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Researcher · Occidental College · United States

Louis Althusser

Louis Althusser publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Marxism and Critical Theory, French Urban and Social Studies and Political Economy and Marxism.

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World rank
#1,189,217
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#381,779
of 1,627,098
Works
258
Citations
14k
Citations per work
54.0
h-index
27
i10-index 57Top 3% in Sociology and Political Science
Louis Althusser

What does Louis Althusser research?

Louis Althusser's work is mostly in Social Sciences (45%), Arts and Humanities (23%), Health Professions (4%).

Social Sciences: 176 works · 68.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 117 works · 45.3% of their workSociology and Political Science: 85 works · 33.1% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 22 works · 8.6% of their workGeneral Social Sciences: 9 works · 3.6% of their workArts and Humanities: 59 works · 23.0% of their workPhilosophy: 50 works · 19.4% of their workHistory: 9 works · 3.6% of their workEverything else: 72 works · 28.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 9 works · 3.6% of their workHealth Professions: 9 works · 3.6% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 9 works · 3.6% of their workTHEIR WORKLouis Althusser258works
Health Sciences4%Social Sciences68%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences11745.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities5923.0%
  2. Everything else7228.1%
    1. Health Professions93.6%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science33% of their works
  2. 2Philosophy19% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  4. 4History4% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions4% of their works
  6. 6General Social Sciences4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Louis Althusser's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Marxism, Citizenship, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Althusser, Ideology and Environmental Participation.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization712 topics
  2. Marxism712 topics
  3. Citizenship572 topics
  4. Community Engagement532 topics
  5. Territorial Governance532 topics
  6. Althusser451 topic
  7. Ideology451 topic
  8. Environmental Participation411 topic
  9. Sustainable Development411 topic
  10. Imperialism372 topics
  11. Capitalism261 topic
  12. Uneven and Combined Development261 topic
  13. Family Dynamics161 topic
  14. Societal Change161 topic
  15. Economic Development121 topic
  16. Social Innovation121 topic
  17. Alexis de Tocqueville111 topic
  18. France111 topic
  19. Global Development Goals111 topic
  20. History111 topic
  21. John Stuart Mill111 topic
  22. Tunisian Revolution111 topic

Where does Louis Althusser work?

Louis Althusser's main affiliation in the publication record is Occidental College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Louis Althusser have?

OpenAlex counts 258 works and 13,922 citations for Louis Althusser, an h-index of 27, ranking #1,189,217 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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