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Richard A. Epstein

Richard A. Epstein

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Law
USA
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Law

D-Index
62
Citations
13127
World Ranking
27
National Ranking
24

Richard A. Epstein publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard A. Epstein sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 262+

This scientist: 842 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

Richard A. Epstein D-index placement in Law in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard A. Epstein sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 16 scientists 21 D-Index: 23 scientists 22 D-Index: 11 scientists 23 D-Index: 20 scientists 24 D-Index: 17 scientists 25 D-Index: 23 scientists 26 D-Index: 19 scientists 27 D-Index: 19 scientists 28 D-Index: 22 scientists 29 D-Index: 14 scientists 30 D-Index: 25 scientists 31 D-Index: 25 scientists 32 D-Index: 20 scientists 33 D-Index: 24 scientists 34 D-Index: 23 scientists 35 D-Index: 12 scientists 36 D-Index: 11 scientists 37 D-Index: 15 scientists 38 D-Index: 14 scientists 39 D-Index: 4 scientists 40 D-Index: 8 scientists 41 D-Index: 9 scientists 42+ D-Index: 92 scientists
20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Richard A. Epstein is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research spans several disciplines within the social sciences, with a significant focus on law and economics. Epstein has contributed extensively to fields such as law, economics and econometrics, general health professions, clinical psychology, and sociology and political science.

Their work encompasses multiple key topics including homelessness and social issues, child abuse and trauma, property rights and legal doctrine, child welfare and adoption, law, economics, and judicial systems, legal principles and applications, and migration, health, and trauma.

Frequent publication venues for Epstein include the SSRN Electronic Journal, where they have published eight papers, Social Philosophy and Policy with four publications, Children and Youth Services Review and Child Abuse & Neglect with two papers each, as well as the Texas A&M Law Review contributing two publications.

Among Epstein's recent papers are:

  • Adjuvant nab-Paclitaxel + Gemcitabine in Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Results From a Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Trial (2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology)
  • Interventions for youth homelessness: A systematic review of effectiveness studies (2020, Children and Youth Services Review)
  • Incidence and neighborhood-level determinants of child welfare involvement (2020, Child Abuse & Neglect)
  • Development and validation of a predictive risk model for runaway among youth in child welfare (2022, Children and Youth Services Review)
  • Developing and Validating a Predictive Risk Model for Youth Placement in Residential Care to Support Decision-Making under the Family First Prevention Services Act (2022, Residential Treatment for Children & Youth)

Epstein has frequently collaborated with colleagues such as Rameela Raman, Zhidi Luo, Kathy Gracey, Michael J. Cull, and Ryan T. Jarrett.

In addition to journal articles, Epstein has authored a book titled The Dubious Morality of Modern Administrative Law, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2020.

Recognition in their career includes being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1985.

Best Publications

  • Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain

    Richard Allen Epstein

  • The Allocation of the Commons: Parking and Stopping on the Commons

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  • Simple Rules for a Complex World

    Richard Allen Epstein

  • Contracts Small and Contracts Large: Contract Law Through the Lens of Laissez-Faire

    Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein

  • A Theory of Strict Liability

    Richard A. Epstein

  • Transactions Costs and Property Rights; or, Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

    Richard A. Epstein

  • The Ubiquity of the Benefit Principle

    Richard A. Epstein

  • Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws

    Richard Allen Epstein

  • Deconstructing Privacy: And Putting It Back Together Again

    Richard A. Epstein

  • In Defense of the Contract at Will

    Richard A. Epstein

  • Deconstructing Privacy: And Putting It Back Together Again

    Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein

  • Transition Care for Children With Special Health Care Needs

    Alaina M. Davis;Rebekah F. Brown;Julie Lounds Taylor;Richard A. Epstein

  • In and Out of Public Solution: The Hidden Perils of Property Transfer

    Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein

  • The Assault on Managed Care: Vicarious Liability, Class Actions, and the Patient's Bill of Rights

    Alan O. Sykes;Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein

  • In Defense of the 'Old' Public Health: The Legal Framework for the Regulation of Public Health

    Richard A. Epstein

  • Disparities and discrimination in health care coverage: a critique of the Institute of Medicine study.

    Richard Allen Epstein

  • Navigating the Anticommons for Pharmaceutical Patents: Steady the Course on Hatch-Waxman

    Bruce N. Kuhlik;Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein

  • Class Actions: Aggregation, Amplification, and Distortion

    Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein

  • Trade Secrets as Private Property: Their Constitutional Protection

    Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein

  • Unconscionability: A Critical Reappraisal

    Richard A. Epstein

  • Possession as the Root of Title

    Richard A. Epstein

  • A Clear View of The Cathedral: The Dominance of Property Rules

    Richard A. Epstein

  • Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care?

    Richard Allen Epstein

  • HIPAA on Privacy: Its Unintended and Intended Consequences

    Richard A. Epstein

  • Transaction Costs and Property Rights: Or Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?

    Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein

  • Why Restrain Alienation

    Richard A. Epstein

  • Into the Frying Pan: Standing and Privity under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Beyond

    Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein;Richard A. Epstein

  • Nuisance Law: Corrective Justice and Its Utilitarian Constraints

    Richard A. Epstein

  • The Disintegration of Intellectual Property

    Richard A. Epstein

  • The Path to the T. J. Hooper: The Theory and History of Custom in the Law of Tort

    Richard A. Epstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric A. Posner
Eric A. Posner University of Chicago
Randal C. Picker
Randal C. Picker University of Chicago
Zachary Warren
Zachary Warren Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Cass R. Sunstein
Cass R. Sunstein Harvard University
Douglas G. Baird
Douglas G. Baird University of Chicago
Daniel F. Spulber
Daniel F. Spulber Northwestern University
Omri Ben-Shahar
Omri Ben-Shahar University of Chicago
Jeffrey J. Rachlinski
Jeffrey J. Rachlinski Cornell University
Alan O. Sykes
Alan O. Sykes Stanford University
Arthur J. Matas
Arthur J. Matas University of Minnesota

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