Justin Bernstein

632 total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 348 citations indexed

About

Justin Bernstein is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Cognitive Neuroscience and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Justin Bernstein has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 348 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in General Health Professions, 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Justin Bernstein's work include Political Philosophy and Ethics (4 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (4 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (3 papers). Justin Bernstein is often cited by papers focused on Political Philosophy and Ethics (4 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (4 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (3 papers). Justin Bernstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Australia. Justin Bernstein's co-authors include Anne Barnhill, Molly Sauer, Alain Labrique, Rupali J. Limaye, Brian Wahl, Joseph Ali, Jan Dutkiewicz, Travis N. Rieder, Ruth Faden and Anton J.L.M. van Balkom and has published in prestigious journals such as Vaccine, The Lancet Planetary Health and Journal of Medical Ethics.

In The Last Decade

Justin Bernstein

18 papers receiving 330 citations

Hit Papers

Building trust while influencing online COVID-19 content ... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2025 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Building trust while influencing online COVID-19 content in the social media world
    2020 235 citations Rupali J. Limaye, Molly Sauer et al. The Lancet Digital Health profile →
  2. Exploring the Ethical Challenges of Conversational AI in Mental Health Care: Scoping Review
    2025 17 citations Anton J.L.M. van Balkom, Justin Bernstein et al. JMIR Mental Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Justin Bernstein United States 7 163 66 60 59 42 22 348
Laëtitia Atlani-Duault France 11 185 1.1× 75 1.1× 44 0.7× 50 0.8× 74 1.8× 36 442
David Ropeik United States 8 145 0.9× 39 0.6× 29 0.5× 40 0.7× 35 0.8× 11 311
Alexandra Zingg Switzerland 8 220 1.3× 182 2.8× 55 0.9× 61 1.0× 35 0.8× 14 519
Anna Lydia Svalastog Norway 9 122 0.7× 59 0.9× 21 0.3× 30 0.5× 81 1.9× 31 356
Sixiao Liu United States 13 246 1.5× 265 4.0× 54 0.9× 57 1.0× 28 0.7× 25 526
Carmen H. Duke United States 8 166 1.0× 77 1.2× 74 1.2× 27 0.5× 53 1.3× 10 332
Nicolò Gozzi United Kingdom 8 94 0.6× 89 1.3× 26 0.4× 36 0.6× 19 0.5× 18 383
Lilian Golzarri‐Arroyo United States 12 93 0.6× 51 0.8× 14 0.2× 62 1.1× 35 0.8× 56 415
Irina A. Ileş United States 13 259 1.6× 78 1.2× 101 1.7× 47 0.8× 25 0.6× 42 543
Danny Valdez United States 11 224 1.4× 78 1.2× 61 1.0× 76 1.3× 70 1.7× 50 563

Countries citing papers authored by Justin Bernstein

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Fields of papers citing papers by Justin Bernstein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Justin Bernstein

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Justin Bernstein. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Justin Bernstein based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Justin Bernstein. Justin Bernstein is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Balkom, Anton J.L.M. van, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Ethical Challenges of Conversational AI in Mental Health Care: Scoping Review. JMIR Mental Health. 12. e60432–e60432. 17 indexed citations breakdown →
2.
Dijk, Remco van & Justin Bernstein. (2025). Kantian political philosophy, coercion, and public health. Bioethics News. 43(2). 229–249.
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Bernstein, Justin, et al.. (2024). Does a lack of emotions make chatbots unfit to be psychotherapists?. Bioethics. 38(6). 503–510. 3 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Justin, Anne Barnhill, & Ruth Faden. (2024). Ethical Tradeoffs in Public Health Emergency Crisis Communication. The American Journal of Bioethics. 24(4). 83–85.
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Bernstein, Justin. (2023). You Can’t Have Your Steak and Call for Political Action on Climate Change, Too. The Journal of Value Inquiry. 59(3). 497–517.
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Gur‐Arie, Rachel, et al.. (2023). The ethics of COVID‐19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers: Public health and clinical perspectives. Bioethics. 37(4). 331–342. 4 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Justin & Mark C. Navin. (2023). Reciprocity, Vulnerability, and the Moral Significance of Herd Immunity. Journal of Applied Philosophy. 40(4). 725–745. 3 indexed citations
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Barnhill, Anne, Justin Bernstein, Ruth Faden, et al.. (2022). Moral Reasons for Individuals in High-Income Countries to Limit Beef Consumption. PubMed. 7(2). 11–11. 1 indexed citations
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Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Anne Barnhill, Justin Bernstein, et al.. (2022). Ethical and economic implications of the adoption of novel plant-based beef substitutes in the USA: a general equilibrium modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health. 6(8). e658–e669. 27 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Justin & Jan Dutkiewicz. (2021). A Public Health Ethics Case for Mitigating Zoonotic Disease Risk in Food Production. PubMed. 6(2). 9–9. 15 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Justin, et al.. (2021). How Should Governments Make COVID-19 Policy?. The Philosophers Magazine. 43–50. 1 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Justin, et al.. (2021). Reciprocity and the ethics of giving during pandemics. Journal of Social Philosophy. 52(4). 516–535. 1 indexed citations
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Limaye, Rupali J., Molly Sauer, Joseph Ali, et al.. (2020). Building trust while influencing online COVID-19 content in the social media world. The Lancet Digital Health. 2(6). e277–e278. 235 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rieder, Travis N. & Justin Bernstein. (2020). The Case for ‘Contributory Ethics’: Or How to Think about Individual Morality in a Time of Global Problems. Ethics Policy & Environment. 23(3). 299–319. 3 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Justin, et al.. (2020). An Ethics Framework for the COVID-19 Reopening Process. 8 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Justin, Taylor A. Holroyd, Jessica E. Atwell, Joseph Ali, & Rupali J. Limaye. (2019). Rockland county’s proposed ban against unvaccinated minors: Balancing disease control, trust, and liberty. Vaccine. 37(30). 3933–3935. 2 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Justin. (2018). An Act-Focused Theory Of Political Legitimacy. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 1 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Justin. (2017). The case against libertarian arguments for compulsory vaccination. Journal of Medical Ethics. 43(11). 792–796. 13 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Justin, et al.. (2014). Why Free Market Rights are not Basic Liberties. The Journal of Value Inquiry. 49(1-2). 47–67. 7 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Justin. (2013). Controlling Medicare with Lessons from Endowment Effect Experiments. California western law review. 49(2). 2.

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