Alan Thomas

2.5k total citations
65 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alan Thomas is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Thomas has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 15 papers in Philosophy and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Alan Thomas's work include Political Philosophy and Ethics (13 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (10 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (7 papers). Alan Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Political Philosophy and Ethics (13 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (10 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (7 papers). Alan Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Australia. Alan Thomas's co-authors include Tim Allen, Philip Pettit, Niels van de Ven, Bart Engelen, Alfred Archer, Jagannath Aryal, Bill Dennison, Marc Wuyts, Joanna Chataway and Giles Mohan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Biological Psychiatry and Journal of Affective Disorders.

In The Last Decade

Alan Thomas

57 papers receiving 960 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Thomas United Kingdom 15 290 176 168 151 121 65 1.1k
Nancy Sherman United States 22 228 0.8× 126 0.7× 370 2.2× 282 1.9× 224 1.9× 78 1.8k
Mark J. Stern United States 22 660 2.3× 179 1.0× 22 0.1× 168 1.1× 81 0.7× 128 1.8k
Elizabeth Potter Australia 20 260 0.9× 88 0.5× 68 0.4× 192 1.3× 400 3.3× 53 2.0k
Michael White United States 18 208 0.7× 28 0.2× 84 0.5× 86 0.6× 42 0.3× 106 1.5k
Frank Brown United States 24 373 1.3× 74 0.4× 100 0.6× 118 0.8× 308 2.5× 107 2.1k
Karen Jones United Kingdom 12 380 1.3× 136 0.8× 358 2.1× 290 1.9× 26 0.2× 34 1.4k
Alan Finlayson United Kingdom 27 569 2.0× 804 4.6× 108 0.6× 367 2.4× 324 2.7× 103 2.6k
Stephen Pfohl United States 16 410 1.4× 85 0.5× 95 0.6× 20 0.1× 58 0.5× 38 1.2k
Jennifer Harris United States 22 285 1.0× 176 1.0× 19 0.1× 326 2.2× 362 3.0× 85 2.7k
G. Mitu Gulati Ireland 18 492 1.7× 100 0.6× 91 0.5× 63 0.4× 431 3.6× 102 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Thomas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Malpetti, Maura, Paul C. Donaghy, Alan Thomas, et al.. (2025). Polygenic risk discriminates Lewy body dementia from Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(2). e14381–e14381.
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Thomas, Alan. (2024). Virtue, Authenticity and Irony: Themes from Sartre and Williams. Topoi. 43(2). 403–412. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (2024). The Ethical Philosophy of Bernard Williams. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (2023). Is the Democratization of Central Banking a Technocratic Problem?. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Thomas, Alan. (2020). Freeman on Property-Owning Democracy. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (2020). Full Employment, Unconditional Basic Income and the Keynesian Critique of Rentier Capitalism. Basic Income Studies. 15(1). 7 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (2016). Republic of Equals: Predistribution and Property-Owning Democracy. OUP Catalogue. 8 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (2016). Rawls, Piketty and the New Inequality. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (2016). Republic of Equals. Oxford University Press eBooks. 29 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (2011). Virtue ethics and an ethics of care : Complementary or in conflict?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(14). 132–151. 6 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (2009). Perceptual Presence and the Productive Imagination. Philosophical Topics. 37(1). 153–174. 13 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (2005). The Permissibility of Prerogative Grounded Incentives in Liberal Egalitarianism. Papyrus : Institutional Repository (Université de Montréal). 3(1). 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (2003). Depression and vascular disease: what is the relationship?. Journal of Affective Disorders. 79(1-3). 81–95. 201 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (2002). A neuropathological study of periventricular white matter hyperintensities in major depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 76(1-3). 49–54. 80 indexed citations
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Allen, Tim & Alan Thomas. (2000). Poverty and development into the 21st century. Oxford University Press eBooks. 158 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (1998). The Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and Perspective in the Research Process [Book Review]. Rural Society. 8(3). 289. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (1997). MINIMALISM VERSUS QUASI-REALISM: WHY THE MINIMALIST HAS A DIALECTICAL ADVANTAGE. Philosophical Papers. 26(3). 233–239. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (1994). Attacked from all sides: The UK 20 per cent in the arms market?. The RUSI Journal. 139(1). 43–45. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan, et al.. (1983). Third World Atlas. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 14 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan. (1981). Photography of the Indian: Concept and Practice on the Northwest Coast. BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly. 61–85. 2 indexed citations

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