Richard Joyce

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Richard Joyce is a scholar working on Philosophy, Cognitive Neuroscience and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Joyce has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Philosophy, 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Richard Joyce's work include Philosophical Ethics and Theory (14 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (10 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (7 papers). Richard Joyce is often cited by papers focused on Philosophical Ethics and Theory (14 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (10 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (7 papers). Richard Joyce collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Richard Joyce's co-authors include David T. Patterson, P. D. Lingren, John K. Westbrook, Jutta Rogasik, Simon Kirchin, Richard T. Garner, Peter Fitzpatrick, R. C. Rainey, Robert T. M’Closkey and Fleur Johns and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Climatic Change and Behaviour.

In The Last Decade

Richard Joyce

42 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Myth of Morality 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Myth of Morality
    2001 379 citations Richard Joyce Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Joyce United Kingdom 14 672 663 220 158 144 47 1.3k
Ron Amundson United States 12 123 0.2× 132 0.2× 288 1.3× 44 0.3× 80 0.6× 30 1.2k
Russell Powell United States 17 71 0.1× 212 0.3× 197 0.9× 24 0.2× 138 1.0× 44 711
Carol J. Adams United States 18 77 0.1× 71 0.1× 287 1.3× 112 0.7× 87 0.6× 53 1.3k
John M. Cooper United States 17 565 0.8× 119 0.2× 152 0.7× 10 0.1× 81 0.6× 97 1.1k
Paul Ramsey United States 20 226 0.3× 72 0.1× 238 1.1× 39 0.2× 14 0.1× 81 1.3k
Michael J. Harner United States 9 89 0.1× 63 0.1× 109 0.5× 34 0.2× 145 1.0× 24 900
Vinciane Despret Belgium 15 65 0.1× 71 0.1× 336 1.5× 31 0.2× 170 1.2× 79 1.4k
Ellen Frankel Paul United States 12 86 0.1× 47 0.1× 128 0.6× 15 0.1× 38 0.3× 67 793
Dorion Sagan United States 11 39 0.1× 43 0.1× 152 0.7× 104 0.7× 32 0.2× 30 757
Richard J. Preston Canada 14 54 0.1× 60 0.1× 349 1.6× 19 0.1× 203 1.4× 40 989

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Joyce

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Joyce

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Joyce

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Joyce. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Joyce based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Richard Joyce. Richard Joyce is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Joyce, Richard & Richard T. Garner. (2018). The End of Morality: Taking Moral Abolitionism Seriously. 9 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (2013). Psychological Fictionalism, and the Threat of Fictionalist Suicide. The Monist. 96(4). 517–538. 6 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (2013). Irrealism and the Genealogy of Morals. Ratio. 26(4). 351–372. 6 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (2010). The Error In ‘The Error In The Error Theory’. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 89(3). 519–534. 22 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (2008). The Skeptick’s Tale. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 78(1). 213–221. 4 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (2008). Preçis of The Evolution of Morality. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 77(1). 213–218. 7 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (2008). Is Moral Projectivism Empirically Tractable?. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 12(1). 53–75. 12 indexed citations
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Fitzpatrick, Peter & Richard Joyce. (2007). Copying right: cultural property and the limits of (occidental) law. 171–192. 3 indexed citations
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Kubena, R. L., F. J. M. Stratton, David T. Chang, et al.. (2006). Next Generation Quartz Oscillators and Filters for VHF-UHF Systems. 668–671. 8 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (2001). The Myth of Morality. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 379 indexed citations breakdown →
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Joyce, Richard. (2000). Rational fear of monsters. The British Journal of Aesthetics. 40(2). 209–224. 15 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (2000). Darwinian Ethics and Error. Biology & Philosophy. 15(5). 713–732. 14 indexed citations
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Rainey, R. C. & Richard Joyce. (1990). An airborne radar system for Desert Locust control. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 328(1251). 585–606. 4 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (1983). Aerial Transport of Pests and Pest Outbreaks1. EPPO Bulletin. 13(2). 111–119. 25 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard, et al.. (1979). The evolution of an aerial application system for the control of Desert Locusts. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 287(1022). 305–314. 7 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard, et al.. (1978). Development of Hazards Classification Data on Propellants and Explosives. 3 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (1973). Insect Mobility and the Philosophy of Crop Protection with Reference to the Sudan Gezira. PANS Pest Articles & News Summaries. 19(1). 62–70. 7 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (1961). Some factors affecting numbers of Empoasca lybica (De Berg.) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) infesting cotton in the Sudan Gezira. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 52(1). 191–232. 15 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (1956). Large-scale Spraying of Cotton in the Gash Delta in eastern Sudan. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 47(3). 399–413. 3 indexed citations
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Joyce, Richard. (1952). Field Trials with various Dry Baits against the Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forsk.). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 42(4). 691–696. 4 indexed citations

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