2026 Thomas G. Weiss: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	52	203	179	123	104	304	12896

Overview

Thomas G. Weiss is affiliated with The Graduate Center, CUNY in the United States and has contributed to academic research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, History and Philosophy of Science, and Management Information Systems.

Their recent published papers include:

Outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve surgery in contemporary practice, 2022, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
The 'Third' UN: Imagining Post-COVID-19 Multilateralism, 2021, Global Policy
Magnetic resonance imaging as a noninvasive adjunct to conventional assessment of functional differences between kidneys in vivo and during ex vivo normothermic machine perfusion, 2024, American Journal of Transplantation
Practice of oxygen use in anesthesiology - a survey of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, 2022, BMC Anesthesiology
Taking compact NMR to monitoring real reactions in large-scale chemical industries-General considerations and learnings from a lab-scale test case, 2020, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Weiss include:

Jesper K. Jensen
Ivy Susanne Modrau
Rorden Wilkinson
Tatiana Carayannis
Tim L. Hamelink

Publishing venues with multiple contributions from Weiss consist of:

Der Schmerzpatient (3 publications)
Global Policy
American Journal of Transplantation
Pain
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Weiss has published a book titled Routledge Handbook on the UN and Development in 2020 through Informa.

The main topics of Weiss's research work involve:

Pain Management and Treatment
Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
International Development and Aid
Peacebuilding and International Security
Global Peace and Security Dynamics
Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes

The research balances clinical insights, especially in cardiology and anesthesiology, with broader interdisciplinary interests in global policy and international development issues related to peace and security dynamics. This combination reflects a diverse intellectual engagement covering medical science as well as socio-political fields.

Best Publications

Governance, good governance and global governance: conceptual and actual challenges

Thomas G Weiss

1486
Citations
The United Nations and Changing World Politics

Thomas George Weiss;David P. Forsythe;Roger A. Coate;Kelly-Kate S. Pease

761
Citations
NGOs, the UN, and global governance

Thomas George. Weiss;Leon Gordenker

645
Citations
Global Governance and the UN: An Unfinished Journey

Ramesh Thakur;Thomas G. Weiss

474
Citations
The Sunset of Humanitarian Intervention? The Responsibility to Protect in a Unipolar Era:

Thomas G. Weiss

397
Citations
What's Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix It

Thomas George Weiss

374
Citations
Humanitarianism in Question: Politics, Power, Ethics

Michael N. Barnett;Thomas George Weiss

362
Citations
Principles, Politics, and Humanitarian Action

Thomas G. Weiss

353
Citations
Sovereignty Is No Longer Sacrosanct: Codifying Humanitarian Intervention

Jarat Chopra;Thomas G. Weiss

306
Citations
Ahead of the Curve? : UN Ideas and Global Challenges

Louis Emmerij;Richard Jolly;Thomas George Weiss

298
Citations
Rethinking Global Governance? Complexity, Authority, Power, Change

Thomas G. Weiss;Rorden Wilkinson

292
Citations
Pluralising global governance: analytical approaches and dimensions

Leon Gordenker;Thomas G Weiss

287
Citations
Misrepresenting R2P and Advancing Norms: An Alternative Spiral?

Cristina G. Badescu;Thomas G. Weiss

275
Citations
The Illusion of UN Security Council Reform

Thomas George Weiss

275
Citations
Humanitarian challenges and intervention

Thomas George Weiss;Cindy Collins

234
Citations
UN Ideas That Changed the World

Richard Jolly;Louis Emmerij;Thomas George Weiss;Kofi A. Annan

232
Citations
R2P: From Idea to Norm—and Action?

Ramesh Chandra Thakur;Thomas G. Weiss

198
Citations
Humanitarian Intervention: Ideas in Action

Thomas George Weiss

194
Citations
International Organization and Global Governance

Thomas George Weiss;Rorden Wilkinson

186
Citations
Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool: Weighing Humanitarian Impulses

Thomas G. Weiss

161
Citations
Mercy Under Fire: War And The Global Humanitarian Community

Larry Minear;Thomas George Weiss

123
Citations
What Happened to the Idea of World Government

Thomas G. Weiss

123
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Forsythe University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Rorden Wilkinson Macquarie University

Ramesh Thakur Australian National University

Francis Fukuyama Stanford University

Robert I. Rotberg Harvard University

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