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Researcher · Heidelberg University · Germany

Karl Jaspers

Karl Jaspers publishes mostly in Philosophy, Cultural Studies and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Psychoanalysis and Social Critique, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel and Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations.

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World rank
#78,729
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#5,167
of 86,443
Works
127
Citations
111
Citations per work
0.9

What does Karl Jaspers research?

Philosophy: 20.3%Cultural Studies: 14.1%Sociology and Political Science: 13.3%Political Science and International Relations: 7.0%other fields: 45.3%20%top field
Philosophy20.3%Cultural Studies14.1%Sociology and Political Science13.3%Political Science and International Relations7.0%other fields45.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Philosophy20% of their works
  2. 2Cultural Studies14% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science13% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory6% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karl Jaspers's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Philosophy, Ethics, History, Sociology, Social Theory, Psychoanalysis, Religion and Bildung.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Philosophy334 topics
  2. Ethics293 topics
  3. History293 topics
  4. Sociology212 topics
  5. Social Theory202 topics
  6. Psychoanalysis141 topic
  7. Religion141 topic
  8. Bildung132 topics
  9. Aesthetics122 topics
  10. Identity102 topics
  11. Literature81 topic
  12. Nietzsche81 topic
  13. Education71 topic
  14. Metaphysics71 topic
  15. Autorschaft61 topic
  16. Epistemic Practices61 topic
  17. Literaturkritik61 topic
  18. Sociological History61 topic
  19. Coaching51 topic
  20. Psychodrama51 topic
  21. Interreligious Relations41 topic
  22. Religious Education41 topic
  23. Society41 topic
  24. Visual Culture41 topic

Where does Karl Jaspers work?

Karl Jaspers's main affiliation in the publication record is Heidelberg University, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Karl Jaspers have?

Science Explorer counts 127 works and 111 citations for Karl Jaspers, ranking #78,729 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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