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Loet Leydesdorff

Dutch cyberneticist
Person human Q6666591

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
August 21, 1948
Date of death
March 11, 2023
Place of birth
Jakarta
Place of death
Amsterdam
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands[8]
Occupation
sociologist, economist, university teacher
Field of work
cybernetics, technology, innovation, science communication[9][10][11][12]
Educated at
University of Amsterdam[13]
Award received
Derek John de Solla Price Award[14]
Sibling
Selma Leydesdorff[24]
Official website
www.leydesdorff.net[21]
Doctoral student
Peter A.A. van den Besselaar, Koen Frenken[16][17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Dutch, English[22][23]
Family name
Leydesdorff[18]
Given name
Louis, André[19][20]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[25]
Social media followers
+1053[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Loet Leydesdorff en Loet A. Leydesdorff cs L. A. Leydesdorff cs Loet A. Leydesdorff ja ルート・ライデスドルフ nl Louis André Leydesdorff nl Loet A. Leydesdorff
🔖 Identifiers · 53
ISNI
000000011688892X
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7835-3098
VIAF cluster ID
94365271
Library of Congress authority ID
n80112847
GND ID
171293266
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Loet Leydesdorff.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
90909147
Biblioteca Nacional de México ID
000087487
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
124313522
CONOR.SI ID
10103651
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10688795
CiNii Research ID
1140563741799012736
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DBLP author ID
18/5038
DDB person (GND) ID
171293266
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
69368
Dimensions author ID
01117315427.34
Freebase ID
/m/03c4xdn
Goodreads author ID
247602
Google Scholar author ID
ych9gNYAAAAJ
IdRef ID
067022766
KBR person ID
14235664
Loop ID
310970
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
142170
Mendeley person ID
loet-leydesdorff
Moly.hu author ID
leydesdorff-loet
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA08258965
NDL Authority ID
00832378
NL CR AUT ID
mub2011624813
NLA Trove people ID
1217045
NSK (VIAF) ID
000432999
NSK ID
981005799635109366
NUKAT ID
n96403519
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007437983605171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202379191
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CVdf;=Bz
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070341923
ORKG ID
R109879
Obálky knih ID
mub2011624813
OpenMLOL author ID
363231
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
347036
Publons author ID
256982
RERO ID (legacy)
A003518500
RePEc Short-ID
ple258
ResearcherID
E-2903-2010
SHARE Catalogue author ID
772054
SSRN author ID
819652
Scopus author ID
7003954276
Semantic Scholar topic ID
672054
U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System name ID
Leydesdorff, Loet
Wellcome Collection concept ID
rnwznzn3
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkhGYY9MHBYBXPPd4q4v3
X (Twitter) username
LoetLeydesdorff
ZbMATH author ID
leydesdorff.loet

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Author of 16
AN ECO-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO CONSTRUCTING ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY MEASURES: ENDOGENIZATION OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL DIMENSION USING LOTKA–VOLTERRA EQUATIONS, Automated analysis of actor–topic networks on twitter: New approaches to the analysis of socio‐semantic networks, Can technology life-cycles be indicated by diversity in patent classifications? The crucial role of variety, Can topic models be used in research evaluations? Reproducibility, validity, and reliability when compared with semantic maps, Cited references and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) as two different knowledge representations: clustering and mappings at the paper level, Co‐word maps and topic modeling: A comparison using small and medium‐sized corpora (<i>N</i> &lt; 1,000), Full and fractional counting in bibliometric networks, Generating clustered journal maps: an automated system for hierarchical classification +8 more
← Authored by 16
AN ECO-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO CONSTRUCTING ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY MEASURES: ENDOGENIZATION OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL DIMENSION USING LOTKA–VOLTERRA EQUATIONS, Automated analysis of actor–topic networks on twitter: New approaches to the analysis of socio‐semantic networks, Can technology life-cycles be indicated by diversity in patent classifications? The crucial role of variety, Can topic models be used in research evaluations? Reproducibility, validity, and reliability when compared with semantic maps, Cited references and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) as two different knowledge representations: clustering and mappings at the paper level, Co‐word maps and topic modeling: A comparison using small and medium‐sized corpora (<i>N</i> &lt; 1,000), Full and fractional counting in bibliometric networks, Generating clustered journal maps: an automated system for hierarchical classification +8 more
Affiliated with 4
University of Amsterdam, Birkbeck, University of London, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
Field of work 4
technology, innovation, cybernetics, science communication
Occupation 3
economist, sociologist, university teacher
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Dutch
Award received 1
Derek John de Solla Price Award
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Educated at 1
University of Amsterdam
Given name 1
André
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Jakarta
Place of death 1
Amsterdam
Sex or gender 1
male
← Winner 1
Derek John de Solla Price Award
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Summary

Loet Leydesdorff was born on August 21, 1948[1], in Jakarta[2]. He died on March 11, 2023[3], in Amsterdam[4]. He worked as a sociologist[5], economist[6], and university teacher[7].

FAQs

Where was Loet Leydesdorff born?

Loet Leydesdorff was born in Jakarta[2].

Where did Loet Leydesdorff die?

Loet Leydesdorff died in Amsterdam[4].

What did Loet Leydesdorff do for work?

Loet Leydesdorff worked as a sociologist[5], economist[6], and university teacher[7].

Where did Loet Leydesdorff go to school?

Loet Leydesdorff was educated at University of Amsterdam[13].

What awards did Loet Leydesdorff receive?

Honors received include Derek John de Solla Price Award[14].

Related Entities

Bushehr University of Medical Sciences cybernetics innovation Kingdom of the Netherlands University of Amsterdam

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  2. [4] ↑ . LinkedIn. linkedin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . uva.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [6] ↑ . Research Papers in Economics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . LinkedIn. Retrieved . linkedin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . ORCID iD. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . folia.nl. folia.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NLA Trove people ID → 1217045
    Citizenship → —
    Family name → Leydesdorff
    Given name → Louis, André
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