Andy Gardner

17.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
167 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Andy Gardner is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Andy Gardner has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 100 papers in Genetics and 85 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Andy Gardner's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (103 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (69 papers) and Plant and animal studies (67 papers). Andy Gardner is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (103 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (69 papers) and Plant and animal studies (67 papers). Andy Gardner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Andy Gardner's co-authors include Stuart A. West, Ashleigh S. Griffin, Stephen P. Diggle, Angus Buckling, Geoff Wild, Claire El Mouden, Alan Grafen, Francisco Úbeda, Sarah E. Reece and E. Toby Kiers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Andy Gardner

163 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, stron... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2006 2007 2007 2015 250 500 750 1000
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. Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection
    2006 1.1k citations Stuart A. West, Ashleigh S. Griffin et al. Journal of Evolutionary Biology profile →
  2. Social evolution theory for microorganisms
    2006 845 citations Stuart A. West, Ashleigh S. Griffin et al. profile →
  3. Evolutionary Explanations for Cooperation
    2007 688 citations Stuart A. West, Ashleigh S. Griffin et al. Current Biology profile →
  4. The Social Lives of Microbes
    2007 508 citations Stuart A. West, Angus Buckling et al. profile →
  5. Major evolutionary transitions in individuality
    2015 260 citations Stuart A. West, Andy Gardner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andy Gardner United Kingdom 51 5.5k 5.4k 3.4k 1.9k 1.4k 167 10.8k
Ashleigh S. Griffin United Kingdom 42 5.2k 0.9× 4.6k 0.8× 4.1k 1.2× 2.4k 1.3× 976 0.7× 86 10.7k
Sergey Gavrilets United States 56 6.5k 1.2× 2.8k 0.5× 4.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 694 0.5× 148 11.3k
Steven A. Frank United States 53 6.0k 1.1× 3.5k 0.6× 3.9k 1.2× 1.5k 0.8× 632 0.5× 177 10.8k
Michael Doebeli Canada 52 7.3k 1.3× 6.1k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 3.0k 1.6× 588 0.4× 156 15.8k
Alan Grafen United Kingdom 47 3.8k 0.7× 2.8k 0.5× 5.7k 1.7× 470 0.2× 1.2k 0.9× 92 10.3k
David C. Queller United States 59 9.7k 1.8× 3.6k 0.7× 8.3k 2.4× 2.3k 1.2× 706 0.5× 217 15.5k
Franz J. Weissing Netherlands 51 3.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.3× 5.1k 1.5× 1.0k 0.6× 779 0.6× 174 11.6k
Michael J. Wade United States 64 7.5k 1.4× 2.8k 0.5× 8.8k 2.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 217 15.6k
Laurent Lehmann Switzerland 37 2.3k 0.4× 2.6k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 606 0.3× 731 0.5× 114 5.4k
Ulf Dieckmann Austria 66 7.4k 1.4× 4.4k 0.8× 4.5k 1.3× 860 0.5× 306 0.2× 240 17.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Andy Gardner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andy Gardner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andy Gardner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gardner, Andy, et al.. (2025). Impaired neurovascular coupling in metabolic syndrome: an fNIRS study. Journal of Applied Physiology. 138(6). 1651–1663. 1 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, António M. M. & Andy Gardner. (2023). Transmission of social status drives cooperation and offspring philopatry. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(2011). 20231314–20231314. 2 indexed citations
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Gardner, Andy, et al.. (2023). Sexual antagonism in sequential hermaphrodites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(2011). 20232222–20232222. 3 indexed citations
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Mongue, Andrew J., Sozos Michaelides, Alejandro Tena, et al.. (2021). Sex, males, and hermaphrodites in the scale insect Icerya purchasi *. Evolution. 75(11). 2972–2983. 14 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, António M. M. & Andy Gardner. (2021). Reproductive value and the evolution of altruism. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 37(4). 346–358. 16 indexed citations
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Gardner, Andy & Ian C.W. Hardy. (2020). Adjustment of sex allocation to co‐foundress number and kinship under local mate competition: An inclusive‐fitness analysis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33(12). 1806–1812. 10 indexed citations
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Gardner, Andy. (2019). The greenbeard effect. Current Biology. 29(11). R430–R431. 11 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, António M. M. & Andy Gardner. (2015). The constant philopater hypothesis: a new life history invariant for dispersal evolution. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29(1). 153–166. 12 indexed citations
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Davies, Nicholas G. & Andy Gardner. (2014). Evolution of paternal care in diploid and haplodiploid populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27(6). 1012–1019. 12 indexed citations
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Gardner, Andy. (2014). The genetical theory of multilevel selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 28(2). 305–319. 65 indexed citations
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Gardner, Andy & Laura Ross. (2011). The Evolution of Hermaphroditism by an Infectious Male-Derived Cell Lineage: An Inclusive-Fitness Analysis. The American Naturalist. 178(2). 191–201. 10 indexed citations
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Kümmerli, Rolf, Pieter van den Berg, Ashleigh S. Griffin, Stuart A. West, & Andy Gardner. (2010). Repression of competition favours cooperation: experimental evidence from bacteria. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23(4). 699–706. 26 indexed citations
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Gardner, Andy. (2008). The Price equation. Current Biology. 18(5). R198–R202. 86 indexed citations
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Gardner, Andy & Rolf Kümmerli. (2008). Social Evolution: This Microbe Will Self-Destruct. Current Biology. 18(21). R1021–R1023. 16 indexed citations
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West, Stuart A., Ashleigh S. Griffin, & Andy Gardner. (2007). Social semantics: how useful has group selection been?. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 21(1). 374–385. 105 indexed citations
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Brockhurst, Michael A., Angus Buckling, & Andy Gardner. (2007). Cooperation Peaks at Intermediate Disturbance. Current Biology. 17(9). 761–765. 92 indexed citations
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Taylor, Peter, et al.. (2006). The evolutionary consequences of plasticity in host–pathogen interactions. Theoretical Population Biology. 69(3). 323–331. 30 indexed citations
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West, Stuart A., Andy Gardner, & Ashleigh S. Griffin. (2006). Altruism. Current Biology. 16(13). R482–R483. 24 indexed citations
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Partridge, Linda & Andy Gardner. (1983). Failure to replicate the results of an experiment on the rare male effect in Drosophila melanogaster.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

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