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Stuart J. Ritchie

Also known as Stuart James Ritchie

Stuart J. Ritchie is a psychologist and science writer who leads research communications at Anthropic. He studied intelligence and cognitive ageing at Edinburgh and wrote Intelligence: All That Matters and Science Fictions. In 2023, he began full-time newspaper science writing and co-hosted the weekly podcast The Studies Show with Tom Chivers.

Works
156
Citations
13,360
h-index
53
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2014

    A PhD at Edinburgh

    He completes a psychology PhD in the University of Edinburgh's School of Psychology in 2014. His thesis, Studies concerning the application of psychological science to education, tests coloured filters for reading, wakeful resting and retrieval practice, with Sergio Della Sala and Robert McIntosh as his doctoral advisors.

  2. 2015

    Intelligence: All That Matters

    At the University of Edinburgh, he works as a postdoctoral fellow in cognitive ageing, studying human intelligence differences, genetics and education. He publishes Intelligence: All That Matters in 2015.

  3. 2015

    An APS Rising Star award

    He wins the Association for Psychological Science's 2015 ‘Rising Star’ award.

  4. 2018

    Lecturer at King's College London

    In 2018, he becomes a lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London.

  5. 2020

    Science Fictions and bad science

    The Bodley Head publishes his book Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science in 2020. It examines claims about priming, growth mindset, genetics, sleep and microbiotics, and traces the effects of unreliable, overhyped and fraudulent papers in public debate.

  6. 2021

    A Royal Society shortlist

    Science Fictions joins a six-book shortlist for the 2021 Royal Society Science Book Prize. Merlin Sheldrake wins the prize with Entangled Life.

  7. 2023

    The Studies Show podcast

    In 2023, he starts a full-time job as a newspaper science writer, and the Science Fictions Substack changes to monthly posts of bad-science links. He begins co-hosting The Studies Show, a weekly podcast with Tom Chivers.

  8. As of October 2026

    Research communications at Anthropic

    By 2024, he works in research communications at Anthropic. As of October 2026, he holds the title Research Comms lead at Anthropic.

Career

  1. Since 2024AnthropicResearch Comms lead
  2. 2018–2024King's College LondonLecturer
  3. 2011–2020University of EdinburghPostdoctoral Fellow

Education

  1. 2014University of EdinburghPhD

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

  1. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes Stuart J. Ritchie. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.
  2. 16% of AI career moves in the 2020s went from a university to a companyIncludes Stuart J. Ritchie. We estimate that 16% of AI career moves in the 2020s went from a university to a company; 29% of moves starting at a university went to a company, and 76% ended the university role.
  3. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public rolesIncludes Stuart J. Ritchie. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public roles. Another 97 people moved from public careers into AI organizations or research, with 62% of dated records starting from 2020 on.
  4. 22 of 133 people shaping AI with a former OpenAI role now work at AnthropicIncludes Anthropic. Our estimates of where OpenAI recruits came from and where 133 people with former OpenAI roles work now, including the companies and labs they founded.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Studies concerning the application of psychological science to education era.ed.ac.uk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Stuart Ritchie | Aeon aeon.co. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Intelligence: All that matters - University of Edinburgh Research Explorer research.ed.ac.uk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Science Fictions penguin.co.uk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Stuart Ritchie janklowandnesbit.co.uk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Shortlist for 2021 Royal Society Science Book Prize revealed royalsociety.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. Stuart J. Ritchie en.wikipedia.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. About - Science Fictions stuartritchie.substack.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  9. Welcome to The Studies Show! sciencefictionspod.substack.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  10. About the Science Fictions podcast sciencefictionspod.substack.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  11. Stuart Ritchie | Substack substack.com. Checked 21 October 2026.