ABSTRACT The current study presents the longitudinal overview of 40 years of Luhmannian research in the Anglophone academic community by employing a quantitative content analysis. As the first study of this kind, this paper aims to explore the current topography of Luhmannian research. For the purpose, a total of 1,231 journal articles published in English were analyzed in terms of the number of articles in relation to several variables such as publication year, region, discipline, methodology, and the purpose of utilizing Luhmann. In summary, the key findings include: first, decreasing Anglo-American authors' contributions to the Luhmannian research in the English-language academic publications, as opposed to growing outputs of authors from continental Europe and other regions; second, the difference in the maturity of Luhmannian scholarship by region; third, the demonstration of the breadth and versatility of Luhmann's theory of systems; fourth, the capability of Luhmann's theory accommodating empirical research and its potential as a framework to lead fruitful research streams. This study is expected to provide a useful reference for Luhmannian researchers, as well as for authors from other research strands.

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卢曼在英语学术界的 40 年遗产：卢曼研究的定量内容分析

摘要 本研究通过定量内容分析，呈现了英语学术界 40 年来卢曼研究的纵向概览。作为此类研究的第一次，本文旨在探索卢曼研究的当前地形。为此，共对 1,231 篇英文期刊文章进行了文章数量分析，这些变量涉及出版年份、地区、学科、方法和利用 Luhmann 的目的等几个变量。总之，主要发现包括：第一，英美作者在英语学术出版物中对卢曼研究的贡献减少，而不是来自欧洲大陆和其他地区的作者的产出增加；第二，卢曼学派学术成熟度的地域差异；第三，展示了卢曼系统理论的广度和通用性；第四，卢曼理论适应实证研究的能力及其作为领导卓有成效的研究流的框架的潜力。这项研究有望为卢曼研究人员以及其他研究领域的作者提供有用的参考。