Josef van Ess

224 total papers · 1.3k total citations
60 papers, 243 citations indexed

About

Josef van Ess is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Josef van Ess has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 243 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 27 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Josef van Ess’s work include Islamic Studies and History (28 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (22 papers) and Historical and Linguistic Studies (17 papers). Josef van Ess is often cited by papers focused on Islamic Studies and History (28 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (22 papers) and Historical and Linguistic Studies (17 papers). Josef van Ess collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Turkey and India. Josef van Ess's co-authors include Colette Sirat, Richard Walzer, Jane Marie Todd, Nikki R. Keddie, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Heinz Bechert, Hans Küng, Speros Vryonis, Richard M. Frank and Avicenna Avicenna and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American Oriental Society and Die Welt des Islams.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Josef van Ess

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

Josef van Ess

36 papers receiving 149 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Josef van Ess

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Josef van Ess. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Josef van Ess. The network helps show where Josef van Ess may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Josef van Ess

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This map shows the geographic impact of Josef van Ess's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Josef van Ess with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Josef van Ess more than expected).

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