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Hans-Georg Gadamer

Hans-Georg Gadamer

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
52
Citations
27269
World Ranking
2352
National Ranking
66

Hans-Georg Gadamer publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hans-Georg Gadamer sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 215 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Hans-Georg Gadamer D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hans-Georg Gadamer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hans-Georg Gadamer was primarily affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany. Their research spanned the main field of Arts and Humanities, focusing especially on Philosophy.

The subfields of their work included:

  • Philosophy
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Archeology
  • General Social Sciences
  • Clinical Psychology

The main topics Gadamer explored in their research encompassed:

  • Classical Philosophy and Thought
  • Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
  • Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
  • Philosophical Thought and Analysis
  • Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics

Throughout their career, Gadamer published several papers in various scholarly venues. Some recent publications included:

  • "Music and Time," 2021, Epoché A Journal for the History of Philosophy
  • "Tasks of Philosophy in the Present Age," 2020, Philosophy Today
  • "Pain: Reflections of a Philosopher," 2020, The Journal of Continental Philosophy
  • "La dialéctica no es la sofística. Teeteto aprende esto en El sofista (Primera parte)," 2021, Theoría Revista del Colegio de Filosofía
  • "The Diversity of Languages and Understanding the World," 2024, Epoché A Journal for the History of Philosophy

The frequent publication venues for Gadamer's work included:

  • Theoría Revista del Colegio de Filosofía
  • Epoché A Journal for the History of Philosophy
  • The Journal of Continental Philosophy
  • Archiv für Begriffsgeschichte
  • Philosophy Today

Gadamer also released books with different publishers. Notable titles were:

  • Ethics, Aesthetics and the Historical Dimension of Language, published by Bloomsbury Publishing plc in 2022
  • Ancient Sources, Modern Appropriations, Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2025
  • Die Gegenwart der Griechen im neueren Denken, Mohr Siebeck eBooks, 2025

Their research collaborations involved frequent coauthors such as:

  • Cynthia R. Nielsen
  • María Teresa Padilla Longoria
  • Jacques Derrida
  • Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
  • Ian Moore

Best Publications

  • Truth and Method

    Hans Georg Gadamer;Joel Weinsheimer;Donald G. Marshall

  • Vérité et méthode : les grandes lignes d'une herméneutique philosophique

    Hans Georg Gadamer

  • Wahrheit und Methode

    Hans-Georg Gadamer

  • Wahrheit und Methode, Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik

    Hans Georg Gadamer

  • El giro hermenéutico

    Hans-Georg Gadamer;Arturo Parada

  • Reason in the Age of Science

    Hans Georg Gadamer;Frederick G. Lawrence

  • The conflict of interpretations

    Hans-Georg Gadamer;Paul Ricoeur

  • Mito y razón

    Hans-Georg Gadamer

  • The relevance of the beautiful and other essays

    Hans-Georg Gadamer;N. Walker;R. Bernasconi

  • The Enigma of Health: The Art of Healing in a Scientific Age

    Hans Georg Gadamer

  • Hermeneutics and social science

    Hans-Georg Gadamer

  • The Problem of Historical Consciousness

    Hans-Georg Gadamer;Hans Fantel

  • The Enigma of Health

    H. G. Gadamer;J. Gaiger;N. Walker

  • Verdad y método II

    Hans Georg Gadamer

  • Zeitschichten : Studien zur Historik

    Reinhart Koselleck;Hans Georg Gadamer

  • Auch eine Philosophie der Geschichte zur Bildung der Menschheit

    Johann Gottfried Herder;Hans Georg Gadamer

  • Dialogue and Dialectic: Eight Hermeneutical Studies on Plato

    Hans Georg Gadamer;P. Christopher Smith

  • La philosophie herméneutique

    Hans Georg Gadamer;Jean Grondin

  • Hermeneutik und Ideologiekritik

    Karl-Otto Apel;Claus von Bormann;Rüdiger Bubner;Hans Georg Gadamer

  • The Gadamer Reader: A Bouquet of the Later Writings

    Hans Georg Gadamer;Richard E. Palmer

  • Classical and Philosophical Hermeneutics

    Hans-Georg Gadamer

  • Seminar: die Hermeneutik und die Wissenschaften

    Gottfried Boehm;Hans-Georg Gadamer

  • The Relevance of the Beautiful and Other Essays

    Richard J. Bernstein;Hans-Georg Gadamer;N. Walker;R. Bernasconi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida École Normale Supérieure
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas Goethe University Frankfurt
Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur Université Paris Cité
Aristotle
Aristotle Ancient Greece
Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger Philipp University of Marburg
Roman Jakobson
Roman Jakobson Harvard University

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