Alan Thomas
Impact in
- Philosophy top 1%
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Biological Psychiatry top 10%
Papers in
- Philosophy 20
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory 15
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics 11
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- Political Philosophy and Ethics 17
- Co-authors
- Tim Allen (3 shared papers)Philip Pettit (1 shared paper)Alfred Archer (6 shared papers)Bart Engelen (5 shared papers)Niels van de Ven (1 shared paper)Jagannath Aryal (1 shared paper)Bill Dennison (1 shared paper)Marc Wuyts (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (3 papers)Journal of Affective Disorders (2 papers)European Journal of Political Theory (2 papers)Philosophical Papers (2 papers)Alzheimer s & Dementia (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomNetherlandsAustralia
In The Last Decade
Alan Thomas
72 papers receiving 1.2k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 149
- Philosophy 253
- Biological Psychiatry 32
- History and Philosophy of Science 49
- Development 36
- Business and International Management 18
Countries citing papers authored by Alan Thomas
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Thomas
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Alan Thomas, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003 | 214 | |
| 2 | Poverty and development into the 21st century | 2000 | 189 |
| 3 | 1995 | 134 | |
| 4 | 2002 | 84 | |
| 5 | Poverty and development in the 1990s | 1992 | 73 |
| 6 | 2018 | 69 | |
| 7 | 2008 | 47 | |
| 8 | 2001 | 39 | |
| 9 | 2006 | 33 | |
| 10 | 2015 | 33 | |
| 11 | 2016 | 32 | |
| 12 | 2021 | 31 | |
| 13 | Finding out fast : investigative skills for policy and development | 1998 | 31 |
| 14 | 1991 | 29 | |
| 15 | 1994 | 28 | |
| 16 | 2022 | 25 | |
| 17 | The expanding eye: Photography and the nineteenth-century mind | 1977 | 21 |
| 18 | 2009 | 19 | |
| 19 | 2005 | 17 | |
| 20 | Research Skills for Policy and Development: How to Find Out Fast | 2007 | 15 |
About Alan Thomas
Alan Thomas is a scholar working on Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Cognitive Neuroscience and General Health Professions, having authored 82 papers that have together received 1.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Political Philosophy and Ethics (17 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (15 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (11 papers), Free Will and Agency (7 papers), Political Economy and Marxism (7 papers), Ethics in medical practice (5 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (5 papers) and Economic Theory and Institutions (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Philosophy (253 citations), Biological Psychiatry (32 citations), History and Philosophy of Science (49 citations), Development (36 citations) and Business and International Management (18 citations). Alan Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Tim Allen, Philip Pettit, Alfred Archer, Bart Engelen, Niels van de Ven, Jagannath Aryal, Bill Dennison, Marc Wuyts, Joanna Chataway and Giles Mohan. Their work appears in journals such as Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Journal of Affective Disorders, European Journal of Political Theory, Philosophical Papers and Alzheimer s & Dementia.
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