Niklas Luhmann
Impact in
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- Management and Organizational Studies
- Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Sociology and Political Science top 0.05%
- Sociology and Education Studies
- Information Systems Theories and Implementation
Papers in
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- Sociology and Education Studies 37
- German Social Sciences and History 27
- Economic and Social Issues 13
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- Public Administration and Political Analysis 17
- Co-authors
- John Bednarz (5 shared papers)André Kieserling (7 shared papers)Leo Narodny (1 shared paper)Dieter Lenzen (2 shared papers)William Rasch (2 shared papers)Stéphan Fuchs (3 shared papers)José María García Blanco (2 shared papers)Edward A. Tiryakian (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Zeitschrift für Soziologie (18 papers)Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (11 papers)International Journal of Drug Policy (9 papers)Thesis Eleven (6 papers)Journal of the International AIDS Society (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanySwitzerlandUnited States
In The Last Decade
Niklas Luhmann
344 papers receiving 13.9k citations
Niklas Luhmann's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 201
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2.3k
- Sociology and Political Science 8.7k
- Communication 1.2k
- Public Administration 479
- Information Systems and Management 801
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Fields of papers citing papers by Niklas Luhmann
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Niklas Luhmann, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust and Power Hit paper breakdown → | 1979 | 1988 |
| 2 | Familiarity, Confidence, Trust: Problems and Alternatives Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 1001 |
| 3 | Soziale Systeme: Grundriß einer allgemeinen Theorie Hit paper breakdown → | 1984 | 928 |
| 4 | 2000 | 481 | |
| 5 | Ecological Communication Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 478 |
| 6 | The Differentiation of Society Hit paper breakdown → | 1982 | 466 |
| 7 | Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 458 |
| 8 | Essays on self-reference | 1990 | 399 |
| 9 | Die Wissenschaft der Gesellschaft | 1992 | 308 |
| 10 | Die Politik der Gesellschaft | 2002 | 279 |
| 11 | Trust and power : two works | 1979 | 256 |
| 12 | The Autopoiesis of Social System | 1990 | 251 |
| 13 | Soziologie des Risikos | 1993 | 248 |
| 14 | 2000 | 240 | |
| 15 | Law As A Social System Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 225 |
| 16 | Die Wirtschaft der Gesellschaft | 1988 | 224 |
| 17 | Observations on Modernity Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 217 |
| 18 | Das Recht der Gesellschaft | 1993 | 214 |
| 19 | Das Erziehungssystem der Gesellschaft | 2002 | 214 |
| 20 | Gesellschaftsstruktur und Semantik : Studien zur Wissenssoziologie der modernen Gesellschaft | 1980 | 212 |
About Niklas Luhmann
Niklas Luhmann is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Law, Hepatology and Epidemiology, having authored 377 papers that have together received 17.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Sociology and Education Studies (37 papers), German Social Sciences and History (27 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (21 papers), Public Administration and Political Analysis (17 papers), Law and Political Science (17 papers), Social Sciences and Policies (15 papers), Economic and Social Issues (13 papers) and Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (2.3k citations), Sociology and Political Science (8.7k citations), Communication (1.2k citations), Public Administration (479 citations) and Information Systems and Management (801 citations). Niklas Luhmann has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Frequent co-authors include John Bednarz, André Kieserling, Leo Narodny, Dieter Lenzen, William Rasch, Stéphan Fuchs, José María García Blanco, Edward A. Tiryakian, Jeremy Gaines and Hans‐Peter Müller. Their work appears in journals such as Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, International Journal of Drug Policy, Thesis Eleven and Journal of the International AIDS Society.
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