Stephan Lessenich

4.0k total citations
78 papers, 999 citations indexed

About

Stephan Lessenich is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Lessenich has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 999 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 10 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Stephan Lessenich's work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (16 papers), Economic and Social Issues (15 papers) and Sociology and Education Studies (7 papers). Stephan Lessenich is often cited by papers focused on Social Policy and Reform Studies (16 papers), Economic and Social Issues (15 papers) and Sociology and Education Studies (7 papers). Stephan Lessenich collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Hong Kong and United States. Stephan Lessenich's co-authors include Hartmut Rosa, Klaus Dörre, Silke van Dyk, Tina Denninger, Anna Richter, Ilona Ostner, Sigrid Leitner, Frank Nullmeier, KI Stergiou and Jens Borchert and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journals of Gerontology Series B and Health & Place.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Lessenich

57 papers receiving 775 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephan Lessenich Germany 17 484 334 227 96 90 78 999
Will Atkinson United Kingdom 19 978 2.0× 236 0.7× 129 0.6× 61 0.6× 63 0.7× 67 1.3k
Andrea Muehlebach Canada 11 544 1.1× 293 0.9× 186 0.8× 94 1.0× 65 0.7× 20 953
Howard P. Chudacoff United States 14 528 1.1× 72 0.2× 106 0.5× 33 0.3× 113 1.3× 52 926
William Graebner United States 13 259 0.5× 126 0.4× 101 0.4× 24 0.3× 102 1.1× 66 728
Kaspar Villadsen Denmark 16 391 0.8× 109 0.3× 140 0.6× 42 0.4× 50 0.6× 65 692
Niall Cunningham United Kingdom 9 689 1.4× 176 0.5× 126 0.6× 94 1.0× 43 0.5× 20 1.0k
Sarah Maddison Australia 18 401 0.8× 193 0.6× 89 0.4× 33 0.3× 39 0.4× 63 814
Steven Threadgold Australia 17 632 1.3× 122 0.4× 152 0.7× 44 0.5× 43 0.5× 48 915
Jan Paul Heisig Germany 12 406 0.8× 226 0.7× 176 0.8× 16 0.2× 131 1.5× 36 792
Gaynor Bagnall United Kingdom 14 891 1.8× 144 0.4× 112 0.5× 114 1.2× 139 1.5× 21 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephan Lessenich

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephan Lessenich

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan Lessenich

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephan Lessenich. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephan Lessenich 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 Stephan Lessenich. Stephan Lessenich 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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Lessenich, Stephan. (2024). Gesellschaftstragende Soziologie. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 76(2). 187–192.
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Lang, Frieder R., Stephan Lessenich, & Klaus Rothermund. (2024). Ageing as Future. 2 indexed citations
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Lessenich, Stephan. (2023). Doubling Down on Double Standards. 1(1). 2 indexed citations
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Lessenich, Stephan. (2020). Das Virus bringt das Verdrängte zurück. 1 indexed citations
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Seeliger, Martin, Hans‐Jörg Trenz, Stephan Leibfried, et al.. (2018). Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis. 3(2). I–I. 1 indexed citations
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Lessenich, Stephan. (2017). Soziologische Phantasie – heute: Die Welt zu Gast bei »Freunden«.
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Rosa, Hartmut, Klaus Dörre, & Stephan Lessenich. (2016). Appropriation, Activation and Acceleration: The Escalatory Logics of Capitalist Modernity and the Crises of Dynamic Stabilization. Theory Culture & Society. 34(1). 53–73. 87 indexed citations
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Denninger, Tina, Silke van Dyk, Stephan Lessenich, & Anna Richter. (2014). Leben im Ruhestand. 31 indexed citations
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Lessenich, Stephan. (2014). Einfach nicht totzukriegen. Merkur. 68(5). 453–460. 1 indexed citations
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Lessenich, Stephan. (2014). Soziologie – Krise – Kritik. 7–24. 1 indexed citations
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Lessenich, Stephan. (2012). Theorien des Sozialstaats zur Einführung. 3 indexed citations
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Borchert, Jens & Stephan Lessenich. (2012). Der Vergleich in den Sozialwissenschaften : Staat - Kapitalismus - Demokratie. Campus eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Dörre, Klaus, et al.. (2009). Soziologie, Kapitalismus, Kritik : eine Debatte. Suhrkamp eBooks. 54 indexed citations
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Lessenich, Stephan. (2008). Die Neuerfindung des Sozialen. 110 indexed citations
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Lessenich, Stephan. (2008). Die Neuerfindung des Sozialen : der Sozialstaat im flexiblen Kapitalismus. 103 indexed citations
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Nullmeier, Frank & Stephan Lessenich. (2006). Deutschland - eine gespaltene Gesellschaft. 23 indexed citations
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Lessenich, Stephan, et al.. (2005). Den Sozialstaat neu denken.
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Lessenich, Stephan. (2003). Wohlfahrtsstaatliche Grundbegriffe : historische und aktuelle Diskurse. Campus Verlag eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Leitner, Sigrid & Stephan Lessenich. (2003). Assessing Welfare State Change: The German Social Insurance State between Reciprocity and Solidarity. Journal of Public Policy. 23(3). 325–347. 27 indexed citations
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Lessenich, Stephan & Ilona Ostner. (1998). Welten des Wohlfahrtskapitalismus : der Sozialstaat in vergleichender Perspektive. Campus eBooks. 35 indexed citations

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