Shelly Kagan

128 total papers · 3.3k total citations
34 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Shelly Kagan is a scholar working on Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Shelly Kagan has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Philosophy, 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Shelly Kagan's work include Philosophical Ethics and Theory (10 papers), Political Philosophy and Ethics (8 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 papers). Shelly Kagan is often cited by papers focused on Philosophical Ethics and Theory (10 papers), Political Philosophy and Ethics (8 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 papers). Shelly Kagan collaborates with scholars based in United States. Shelly Kagan's co-authors include Peter Vallentyne, Michael Slote, Dan W. Brock and F. M. Kamm and has published in prestigious journals such as Perspectives on Psychological Science, The Journal of Philosophy and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

In The Last Decade

Shelly Kagan

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Shelly Kagan 706 607 309 202 150 34 1.3k
Т. М. Scanlon 763 1.1× 633 1.0× 545 1.8× 389 1.9× 191 1.3× 37 1.6k
Thomas Hurka 677 1.0× 409 0.7× 351 1.1× 328 1.6× 117 0.8× 66 1.1k
Ruth Chang 556 0.8× 349 0.6× 253 0.8× 179 0.9× 101 0.7× 24 1.1k
Richard Joyce 673 1.0× 664 1.1× 111 0.4× 220 1.1× 90 0.6× 47 1.3k
Rosalind Hursthouse 558 0.8× 469 0.8× 139 0.4× 230 1.1× 244 1.6× 32 1.2k
David O. Brink 927 1.3× 686 1.1× 315 1.0× 305 1.5× 142 0.9× 63 1.6k
F. M. Kamm 623 0.9× 729 1.2× 349 1.1× 264 1.3× 284 1.9× 88 1.4k
Włodek Rabinowicz 675 1.0× 360 0.6× 212 0.7× 107 0.5× 42 0.3× 57 1.1k
Richard Kraut 929 1.3× 256 0.4× 273 0.9× 240 1.2× 131 0.9× 76 1.5k
Russ Shafer‐Landau 992 1.4× 728 1.2× 159 0.5× 148 0.7× 169 1.1× 39 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Shelly Kagan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shelly Kagan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shelly Kagan

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

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