John Broome

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

John Broome is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Broome has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 14 papers in Philosophy and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in John Broome's work include Philosophical Ethics and Theory (14 papers), Economic Theory and Institutions (9 papers) and Political Philosophy and Ethics (8 papers). John Broome is often cited by papers focused on Philosophical Ethics and Theory (14 papers), Economic Theory and Institutions (9 papers) and Political Philosophy and Ethics (8 papers). John Broome collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. John Broome's co-authors include Amartya Sen, Geoffrey Brennan, James M. Buchanan, Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Luigi Lodovico Pasinetti, Alessandro Roncaglia, F. M. Kamm, Włodek Rabinowicz, Adam Morton and K. J. Arrow and has published in prestigious journals such as The Economic Journal, The Review of Economic Studies and Operations Research.

In The Last Decade

John Broome

80 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Inequality Reexamined. 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 500 1000 1.5k
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. Inequality Reexamined.
    1993 1.8k citations John Broome et al. The Economic Journal profile →

Author Peers

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

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John Broome 1.6k 1.4k 955 818 603 84 4.6k
Marc Fleurbaey 1.6k 1.0× 2.6k 1.8× 798 0.8× 259 0.3× 733 1.2× 207 5.0k
John Rawls 3.8k 2.4× 1.0k 0.7× 4.5k 4.7× 2.3k 2.8× 762 1.3× 69 9.3k
Ronald Dworkin 2.3k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 3.3k 3.5× 1.3k 1.6× 632 1.0× 144 7.8k
Russell Hardin 1.9k 1.2× 737 0.5× 1.3k 1.4× 180 0.2× 240 0.4× 97 4.0k
Jules L. Coleman 1.1k 0.7× 668 0.5× 1.5k 1.6× 499 0.6× 231 0.4× 78 3.8k
Brian Barry 1.5k 0.9× 507 0.4× 1.7k 1.8× 381 0.5× 285 0.5× 110 3.7k
David L. Sills 1.7k 1.1× 521 0.4× 785 0.8× 175 0.2× 306 0.5× 59 4.7k
Stanley Feldman 6.0k 3.8× 854 0.6× 4.3k 4.5× 150 0.2× 391 0.6× 63 9.6k
Bertil Tungodden 1.3k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 351 0.4× 70 0.1× 191 0.3× 150 4.0k
Yew‐Kwang Ng 837 0.5× 1.7k 1.2× 196 0.2× 119 0.1× 201 0.3× 218 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by John Broome

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Broome

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Broome

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Broome. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Broome based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Broome. John Broome is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Broome, John. (2020). Responses to Commentaries on ‘Rationality Versus Normativity’. Australasian Philosophical Review. 4(4). 393–401. 1 indexed citations
2.
Broome, John. (2018). Reason Fundamentalism and What Is Wrong With It. Oxford University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Broome, John, et al.. (2017). Trump and Climate Change. The Philosophers Magazine. 22–22. 1 indexed citations
4.
Broome, John. (2016). The Well-Being of Future Generations. Oxford University Press eBooks. 901–928. 8 indexed citations
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Broome, John, et al.. (2016). IX?How Does Coherence Matter?.
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Broome, John. (2015). General and Personal Good. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Broome, John. (2010). Is this Truly an Idea of Justice?. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. 11(4). 623–625. 2 indexed citations
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Broome, John. (2005). Anti-Money Laundering. 149 indexed citations
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Broome, John. (1998). Coercive Powers and the Australian National Crime Authority: A Practitioner's Defence. Australian Journal of Politics & History. 44(3). 431–444. 1 indexed citations
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Broome, John. (1994). Discounting the Future. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 118 indexed citations
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Broome, John. (1994). Fairness versus Doing the Most Good. The Hastings Center Report. 24(4). 36–36. 26 indexed citations
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Broome, John. (1994). Discounting the Future. Philosophy & Public Affairs. 23(2). 128–156. 118 indexed citations
13.
Broome, John & Adam Morton. (1994). The Value of a Person. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume. 68(1). 167–198. 12 indexed citations
14.
Broome, John. (1992). The Value of Living. Recherches économiques de Louvain. 58(2). 125–142. 12 indexed citations
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Broome, John. (1989). Should Social Preferences Be Consistent?. Economics and Philosophy. 5(1). 7–18. 7 indexed citations
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Broome, John. (1988). Good, Fairness and QALYs. 23. 57–73. 3 indexed citations
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Broome, John. (1984). Indefiniteness in Identity. Analysis. 44(1). 6–6. 5 indexed citations
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Broome, John. (1984). Uncertainty and Fairness. The Economic Journal. 94(375). 624–624. 62 indexed citations
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Broome, John. (1984). Selecting People Randomly. Ethics. 95(1). 38–55. 91 indexed citations
20.
Broome, John. (1975). An Important Theorem on Income Tax. The Review of Economic Studies. 42(4). 649–649. 6 indexed citations

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