2026 Walter Sinnott-Armstrong: 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	53	2313	2106	1121	1008	247	10328

Overview

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily spans neuroscience, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience, and extends into fields such as sociology and political science, social psychology, information systems and management, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Ethics in Business and Education
Emotions and Moral Behavior
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Free Will and Agency
Disaster Response and Management

Their recent publications highlight a diverse engagement with ethical, psychological, and health-related issues. Notable papers include:

Adapting a kidney exchange algorithm to align with human values, 2020, Artificial Intelligence
Moral dilemmas and trust in leaders during a global health crisis, 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
A Personalized Patient Preference Predictor for Substituted Judgments in Healthcare: Technically Feasible and Ethically Desirable, 2024, The American Journal of Bioethics
Which factors should be included in triage? An online survey of the attitudes of the UK general public to pandemic triage dilemmas, 2020, BMJ Open
Good scientific practice in EEG and MEG research: Progress and perspectives, 2022, NeuroImage

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong collaborates frequently with other researchers. Some of the most frequent co-authors are Vincent Conitzer, Jana Schaich Borg, Julian Savulescu, Lok-Hei Chan, and Dominic Wilkinson. These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding ethical, psychological, and neuroscientific questions.

The scientist's work has appeared in various publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Philosophical Psychology
Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI Ethics and Society
Nature Human Behaviour
BMJ Open

Best Publications

Consequences, Action, and Intention as Factors in Moral Judgments: An fMRI Investigation

Jana Schaich Borg;Catherine Hynes;John Van Horn;Scott Grafton

506
Citations
It's Not My

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

483
Citations
Moral Dilemmas

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

444
Citations
Moral foundations vignettes: a standardized stimulus database of scenarios based on moral foundations theory

Scott Clifford;Vijeth Iyengar;Roberto Cabeza;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

422
Citations
Neuroprediction of future rearrest

Eyal Aharoni;Gina M. Vincent;Carla L. Harenski;Vince D. Calhoun

381
Citations
Neuromarketing: Ethical Implications of its Use and Potential Misuse

Steven J. Stanton;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Scott A. Huettel

303
Citations
Can psychopathic offenders discern moral wrongs? A new look at the moral/conventional distinction.

Eyal Aharoni;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Kent A. Kiehl

269
Citations
It’s Not My Fault: Global Warming and Individual Moral Obligations

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

237
Citations
Is morality unified? evidence that distinct neural systems underlie moral judgments of harm, dishonesty, and disgust

Carolyn Parkinson;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Philipp E. Koralus;Angela Mendelovici

232
Citations
Neuroimages as evidence in a mens rea defense: No impact.

Nicholas Schweitzer;Michael Saks;Emily R. Murphy;Adina L. Roskies

206
Citations
`Ought' Conversationally Implies `Can'

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

203
Citations
Moral decision making frameworks for artificial intelligence

Vincent Conitzer;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Jana Schaich Borg;Yuan Deng

195
Citations
Moral appraisals affect doing/allowing judgments.

Fiery Cushman;Joshua Knobe;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

195
Citations
Can Neurological Evidence Help Courts Assess Criminal Responsibility? Lessons from Law and Neuroscience

Eyal Aharoni;Chadd Funk;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Michael Gazzaniga

161
Citations
Moral Intuitionism Meets Empirical Psychology

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

160
Citations
Practical Interests, Relevant Alternatives, and Knowledge Attributions: An Empirical Study

Joshua May;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Jay G. Hull;Aaron Zimmerman

158
Citations
Framing moral intuitions.

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

151
Citations
Adapting a kidney exchange algorithm to align with human values

Rachel Freedman;Jana Schaich Borg;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;John P. Dickerson

109
Citations
Moral Knowledge? New Readings in Moral Epistemology

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Mark Timmons

107
Citations
Conscious Will and Responsibility. A tribute to Benjamin Libet

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Lynn Nadel

104
Citations
God?: A Debate between a Christian and an Atheist

William Lane Craig;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

103
Citations
Modality, Morality and Belief: Essays in Honor of Ruth Barcan Marcus

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Diana Raffman;Nicholas Asher

81
Citations
Playing by the Rules: A Philosophical Examination of Rule‐based Decision‐Making in Law and in Life

Walter Sinnott‐Armstrong

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kent A. Kiehl University of New Mexico

Thalia Wheatley Dartmouth College

Julian Savulescu University of Oxford

Vince D. Calhoun Georgia State University

Michael S. Gazzaniga University of California, Santa Barbara

Peter U. Tse Dartmouth College

Scott T. Grafton University of California, Santa Barbara

Christoph Mathys Aarhus University

Scott A. Huettel Duke University

Jay G. Hull Dartmouth College

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