50 most cited works of 1976-1983

In 1987, Eugene Garfield published an article in Essays Of An Information Scientist (Vol. 10, 1987) that listed the most frequently cited works in the Arts & Humanities Index between 1976-1983. As you might expect, it's a heady list. Here's the top ten:

1. T.S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. 1962

2. J. Joyce, Ulysses. 1922

3. N. Frye, Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. 1957

4. L. Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations

5. N. Chomsky, Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. 1965

6. M. Foucault, The Order of Things. 1966

7. J. Derrida, Of Grammatology

8. R. Barthes, S/Z. 1970

9. M. Heidegger, Being and Time. 1927

10. E.R. Curtius, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages. 1948

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