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1285

Thomas Nagel publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas Nagel sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 140 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Thomas Nagel D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas Nagel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - International Balzan Prize
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1966 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Thomas Nagel is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and environmental science, with a significant focus on environmental engineering, civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, and geophysics.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Thomas Nagel has contributed to publications in leading venues such as:

  • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Environmental Earth Sciences
  • Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Olaf Kolditz
  • Jörg Buchwald
  • Jobst Maßmann
  • Wenqing Wang
  • Keita Yoshioka

Notable recent papers by Thomas Nagel include:

  • "A numerical investigation of slope stability influenced by the combined effects of reservoir water level fluctuations and precipitation: A case study of the Bianjiazhai landslide in China" (2021), published in Engineering Geology
  • "A reliable numerical analysis for large-scale modelling of a high-level radioactive waste repository in the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone" (2021), published in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • "Upscaling THM modeling from small-scale to full-scale in-situ experiments in the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone" (2021), published in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • "The use of feed-forward and cascade-forward neural networks to determine swelling potential of clayey soils" (2023), published in Computers and Geotechnics
  • "A comprehensive review of deep borehole heat exchangers (DBHEs): subsurface modelling studies and applications" (2024), published in Geothermal Energy

Thomas Nagel has also authored several books, including:

  • What Is It Like to Be a Bat? (2024), published by Oxford University Press
  • GeomInt-Discontinuities in Geosystems From Lab to Field Scale (2023), published by Springer Nature (Netherlands)
  • War and Moral Responsibility (2021), published by Princeton University Press

Awards received by Thomas Nagel include:

  • International Balzan Prize (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1981)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1966)

Best Publications

  • What is it like to be a bat

    Thomas Nagel

  • The view from nowhere

    Thomas Nagel

  • The view from nowhere

    Unknown

  • The Problem of Global Justice

    Thomas Nagel

  • The Possibility of Altruism

    Thomas Nagel

  • Equality and partiality

    Thomas Nagel

  • Mind and cosmos : why the materialist neo-Darwinian conception of nature is almost certainly false

    Thomas Nagel

  • The Myth of Ownership

    Liam Murphy;Thomas Nagel

  • Mortal Questions: Moral Luck

    Unknown

  • Brain bisection and the unity of consciousness

    Thomas Nagel

  • Moral conflict and political legitimacy

    Thomas Nagel

  • Concealment and Exposure

    Thomas Nagel

  • The View from Nowhere.

    Christopher Peacocke;Thomas Nagel

  • The Myth of Ownership: Taxes and Justice

    Liam B. Murphy;Thomas Nagel

  • Equality and Partiality

    Gerald Dworkin;Thomas Nagel

  • Justice and nature

    Thomas Nagel

  • War and massacre

    Thomas Nagel

  • Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief

    Ronald Dworkin;Thomas Nagel;Robert Nozick;John Rawls

  • Personal Rights and Public Space

    Thomas Nagel

  • Rawls on justice

    Thomas Nagel

  • Libertarianism without Foundations

    Thomas Nagel;Robert Nozick

  • Conceiving the Impossible and the Mind-Body Problem

    Thomas Nagel

  • Review of E thics and the Limits of Philosophy

    Thomas Nagel;Bernard Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald Dworkin
Ronald Dworkin New York University
John Finnis
John Finnis University of Oxford
Kenneth J. Arrow
Kenneth J. Arrow Stanford University
Jules L. Coleman
Jules L. Coleman New York University
Brian Leiter
Brian Leiter University of Chicago
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams University of Oxford
Jeremy Waldron
Jeremy Waldron New York University
Martha Craven Nussbaum
Martha Craven Nussbaum University of Chicago
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas Goethe University Frankfurt
Andrei Marmor
Andrei Marmor Cornell University

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