Voltaire
Impact in
- Philosophy top 2%
- Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
- Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
- History top 2%
- European Political History Analysis
- Philosophy, History, and Historiography
Papers in
- Philosophy 66
- Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought 60
- Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought 11
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- French Literature and Criticism 49
- French Literature and Poetry 11
- Co-authors
- Peter Gay (1 shared paper)J. H. Brumfitt (1 shared paper)Theodore Besterman (3 shared papers)Joseph McCabe (2 shared papers)Wade Baskin (1 shared paper)Donald Murdoch Frame (1 shared paper)Haydn T. Mason (1 shared paper)William Shakespeare (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- The Modern Language Review (3 papers)MLN (1 paper)Modern Language Journal (1 paper)Medical Entomology and Zoology (27 papers)Books Abroad (1 paper)
In The Last Decade
Voltaire
58 papers receiving 289 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 74
- Philosophy 165
- History 98
- Literature and Literary Theory 99
- History and Philosophy of Science 39
- Political Science and International Relations 87
Countries citing papers authored by Voltaire
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Fields of papers citing papers by Voltaire
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Co-authors
The 23 scholars most cited alongside Voltaire, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 103 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1963 | 66 | |
| 2 | An Essay on Crimes and Punishments | 2009 | 49 |
| 3 | 1957 | 35 | |
| 4 | 2008 | 33 | |
| 5 | Candide: And other writings | 1995 | 32 |
| 6 | The complete works of Voltaire | 1968 | 27 |
| 7 | The age of Louis XIV, and other selected writings | 1963 | 25 |
| 8 | 2002 | 24 | |
| 9 | 1959 | 23 | |
| 10 | Letters Concerning the English Nation | 2018 | 21 |
| 11 | Letters on England | 1980 | 16 |
| 12 | The elements of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy | 1967 | 14 |
| 13 | Romans Et Contes | 1960 | 13 |
| 14 | Voltaire's politics : the poet as realist | 1959 | 12 |
| 15 | 1963 | 9 | |
| 16 | 1965 | 9 | |
| 17 | Histoire De L'empire De Russie, Sous Pierre-Le-Grand | 2010 | 9 |
| 18 | Toleration and Other Essays | 2009 | 8 |
| 19 | 2010 | 7 | |
| 20 | 2011 | 7 |
About Voltaire
Voltaire is a scholar working on Philosophy, Literature and Literary Theory, History, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 103 papers that have together received 547 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought (60 papers), French Literature and Criticism (49 papers), Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought (11 papers), French Literature and Poetry (11 papers), French Historical and Cultural Studies (8 papers), European Cultural and National Identity (7 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (6 papers) and Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Philosophy (165 citations), History (98 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (99 citations), History and Philosophy of Science (39 citations) and Political Science and International Relations (87 citations). Frequent co-authors include Peter Gay, J. H. Brumfitt, Theodore Besterman, Joseph McCabe, Wade Baskin, Donald Murdoch Frame, Haydn T. Mason, William Shakespeare, Robert Martin Adams and Nicholas Cronk. Their work appears in journals such as The Modern Language Review, MLN, Modern Language Journal, Medical Entomology and Zoology and Books Abroad.
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