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Neil Levy 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 Neil Levy sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 306 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Neil Levy 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 Neil Levy sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Neil Levy is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and specializes in research primarily within the social sciences and neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, sociology and political science, philosophy, political science and international relations, as well as general health professions.

Their research covers a variety of main topics, notably:

  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
  • Free Will and Agency
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • Corporate Insolvency and Governance
  • Legal principles and applications

Neil Levy has contributed papers to various academic journals and publication venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Philosophical Psychology
  • Social Epistemology
  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • Synthese
  • Journal of Medical Ethics

Examples of recent papers authored or co-authored by Neil Levy include:

  • "A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • "Virtue signalling is virtuous" (2020, Synthese)
  • "Does encouraging a belief in determinism increase cheating? Reconsidering the value of believing in free will" (2020, Cognition)
  • "The Einstein effect provides global evidence for scientific source credibility effects and the influence of religiosity" (2022, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • "Echoes of covid misinformation" (2021, Philosophical Psychology)

Neil Levy has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Hugh Sims
  • Stefan Ramel
  • Holly Doyle
  • James Hannant
  • Samuel Parsons

In addition to journal publications, Neil Levy has authored books published by Edward Elgar Publishing and Cambridge University Press. Titles include:

  • "Insolvency Practitioners" (2020 and 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing)
  • "Philosophy, Bullshit, and Peer Review" (2023, Cambridge University Press)

Best Publications

  • Neuroethics: Challenges for the 21st Century

    Neil Levy

  • Hard Luck: How Luck Undermines Free Will and Moral Responsibility

    Neil Levy

  • Amputees By Choice: Body Integrity Identity Disorder and the Ethics of Amputation

    Tim Bayne;Neil Levy

  • The Good, the Bad and the Blameworthy

    Neil Levy

  • The neuroethics of non-invasive brain stimulation

    Roi Cohen Kadosh;Neil Levy;Neil Levy;Jacinta O'Shea;Nicholas Shea

  • Addiction is Not a Brain Disease (and it Matters)

    Neil Levy

  • Consciousness and Moral Responsibility

    Neil Levy

  • Neither Fish nor Fowl: Implicit Attitudes as Patchy Endorsements

    Neil Levy

  • The Responsibility of the Psychopath Revisited

    Neil Levy

  • Autonomy and Addiction

    Neil Levy

  • The Feeling of Doing: Deconstructing the Phenomenology of Agency

    Timothy J. Bayne;Neil Levy

  • DOWNSHIFTING AND MEANING IN LIFE

    Neil Levy

  • Consciousness, Implicit Attitudes and Moral Responsibility

    Neil Levy

  • A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Ke Wang;Amit Goldenberg;Charles A. Dorison;Jeremy K. Miller

  • Analytic and Continental Philosophy: Explaining the Differences

    Neil Levy

  • Recent Work on Free Will and Moral Responsibility

    Neil Levy;Michael McKenna

  • Deafness, culture, and choice

    N Levy

  • Due deference to denialism: explaining ordinary people’s rejection of established scientific findings

    Neil Levy

  • The regulation of cognitive enhancement devices: extending the medical model

    Hannah Maslen;Thomas Douglas;Roi Cohen Kadosh;Neil Levy

  • Radically Socialized Knowledge and Conspiracy Theories

    Neil Levy;Neil Levy

  • The Routledge Companion to Free Will

    Kevin Timpe;Meghan Griffith;Neil Levy

  • Implicit Bias and Moral Responsibility: Probing the Data.

    Neil Levy;Neil Levy

  • Building Better Beings: A Theory of Moral Responsibility

    Neil Levy

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian Savulescu
Julian Savulescu University of Oxford
Tim Bayne
Tim Bayne Monash University
Roi Cohen Kadosh
Roi Cohen Kadosh University of Surrey
Philip J. Cowen
Philip J. Cowen University of Oxford
Miles Hewstone
Miles Hewstone University of Oxford
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Glenda M. Halliday
Glenda M. Halliday University of Sydney
Lyn R. Griffiths
Lyn R. Griffiths Queensland University of Technology
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Sharath Sriram
Sharath Sriram RMIT University

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