Alan Collins

34.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
180 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Alan Collins is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Nephrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Collins has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 23 papers in Nephrology. Recurrent topics in Alan Collins's work include Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (23 papers), Art History and Market Analysis (12 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (11 papers). Alan Collins is often cited by papers focused on Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (23 papers), Art History and Market Analysis (12 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (11 papers). Alan Collins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mongolia. Alan Collins's co-authors include Gerald L. Clore, Andrew Ortony, Daniel G. Bobrow, Paul Duguid, John Seely Brown, Martin Snell, Nikolaos Antonakakis, Samuel Cameron, Colin Black and Chris Hand and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Communications of the ACM and European Journal of Operational Research.

In The Last Decade

Alan Collins

171 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Cognitive Structure o... 1975 2026 1992 2009 1988 1989 1975 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Cognitive Structure of Emotions
    1988 3.6k citations Alan Collins et al. profile →
  2. Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning
    1989 1.2k citations Alan Collins et al. profile →
  3. Representation and Understanding: Studies in Cognitive Science
    1975 825 citations Daniel G. Bobrow, Alan Collins profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alan Collins 2.4k 1.7k 1.7k 1.3k 1.1k 180 9.5k
Ken Kelley 1.5k 0.6× 300 0.2× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 517 0.5× 77 8.4k
Mo Wang 3.6k 1.5× 896 0.5× 3.6k 2.1× 1.1k 0.9× 261 0.2× 374 15.0k
Dustin Tingley 1.1k 0.5× 834 0.5× 4.8k 2.9× 757 0.6× 307 0.3× 124 13.9k
Mike W.‐L. Cheung 1.7k 0.7× 172 0.1× 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 611 0.6× 104 9.5k
James H. Steiger 4.2k 1.8× 518 0.3× 3.0k 1.8× 3.3k 2.6× 1.4k 1.3× 63 18.2k
Jeroen K. Vermunt 1.7k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 2.6k 1.6× 1.4k 1.1× 492 0.5× 290 12.6k
Gary Klein 3.4k 1.5× 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 761 0.6× 842 0.8× 146 11.5k
Douglas G. Bonett 4.9k 2.1× 580 0.3× 4.8k 2.8× 2.1k 1.6× 1.0k 0.9× 107 22.6k
Albert Satorra 3.9k 1.7× 374 0.2× 2.7k 1.6× 2.4k 1.9× 1.0k 0.9× 87 14.7k
Ronald K. Hambleton 2.6k 1.1× 765 0.4× 1.5k 0.9× 2.1k 1.6× 2.0k 1.8× 243 15.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Collins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Collins

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Collins, Alan, et al.. (2025). Rising energy costs and heterogeneous innovation outcomes in Thailand. Energy Economics. 145. 108438–108438.
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Collins, Alan, et al.. (2024). Promoting sustainable and high‐quality economic development in China via regional innovation poles. Journal of Regional Science. 64(3). 671–699. 1 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan. (2024). Joke economics: the low profile of comedy in the economics of arts and culture. Journal of Cultural Economics. 48(3). 339–346.
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McKenzie, Jordi, et al.. (2024). No such thing as a free movie? Cross-country evidence on the potential impact of AVOD streaming services. Journal of Cultural Economics. 49(3). 407–433. 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Ian, et al.. (2023). Persistently non-compliant employment practice in the informal economy: permissive visibility in a multiple regulator setting. Cambridge Journal of Economics. 47(3). 611–632. 1 indexed citations
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Fang, Jing, Alan Collins, & Shujie Yao. (2021). On the global COVID-19 pandemic and China’s FDI. Journal of Asian Economics. 74. 101300–101300. 75 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan, Alessio Ishizaka, & Jen Snowball. (2016). Film production incentives, employment transformation and domestic expenditure in South Africa: visualizing subsidy effectiveness. International Journal of Cultural Policy. 25(2). 204–217. 7 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan, et al.. (2016). Analysing Household and Intra-urban Variants in the Consumption of Financial Services: Uncovering “Exclusion” in an English City. Journal of Consumer Policy. 39(2). 199–221. 13 indexed citations
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Antonakakis, Nikolaos & Alan Collins. (2015). The impact of fiscal austerity on suicide mortality: Evidence across the ‘Eurozone periphery’. Social Science & Medicine. 145. 63–78. 50 indexed citations
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Antonakakis, Nikolaos & Alan Collins. (2014). The impact of fiscal austerity on suicide: On the empirics of a modern Greek tragedy. Social Science & Medicine. 112. 39–50. 95 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan. (2013). Norm diffusion and ASEAN's adoption and adaption of global HIV/AIDS norms. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific. 13(3). 369–397. 15 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan, et al.. (2010). Still Big in Bangkok? An Empirical Analysis of the Regional Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in Thailand. International Journal of the Economics of Business. 17(3). 329–348. 5 indexed citations
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Black, Colin, David C. Broadstock, Alan Collins, & Lester C. Hunt. (2007). The derived demand for traffic at food superstores in the UK: A semi-parametric regression approach. Rivista Internazionale di Economia dei Trasporti. 34(3). 1000–1025. 4 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan, et al.. (2006). The UK Project Appraisal Framework for Ports: A Critique. Journal of transport economics and policy. 40(1). 161–171. 5 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan & Salim Mujais. (2002). Introduction. Kidney International. 62(81). S1–S2. 12 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan, et al.. (1995). Trunk Road Investment, Environmental Costs and Bureaucracy. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan, et al.. (1994). Aircraft Noise and Residential Property Values: An Artificial Neural Network Approach. Journal of transport economics and policy. 28(2). 175–197. 51 indexed citations
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Bassendine, Margaret F., et al.. (1983). Prospective study of post-transfusion hepatitis after cardiac surgery in a British centre.. BMJ. 287(6403). 1422–1424. 41 indexed citations
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Stevens, Albert L., et al.. (1978). Diagnosing Students' Misconceptions in Causal Models.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 5 indexed citations
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Bobrow, Daniel G. & Alan Collins. (1975). Representation and Understanding: Studies in Cognitive Science. 825 indexed citations breakdown →

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