makdisi. (1966). Arabic and Islamic Studies in Honor of Hamilton A. R. Gibb. Die Welt des Islams. 10(3/4). 208–208. 22 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto, et al.. (1965). A Pharmaceutical View of Abulcasis al-Zahrawi in Moorish Spain. Die Welt des Islams. 10(1/2). 102–102. 2 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto, et al.. (1965). Hadramaut, Some of Its Mysteries Unveiled. Die Welt des Islams. 10(1/2). 89–89. 5 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto. (1964). Das Spiel vom falschen Sklavenhändler. Ein türkisches Schattenspiel. Oriens. 17(1). 1–59.
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Spies, Otto, et al.. (1964). A Short History of the Middle East. Die Welt des Islams. 9(1/4). 275–275. 10 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto. (1964). Eine Liste türkischer Kriegsgefangener in Deutschland aus dem Jahre 1700. Der Islam. 39(1). 1 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto, et al.. (1963). Muslim Contribution to Medicine. Die Welt des Islams. 8(4). 267–267. 3 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto, et al.. (1962). Der Gefangene der Giauren : die abenteuerlichen Schicksale des Dolmetschers 'Osman Ağa aus Temeschwar. 1 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto, et al.. (1962). Heuser-Sevket: Turkisch-Deutsches Worterbuch. Die Welt des Islams. 8(1/2). 80–80. 1 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto, et al.. (1955). Leben und Abenteuer des Dolmetschers Osman Aga. Eine turkische Autobiographie aus der Zeit der grossen Kriege gegen Osterreich. Die Welt des Islams. 4(2/3). 230–230. 2 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto. (1955). Der Türkische Bauer in Der Erzählungsliteratur. Die Welt des Islams. 4(1). 40–46. 1 indexed citations
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Spies, Otto & Franz Rosenthal. (1953). A History of Muslim Historiography. Die Welt des Islams. 3(1). 50–50. 17 indexed citations

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