Steven Epstein

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Steven Epstein is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Epstein has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in General Health Professions and 6 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Steven Epstein's work include Reproductive Health and Technologies (4 papers), Sex work and related issues (4 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (4 papers). Steven Epstein is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Health and Technologies (4 papers), Sex work and related issues (4 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (4 papers). Steven Epstein collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Steven Epstein's co-authors include Stefan Timmermans, Laura Mamo, Héctor Carrillo, Tom Waidzunas, David L. Kirp, David Ribes, Geoffrey C. Bowker, Keith Wailoo, Julie Livingston and Robert Aronowitz and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Steven Epstein

48 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Construction of Lay Expertise: AIDS Activism and the ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 2010 200 400 600
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. The Construction of Lay Expertise: AIDS Activism and the Forging of Credibility in the Reform of Clinical Trials
    1995 690 citations Steven Epstein profile →
  2. A World of Standards but not a Standard World: Toward a Sociology of Standards and Standardization
    2010 642 citations Stefan Timmermans, Steven Epstein Annual Review of Sociology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven Epstein United States 20 966 570 479 323 306 50 2.9k
Alan Petersen Australia 34 1.2k 1.3× 947 1.7× 715 1.5× 175 0.5× 365 1.2× 125 4.0k
Celeste M. Condit United States 35 1.2k 1.3× 265 0.5× 446 0.9× 278 0.9× 1000 3.3× 133 3.9k
Charles T. Salmon France 29 1.2k 1.3× 395 0.7× 174 0.4× 265 0.8× 190 0.6× 172 3.6k
Nelly Oudshoorn Netherlands 25 918 1.0× 474 0.8× 377 0.8× 136 0.4× 128 0.4× 60 3.0k
Dorothy Nelkin United States 31 1.9k 1.9× 374 0.7× 430 0.9× 260 0.8× 544 1.8× 163 4.4k
Melissa S. Anderson United States 32 424 0.4× 660 1.2× 978 2.0× 369 1.1× 112 0.4× 85 3.7k
Sharlene Hesse‐Biber United States 32 1.7k 1.7× 806 1.4× 297 0.6× 419 1.3× 137 0.4× 70 4.5k
Dalton Conley United States 35 2.6k 2.7× 872 1.5× 355 0.7× 279 0.9× 951 3.1× 127 6.0k
Melinda Mills United Kingdom 40 2.4k 2.4× 1.1k 1.9× 351 0.7× 361 1.1× 398 1.3× 131 6.3k
Cameron Duff Australia 33 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 2.1× 340 0.7× 310 1.0× 124 0.4× 118 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Steven Epstein

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steven Epstein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven Epstein

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steven Epstein. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steven Epstein 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 Steven Epstein. Steven Epstein 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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Epstein, Steven & Stefan Timmermans. (2021). From Medicine to Health: The Proliferation and Diversification of Cultural Authority. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 62(3). 240–254. 25 indexed citations
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Epstein, Steven. (2021). Cultivated co-production: Sexual health, human rights, and the revision of the ICD. Social Studies of Science. 51(5). 657–682. 8 indexed citations
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Epstein, Steven & Laura Mamo. (2017). The proliferation of sexual health: Diverse social problems and the legitimation of sexuality. Social Science & Medicine. 188. 176–190. 36 indexed citations
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Epstein, Steven. (2016). The politics of health mobilization in the United States: The promise and pitfalls of “disease constituencies”. Social Science & Medicine. 165. 246–254. 26 indexed citations
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Mamo, Laura & Steven Epstein. (2016). The new sexual politics of cancer: Oncoviruses, disease prevention, and sexual health promotion. BioSocieties. 12(3). 367–391. 7 indexed citations
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Waidzunas, Tom & Steven Epstein. (2015). ‘For men arousal is orientation’: Bodily truthing, technosexual scripts, and the materialization of sexualities through the phallometric test. Social Studies of Science. 45(2). 187–213. 23 indexed citations
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Epstein, Steven & Héctor Carrillo. (2014). Immigrant sexual citizenship: intersectional templates among Mexican gay immigrants to the USA. Citizenship Studies. 18(3-4). 259–276. 35 indexed citations
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Mamo, Laura & Steven Epstein. (2013). The pharmaceuticalization of sexual risk: Vaccine development and the new politics of cancer prevention. Social Science & Medicine. 101. 155–165. 42 indexed citations
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Epstein, Steven. (2011). Misguided boundary work in studies of expertise: time to return to the evidence. Critical Policy Studies. 5(3). 323–328. 20 indexed citations
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Epstein, Steven. (2010). THINKING SEX ETHNOGRAPHICALLY. GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 17(1). 85–88. 7 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Stefan & Steven Epstein. (2010). A World of Standards but not a Standard World: Toward a Sociology of Standards and Standardization. Annual Review of Sociology. 36(1). 69–89. 642 indexed citations breakdown →
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Epstein, Steven. (2006). Institutionalizing the new politics of difference in U.S. biomedical research: Thinking across the science/state/society divides. 327–350. 3 indexed citations
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Epstein, Steven. (2003). Inclusion, Diversity, and Biomedical Knowledge Making: The Multiple Politics of Representation. The MIT Press eBooks. 173–190. 12 indexed citations
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Epstein, Steven. (2002). Global Responses to AIDS: Science in Emergency. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 27(1). 122–125. 1 indexed citations
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Epstein, Steven. (1998). Gay and Lesbian Movements in the United States: Dilemmas of Identity, Diversity, and Political Strategy. 30–90. 40 indexed citations
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Epstein, Steven. (1997). Impure Science. 150 indexed citations
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Epstein, Steven. (1996). Review of Inventing the AIDS Virus, by Peter H. Duesberg: Washington Post. 3 indexed citations
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Epstein, Steven. (1991). Democratic Science? AIDS Activism and the Contested Construction of Knowledge. 91. 35–64. 24 indexed citations
20.
Kirp, David L. & Steven Epstein. (1989). AIDS in America's Schoolhouses: Learning the Hard Lessons.. Phi Delta Kappan. 70(8). 4 indexed citations

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