Richard A. Wasserstrom

1.0k total citations
26 papers, 388 citations indexed

About

Richard A. Wasserstrom is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Law and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. Wasserstrom has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 388 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Law and 5 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Richard A. Wasserstrom's work include Legal Systems and Judicial Processes (4 papers), War, Ethics, and Justification (4 papers) and Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 papers). Richard A. Wasserstrom is often cited by papers focused on Legal Systems and Judicial Processes (4 papers), War, Ethics, and Justification (4 papers) and Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 papers). Richard A. Wasserstrom collaborates with scholars based in United States. Richard A. Wasserstrom's co-authors include Michael Walzer, Gerald C. MacCallum, H. L. A. Hart, William B. Harvey, Layman E. Allen, Susan Sherwin, Kent Greenawalt, Joseph Raz, Philip Soper and A. John Simmons and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Journal of Philosophy and The Philosophical Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Richard A. Wasserstrom

23 papers receiving 287 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard A. Wasserstrom United States 9 187 147 116 59 51 26 388
Herbert W. Schneider United States 7 101 0.5× 92 0.6× 128 1.1× 19 0.3× 83 1.6× 65 400
Carlos Santiago Nino Argentina 9 307 1.6× 203 1.4× 63 0.5× 175 3.0× 33 0.6× 41 478
Zenon Bańkowski United Kingdom 10 123 0.7× 140 1.0× 43 0.4× 111 1.9× 22 0.4× 40 337
Stanley I. Benn Australia 9 132 0.7× 98 0.7× 80 0.7× 26 0.4× 70 1.4× 20 320
F. S. C. Northrop United States 8 137 0.7× 139 0.9× 113 1.0× 35 0.6× 15 0.3× 28 404
Peter Westen United States 8 131 0.7× 95 0.6× 48 0.4× 95 1.6× 54 1.1× 41 296
William K. Frankena United States 12 62 0.3× 74 0.5× 115 1.0× 16 0.3× 63 1.2× 50 345
Jeremy Horder United Kingdom 8 90 0.5× 203 1.4× 45 0.4× 153 2.6× 75 1.5× 45 390
Barrie Paskins United Kingdom 5 276 1.5× 257 1.7× 164 1.4× 10 0.2× 38 0.7× 20 453
Philip Abbott United States 6 153 0.8× 74 0.5× 77 0.7× 21 0.4× 28 0.5× 45 243

Countries citing papers authored by Richard A. Wasserstrom

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Richard A. Wasserstrom's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Richard A. Wasserstrom with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Richard A. Wasserstrom more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Richard A. Wasserstrom

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Richard A. Wasserstrom. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Richard A. Wasserstrom. The network helps show where Richard A. Wasserstrom may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard A. Wasserstrom

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard A. Wasserstrom. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard A. Wasserstrom 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 Richard A. Wasserstrom. Richard A. Wasserstrom 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
1.
Sherwin, Susan & Richard A. Wasserstrom. (1983). Philosophy and Social Issues: Five Studies.. The Philosophical Review. 92(1). 129–129. 3 indexed citations
2.
Wasserstrom, Richard A.. (1982). Capital Punishment as Punishment. Midwest Studies in Philosophy. 7. 473–502. 5 indexed citations
3.
Wasserstrom, Richard A.. (1978). Retributivism and the Concept of Punishment. The Journal of Philosophy. 75(11). 620–622. 2 indexed citations
4.
Wasserstrom, Richard A. & Michael Walzer. (1978). Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations. Harvard Law Review. 92(2). 536–536. 142 indexed citations
5.
Wasserstrom, Richard A.. (1975). The Status of the Fetus. The Hastings Center Report. 5(3). 18–18. 3 indexed citations
6.
Wasserstrom, Richard A.. (1975). Today's moral problems,. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 12 indexed citations
7.
Wasserstrom, Richard A.. (1974). Is Adultery Immoral. The Philosophical Forum. 5(4). 2 indexed citations
8.
Wasserstrom, Richard A.. (1974). The Relevance of Nuremberg. Philosophy & Public Affairs. 1(1). 134–158. 4 indexed citations
9.
Wasserstrom, Richard A.. (1972). The Laws of War. The Monist. 56(1). 1–19. 4 indexed citations
10.
Wasserstrom, Richard A.. (1971). Morality and the law. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 44 indexed citations
11.
Wasserstrom, Richard A.. (1970). War and morality. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 30 indexed citations
12.
Wasserstrom, Richard A.. (1969). On the Morality of War: A Preliminary Inquiry. Stanford Law Review. 21(6). 1627–1627. 4 indexed citations
13.
Wasserstrom, Richard A., et al.. (1966). Federalism and Civil Rights. The University of Chicago Law Review. 33(2). 406–406. 8 indexed citations
14.
MacCallum, Gerald C. & Richard A. Wasserstrom. (1963). The Judicial Decision: Toward a Theory of Legal Justification.. The Philosophical Review. 72(2). 253–253. 32 indexed citations
15.
Wasserstrom, Richard A., et al.. (1962). The Judicial Decision: Toward a Theory of Legal Justification.. Midwest Journal of Political Science. 6(2). 211–211.
16.
Harvey, William B. & Richard A. Wasserstrom. (1962). The Judicial Decision -- Toward a Theory of Legal Justification. Michigan Law Review. 60(4). 531–531. 8 indexed citations
17.
Hart, H. L. A. & Richard A. Wasserstrom. (1962). The Judicial Decision. Stanford Law Review. 14(4). 919–919. 10 indexed citations
18.
Allen, Layman E. & Richard A. Wasserstrom. (1962). The Judicial Decision: Toward A Theory of Legal Justification. The Yale Law Journal. 71(8). 1578–1578. 8 indexed citations
19.
Wasserstrom, Richard A.. (1961). Disobeying the Law. The Journal of Philosophy. 58(21). 641–653. 4 indexed citations
20.
Wasserstrom, Richard A.. (1960). On the Breakdown of Moral Arguments: A Reply to Philippa Foot. The Philosophical Quarterly. 10(38). 79–79.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Herbert W. Schneider Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Carlos Santiago Nino Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Zenon Bańkowski Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Stanley I. Benn Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by F. S. C. Northrop Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter Westen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by William K. Frankena Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jeremy Horder Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Barrie Paskins Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Philip Abbott
Rankless by CCL
2026