John Rawls

53.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
69 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

John Rawls is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, John Rawls has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in John Rawls's work include Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies (10 papers), Political Philosophy and Ethics (7 papers) and Ethics and bioethics in healthcare (4 papers). John Rawls is often cited by papers focused on Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies (10 papers), Political Philosophy and Ethics (7 papers) and Ethics and bioethics in healthcare (4 papers). John Rawls collaborates with scholars based in United States, Costa Rica and Germany. John Rawls's co-authors include Erin I. Kelly, Thaddeus Metz, Stephen Darwall, Stephen Toulmin, Cathérine Audard, R. M. Hare, Barbara Herman, Philippe Van Parijs, M. Victoria Camps Cervera and Joël Feinberg and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

John Rawls

64 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

Justice as Fairness: A Res... 1951 2026 1976 2001 2002 1999 1971 1955 1980 500 1000 1.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Rawls United States 30 4.5k 3.8k 2.3k 1.0k 1.0k 69 9.3k
Philip Pettit Australia 47 3.9k 0.9× 3.1k 0.8× 2.6k 1.1× 1.6k 1.5× 1.1k 1.1× 256 9.2k
Robert E. Goodin Australia 48 5.6k 1.2× 4.4k 1.2× 990 0.4× 477 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 261 11.1k
Michael Walzer United States 34 4.4k 1.0× 5.0k 1.3× 1.9k 0.8× 343 0.3× 535 0.5× 177 9.1k
Ronald Dworkin United States 34 3.3k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 787 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 144 7.8k
Alasdair MacIntyre United States 35 1.5k 0.3× 3.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 612 0.6× 308 0.3× 184 9.2k
Iris Marion Young United States 37 3.4k 0.8× 6.3k 1.7× 984 0.4× 327 0.3× 285 0.3× 106 12.1k
Hannah Arendt United States 38 5.9k 1.3× 7.6k 2.0× 3.4k 1.4× 372 0.4× 253 0.3× 215 14.6k
Onora O’Neill United Kingdom 36 1.8k 0.4× 1.6k 0.4× 1.9k 0.8× 939 0.9× 256 0.3× 116 5.9k
Max Weber United States 46 3.1k 0.7× 7.3k 2.0× 757 0.3× 205 0.2× 1.1k 1.1× 287 13.0k
Jeremy Waldron United States 39 3.5k 0.8× 2.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 414 0.4× 528 0.5× 229 5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by John Rawls

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Rawls

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Rawls

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Rawls. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Rawls 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 Rawls. John Rawls 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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Rawls, John. (2018). La justicia como equidad. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15 indexed citations
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Rawls, John. (2009). Cincuenta años después de Hiroshima. Co-herencia. 6(10). 33–42. 5 indexed citations
3.
Rawls, John. (2009). A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith. Harvard University Press eBooks. 42 indexed citations
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Rawls, John. (2007). Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy. Harvard University Press eBooks. 130 indexed citations
5.
Kukathas, Chandran & John Rawls. (2003). Principles of justice. Routledge eBooks.
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Rawls, John. (2003). Justicia como equidad. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 5(13). 129–158. 27 indexed citations
7.
Rawls, John & Barbara Herman. (2002). Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy. Tijdschrift voor Philosophie. 64(1). 35 indexed citations
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Rawls, John. (2001). The Law of Peoples. The Philosophical Quarterly. 51(203). 61 indexed citations
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Rawls, John, et al.. (1998). El liberalismo político. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. 356–356. 26 indexed citations
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Habermas, Jürgen, et al.. (1997). Débat sur la justice politique. Cerf eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Rawls, John. (1995). Reply to Habermas. The Journal of Philosophy. 92(3). 132–180. 134 indexed citations
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Lee, Won Jin, et al.. (1991). John Rawls: For the Record. 1(1). 38–47. 5 indexed citations
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Rawls, John. (1990). Justicia como imparcialidad: política, no metafísica. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation). 42(127). 11–229. 3 indexed citations
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Rawls, John, et al.. (1990). Sobre las libertades. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 19 indexed citations
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Rawls, John, et al.. (1988). L'idée d'un consensus par recoupement. Revue de métaphysique et de morale. 93(1). 3–32. 3 indexed citations
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Rawls, John. (1980). Construction and Objectivity. The Journal of Philosophy. 77(9). 554–572. 5 indexed citations
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Rawls, John. (1980). Rational and Full Autonomy. The Journal of Philosophy. 77(9). 515–535. 186 indexed citations
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Rawls, John. (1980). Representation of Freedom and Equality. The Journal of Philosophy. 77(9). 535–554. 2 indexed citations
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Rawls, John. (1973). Some Ordinalist-Utilitarian Notes on Rawls's Theory of Justice. The Journal of Philosophy. 70(9). 245–263. 208 indexed citations
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Hare, R. M. & John Rawls. (1973). Rawls' Theory of Justice--II. The Philosophical Quarterly. 23(92). 241–241. 30 indexed citations

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