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Alvin I. Goldman publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alvin I. Goldman sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 203 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Alvin I. Goldman D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alvin I. Goldman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 69 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For Xray diffraction measurements elucidating the nature of quasicrystals, and for advances in magnetic Xray scattering
  • 1975 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Alvin I. Goldman was affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their academic work focused on a range of topics including epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, misinformation and its impacts, as well as the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

Their research spanned various subfields including philosophy, sociology and political science, and cognitive neuroscience. Throughout their career, Goldman contributed to multiple high-profile philosophy journals and was frequently published in venues such as Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Noûs, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement, and Philosophical Topics.

Among their recent publications were:

  • How Can You Spot the Experts? An Essay in Social Epistemology (2021) in Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement
  • A Different Solution to the Generality Problem for Process Reliabilism (2021) in Philosophical Topics

Goldman collaborated extensively with several scholars, including Ernest Sosa, Sara Saborido, Felicia Nimue, Ackerman Robert, and Adams Louise. These frequent coauthorships reflected ongoing engagements in both philosophical and interdisciplinary research communities.

Throughout their career, Goldman received various recognitions and awards such as being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004 and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1975. Additionally, Goldman was acknowledged as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1999, noted for contributions related to X-ray diffraction measurements and advances in magnetic X-ray scattering.

Best Publications

  • Mirror neurons and the simulation theory of mind-reading.

    Vittorio Gallese;Alvin I. Goldman

  • Epistemology and Cognition

    Alvin Ira Goldman

  • Discrimination and Perceptual Knowledge

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • Knowledge in a Social World

    Alvin Ira Goldman

  • Simulating Minds: The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Mindreading

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • What is Justified Belief

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • Theory of Human Action

    Alvin Ira Goldman

  • Simulationist models of face-based emotion recognition

    Alvin I. Goldman;Chandra Sekhar Sripada

  • Experts: Which Ones Should You Trust?

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • A Causal Theory of Knowing

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • Social Epistemology: Essential Readings

    Alvin I. Goldman;Dennis Whitcomb

  • In Defense of the Simulation Theory

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • The psychology of folk psychology

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • Is social cognition embodied

    Alvin Goldman;Frederique de Vignemont

  • EMPATHY, MIND, AND MORALS

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • PHILOSOPHICAL INTUITIONS: THEIR TARGET, THEIR SOURCE, AND THEIR EPISTEMIC STATUS

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • Epistemics: The Regulative Theory of Cognition

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • Strong and weak justification

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • Reliabilism and the Value of Knowledge

    Alvin I Goldman;Erik J Olsson

  • Liaisons: Philosophy Meets the Cognitive and Social Sciences

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • Précis of Simulating Minds: The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Mindreading

    Alvin I. Goldman

  • Epistemology and Cognition

    Robert Audi

Frequent Co-Authors

John Greco
John Greco Georgetown University
Moshe Shaked
Moshe Shaked University of Arizona
Vittorio Gallese
Vittorio Gallese University of Parma
James C. Cox
James C. Cox Georgia State University
Linda Zagzebski
Linda Zagzebski University of Oklahoma
Chandra Sripada
Chandra Sripada University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gary Hatfield
Gary Hatfield University of Pennsylvania
Ernest Sosa
Ernest Sosa Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Robert Audi
Robert Audi University of Notre Dame
Natalie Sebanz
Natalie Sebanz Central European University

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