Rawls: 250,000
Quine: 146,000
Kant: 119,000
Rorty: 105,000
Foucault: 62,300
Nietzsche: 38,500
Hegel: 38,500
Heidegger: 38,300
Derrida: 26,900
Wittgenstein: 25,400
Deleuze: 23,600
Husserl: 20,000
Lacan: 21,300
Gadamer: 16,600
Zizek: 15,400
What are we to conclude from this hierarchy? Apparently, academia is working hard on Rawls, Quine, Kant and Rorty. Foucault is surprisingly up there. The Continental three of Nietzsche, Hegel and Heidegger are next, while Derrida, Wittgenstein and Deleuze are hanging in there. Lagging behind are Husserl, Lacan, Gadamer and Zizek.
Go to Google Scholar and enter your favorite philosopher to see how he or she ranks comparatively since 2009.
J.S. says
July 15, 2014 at 7:56 pmWhy no Searle? 76,791
Wayne Schroeder says
July 15, 2014 at 9:07 pmGood catch–an oversight–may be others.
J.Sully says
July 16, 2014 at 2:56 amWe’ve come full circle – they transferred the impact factor model to the web, and they’ve now transferred it back to academia.
Alex says
July 30, 2014 at 8:17 amHow come there’s no Lewis on this list? Isn’t he supposed to be one of the most quoted analytic philosophers?
Wayne Schroeder says
July 30, 2014 at 10:34 amDavid Lewis has 956,000 citations since 2009.
Wayne Schroeder says
July 30, 2014 at 10:39 amDavid Lewis has 241,00 citations since 2009 according to Google Scholar. Each philosopher has to be checked individually on the site.