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Researcher · University of Alabama at Birmingham · United States

James A. Rachels

James A. Rachels publishes mostly in Philosophy, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, on topics such as Ethics in medical practice, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Philosophical Ethics and Theory.

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World rank
#686,567
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#232,501
of 1,627,098
Works
91
Citations
3.5k
Citations per work
38.8
h-index
22
i10-index 31Top 3.6% in Philosophy
James A. Rachels

What does James A. Rachels research?

James A. Rachels's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (29%), Health Professions (14%), Social Sciences (14%).

Social Sciences: 39 works · 42.9% of their workArts and Humanities: 27 works · 29.4% of their workPhilosophy: 21 works · 23.3% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 works · 6.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 12 works · 13.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 8 works · 9.2% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 works · 4.3% of their workEverything else: 28 works · 31.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 23 works · 25.8% of their workHealth Professions: 12 works · 13.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 12 works · 13.5% of their workMedicine: 11 works · 12.3% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 works · 12.3% of their workTHEIR WORKJames A. Rachels91works
Health Sciences26%Social Sciences43%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities2729.4%
    2. Social Sciences1213.5%
  2. Everything else2831.3%
    1. Health Professions1213.5%
    2. Medicine1112.3%
  1. 1Philosophy23% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions14% of their works
  3. 3Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health12% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James A. Rachels's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ethical Climate, Moral Distress, Ethics, Religion, End-of-Life, Palliative Care, Moral Realism and Virtue Ethics.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Ethical Climate181 topic
  2. Moral Distress181 topic
  3. Ethics172 topics
  4. Religion152 topics
  5. End-of-Life121 topic
  6. Palliative Care121 topic
  7. Moral Realism101 topic
  8. Virtue Ethics101 topic
  9. Problem of Evil91 topic
  10. Theodicy91 topic
  11. Acceptance81 topic
  12. Evolutionary Theory81 topic
  13. Climate Change71 topic
  14. Environment71 topic
  15. Global Justice61 topic
  16. Human Rights61 topic
  17. Medical Ethics61 topic
  18. Pediatric61 topic

Where does James A. Rachels work?

James A. Rachels's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States.

How many publications and citations does James A. Rachels have?

OpenAlex counts 91 works and 3,527 citations for James A. Rachels, an h-index of 22, ranking #686,567 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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