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Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
53
Citations
10328
World Ranking
2313
National Ranking
1121

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong 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 Walter Sinnott-Armstrong sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 247 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong 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 Walter Sinnott-Armstrong sits on this spectrum.

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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

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

  • It's Not My

    Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

  • Moral Dilemmas

    Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

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

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

  • Neuroprediction of future rearrest

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

  • Neuromarketing: Ethical Implications of its Use and Potential Misuse

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

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

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

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

    Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

  • 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

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

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

  • `Ought' Conversationally Implies `Can'

    Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

  • Moral decision making frameworks for artificial intelligence

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

  • Moral appraisals affect doing/allowing judgments.

    Fiery Cushman;Joshua Knobe;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

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

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

  • Moral Intuitionism Meets Empirical Psychology

    Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

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

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

  • Framing moral intuitions.

    Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

  • Adapting a kidney exchange algorithm to align with human values

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

  • Moral Knowledge? New Readings in Moral Epistemology

    Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Mark Timmons

  • Conscious Will and Responsibility. A tribute to Benjamin Libet

    Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Lynn Nadel

  • God?: A Debate between a Christian and an Atheist

    William Lane Craig;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

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

    Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Diana Raffman;Nicholas Asher

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

    Walter Sinnott‐Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Kent A. Kiehl
Kent A. Kiehl University of New Mexico
Vincent Conitzer
Vincent Conitzer Carnegie Mellon University
Thalia Wheatley
Thalia Wheatley Dartmouth College
Michael S. Gazzaniga
Michael S. Gazzaniga University of California, Santa Barbara
Julian Savulescu
Julian Savulescu University of Oxford
Vince D. Calhoun
Vince D. Calhoun Georgia State University
Peter U. Tse
Peter U. Tse Dartmouth College
Christoph Mathys
Christoph Mathys Aarhus University
Scott T. Grafton
Scott T. Grafton University of California, Santa Barbara
Scott A. Huettel
Scott A. Huettel Duke University

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