Marc Stears

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Marc Stears is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc Stears has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Marc Stears's work include Political Philosophy and Ethics (8 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (7 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (4 papers). Marc Stears is often cited by papers focused on Political Philosophy and Ethics (8 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (7 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (4 papers). Marc Stears collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Marc Stears's co-authors include Elizabeth Pellicano, Melanie Heyworth, L. D. Ettlinger, Robyn Steward, Anna Urbanowicz, Iliana Magiati, Jacquiline den Houting, Jonathan Floyd, Mathew Humphrey and Joanne Mahony and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature reviews. Neuroscience and Annual Review of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Marc Stears

35 papers receiving 925 citations

Hit Papers

The Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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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.

  1. The Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies
    2013 337 citations Marc Stears et al. Oxford University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marc Stears United Kingdom 13 382 346 344 253 110 38 1.0k
Rodney Barker United Kingdom 17 468 1.2× 413 1.2× 216 0.6× 229 0.9× 65 0.6× 59 1.3k
Lawrence Blum United States 19 279 0.7× 535 1.5× 235 0.7× 94 0.4× 231 2.1× 58 1.4k
Susan Hayward Australia 12 119 0.3× 172 0.5× 186 0.5× 133 0.5× 45 0.4× 60 649
Bernhard Leidner United States 18 103 0.3× 890 2.6× 267 0.8× 141 0.6× 118 1.1× 61 1.3k
Nurit Shnabel Israel 24 112 0.3× 1.6k 4.7× 253 0.7× 422 1.7× 73 0.7× 51 2.2k
Johanna Ray Vollhardt United States 22 126 0.3× 1.3k 3.8× 224 0.7× 425 1.7× 52 0.5× 54 1.8k
Jerome Neu United States 8 66 0.2× 398 1.2× 135 0.4× 155 0.6× 162 1.5× 29 1.3k
John Christman United States 18 394 1.0× 322 0.9× 434 1.3× 187 0.7× 59 0.5× 33 1.4k
Claudia Card United States 13 332 0.9× 539 1.6× 89 0.3× 130 0.5× 65 0.6× 62 1.2k
Robert C. Roberts United States 16 150 0.4× 335 1.0× 559 1.6× 146 0.6× 68 0.6× 69 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Marc Stears

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marc Stears

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marc Stears

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marc Stears. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marc Stears 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 Marc Stears. Marc Stears is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Pellicano, Elizabeth, Gabrielle Hall, Melanie Heyworth, et al.. (2022). A capabilities approach to understanding and supporting autistic adulthood. Nature Reviews Psychology. 1(11). 624–639. 82 indexed citations
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Heyworth, Melanie, Jacquiline den Houting, Iliana Magiati, et al.. (2022). “I'm the Family Ringmaster and Juggler”: Autistic Parents' Experiences of Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Autism in Adulthood. 5(1). 24–36. 14 indexed citations
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Stears, Marc, et al.. (2022). Fear, freedom and political culture during COVID-19. Bioethics News. 40(1). 110–119. 2 indexed citations
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Goodwin, Susan, et al.. (2021). Making commissioning work: The relational gap between intent and implementation in the transition to ‘commissioning’ community services in New South Wales. Australian Journal of Public Administration. 80(3). 565–576. 2 indexed citations
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Stears, Marc. (2021). Out of the Ordinary. Harvard University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Heyworth, Melanie, Jacquiline den Houting, Iliana Magiati, et al.. (2021). “It just fits my needs better”: Autistic students and parents’ experiences of learning from home during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 1595998737–1595998737. 34 indexed citations
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Stears, Marc. (2015). Post‐democracy, democratic renewal and the recent history of British politics. 22(3). 216–219. 2 indexed citations
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Jackson, Ben & Marc Stears. (2012). Liberalism as IdeologyEssays in Honour of Michael Freeden. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Pellicano, Elizabeth & Marc Stears. (2011). Bridging autism, science and society: moving toward an ethically informed approach to autism research. Autism Research. 4(4). 271–282. 151 indexed citations
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King, Desmond & Marc Stears. (2011). How the U.S. State Works: A Theory of Standardization. Perspectives on Politics. 9(3). 505–518. 10 indexed citations
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Pellicano, Elizabeth, Ari Ne’eman, & Marc Stears. (2011). Engaging, not excluding: A reply to Walsh et al.. 2 indexed citations
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Floyd, Jonathan & Marc Stears. (2011). Political Philosophy versus History?: Contextualism And Real Politics In Contemporary Political Thought. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 30 indexed citations
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Stears, Marc. (2010). Demanding Democracy. Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Ettlinger, L. D. & Marc Stears. (2008). Political Theory: Methods and Approaches. Oxford University Press eBooks. 47 indexed citations
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Stears, Marc. (2007). Liberalism and the Politics of Compulsion. British Journal of Political Science. 37(3). 533–553. 34 indexed citations
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Humphrey, Mathew & Marc Stears. (2006). Animal rights protest and the challenge to deliberative democracy. Economy and Society. 35(3). 400–422. 22 indexed citations
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Browne, Jude & Marc Stears. (2005). Capabilities, resources, and systematic injustice: a case of gender inequality. Politics Philosophy & Economics. 4(3). 355–373. 8 indexed citations
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Stears, Marc. (1999). Needs, welfare and the limits of associationalism. Economy and Society. 28(4). 570–589. 9 indexed citations
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Shafer, Byron E. & Marc Stears. (1999). From Social Welfare to Cultural Values: The Puzzle of Postwar Change in Britain and the United States. Journal of Policy History. 11(4). 331–366.
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Stears, Marc. (1998). Guild socialism and ideological diversity on the British left, 1914–1926. Journal of Political Ideologies. 3(3). 289–306. 8 indexed citations

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