James Rachels

90 total papers · 3.5k total citations
49 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

James Rachels is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, James Rachels has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 7 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in James Rachels's work include Ethics in medical practice (7 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (6 papers) and Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (5 papers). James Rachels is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in medical practice (7 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (6 papers) and Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (5 papers). James Rachels collaborates with scholars based in United States. James Rachels's co-authors include William Ruddick, Stuart Rachels, David E. Cooper, ROBERT L. ARRINGTON, Frank A. Tillman, Philippa Foot and Carl M. Kjellstrand and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology and The Journal of Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

James Rachels

43 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
James Rachels 425 374 369 323 307 49 1.5k
R. S. Downie 458 1.1× 456 1.2× 308 0.8× 366 1.1× 257 0.8× 89 2.1k
Margaret Urban Walker 475 1.1× 246 0.7× 511 1.4× 308 1.0× 191 0.6× 55 1.5k
John Hardwig 341 0.8× 420 1.1× 380 1.0× 370 1.1× 106 0.3× 23 1.3k
Roger Crisp 340 0.8× 166 0.4× 262 0.7× 601 1.9× 509 1.7× 90 1.6k
Rebecca Kukla 312 0.7× 314 0.8× 416 1.1× 298 0.9× 105 0.3× 58 1.5k
Carl Elliott 382 0.9× 529 1.4× 146 0.4× 236 0.7× 249 0.8× 81 1.5k
John Christman 273 0.6× 162 0.4× 321 0.9× 450 1.4× 437 1.4× 33 1.4k
F. M. Kamm 284 0.7× 122 0.3× 264 0.7× 623 1.9× 729 2.4× 88 1.4k
Lawrence Blum 270 0.6× 82 0.2× 532 1.4× 312 1.0× 235 0.8× 58 1.4k
Alan Gewirth 209 0.5× 94 0.3× 443 1.2× 311 1.0× 216 0.7× 74 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Rachels

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Rachels

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