| Theoretical foundations of the web: cognition, communication, and co-operation. Towards an understanding of Web 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 C Fuchs, W Hofkirchner, M Schafranek, C Raffl, M Sandoval, R Bichler Future internet 2 (1), 41-59, 2010 | 443 | 2010 |
| Emergent information: A unified theory of information framework W Hofkirchner World Scientific, 2012 | 200 | 2012 |
| General system theory W Hofkirchner, M Schafranek Philosophy of complex systems, 177-194, 2011 | 122 | 2011 |
| Special Issue The Quest for a Unified Theory of Information W Hofkirchner Gordon & Breach, 1997 | 122 | 1997 |
| Is a Unified Theory of Information Feasible? A Trialogue 1 R Capurro, P Fleissner, W Hofkirchner Quest For A Unified Theory, 9-30, 2013 | 96 | 2013 |
| The dialectic of bottom-up and top-down emergence in social systems C Fuchs, W Hofkirchner tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a …, 2005 | 87 | 2005 |
| Self‐organization, knowledge and responsibility C Fuchs, W Hofkirchner Kybernetes 34 (1/2), 241-260, 2005 | 82 | 2005 |
| Chapter 6 Autopoiesis and Critical Social Systems Theory C Fuchs, W Hofkirchner Advanced series in management, 111-129, 2010 | 81 | 2010 |
| Emergent information. Towards a unified information theory P Fleissner, W Hofkirchner BioSystems 38 (2-3), 243-248, 1996 | 80 | 1996 |
| Floridi’s “open problems in philosophy of information”, ten years later GD Crnkovic, W Hofkirchner Information 2 (2), 327-359, 2011 | 74 | 2011 |
| How to achieve a unified theory of information W Hofkirchner tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a …, 2009 | 71 | 2009 |
| A critical social systems view of the internet W Hofkirchner Philosophy of the Social Sciences 37 (4), 471-500, 2007 | 70 | 2007 |
| Projekt Eine Welt: Kognition-Kommunikation-Kooperation: Versuch über die Selbstorganisation der Informationsgesellschaft W Hofkirchner LIT Verlag Münster, 2002 | 68 | 2002 |
| Informatio revisited. Wider den dinglichen Informationsbegriff P Fleissner, W Hofkirchner Informatik Forum 3, 126, 1995 | 65 | 1995 |
| Emergence and the logic of explanation. An argument for the unity of science W Hofkirchner Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica, Mathematics, Computing and Management in …, 1998 | 61 | 1998 |
| Studienbuch informatik und gesellschaft C Fuchs, W Hofkirchner BoD–Books on Demand, 2003 | 60 | 2003 |
| Ludwig von Bertalanffy forerunner of evolutionary systems theory H Wolfgang JAIST Press, 2005 | 59 | 2005 |
| The dialectical tragedy of the concept of wholeness. Ludwig von Bertalanffy's biography revisited D Pouvreau, W Hofkirchner ISCE Publishing, 2009 | 56 | 2009 |
| Social relations: building on Ludwig von Bertalanffy W Hofkirchner Systems Research and Behavioral Science 36 (3), 263-273, 2019 | 54 | 2019 |
| Twenty questions about a unified theory of information: A short exploration into information from a complex systems view W Hofkirchner ISCE Publishing, 2010 | 43 | 2010 |