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Dan W. Brock 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 Dan W. Brock sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 196 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dan W. Brock 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 Dan W. Brock sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% 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

  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Dan W. Brock was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. They contributed to research spanning multiple disciplines, especially including history, paleontology, and computer vision and pattern recognition. Their work notably intersected with historical and archaeological studies, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, as well as image processing and 3D reconstruction.

During their career, Dan W. Brock published in several scholarly venues. Key publication venues included:

  • Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
  • Internet Archaeology

Their recent papers illustrate the range of their research interests. These included the 2020 article titled "Issue Information" published in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. In 2023, they published "The Portable Antiquities Scheme and the potential of non-metallic finds: A Viking Comb from Shotley, Suffolk" in Internet Archaeology.

Dan W. Brock collaborated with a variety of coauthors over their career. Frequent coauthors included:

  • Felicia Nimue
  • Ackerman Robert
  • Adams Louise
  • Antony Robert
  • Audi Block

The main topics covered by Brock's work reflected a blend of historical and technical approaches, focusing on:

  • Historical and Archaeological Studies
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction

One recognized honor awarded to Dan W. Brock was membership in the National Academy of Medicine, a distinction received in 2006. They were noted as deceased.

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for Conduct, Methodological Practices, and Reporting of Cost-effectiveness Analyses: Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine

    Gillian D. Sanders;Peter J. Neumann;Anirban Basu;Dan W. Brock

  • Deciding for Others: The Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making

    Allen E. Buchanan;Dan W. Brock

  • From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice

    Allen E. Buchanan;Dan W. Brock;Norman Daniels;Daniel Wikler

  • Palliative Options of Last Resort: A Comparison of Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking, Terminal Sedation, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Voluntary Active Euthanasia

    Timothy E. Quill;Bernard Lo;Dan W. Brock

  • The Rule of Double Effect — A Critique of Its Role in End-of-Life Decision Making

    Timothy E. Quill;Rebecca Dresser;Dan W. Brock

  • When competent patients make irrational choices.

    Dan W. Brock;Steven A. Wartman

  • Broad Consent for Research With Biological Samples: Workshop Conclusions

    Christine Grady;Lisa Eckstein;Ben Berkman;Dan Brock

  • Voluntary active euthanasia.

    Dan W. Brock

  • Deciding for others.

    Allen Buchanan;Dan W. Brock

  • The ideal of shared decision making between physicians and patients.

    Dan W. Brock

  • Rationing in the intensive care unit.

    Robert D. Truog;Dan W. Brock;Deborah J. Cook;Marion Danis

  • Sources of Concern about the Patient Self-Determination Act

    Susan M. Wolf;Philip Boyle;Daniel Callahan;Joseph J. Fins

  • Conscientious refusal by physicians and pharmacists: who is obligated to do what, and why?

    Dan W. Brock

  • Guidance on priority setting in health care (GPS-Health): The inclusion of equity criteria not captured by cost-effectiveness analysis

    Ole Frithjof Norheim;Rob Baltussen;Mira Johri;Dan Chisholm

  • Limits of patient autonomy. Physician attitudes and practices regarding life-sustaining treatments and euthanasia

    Terri R. Fried;Michael D. Stein;Patricia S. O'Sullivan;Dan W. Brock

  • Quality of Life Measures in Health Care and Medical Ethics

    Dan W. Brock

  • Deciding for Others

    Gerald Dworkin;Allen E. Buchanan;Dan W. Brock

  • THE NON‐IDENTITY PROBLEM AND GENETIC HARMS – THE CASE OF WRONGFUL HANDICAPS

    Dan W. Brock

  • Life and Death: Philosophical Essays in Biomedical Ethics

    Dan W. Brock

  • Science, ethics, and the making of clinical decisions. Implications for risk factor intervention.

    Lachlan Forrow;Steven A. Wartman;Dan W. Brock

  • Justice and the ADA: does prioritizing and rationing health care discriminate against the disabled?

    Dan W. Brock

Frequent Co-Authors

Allen Buchanan
Allen Buchanan University of Arizona
Norman Daniels
Norman Daniels Harvard University
Bernard Lo
Bernard Lo University of California, San Francisco
Rebecca Dresser
Rebecca Dresser Washington University in St. Louis
Robert D. Truog
Robert D. Truog Harvard University
Daniel Callahan
Daniel Callahan Hastings Center
Susan M. Wolf
Susan M. Wolf University of Minnesota
Aravinda Chakravarti
Aravinda Chakravarti New York University Langone Medical Center
Joseph J. Fins
Joseph J. Fins Cornell University
Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University

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