2026 Daniel Callahan: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	50	2777	1345	336	9627

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

2777

1345

336

9627

Research.com Recognitions

1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1972 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Daniel Callahan was affiliated with the Hastings Center in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of Arts and Humanities, with particular attention to Language and Linguistics.

Their work covered topics related to linguistics and language evolution, reflecting an interest in understanding the mechanisms and development of human language over time.

The scientist's notable recognitions included being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1982 and becoming a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 1972.

Arts and Humanities
Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and language evolution

Best Publications

Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society

Daniel Callahan

782
Citations
Ethics and Public Health: Forging a Strong Relationship

Daniel Callahan;Bruce Jennings

509
Citations
What Kind of Life: The Limits of Medical Progress

Daniel Callahan

336
Citations
The WHO definition of 'health'.

Daniel Callahan

310
Citations
Death and the Research Imperative

Daniel Callahan

251
Citations
Sources of Concern about the Patient Self-Determination Act

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

229
Citations
When self-determination runs amok.

Daniel Callahan

205
Citations
The Goals of Medicine : Setting New Priorities

Daniel Callahan

195
Citations
Goals in the Teaching of Ethics

Daniel Callahan

194
Citations
Obesity: chasing an elusive epidemic.

Daniel Callahan

194
Citations
The Care of the Terminally Ill: Morality and Economics

Ronald Bayer;Daniel Callahan;John Fletcher;Thomas Hodgson

175
Citations
Principlism and communitarianism

D Callahan

169
Citations
Autonomy: a moral good, not a moral obsession.

Daniel Callahan

151
Citations
Abortion: law, choice, and morality

Daniel Callahan

143
Citations
On feeding the dying.

Daniel Callahan

141
Citations
Bioethics as a discipline.

Daniel Callahan

140
Citations
The troubled dream of life : living with mortality

Daniel Callahan;Laura M. Purdy

137
Citations
Ethical Challenges of Chronic Illness

Bruce Jennings;Daniel Callahan;Arthur L. Caplan

127
Citations
The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Accommodating Pluralism

Daniel Callahan

122
Citations
Ethics, The Social Sciences, and Policy Analysis

Daniel Callahan;Bruce Jennings

118
Citations
Ethics Teaching in Higher Education

Daniel Callahan;Sissela Bok

85
Citations
What Kind of Life: The Limits of Medical Progress.

Robert Heidel;Daniel Callahan

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur L. Caplan New York University

Robert M. Veatch Georgetown University

Joseph J. Fins Cornell University

Susan M. Wolf University of Minnesota

Ronald Bayer Columbia University

Dan W. Brock Harvard University

Robert G. Evans University of British Columbia

James S. House University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Paul L. Wachtel City College of New York

Brigid L.M. Hogan Duke University

External Links

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