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Karl-Dieter Opp

Karl-Dieter Opp

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
39
Citations
7335
World Ranking
5616
National Ranking
152

Karl-Dieter Opp 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 Karl-Dieter Opp sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 190 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karl-Dieter Opp 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 Karl-Dieter Opp sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Karl-Dieter Opp is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany, focusing primarily on social sciences with significant engagement in sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, safety research, statistical and nonlinear physics, and political science and international relations.

Their research spans topics including economic theory and institutions, experimental behavioral economics studies, economic theories and models, contemporary sociological theory and practice, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, opinion dynamics and social influence, as well as electoral systems and political participation.

Recent published papers by Karl-Dieter Opp include:

  • The recent turn in analytical sociology: The dismissal of general theories, mental states, and analytic philosophy - and the old issue of mechanism explanations (2024) published in Social Science Information
  • Rational Choice Theory and Social Movements (2022) published in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
  • What a Theory of Social Norms and Institutions Should Look Like (2020) published in Analyse & Kritik
  • How to integrate theories of norm emergence. The example of James S. Coleman's and Robert C. Ellickson's theories (2025) published in Rationality and Society

Karl-Dieter Opp has collaborated frequently with coauthors Peter Hartmann and Petra Hartmann.

Their works have appeared repeatedly in these publication venues:

  • Social Science Information
  • The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
  • Analyse & Kritik
  • Rationality and Society

They have authored book publications including one titled The Rationality Of Political Protest: A Comparative Analysis Of Rational Choice Theory (2021), published by the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology, which has been cited 106 times.

Karl-Dieter Opp is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Personal Influence, Collective Rationality, and Mass Political Action

    Steven E. Finkel;Edward N. Muller;Karl-Dieter Opp

  • RATIONAL CHOICE AND REBELLIOUS COLLECTIVE ACTION

    Edward N. Muller;Karl-Dieter Opp

  • Dissident Groups, Personal Networks, and Spontaneous Cooperation: The East German Revolution of 1989

    Karl-Dieter Opp;Christiane Gern

  • Repression, Micromobilization, and Political Protest

    Karl-Dieter Opp;Wolfgang Roehl

  • Theories of Political Protest and Social Movements: A Multidisciplinary Introduction, Critique, and Synthesis

    Karl-Dieter Opp

  • Contending Conceptions of the Theory of Rational Action

    Karl-Dieter Opp

  • Probing the character of norms : A factorial survey analysis of the norms of political action

    Guillermina Jasso;Karl Dieter Opp

  • Grievances and Participation in Social Movements

    Karl-Dieter Opp

  • Einführung in die Mehrvariablenanalyse : Grundlagen der Formulierung und Prüfung komplexer sozialwissenschaftlicher Aussagen

    Karl-Dieter Opp;Peter Schmidt

  • Party Identification and Participation in Collective Political Action

    Steven E. Finkel;Karl-Dieter Opp

  • Repression and Revolutionary Action: East Germany in 1989

    Karl-Dieter Opp

  • THE EVOLUTIONARY EMERGENCE OF NORMS

    Karl‐Dieter Opp

  • Soft Incentives and Collective Action: Participation in the Anti-Nuclear Movement

    Karl-Dieter Opp

  • The Rationality Of Political Protest: A Comparative Analysis Of Rational Choice Theory

    Karl-Dieter Opp;Peter Hartmann;Petra Hartmann

  • DER FAKTORIELLE SURVEY UND DIE MESSUNG VON NORMEN

    Michael Beck;Karl-Dieter Opp

  • Methodologie der Sozialwissenschaften

    Karl-Dieter Opp

  • Postmaterialism, Collective Action, and Political Protest

    Karl-Dieter Opp

  • The rationality of political protest

    Karl-Dieter Opp

  • How do norms emerge? An outline of a theory

    Karl-Dieter Opp

  • Social Institutions: Their Emergence, Maintenance, and Effects

    Karl-Dieter Opp

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven E. Finkel
Steven E. Finkel University of Pittsburgh
Michael Hechter
Michael Hechter Arizona State University
Jack Andrew Goldstone
Jack Andrew Goldstone George Mason University
Dirk Helbing
Dirk Helbing ETH Zurich
Guillermina Jasso
Guillermina Jasso New York University
Edward J. Lawler
Edward J. Lawler Cornell University
Lewis A. Coser
Lewis A. Coser Brandeis University
Gadi Wolfsfeld
Gadi Wolfsfeld Reichman University
George Klosko
George Klosko University of Virginia
Andreas Diekmann
Andreas Diekmann Leipzig University

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