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Google Scholar citations–a measure of academic importance:

July 15, 2014 by Wayne Schroeder 6 Comments

rawls theory of justiceA scan of Google Scholar revealed the following citations since 2009 for philosophers:

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.

 

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Comments

  1. J.S. says

    July 15, 2014 at 7:56 pm

    Why no Searle? 76,791

    Reply
    • Wayne Schroeder says

      July 15, 2014 at 9:07 pm

      Good catch–an oversight–may be others.

      Reply
  2. J.Sully says

    July 16, 2014 at 2:56 am

    We’ve come full circle – they transferred the impact factor model to the web, and they’ve now transferred it back to academia.

    Reply
  3. Alex says

    July 30, 2014 at 8:17 am

    How come there’s no Lewis on this list? Isn’t he supposed to be one of the most quoted analytic philosophers?

    Reply
  4. Wayne Schroeder says

    July 30, 2014 at 10:34 am

    David Lewis has 956,000 citations since 2009.

    Reply
  5. Wayne Schroeder says

    July 30, 2014 at 10:39 am

    David Lewis has 241,00 citations since 2009 according to Google Scholar. Each philosopher has to be checked individually on the site.

    Reply

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