E. Thomas Lawson

1.7k total citations
33 papers, 716 citations indexed

About

E. Thomas Lawson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, E. Thomas Lawson has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 716 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Philosophy and 8 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in E. Thomas Lawson's work include Religion and Society Interactions (11 papers), Study and Philosophy of Religion (11 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (9 papers). E. Thomas Lawson is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (11 papers), Study and Philosophy of Religion (11 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (9 papers). E. Thomas Lawson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. E. Thomas Lawson's co-authors include Robert N. McCauley, Justin L. Barrett, A. Javier Treviño, Julianne Holt‐Lunstad, Sarah M. Coyne, Jennifer Hahn‐Holbrook, Colin Holbrook, Pierre Liénard, Jan Platvoet and Krishnan Kannoorpatti and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Science, Archives of Disease in Childhood and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

E. Thomas Lawson

26 papers receiving 600 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
E. Thomas Lawson United States 14 404 222 203 142 99 33 716
Ilkka Pyysiäinen Finland 12 354 0.9× 199 0.9× 184 0.9× 179 1.3× 108 1.1× 43 611
Candace S. Alcorta United States 7 462 1.1× 220 1.0× 219 1.1× 68 0.5× 111 1.1× 19 674
Uffe Schjoedt Denmark 13 321 0.8× 290 1.3× 257 1.3× 95 0.7× 187 1.9× 33 730
Jonathan A. Lanman United Kingdom 9 562 1.4× 414 1.9× 198 1.0× 51 0.4× 161 1.6× 22 825
Martin Lang Czechia 16 408 1.0× 374 1.7× 129 0.6× 43 0.3× 141 1.4× 58 806
John H. Shaver New Zealand 17 389 1.0× 270 1.2× 149 0.7× 33 0.2× 109 1.1× 45 718
Stephen Phillips Finland 4 190 0.5× 346 1.6× 138 0.7× 30 0.2× 36 0.4× 10 536
Paulo Sousa United Kingdom 17 275 0.7× 392 1.8× 36 0.2× 56 0.4× 394 4.0× 31 694
Rachel E. Watson‐Jones United States 8 173 0.4× 285 1.3× 76 0.4× 15 0.1× 86 0.9× 10 484
Marc Malmdorf Andersen Denmark 12 131 0.3× 116 0.5× 34 0.2× 32 0.2× 105 1.1× 23 355

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Fields of papers citing papers by E. Thomas Lawson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. Thomas Lawson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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White, Claire, Justin L. Barrett, Pascal Boyer, et al.. (2025). The cognitive science of religion: past, present, and possible futures. Religion Brain & Behavior. 1–26.
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Kundt, Radek, Jonathan Jong, Donald Wiebe, et al.. (2020). Naturalism and Protectionism in the Study of Religions. Bloomsbury Academic eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Lawson, E. Thomas, Jane Stuart‐Smith, James M. Scobbie, et al.. (2015). Dynamic Dialects: an articulatory web resource for the study of accents. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 5 indexed citations
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Lawson, E. Thomas, et al.. (2015). Rethinking Conventional Wisdom: Ecological Effects on Potential Danger Preoccupation Salience. Human Ecology. 43(4). 589–599. 3 indexed citations
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Eilam, David, et al.. (2013). Are Motor Collective Rituals as Rigid as They Seem? A Test Case of a Zulu Wedding Dance. Journal of Cognition and Culture. 13(1-2). 17–32. 11 indexed citations
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Lawson, E. Thomas, et al.. (2012). Mobile Web Apps - The Non-programmer's Alternative to Native Applications. 8–15. 14 indexed citations
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Lawson, E. Thomas, et al.. (2006). Minds and gods : the cognitive foundations of religion. Oxford University Press eBooks. 90 indexed citations
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Lawson, E. Thomas, Timothy Light, & Brian C. Wilson. (2004). Religion as a human capacity : a festschrift in honor of E. Thomas Lawson. BRILL eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Lewis‐Williams, David, E. Thomas Lawson, Knut Helskog, David S. Whitley, & Paul Mellars. (2003). Review Feature: A review of The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art by David Lewis-Williams. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. ISBN 0-500-05117-8 hardback £18.95 & US$29.95; 320 pp., 66 figs., 29 colour plates. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 13(2). 263–279. 1 indexed citations
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McCauley, Robert N. & E. Thomas Lawson. (2002). Bringing Ritual to Mind. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 252 indexed citations
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Andresen, Jensine, Benson Saler, Ilkka Pyysiäinen, et al.. (2001). Religion in Mind. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations
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Lawson, E. Thomas & Robert N. McCauley. (1998). Interactionism and the Non-Obviousness of Scientific Theories: a Response To Michael P. Levine. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 10(1). 61–77. 3 indexed citations
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Lawson, E. Thomas. (1996). Theory and the new comparativism, old and new. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 8(1). 31–35. 7 indexed citations
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Platvoet, Jan, E. Thomas Lawson, & Robert N. McCauley. (1993). Rethinking Religion: Connecting Cognition and Culture. Numen. 40(2). 189–189. 17 indexed citations
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Lawson, E. Thomas & Robert N. McCauley. (1993). Crisis of Conscience, Riddle of Identity. Journal of the American Academy of Religion. LXI(2). 201–223. 19 indexed citations
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Martin, Luther H., Donald Wiebe, & E. Thomas Lawson. (1990). The Study of Religion in Its Social-Scientific Context: a Perspective On the 1989 Warsaw Conference On Methodology. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 2(1). 98–101.
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McCauley, Robert N. & E. Thomas Lawson. (1984). Functionalism Reconsidered. History of Religions. 23(4). 372–381. 7 indexed citations
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Lawson, E. Thomas, et al.. (1978). Autumn Meeting, Cambridge, 16 and 17 September 1977. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 53(3). 259–263. 1 indexed citations
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Lawson, E. Thomas. (1976). Ritual as language. Religion. 6(2). 123–139. 3 indexed citations

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