Gerald Gaus

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Gerald Gaus is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald Gaus has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 24 papers in Philosophy and 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Gerald Gaus's work include Political Philosophy and Ethics (32 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (18 papers) and Economic Theory and Institutions (9 papers). Gerald Gaus is often cited by papers focused on Political Philosophy and Ethics (32 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (18 papers) and Economic Theory and Institutions (9 papers). Gerald Gaus collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Gerald Gaus's co-authors include Robert Boguslaw, Thomas Christiano, Kevin Vallier, Chandran Kukathas, Robert Shaver, Fred D’Agostino, John Thrasher, Loren Ε. Lomasky, Shaun Nichols and Jeremy Waldron and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The Philosophical Review and The Journal of Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

Gerald Gaus

88 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

The Order of Public Reason: A Theory of Freedom and Morality in a Diverse and Bounded World

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerald Gaus United States	22	1.0k	727	621	348	279	93	2.1k
Erin I. Kelly United States	8	848 0.8×	719 1.0×	361 0.6×	196 0.6×	202 0.7×	21	1.8k
Elizabeth Anderson United States	22	772 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	440 0.7×	213 0.6×	221 0.8×	48	2.2k
Jeremy Bentham Netherlands	22	628 0.6×	775 1.1×	313 0.5×	312 0.9×	216 0.8×	113	2.2k
Philippe Van Parijs Belgium	28	1.5k 1.5×	1.4k 1.9×	274 0.4×	558 1.6×	95 0.3×	186	3.2k
Joshua Cohen United States	17	2.0k 2.0×	1.5k 2.1×	333 0.5×	284 0.8×	91 0.3×	33	3.6k
David Weberman United States	7	472 0.5×	806 1.1×	299 0.5×	68 0.2×	102 0.4×	16	2.0k
Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart	3	850 0.8×	582 0.8×	288 0.5×	276 0.8×	177 0.6×	3	2.0k
Christian Lenhardt Canada	5	567 0.6×	925 1.3×	367 0.6×	71 0.2×	111 0.4×	6	2.3k
Walter E. Block United States	19	354 0.3×	627 0.9×	132 0.2×	1.0k 2.9×	115 0.4×	454	2.2k
Simone Chambers United States	23	1.7k 1.7×	1.6k 2.2×	226 0.4×	106 0.3×	35 0.1×	55	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerald Gaus

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All Works

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Gaus, Gerald. (2019). What Might Democratic Self-Governance in a Complex Social World Look Like?. San Diego law review. 56(4). 967. 5 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (2019). The Modern Liberal Theory of Man. 5 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (2018). The Tyranny of the Ideal. Princeton University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (2018). Political Concepts and Political Theories. 1 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (2016). The Tyranny of the Ideal. Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Brink, David O., Gerald Gaus, Jeremy Waldron, et al.. (2015). The Original Position. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (2015). On Dissing Public Reason: A Reply to Enoch. Ethics. 125(4). 1078–1095. 9 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (2013). On Theorizing about Public Reason. Hrčak Portal of scientific journals of Croatia (University Computing Centre). 9(1). 2 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (2013). Moral Constitutions. 19. 4–22. 5 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (2011). A Tale of Two Sets: Public Reason in Equilibrium. Public Affairs Quarterly. 25(4). 18 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (2011). On Seeking the Truth (Whatever That Is) through Democracy: Estlund’s Case for the Qualified Epistemic Claim. Ethics. 121(2). 270–300. 14 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald, et al.. (2010). Essays on Philosophy, Politics & Economics: Integration & Common Research Projects. Stanford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (2008). The (Severe) Limits of Deliberative Democracy as the Basis for Political Choice. Theoria. 55(117). 6 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (2003). Contemporary theories of liberalism. 51 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (1998). Crowding Out Virtue: Bruno S. Frey, Not Just for the Money: An Economic Theory of Personal Motivation, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1997. Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform. 5(4). 509–511. 258 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (1997). Looking for the Best and Finding None Better. The Modern Schoolman. 74(4). 277–284. 4 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (1996). Justificatory Liberalism An Essay on Epistemology and Political Theory. 123 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald. (1996). An Essay on Rights by Hillel Steiner. The Journal of Philosophy. 93(4). 203–207. 1 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald & Robert B. Louden. (1994). Morality and Moral Theory: A Reappraisal and Reaffirmation.. The Philosophical Review. 103(2). 390–390. 1 indexed citations

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Gaus, Gerald & Loren Ε. Lomasky. (1990). Are Property Rights Problematic?. The Monist. 73(4). 483–503. 14 indexed citations

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