Walter Simon

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 279 citations indexed

About

Walter Simon is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Religious studies and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Simon has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 279 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Religious studies and 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Walter Simon's work include Chinese history and philosophy (7 papers), Indian and Buddhist Studies (7 papers) and China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (6 papers). Walter Simon is often cited by papers focused on Chinese history and philosophy (7 papers), Indian and Buddhist Studies (7 papers) and China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (6 papers). Walter Simon collaborates with scholars based in United States. Walter Simon's co-authors include Hans Rosenberg, W. Warren Wagar, F. L. Carsten, Jamie Gough, John Bowle, Theodor Schieder, Philip Rieff, Rainer María Rilke and W. Urban and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, American Political Science Review and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Walter Simon

25 papers receiving 181 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Bureaucracy, Aristocracy and Autocracy: The Prussian Experience, 1660-1815

1959 108 citations Walter Simon, Hans Rosenberg The American Historical Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter Simon United States	8	102	90	54	34	25	34	279
Leonard Krieger United States	9	100 1.0×	88 1.0×	68 1.3×	41 1.2×	22 0.9×	52	272
Francis D. Wormuth United States	8	122 1.2×	73 0.8×	30 0.6×	48 1.4×	9 0.4×	35	256
George Lichtheim	9	55 0.5×	120 1.3×	22 0.4×	31 0.9×	6 0.2×	25	220
Christopher Torr South Africa	5	45 0.4×	79 0.9×	28 0.5×	12 0.4×	9 0.4×	17	207
Joachim Remak	9	150 1.5×	115 1.3×	43 0.8×	14 0.4×	4 0.2×	44	254
Conrad Wright United States	9	105 1.0×	83 0.9×	60 1.1×	23 0.7×	21 0.8×	51	217
Malcolm Jack United States	9	72 0.7×	43 0.5×	29 0.5×	43 1.3×	11 0.4×	22	171
Timothy Tackett United States	10	94 0.9×	101 1.1×	133 2.5×	12 0.4×	23 0.9×	50	316
W. A. Speck United Kingdom	8	84 0.8×	90 1.0×	86 1.6×	22 0.6×	21 0.8×	35	266
Ernest Campbell Mossner United Kingdom	6	114 1.1×	123 1.4×	31 0.6×	93 2.7×	24 1.0×	12	329

Countries citing papers authored by Walter Simon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Simon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Simon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Walter Simon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Walter Simon 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 Walter Simon. Walter Simon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

1.

Simon, Walter. (2005). GABALs großer Methodenkoffer Managamenttechniken.

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Simon, Walter. (2002). Lernende Organisation. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 97(11). 592–593. 3 indexed citations

3.

Simon, Walter. (2002). Properties of black holes. 1 indexed citations

4.

Simon, Walter. (1986). Elektronische Vorschubantriebe an NC-Systemen. 2 indexed citations

5.

Simon, Walter, et al.. (1980). Manchu Books in London. A Union Catalogue. Geographical Journal. 146(1). 131–131. 1 indexed citations

6.

Simon, Walter, et al.. (1979). Gregorii Ariminensis OESA Lectura super primum et secundum Sententiarum. De Gruyter eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Simon, Walter, et al.. (1979). Manchu Books in London; A Union Catalogue. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 99(3). 510–510. 1 indexed citations

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Rilke, Rainer María, et al.. (1975). Die Weise von Liebe und Tod: Texte und Dokumente. Books Abroad. 49(4). 763–763.

9.

Simon, Walter. (1968). Tibetan re in its wider context. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 31(3). 555–562. 2 indexed citations

10.

Simon, Walter. (1966). Germany; a brief history. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

11.

Rieff, Philip & Walter Simon. (1965). European Positivism in the Nineteenth Century, An Essay in Intellectual History.. American Sociological Review. 30(5). 790–790. 1 indexed citations

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Simon, Walter. (1963). European Positivism in the Nineteenth Century. 20(3). 28 indexed citations

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Simon, Walter & Theodor Schieder. (1963). Begegnungen mit der Geschichte.. History and Theory. 3(2). 274–274. 2 indexed citations

14.

Simon, Walter. (1962). TibetanPar, Par, Dpar, Spar, and Cognate Words. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 25(1). 72–80. 1 indexed citations

15.

Simon, Walter. (1960). Herbert Spencer and the "Social Organism". Journal of the History of Ideas. 21(2). 294–294. 20 indexed citations

16.

Simon, Walter & Hans Rosenberg. (1959). Bureaucracy, Aristocracy and Autocracy: The Prussian Experience, 1660-1815. The American Historical Review. 64(3). 646–646. 108 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simon, Walter. (1956). History for Utopia: Saint-Simon and the Idea of Progress. Journal of the History of Ideas. 17(3). 311–311. 8 indexed citations

18.

Simon, Walter. (1954). Variations in Nationalism during the Great Reform Period in Prussia. The American Historical Review. 59(2). 305–305. 4 indexed citations

19.

Simon, Walter & John Bowle. (1953). Hobbes and His Critics: A Study in Seventeenth Century Constitutionalism. The William and Mary Quarterly. 10(1). 144–144. 3 indexed citations

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Simon, Walter & Jamie Gough. (1951). John Locke's Political Philosophy: Eight Studies. The William and Mary Quarterly. 8(1). 127–127. 10 indexed citations

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