2026 Richard A. Epstein: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	62	27	26	24	23	842	13127

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

672
Citations
The Allocation of the Commons: Parking and Stopping on the Commons

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

439
Citations
Simple Rules for a Complex World

Richard Allen Epstein

425
Citations
Contracts Small and Contracts Large: Contract Law Through the Lens of Laissez-Faire

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

350
Citations
A Theory of Strict Liability

Richard A. Epstein

328
Citations
Transactions Costs and Property Rights; or, Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Richard A. Epstein

325
Citations
The Ubiquity of the Benefit Principle

Richard A. Epstein

267
Citations
Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws

Richard Allen Epstein

236
Citations
Deconstructing Privacy: And Putting It Back Together Again

Richard A. Epstein

205
Citations
In Defense of the Contract at Will

Richard A. Epstein

205
Citations
Deconstructing Privacy: And Putting It Back Together Again

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

193
Citations
Transition Care for Children With Special Health Care Needs

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

172
Citations
In and Out of Public Solution: The Hidden Perils of Property Transfer

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

162
Citations
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

157
Citations
In Defense of the 'Old' Public Health: The Legal Framework for the Regulation of Public Health

Richard A. Epstein

153
Citations
Disparities and discrimination in health care coverage: a critique of the Institute of Medicine study.

Richard Allen Epstein

142
Citations
Navigating the Anticommons for Pharmaceutical Patents: Steady the Course on Hatch-Waxman

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

141
Citations
Class Actions: Aggregation, Amplification, and Distortion

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

136
Citations
Trade Secrets as Private Property: Their Constitutional Protection

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

129
Citations
Unconscionability: A Critical Reappraisal

Richard A. Epstein

119
Citations
Possession as the Root of Title

Richard A. Epstein

118
Citations
A Clear View of The Cathedral: The Dominance of Property Rules

Richard A. Epstein

114
Citations
Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care?

Richard Allen Epstein

104
Citations
HIPAA on Privacy: Its Unintended and Intended Consequences

Richard A. Epstein

103
Citations
Transaction Costs and Property Rights: Or Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?

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

101
Citations
Why Restrain Alienation

Richard A. Epstein

87
Citations
Into the Frying Pan: Standing and Privity under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Beyond

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

85
Citations
Nuisance Law: Corrective Justice and Its Utilitarian Constraints

Richard A. Epstein

76
Citations
The Disintegration of Intellectual Property

Richard A. Epstein

67
Citations
The Path to the T. J. Hooper: The Theory and History of Custom in the Law of Tort

Richard A. Epstein

30
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Randal C. Picker University of Chicago

Eric A. Posner University of Chicago

Zachary Warren Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Cass R. Sunstein Harvard University

Douglas G. Baird University of Chicago

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski Cornell University

Alan O. Sykes Stanford University

Omri Ben-Shahar University of Chicago

Jonathan Haidt New York University

Gerd Gigerenzer Max Planck Institute for Human Development

External Links

Personal website of Richard A. Epstein

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