(These are scholarly monographs on Nietzsche published originally in English. Citations are rounded to the nearest 10.)
Rank by total citations
Rank |
Author |
Book |
Year first published |
Total citations |
1 |
Alexander Nehamas (emeritus, Princeton) |
Nietzsche: Life as Literature |
1985 |
2410 |
2 |
Walter Kaufmann (late of Princeton) |
Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist |
1950 |
2220 |
3 |
Maudemarie Clark (UC Riverside; also emerita, Colgate) |
Nietzsche on Truth and Philosophy |
1990 |
1070 |
4 |
Brian Leiter (Chicago) |
Nietzsche on Morality |
2002 |
990 |
5 |
Arthur Danto (late of Columbia) |
Nietzsche as Philosopher |
1965 |
870 |
Rank by citations per year since publication
Rank |
Author |
Book |
Year first published |
Citations per year |
1 |
Alexander Nehamas (emeritus, Princeton) |
Nietzsche: Life as Literature |
1985 |
67 |
2 |
Brian Leiter (Chicago) |
Nietzsche on Morality |
2002 |
52 |
3 |
Bernard Reginster (Brown) |
The Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihlism |
2006 |
43 |
4 |
Maudemarie Clark (UC Riverside; also emerita, Colgate) |
Nietzsche on Truth and Philosophy |
1990 |
35 |
5 |
Walter Kaufmann (late of Princeton) |
Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist |
1950 |
31 |