2026 Luciano Floridi: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	105	68	57	9	9	464	52359

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
2012 - Covey Award, International Association for Computing and Philosophy
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Luciano Floridi is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, notably within Social Sciences and Computer Science. Floridi's work has contributed extensively to the understanding of artificial intelligence, ethics, and information science.

The main fields of study for Floridi include:

Social Sciences
Computer Science

Within these broader fields, they have explored several subfields such as:

Artificial Intelligence
Safety Research
Sociology and Political Science
Information Systems
Cognitive Neuroscience

The primary topics of Floridi's work cover areas including:

Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Law, AI, and Intellectual Property
Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations

Among their notable recent papers are:

"GPT-3: Its Nature, Scope, Limits, and Consequences" (2020) published in Minds and Machines
"The Fight for Digital Sovereignty: What It Is, and Why It Matters, Especially for the EU" (2020) published in Philosophy & Technology

Floridi has collaborated frequently with other researchers, with notable coauthors including:

Mariarosaria Taddeo
Jessica Morley
Claudio Novelli
Emmie Hine
Josh Cowls

The researcher has published across several prominent venues, among them:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Minds and Machines
Philosophy & Technology
AI & Society
arXiv (Cornell University)

Luciano Floridi has also authored books such as:

Introduction to Information Science (2022), published by Facet eBooks
Ethics, Governance, and Policies in Artificial Intelligence (2021), published by Springer International Publishing

Their scholarly recognition includes awards such as the Covey Award from the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (2012) and being named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

AI4People—An Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society: Opportunities, Risks, Principles, and Recommendations

Luciano Floridi;Luciano Floridi;Josh Cowls;Josh Cowls;Monica Beltrametti;Raja Chatila

2954
Citations
The ethics of algorithms: Mapping the debate:

Brent Daniel Mittelstadt;Patrick Allo;Mariarosaria Taddeo;Mariarosaria Taddeo;Sandra Wachter

2739
Citations
The Fourth Revolution: How the infosphere is reshaping human reality

Luciano Floridi

2067
Citations
GPT-3: Its Nature, Scope, Limits, and Consequences

Luciano Floridi;Luciano Floridi;Massimo Chiriatti

1928
Citations
The Philosophy of Information

Luciano Floridi

1558
Citations
Why a right to explanation of automated decision-making does not exist in the General Data Protection Regulation

Sandra Wachter;Brent Mittelstadt;Luciano Floridi

1445
Citations
On the Morality of Artificial Agents

Luciano Floridi;J. W. Sanders

1341
Citations
Information: A Very Short Introduction

Luciano Floridi

1327
Citations
The grand challenges of Science Robotics

Guang Zhong Yang;Jim Bellingham;Pierre E. Dupont;Peer Fischer;Peer Fischer

1187
Citations
A Unified Framework of Five Principles for AI in Society

Luciano Floridi;Josh Cowls

994
Citations
From What to How: An Initial Review of Publicly Available AI Ethics Tools, Methods and Research to Translate Principles into Practices.

Jessica Morley;Luciano Floridi;Luciano Floridi;Libby Kinsey;Anat Elhalal

881
Citations
The ethics of AI in health care: A mapping review.

Jessica Morley;Caio C.V. Machado;Christopher Burr;Josh Cowls

803
Citations
Artificial Intelligence and the 'Good Society': the US, EU, and UK approach.

Corinne Cath;Corinne Cath;Sandra Wachter;Sandra Wachter;Brent D. Mittelstadt;Brent D. Mittelstadt;Mariarosaria Taddeo;Mariarosaria Taddeo

770
Citations
The Ethics of Big Data: Current and Foreseeable Issues in Biomedical Contexts

Brent Daniel Mittelstadt;Luciano Floridi

744
Citations
Information ethics: On the philosophical foundation ofcomputer ethics

Luciano Floridi

728
Citations
How AI can be a force for good

Mariarosaria Taddeo;Mariarosaria Taddeo;Luciano Floridi;Luciano Floridi

641
Citations
The Ethics of Information

Luciano Floridi

628
Citations
Recommender systems and their ethical challenges

Silvia Milano;Mariarosaria Taddeo;Mariarosaria Taddeo;Luciano Floridi;Luciano Floridi

581
Citations
Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information

Luciano Floridi

524
Citations
What is data ethics

Luciano Floridi;Mariarosaria Taddeo

520
Citations
What is the Philosophy of Information

Luciano Floridi

264
Citations
The fourth revolution

Luciano Floridi

42
Citations
Technologies of the Self

Luciano Floridi

7
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Pietro Ghezzi Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Effy Vayena ETH Zurich

Peer Fischer Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

Michael R. Barnes Queen Mary University of London

Julian Savulescu University of Oxford

Marcia McNutt National Academy of Sciences

Antonio Cuadrado Autonomous University of Madrid

Vijay Kumar University of Pennsylvania

Bradley J. Nelson ETH Zurich

Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Institute of Technology

External Links

Wikipedia of Luciano Floridi Personal website of Luciano Floridi

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring online degrees in Social Sciences and Humanities can open diverse career opportunities. Students increasingly seek flexible learning options that allow them to balance studies with work and other commitments.

For those interested in clinical psychology or mental health, psy d programs offer advanced training for careers as licensed psychologists. If you’re focusing on marriage and family therapy, consider accredited lmft programs that can help you become a licensed marriage and family therapist.

For a broader psychological foundation, enrolling in a masters in psychology online provides versatile career paths in counseling, human resources, and education. Additionally, those aiming for leadership in academic or administrative settings may opt for accelerated doctoral programs in education online to advance their careers.

Each of these online pathways offers unique benefits, including affordability, accessibility, and specialized knowledge, making them attractive options for students wanting to impact society through social sciences and humanities.