The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sharon Leal sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 128 publications — 37th percentile
37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sharon Leal sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 38 D-Index — 24th percentile
24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.
Sharon Leal is affiliated with the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans psychology, neuroscience, and social sciences, with a total of 60 publications in psychology, 24 in neuroscience, and 22 in social sciences. Subfields within these areas include social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, sociology and political science, artificial intelligence, and clinical psychology.
The scientist's work covers a range of topics, with an emphasis on deception detection and forensic psychology. Other key topics include memory processes and influences, psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, sexual offending, misinformation and its impacts, adversarial robustness in machine learning, hate speech and cyberbullying detection, and social and intergroup psychology.
Their frequent collaborators include Aldert Vrij, Haneen Deeb, Ronald P. Fisher, Samantha Mann, and Jennifer Burkhardt. The collaborative nature of their work is evident from repeated partnerships with these researchers across numerous publications.
Sharon Leal has contributed to a variety of publication venues, with the most publications appearing in The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context. Other common venues are Applied Cognitive Psychology, Acta Psychologica, Psychiatry Psychology and Law, and Legal and Criminological Psychology.
Selected recent papers authored by Sharon Leal include:
Aldert Vrij;Samantha A. Mann;Ronald P. Fisher;Sharon Leal
Aldert Vrij;Pär Anders Granhag;Samantha Mann;Sharon Leal
Aldert Vrij;Sharon Leal;Pär Anders Granhag;Samantha Mann
Aldert Vrij;Ronald Fisher;Samantha Mann;Sharon Leal
Aldert Vrij;Ronald Fisher;Samantha Mann;Sharon Leal
Sharon Leal;Aldert Vrij;Lara Warmelink;Zarah Vernham
Aldert Vrij;Samantha Mann;Sharon Leal;Ronald Fisher
Sharon Leal;Aldert Vrij
Aldert Vrij;Sharon Leal;Samantha Mann;Ronald Fisher
Lara Warmelink;Aldert Vrij;Samantha Mann;Sharon Leal
Samantha Mann;Aldert Vrij;Sharon Leal;Pär Anders Granhag
Aldert Vrij;Sharon Leal;Samantha Ann Mann;Pär Anders Granhag
Drew Leins;Ronald P. Fisher;Aldert Vrij;Sharon Leal
Aldert Vrij;Sharon Leal;Samantha Mann;Lara Warmelink
Sarah Ewens;Aldert Vrij;Sharon Leal;Samantha Mann
Aldert Vrij;Sharon Leal;Samantha Mann;Zarah Vernham
Aldert Vrij;Pär A. Granhag;Samantha Mann;Sharon Leal
Aldert Vrij;Sharon Leal;Samantha Mann;Gary Dalton
Samantha Mann;Aldert Vrij;Dominic J. Shaw;Sharon Leal
Aldert Vrij;Samantha Mann;Sharon Leal;Pär Anders Granhag
Aldert Vrij;Shyma Jundi;Lorraine Hope;Jackie Hillman
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