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?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Sociology and Political Science29% of their works
- 2Political Science and International Relations16% of their works
- 3Law6% of their works
- 4Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management6% of their works
- 5Philosophy3% of their works
- 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.
- Microbial Metabolites
- Sociological History
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Epistemic Practices
- Party Competition
- Imperialism
- Sustainable Development
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- Policy Change
- Leadership
- Governance
- Participation
- Bildungsungleichheit
- Social Innovation
- Global Capitalism
- Legal Methodology
- Digital Transformation
- Innovation Policy
- Organizational Change
- Human Microbiome
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
- Governance452 topics
- Leadership342 topics
- Participation241 topic
- Policy Change241 topic
- Bildungsungleichheit211 topic
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse211 topic
- Social Innovation202 topics
- Sustainable Development172 topics
- Global Capitalism121 topic
- Imperialism121 topic
- Legal Methodology121 topic
- Party Competition121 topic
- Digital Transformation101 topic
- Epistemic Practices101 topic
- Innovation Policy101 topic
- Interdisciplinary Research101 topic
- Organizational Change101 topic
- Sociological History101 topic
- Human Microbiome71 topic
- 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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