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Researcher · Macquarie University · Australia

Paul Formosa

Paul Formosa publishes mostly in Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science and Cognitive Neuroscience, on topics such as Philosophical Ethics and Theory, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment.

ORCID 0000-0002-7490-0242 OpenAlex
World rank
#105,133
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#3,484
of 140,210
Works
121
Citations
2.4k
Citations per work
19.7
h-index
22
i10-index 44Top 3.6% in Philosophy
Paul Formosa

What does Paul Formosa research?

Paul Formosa's work is mostly in Social Sciences (30%), Arts and Humanities (24%), Neuroscience (10%).

Social Sciences: 65 works · 53.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 36 works · 30.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 14 works · 11.6% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 works · 9.7% of their workSafety Research: 11 works · 8.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 29 works · 23.9% of their workPhilosophy: 29 works · 23.9% of their workEverything else: 36 works · 29.6% of their workLife Sciences: 12 works · 10.0% of their workNeuroscience: 12 works · 10.0% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 works · 10.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 6.5% of their workComputer Science: 8 works · 6.5% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 8 works · 6.5% of their workTHEIR WORKPaul Formosa121works
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences6%Social Sciences54%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3630.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities2923.9%
  2. Everything else3629.6%
    1. Neuroscience1210.0%
    1. Computer Science86.5%
  1. 1Philosophy24% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science12% of their works
  3. 3Cognitive Neuroscience10% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations10% of their works
  5. 5Safety Research9% of their works
  6. 6Artificial Intelligence6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul Formosa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ethics, Responsibility, Human Rights, Moral Realism, Virtue Ethics, Algorithmic Bias, Fairness and Disgust.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Ethics934 topics
  2. Responsibility312 topics
  3. Human Rights272 topics
  4. Moral Realism271 topic
  5. Virtue Ethics271 topic
  6. Algorithmic Bias261 topic
  7. Fairness261 topic
  8. Disgust201 topic
  9. Just War Theory201 topic
  10. Moral Judgment201 topic
  11. Self-Defense201 topic
  12. Cosmopolitanism161 topic
  13. Global Justice161 topic
  14. Problem of Evil131 topic
  15. Theodicy131 topic
  16. Judgment111 topic
  17. Totalitarianism111 topic
  18. Ethical Decision Making91 topic
  19. Moral Identity91 topic

Where does Paul Formosa work?

Paul Formosa's main affiliation in the publication record is Macquarie University, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Paul Formosa have?

OpenAlex counts 121 works and 2,389 citations for Paul Formosa, an h-index of 22, ranking #105,133 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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