Saturday, November 6, 2021

Most cited Anglophone books on Nietzsche according to Google Scholar

(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