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Arthur L. Caplan 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 Arthur L. Caplan sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 745 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Arthur L. Caplan 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 Arthur L. Caplan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 79 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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

  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Arthur L. Caplan is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's work addresses major topics that include:

  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Ethics in medical practice

Arthur L. Caplan has contributed to several publication venues with notable frequency. These venues include:

  • The American Journal of Bioethics
  • Journal of Medical Ethics
  • The Lancet
  • Fertility and Sterility
  • Science

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, some of their most common coauthors are:

  • Gwendolyn P. Quinn (15 joint publications)
  • Rafael Dal-Ré (11 joint publications)
  • Renée DiResta (10 joint publications)
  • Rekha Lakshmanan (10 joint publications)
  • Brendan Parent (10 joint publications)

Recent papers by Arthur L. Caplan include:

  • Ventilator Triage Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic at U.S. Hospitals Associated With Members of the Association of Bioethics Program Directors, 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Ophthalmology, 2021, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Confronting the evolution and expansion of anti-vaccine activism in the USA in the COVID-19 era, 2023, The Lancet
  • Adverse Consequences of Rushing a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, 2020, JAMA
  • Clarifying the Language of Clinician Distress, 2020, JAMA

Arthur L. Caplan was awarded the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1994.

Best Publications

  • All Gifts Large and Small

    Dana Katz;Arthur L. Caplan;Jon F. Merz

  • Assessment of the 12-lead electrocardiogram as a screening test for detection of cardiovascular disease in healthy general populations of young people (12-25 years of age): a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.

    Barry J. Maron;Richard A. Friedman;Paul Kligfield;Benjamin D. Levine

  • All Gifts Large and Small: Toward an Understanding of the Ethics of Pharmaceutical Industry Gift-Giving

    Dana Katz;Arthur L. Caplan;Jon F. Merz

  • Solid-Organ Transplantation in HIV-Infected Patients

    Scott D Halpern;Peter A Ubel;Arthur L Caplan

  • Public policy governing organ and tissue procurement in the United States. Results from the National Organ and Tissue Procurement Study.

    Laura A. Siminoff;Robert M. Arnold;Arthur L. Caplan;Beth A. Virnig

  • Concepts of Health and Disease: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    Arthur L. Caplan;H. Tristram Engelhardt;James J. McCartney

  • Everyday Matters in the Lives of Nursing Home Residents: Wish for and Perception of Choice and Control

    Rosalie A. Kane;Arthur L. Caplan;Ene K. Urv-Wong;Iris C. Freeman

  • Neurotalk: improving the communication of neuroscience research

    Judy Illes;Mary Anne Moser;Jennifer B. McCormick;Eric Racine

  • Appropriate Use of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration — Fundamental Principles and Recommendations

    David Casarett;Jennifer Kapo;Arthur Caplan

  • Consent and anonymization in research involving biobanks: differing terms and norms present serious barriers to an international framework.

    Bernice Simone Elger;Arthur L. Caplan

  • Revised SHEA Position Paper: Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel

    Thomas R. Talbot;Hilary Babcock;Arthur L. Caplan;Deborah Cotton

  • Rationing Failure: The Ethical Lessons of the Retransplantation of Scarce Vital Organs

    Peter A. Ubel;Robert M. Arnold;Arthur L. Caplan

  • Randomised controlled trials for Ebola: practical and ethical issues

    Clement Adebamowo;Oumou Bah-Sow;Fred Binka;Roberto Bruzzone

  • Fair Allocation of Intensive Care Unit Resources

    Paul N. Lanken;Peter B. Terry;Diane C. Adler;Jo Ann Brooks-Brunn

  • Ventilator Triage Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic at U.S. Hospitals Associated With Members of the Association of Bioethics Program Directors.

    Armand H. Matheny Antommaria;Tyler S. Gibb;Amy L. McGuire;Paul Root Wolpe

  • Ethical Considerations in Synthesizing a Minimal Genome

    Mildred K. Cho;Mildred K. Cho;David Magnus;Arthur L. Caplan;Daniel McGee

  • No time to waste--the ethical challenges created by CRISPR: CRISPR/Cas, being an efficient, simple, and cheap technology to edit the genome of any organism, raises many ethical and regulatory issues beyond the use to manipulate human germ line cells.

    Arthur L Caplan;Brendan Parent;Michael Shen;Carolyn Plunkett;Carolyn Plunkett

  • Survival of adult bone marrow transplant patients receiving mechanical ventilation: A case for restricted use

    K Faber-Langendoen;A L Caplan;P B McGlave

  • A national study of ethics committees.

    Glenn McGee;Joshua P. Spanogle;Arthur L. Caplan;David A. Asch

  • Conflicts of Interest in Cardiovascular Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Todd B. Mendelson;Michele Meltzer;Eric G. Campbell;Arthur L. Caplan

  • A History and Theory of Informed Consent

    Arthur L. Caplan

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Turow
Joseph Turow University of Pennsylvania
Casey H. Halpern
Casey H. Halpern University of Pennsylvania
Robert M. Arnold
Robert M. Arnold Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Peter A. Ubel
Peter A. Ubel Duke University
Daniel Callahan
Daniel Callahan Hastings Center
Jon F. Merz
Jon F. Merz University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin S. Wilfond
Benjamin S. Wilfond University of Washington
George J. Annas
George J. Annas Boston University
Bruce Jennings
Bruce Jennings Vanderbilt University
Robert D. Truog
Robert D. Truog Harvard University

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