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D-Index
31
Citations
4427
World Ranking
250
National Ranking
26

Roger Brownsword 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 Roger Brownsword sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 262+

This scientist: 351 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roger Brownsword 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 Roger Brownsword 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: 31 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Roger Brownsword is a researcher affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple domains within the social sciences, health professions, and medicine, with a focus on the intersection of law, technology, ethics, and regulation.

The scientist's research primarily concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Digital Transformation in Law
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Legal principles and applications
  • European and International Contract Law

Key fields of study in their work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Health Professions

More specific subfields of study cover:

  • Law
  • General Health Professions
  • Safety Research
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science

Roger Brownsword has multiple recent publications that illustrate their research interests. Some notable papers are:

  • "Law, authority, and respect: three waves of technological disruption," 2022, Law Innovation and Technology
  • "Law, innovation and technology: fast forward to 2021," 2021, Law Innovation and Technology
  • "Responsible regulation: prudence, precaution and stewardship," 2020, Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
  • "Migrants, State Responsibilities, and Human Dignity," 2021, Ratio Juris
  • "Law Disrupted, Law Re-Imagined, Law Re-Invented," 2021, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

The frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Law Innovation and Technology
  • Medical Law International
  • Ratio Juris
  • Business & Information Systems Engineering
  • Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly

Roger Brownsword has collaborated with several coauthors, among them:

  • Han Somsen
  • Sebastian Bartsch
  • Oliver Behn
  • Alexander Benlian
  • Sebastian Bücker

In addition to articles, Brownsword has published a book titled Rethinking Law, Regulation, and Technology through Edward Elgar Publishing in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Human dignity in bioethics and biolaw

    Deryck Beyleveld;Roger Brownsword

  • Rights, regulation, and the technological revolution

    Roger Brownsword

  • The Cambridge handbook of human dignity : interdisciplinary perspectives

    Marcus Düwell;Jens Braarvig;Roger Brownsword;Dietmar Mieth

  • Regulating technologies: Legal Futures, Regulatory Frames and Technological Fixes

    Roger Brownsword;Karen Yeung

  • Human dignity: a guide to policy making in the biotechnology era?

    Timothy Caulfield;Roger Brownsword

  • Research led by participants: a new social contract for a new kind of research

    Effy Vayena;Roger Brownsword;Sarah Jane Edwards;Bastian Greshake

  • Code, control, and choice: why East is East and West is West

    Roger Brownsword

  • Human dignity, human rights, and human genetics.

    Deryck Beyleveld;Roger Brownsword

  • Consent in the Law

    Deryck Beyleveld;Roger Brownsword

  • The ancillary-care obligations of medical researchers working in developing countries

    Roger Brownsword;Allegra Cermak;Richard Chaisson;Michael D. Clayman

  • Law, innovation and technology: Before we fast forward - A Forum for debate

    Roger Brownsword;Han Somsen

  • Bioethics Today, Bioethics Tomorrow: Stem Cell Research and the "Dignitarian Alliance"

    Roger Brownsword

  • Law as a moral judgment

    Deryck Beyleveld;Roger Brownsword

  • Regulatory Fitness: Fintech, Funny Money, and Smart Contracts

    Roger Brownsword;Roger Brownsword

  • The Cult of Consent: Fixation and Fallacy

    Roger Brownsword

  • Technological management and the Rule of Law

    Roger Brownsword

  • The Foundations of European Private Law

    Roger Brownsword

  • Law and the Technologies of the Twenty-First Century

    Roger Brownsword

  • Law, Technology and Society: Reimagining the Regulatory Environment

    Roger Brownsword

  • In the Year 2061: From Law to Technological Management

    Roger Brownsword

  • The ideologies of contract

    John N Adams;Roger Brownsword

  • Consent in Data Protection Law: Privacy, Fair Processing and Confidentiality

    Roger Brownsword

  • Understanding Contract Law

    J. N. Adams;Roger Brownsword

  • What the World Needs Now: Techno-Regulation, Human Rights and Human Dignity

    Roger Brownsword

  • Oxford Handbook of Law, Regulation and Technology

    Eloise Scotford;Roger Brownsword;Karen Yeung

  • So What Does the World Need Now? Reflections on Regulating Technologies

    Roger Brownsword

  • Changing Scotland's relationship with alcohol: a discussion paper on our strategic approach I am pleased to attach a response from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics to the above consultation.

    Albert Weale Fba;Peter Smith;Cbe FMedSci;Roger Brownsword

Frequent Co-Authors

Rory Collins
Rory Collins University of Oxford
Naomi E. Allen
Naomi E. Allen University of Oxford
Paul M. Matthews
Paul M. Matthews Imperial College London
Effy Vayena
Effy Vayena ETH Zurich
Michael Parker
Michael Parker University of Oxford
Christine Grady
Christine Grady National Institutes of Health
Onora O'Neill
Onora O'Neill University of Cambridge
Timothy Caulfield
Timothy Caulfield University of Alberta
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Joanna M. Wardlaw University of Edinburgh

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