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Researcher · Bielefeld University · Germany

Niklas Luhmann

Niklas Luhmann publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Law, on topics such as Public Administration and Political Analysis, Sociology and Education Studies and Law and Political Science.

World rank
#53
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#3
of 86,443
Works
277
Citations
2.3k
Citations per work
8.2

What does Niklas Luhmann research?

Sociology and Political Science: 28.7%Political Science and International Relations: 16.0%Law: 6.2%Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5.9%other fields: 43.2%29%top field
Sociology and Political Science28.7%Political Science and International Relations16.0%Law6.2%Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5.9%other fields43.2%

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

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science29% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations16% of their works
  3. 3Law6% of their works
  4. 4Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management6% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy3% of their works
  6. 6Biochemistry2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Niklas Luhmann's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Governance, Leadership, Participation, Policy Change, Bildungsungleichheit, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Social Innovation and Sustainable Development.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Governance452 topics
  2. Leadership342 topics
  3. Participation241 topic
  4. Policy Change241 topic
  5. Bildungsungleichheit211 topic
  6. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse211 topic
  7. Social Innovation202 topics
  8. Sustainable Development172 topics
  9. Global Capitalism121 topic
  10. Imperialism121 topic
  11. Legal Methodology121 topic
  12. Party Competition121 topic
  13. Digital Transformation101 topic
  14. Epistemic Practices101 topic
  15. Innovation Policy101 topic
  16. Interdisciplinary Research101 topic
  17. Organizational Change101 topic
  18. Sociological History101 topic
  19. Human Microbiome71 topic
  20. Microbial Metabolites71 topic

Where does Niklas Luhmann work?

Niklas Luhmann's main affiliation in the publication record is Bielefeld University, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Niklas Luhmann have?

Science Explorer counts 277 works and 2,270 citations for Niklas Luhmann, ranking #53 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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