Benjamin Allen

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
68 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Allen is a scholar working on Genetics, Sociology and Political Science and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Allen has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Genetics, 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Allen's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (32 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (32 papers) and Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (12 papers). Benjamin Allen is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (32 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (32 papers) and Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (12 papers). Benjamin Allen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Benjamin Allen's co-authors include Martin A. Nowak, Ivana Božić, Johannes G. Reiter, Bert Vogelstein, Luis A. Díaz, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Jian Wu, Jordan Berlin, Richard T. Williams and Isaac Kinde and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Allen

66 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

The molecular evolution of acquired resistance to targete... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2013 2017 400 800 1.2k
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 molecular evolution of acquired resistance to targeted EGFR blockade in colorectal cancers
    2012 1.3k citations Luis A. Díaz, Richard T. Williams et al. Nature profile →
  2. Evolutionary dynamics of cancer in response to targeted combination therapy
    2013 433 citations Ivana Božić, Johannes G. Reiter et al. profile →
  3. Evolutionary dynamics on any population structure
    2017 352 citations Benjamin Allen, Gábor Lippner et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Allen United States 27 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 989 68 4.1k
Natalia L. Komarova United States 42 1.1k 0.8× 550 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 2.2k 2.2× 167 7.3k
Philipp M. Altrock United States 19 513 0.4× 531 0.4× 488 0.4× 598 0.6× 668 0.7× 42 2.0k
Franziska Michor United States 60 4.6k 3.5× 499 0.4× 3.8k 3.4× 2.1k 1.9× 6.0k 6.0× 177 12.6k
Thomas L. Vincent United States 30 240 0.2× 776 0.7× 135 0.1× 1.1k 1.0× 756 0.8× 91 3.3k
Gad Shaulsky United States 45 269 0.2× 534 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 911 0.8× 3.4k 3.4× 111 5.8k
Hao Chen China 38 504 0.4× 212 0.2× 831 0.7× 290 0.3× 1.9k 1.9× 324 5.7k
Joel S. Brown United States 30 1.2k 0.9× 89 0.1× 686 0.6× 589 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 85 2.9k
Alexander R.A. Anderson United States 52 2.4k 1.9× 140 0.1× 3.4k 3.1× 958 0.9× 4.4k 4.4× 186 10.3k
Carlo C. Maley United States 42 3.8k 2.9× 224 0.2× 2.3k 2.1× 1.8k 1.6× 4.2k 4.2× 131 9.5k
Janet E. Mertz United States 45 323 0.2× 106 0.1× 1.8k 1.6× 1.2k 1.1× 2.6k 2.6× 94 5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin Allen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Allen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Allen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Allen, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Nonlinear social evolution and the emergence of collective action. PNAS Nexus. 3(4). pgae131–pgae131. 6 indexed citations
2.
Allen, Benjamin & Alex McAvoy. (2024). The coalescent in finite populations with arbitrary, fixed structure. Theoretical Population Biology. 158. 150–169. 3 indexed citations
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Tran, Amanda, et al.. (2023). How asymmetric mating patterns affect the rate of neutral genetic substitution. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 3 indexed citations
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Su, Qi, Benjamin Allen, & Joshua B. Plotkin. (2021). Evolution of cooperation with asymmetric social interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(1). 68 indexed citations
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McAvoy, Alex & Benjamin Allen. (2021). Fixation probabilities in evolutionary dynamics under weak selection. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 82(3). 14–14. 43 indexed citations
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Allen, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Fixation probabilities in graph-structured populations under weak selection. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(2). e1008695–e1008695. 24 indexed citations
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Allen, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Transient amplifiers of selection and reducers of fixation for death-Birth updating on graphs. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(1). e1007529–e1007529. 30 indexed citations
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Allen, Benjamin, Gábor Lippner, Yu-Ting Chen, et al.. (2017). Evolutionary dynamics on any population structure. Nature. 544(7649). 227–230. 352 indexed citations breakdown →
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Veelen, Matthijs van, Benjamin Allen, Moshe Hoffman, Burton Simon, & Carl Veller. (2016). Hamilton's rule. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 414. 176–230. 32 indexed citations
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Allen, Benjamin, et al.. (2015). The Molecular Clock of Neutral Evolution Can Be Accelerated or Slowed by Asymmetric Spatial Structure. PLoS Computational Biology. 11(2). e1004108–e1004108. 33 indexed citations
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Vukov, Jeromos, et al.. (2015). Payoff components and their effects in a spatial three-strategy evolutionary social dilemma. Physical Review E. 92(1). 12813–12813. 12 indexed citations
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Rosenbloom, Daniel I. S. & Benjamin Allen. (2014). Frequency-Dependent Selection Can Lead to Evolution of High Mutation Rates. The American Naturalist. 183(5). E131–E153. 5 indexed citations
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Jeong, Hyeong-Chai, Seung‐Yoon Oh, Benjamin Allen, & Martin A. Nowak. (2014). Optional games on cycles and complete graphs. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 356. 98–112. 18 indexed citations
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Suchow, Jordan W., Benjamin Allen, Martin A. Nowak, & George A. Alvarez. (2013). Evolutionary dynamics of visual memory. Journal of Vision. 13(9). 20–20. 2 indexed citations
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Allen, Benjamin, Martin A. Nowak, & Ulf Dieckmann. (2013). Adaptive Dynamics with Interaction Structure. The American Naturalist. 181(6). E139–E163. 44 indexed citations
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Díaz, Luis A., Richard T. Williams, Jian Wu, et al.. (2012). The molecular evolution of acquired resistance to targeted EGFR blockade in colorectal cancers. Nature. 486(7404). 537–540. 1290 indexed citations breakdown →
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Allen, Benjamin & Martin A. Nowak. (2012). Evolutionary shift dynamics on a cycle. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 311. 28–39. 13 indexed citations
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Allen, Benjamin & Corina E. Tarnita. (2012). Measures of success in a class of evolutionary models with fixed population size and structure. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 68(1-2). 109–143. 53 indexed citations
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Allen, Benjamin & Daniel I. S. Rosenbloom. (2012). Mutation Rate Evolution in Replicator Dynamics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 74(11). 2650–75. 13 indexed citations
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Allen, Benjamin, Arne Traulsen, Corina E. Tarnita, & Martin A. Nowak. (2011). How mutation affects evolutionary games on graphs. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 299. 97–105. 74 indexed citations

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