Nancy Tuana

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Nancy Tuana is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy Tuana has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Nancy Tuana's work include Climate Change and Geoengineering (13 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (10 papers) and Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies (8 papers). Nancy Tuana is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Geoengineering (13 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (10 papers) and Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies (8 papers). Nancy Tuana collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and South Africa. Nancy Tuana's co-authors include Shannon Sullivan, Klaus Keller, Marlos Góes, Petra Tschakert, Neville Ellis, Mark New, Carmen E. Elrick‐Barr, Carmen Lawrence, Jon Barnett and David J. Pannell and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Global Environmental Change and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

Nancy Tuana

70 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Race and Epistemologies of Ignorance 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 200 400 600
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. Race and Epistemologies of Ignorance
    2007 707 citations Nancy Tuana et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nancy Tuana United States 24 1.4k 430 346 266 247 75 2.5k
Carolyn Merchant United States 17 1.3k 0.9× 304 0.7× 205 0.6× 259 1.0× 217 0.9× 52 3.2k
Catherine Porter United Kingdom 21 917 0.7× 224 0.5× 253 0.7× 215 0.8× 210 0.9× 77 2.9k
Dorothy Nelkin United States 31 1.9k 1.4× 159 0.4× 261 0.8× 214 0.8× 177 0.7× 163 4.4k
Stephen Turner United States 27 1.7k 1.3× 150 0.3× 507 1.5× 434 1.6× 233 0.9× 252 3.6k
Bronislaw Szerszynski United Kingdom 22 1.8k 1.3× 659 1.5× 237 0.7× 312 1.2× 220 0.9× 68 3.2k
Gerald E. Markle United States 15 821 0.6× 228 0.5× 180 0.5× 82 0.3× 131 0.5× 42 2.1k
Val Plumwood Australia 19 989 0.7× 273 0.6× 169 0.5× 258 1.0× 169 0.7× 42 2.7k
David Howarth United Kingdom 23 1.3k 0.9× 183 0.4× 1.0k 2.9× 136 0.5× 198 0.8× 88 2.7k
Donald Braman United States 23 4.2k 3.0× 578 1.3× 330 1.0× 180 0.7× 146 0.6× 54 5.4k
David Livingstone United Kingdom 26 1.2k 0.9× 220 0.5× 288 0.8× 133 0.5× 217 0.9× 141 3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Nancy Tuana

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nancy Tuana

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nancy Tuana

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nancy Tuana. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nancy Tuana 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 Nancy Tuana. Nancy Tuana 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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Helgeson, Casey, Sönke Dangendorf, Elisabeth Gilmore, et al.. (2025). Exploratory Scoping of Place‐Based Opportunities for Convergence Research. Earth s Future. 13(3). 1 indexed citations
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Helgeson, Casey, Klaus Keller, Robert E. Nicholas, et al.. (2024). Integrating Values to Improve the Relevance of Climate‐Risk Research. Earth s Future. 12(10).
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Tuana, Nancy, et al.. (2020). Editors' Introduction Tango Dancing with María Lugones: Toward Decolonial Feminisms. 8(1). 1–24. 1 indexed citations
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Tuana, Nancy. (2020). From a Lifeboat Ethic to Anthropocenean Sensibilities. Environmental Philosophy. 17(1). 101–123. 2 indexed citations
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Tuana, Nancy, Ryan L. Sriver, Toby Svoboda, et al.. (2012). Towards Integrated Ethical and Scientific Analysis of Geoengineering: A Research Agenda. Ethics Policy & Environment. 15(2). 136–157. 33 indexed citations
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Haqq‐Misra, Jacob, et al.. (2011). Ethics as an Integral Component of Geoengineering Analysis. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Svoboda, Toby, Klaus Keller, Marlos Góes, & Nancy Tuana. (2011). Sulfate aerosol geoengineering: the question of justice. Public Affairs Quarterly. 25(3). 35 indexed citations
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Góes, Marlos, Klaus Keller, & Nancy Tuana. (2010). The economics and ethics of aerosol geoengineering strategies. EGUGA. 3659. 1 indexed citations
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Schienke, Erich W., Seth D. Baum, Nancy Tuana, K. J. Davis, & Klaus Keller. (2010). Intrinsic Ethics Regarding Integrated Assessment Models for Climate Management. Science and Engineering Ethics. 17(3). 503–523. 30 indexed citations
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Góes, Marlos, et al.. (2009). The economics (or lack thereof) of aerosol geoengineering. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 5694. 1 indexed citations
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Tuana, Nancy. (2007). Human-Environment Interactions: A Plea for the Humanities. Nature and Culture. 2(2). 210–222. 2 indexed citations
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Frodeman, Robert, Julie Thompson Klein, Carl Mitcham, & Nancy Tuana. (2007). Introduction: New Directions/Cities and Rivers: Interdisciplinary Studies in Knowledge Production. Nature and Culture. 2(2). 176–187. 2 indexed citations
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Frodeman, Robert, Julie Thompson Klein, Carl Mitcham, & Nancy Tuana. (2007). Introduction—New Directions/Cities and Rivers: Interdisciplinary Studies in Knowledge Production. Nature and Culture. 2(2). 176–187. 1 indexed citations
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Frodeman, Robert, Julie Thompson Klein, Carl Mitcham, & Nancy Tuana. (2007). Interdisciplinary studies in science, technology, and society: “New Directions: Science, Humanities, Policy”. Technology in Society. 29(2). 145–152. 6 indexed citations
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Tuana, Nancy. (2006). The Speculum of Ignorance: The Women's Health Movement and Epistemologies of Ignorance. Hypatia. 21(3). 1–19. 198 indexed citations
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Tuana, Nancy. (1994). Feminist interpretations of Plato. 34 indexed citations
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Bartky, Sandra Lee, Marilyn Friedman, William R. Harper, et al.. (1992). Letters to the Editor. 65(7). 55–55.
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Tuana, Nancy & Maxine Sheets‐Johnstone. (1988). Announcements. Hypatia. 3(2). 185–190. 1 indexed citations
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Tuana, Nancy. (1986). Re-Presenting the World: Feminism and the Natural Sciences. Frontiers A Journal of Women Studies. 8(3). 73–73. 6 indexed citations

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