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Researcher · Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights · Netherlands

Jeff McMahan

Jeff McMahan publishes mostly in Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as War, Ethics, and Justification, Torture, Ethics, and Law and Global Peace and Security Dynamics.

OpenAlex
World rank
#37,140
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Netherlands
#769
of 23,481
Works
43
Citations
222
Citations per work
5.2

What does Jeff McMahan research?

Philosophy: 27.1%Political Science and International Relations: 22.0%Sociology and Political Science: 22.0%Cognitive Neuroscience: 6.8%other fields: 22.1%27%top field
Philosophy27.1%Political Science and International Relations22.0%Sociology and Political Science22.0%Cognitive Neuroscience6.8%other fields22.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Philosophy27% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations22% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science22% of their works
  4. 4Cognitive Neuroscience7% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions3% of their works
  6. 6Law3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Jeff McMahan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ethics, Humanitarian Intervention, Responsibility, Human Rights, Just War Theory, Self-Defense, Guantanamo and Torture.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Ethics262 topics
  2. Humanitarian Intervention202 topics
  3. Responsibility172 topics
  4. Human Rights152 topics
  5. Just War Theory141 topic
  6. Self-Defense141 topic
  7. Guantanamo121 topic
  8. Torture121 topic
  9. Security Council92 topics
  10. International Law61 topic
  11. Responsibility to Protect61 topic
  12. Global Governance31 topic
  13. International Criminal Law31 topic
  14. Sense of Agency31 topic
  15. Voluntary Action31 topic
  16. American founding21 topic
  17. Constitutional government21 topic
  18. Ethical Climate21 topic
  19. Moral Distress21 topic
  20. Anthrax11 topic
  21. Tularemia11 topic

Where does Jeff McMahan work?

Jeff McMahan's main affiliation in the publication record is Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Netherlands.

How many publications and citations does Jeff McMahan have?

Science Explorer counts 43 works and 222 citations for Jeff McMahan, ranking #37,140 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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