Joshua May

1.2k total citations
40 papers, 400 citations indexed

About

Joshua May is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Philosophy and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joshua May has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 400 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 11 papers in Philosophy and 9 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Joshua May's work include Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (22 papers), Free Will and Agency (12 papers) and Emotions and Moral Behavior (8 papers). Joshua May is often cited by papers focused on Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (22 papers), Free Will and Agency (12 papers) and Emotions and Moral Behavior (8 papers). Joshua May collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Joshua May's co-authors include Richard Holton, Walter Sinnott‐Armstrong, Jay G. Hull, Aaron Z. Zimmerman, Adam Feltz, Matt King, Paul M. Sommers, William Pyle, Victor Kumar and Hyemin Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Cognition, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters.

In The Last Decade

Joshua May

36 papers receiving 363 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joshua May United States 11 264 129 117 110 75 40 400
Alex Wiegmann Germany 13 330 1.3× 224 1.7× 185 1.6× 120 1.1× 87 1.2× 39 483
Paul Henne United States 11 211 0.8× 96 0.7× 74 0.6× 112 1.0× 31 0.4× 26 328
Holly M. Smith United States 12 343 1.3× 317 2.5× 70 0.6× 102 0.9× 23 0.3× 24 543
Patricia O’Neill United States 4 299 1.1× 49 0.4× 151 1.3× 124 1.1× 113 1.5× 7 362
Joshua Gert United States 12 293 1.1× 287 2.2× 89 0.8× 36 0.3× 14 0.2× 61 500
Jonathan Livengood United States 13 241 0.9× 236 1.8× 76 0.6× 75 0.7× 15 0.2× 23 470
Matt Stichter United States 11 130 0.5× 119 0.9× 88 0.8× 48 0.4× 26 0.3× 28 307
Dana Kay Nelkin United States 14 577 2.2× 557 4.3× 91 0.8× 133 1.2× 20 0.3× 50 777
Nathan Ballantyne United States 12 183 0.7× 309 2.4× 42 0.4× 132 1.2× 12 0.2× 30 446
John Deigh United States 11 190 0.7× 170 1.3× 192 1.6× 123 1.1× 24 0.3× 37 469

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joshua May

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joshua May

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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May, Joshua. (2025). Response to commentators of <i>Neuroethics</i>. 6. 1 indexed citations
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May, Joshua. (2025). Précis of <i>Neuroethics</i>. 6. 1 indexed citations
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May, Joshua. (2025). Neurodiversity with Nuance. Neuroethics. 18(2). 1 indexed citations
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Han, Hyemin, et al.. (2022). Which moral exemplars inspire prosociality?. Philosophical Psychology. 35(7). 943–970. 23 indexed citations
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May, Joshua & Victor Kumar. (2022). Harnessing Moral Psychology to Reduce Meat Consumption. Journal of the American Philosophical Association. 9(2). 367–387. 8 indexed citations
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Schwitzgebel, Eric, et al.. (2022). Engaging charitable giving: The motivational force of narrative versus philosophical argument. Philosophical Psychology. 37(5). 1240–1275. 2 indexed citations
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May, Joshua. (2021). Moral rationalism on the brain. Mind & Language. 38(1). 237–255. 8 indexed citations
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May, Joshua. (2020). Bias in science: natural and social. Synthese. 199(1-2). 3345–3366. 17 indexed citations
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May, Joshua. (2019). Defending optimistic rationalism: A reply to commentators. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 42. e168–e168. 1 indexed citations
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Holton, Richard & Joshua May. (2019). What in the world is weakness of will?. PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints).
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May, Joshua, Walter Sinnott‐Armstrong, Jay G. Hull, & Aaron Z. Zimmerman. (2019). Practical Interests, Relevant Alternatives, and Knowledge Attributions: an Empirical Study. PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations
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May, Joshua. (2018). Regard for Reason in the Moral Mind. Oxford University Press eBooks. 56 indexed citations
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May, Joshua. (2018). Defending Moral Judgment. Oxford University Press eBooks.
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May, Joshua. (2018). Précis of Regard for Reason in the Moral Mind. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 42. 1 indexed citations
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Feltz, Adam & Joshua May. (2017). The means/side-effect distinction in moral cognition: A meta-analysis. Cognition. 166. 314–327. 32 indexed citations
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May, Joshua. (2016). Repugnance as Performance Error: The Role of Disgust in Bioethical Intuitions. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation). 2 indexed citations
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May, Joshua. (2013). Does Disgust Influence Moral Judgment?. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 92(1). 125–141. 40 indexed citations
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Martzloff, François D., et al.. (1999). Update on a Consumer-Oriented Guide for Surge Protection | NIST. 1 indexed citations

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