Albert B. Kao

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 766 citations indexed

About

Albert B. Kao is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert B. Kao has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 766 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 7 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Albert B. Kao's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (8 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (7 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (7 papers). Albert B. Kao is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (8 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (7 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (7 papers). Albert B. Kao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Albert B. Kao's co-authors include Iain D. Couzin, Andrew M. Berdahl, Matthew J. Lutz, Simon Garnier, Dora Biro, Edward A. Codling, Andrea Flack, Peter A. H. Westley, Anthony I. Dell and Joseph B. Bak-Coleman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Albert B. Kao

17 papers receiving 749 citations

Hit Papers

Stewardship of global collective behavior 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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. Stewardship of global collective behavior
    2021 164 citations Joseph B. Bak-Coleman, Mark Alfano et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Albert B. Kao United States 11 282 170 152 143 93 17 766
Seth Bullock United Kingdom 19 218 0.8× 102 0.6× 181 1.2× 124 0.9× 70 0.8× 126 1.2k
John R.G. Dyer United Kingdom 10 238 0.8× 502 3.0× 110 0.7× 186 1.3× 133 1.4× 11 970
Andy M. Reynolds United Kingdom 15 100 0.4× 243 1.4× 89 0.6× 177 1.2× 54 0.6× 19 889
Joseph B. Bak-Coleman United States 12 229 0.8× 86 0.5× 111 0.7× 32 0.2× 111 1.2× 19 739
Arend Hintze United States 16 311 1.1× 74 0.4× 78 0.5× 244 1.7× 101 1.1× 78 1.2k
Jolyon J. Faria United Kingdom 12 295 1.0× 515 3.0× 125 0.8× 208 1.5× 192 2.1× 12 1.2k
Sébastien Roch United States 20 176 0.6× 120 0.7× 193 1.3× 490 3.4× 39 0.4× 43 1.4k
Hai Shan Wu China 7 80 0.3× 148 0.9× 55 0.4× 101 0.7× 50 0.5× 11 548
Güven Demirel United Kingdom 10 174 0.6× 102 0.6× 193 1.3× 75 0.5× 21 0.2× 13 671
Markus Brede United Kingdom 18 265 0.9× 53 0.3× 241 1.6× 144 1.0× 29 0.3× 69 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Albert B. Kao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Albert B. Kao

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Kao, Albert B., et al.. (2024). Timing decisions as the next frontier for collective intelligence. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 39(10). 904–912. 3 indexed citations
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Kao, Albert B., Amanda K. Hund, Fernando P. Santos, et al.. (2023). Opposing Responses to Scarcity Emerge from Functionally Unique Sociality Drivers. The American Naturalist. 202(3). 302–321. 2 indexed citations
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Galešić, Mirta, Daniel Barkoczi, Andrew M. Berdahl, et al.. (2023). Beyond collective intelligence: Collective adaptation. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 20(200). 20220736–20220736. 38 indexed citations
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Kao, Albert B., et al.. (2023). Collective decision strategies in the presence of spatio-temporal correlations. 2(1). 3 indexed citations
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Lutz, Matthew J., et al.. (2021). Individual error correction drives responsive self-assembly of army ant scaffolds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(17). 7 indexed citations
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Bak-Coleman, Joseph B., Mark Alfano, Wolfram Barfuß, et al.. (2021). Stewardship of global collective behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(27). 164 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guerra, Ana Sofía, Albert B. Kao, Douglas J. McCauley, & Andrew M. Berdahl. (2020). Fisheries-induced selection against schooling behaviour in marine fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1935). 20201752–20201752. 21 indexed citations
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Kao, Albert B., et al.. (2020). The wisdom of stalemates: consensus and clustering as filtering mechanisms for improving collective accuracy. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1938). 20201802–20201802. 9 indexed citations
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Kao, Albert B. & Iain D. Couzin. (2019). Modular structure within groups causes information loss but can improve decision accuracy. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 374(1774). 20180378–20180378. 28 indexed citations
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Berdahl, Andrew M., Albert B. Kao, Andrea Flack, et al.. (2018). Collective animal navigation and migratory culture: from theoretical models to empirical evidence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1746). 20170009–20170009. 142 indexed citations
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Kao, Albert B., Andrew M. Berdahl, Andrew T. Hartnett, et al.. (2018). Counteracting estimation bias and social influence to improve the wisdom of crowds. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 15(141). 20180130–20180130. 40 indexed citations
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Graham, Jason M., et al.. (2017). Optimal construction of army ant living bridges. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 435. 184–198. 14 indexed citations
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Reid, Chris R., Matthew J. Lutz, Scott Powell, et al.. (2015). Army ants dynamically adjust living bridges in response to a cost–benefit trade-off. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(49). 15113–15118. 91 indexed citations
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Kao, Albert B., Noam Miller, Colin J. Torney, Andrew T. Hartnett, & Iain D. Couzin. (2014). Collective Learning and Optimal Consensus Decisions in Social Animal Groups. PLoS Computational Biology. 10(8). e1003762–e1003762. 65 indexed citations
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Kao, Albert B. & Iain D. Couzin. (2014). Decision accuracy in complex environments is often maximized by small group sizes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1784). 20133305–20133305. 110 indexed citations
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Leonard, Naomi Ehrich, et al.. (2007). Alternating spatial patterns for coordinated group motion. 2925–2930. 8 indexed citations

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