Brian Skyrms

11.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
140 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Brian Skyrms is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Sociology and Political Science and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Skyrms has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 22 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Brian Skyrms's work include Game Theory and Applications (45 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (37 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (19 papers). Brian Skyrms is often cited by papers focused on Game Theory and Applications (45 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (37 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (19 papers). Brian Skyrms collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and United Kingdom. Brian Skyrms's co-authors include Robin Pemantle, Israel Scheffler, Richard C. Jeffrey, Jorge M. Pacheco, Francisco C. Santos, Ellery Eells, Geoffrey Hunter, William Harper, Max O. Souza and C. A. Hooker and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Brian Skyrms

130 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Stag Hunt and the Evolution of Social Structure 1996 2026 2006 2016 2003 1996 100 200 300 400 500

Peers

Brian Skyrms
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  • Sociology and Political Science 2.4k
  • Safety Research 1.1k
  • Management Science and Operations Research 1.1k
  • History and Philosophy of Science 877
  • Philosophy 852
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Countries citing papers authored by Brian Skyrms

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Skyrms

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
Mill's Conversion: The Herschel Connection
1
2 48
3 18
4 13
5
Game theory, rationality and evolution of the social contract
14
6 45
7
The Logic of Strategy
13
8
Probabilities and Conditionals
7
9
Logic, methodology and philosophy of science IX : proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Uppsala, Sweden, August 7-14, 1991
6
10 63
11 5
12 5
13 15
14
Review of “Hypothetico-Deductivism is Hopeless” by Clark Glymour,“Relevance Logic Brings Hope for Hypothetico-Deductivism” by C. Kenneth Waters, and “Truth, Content and Hypothetico-Deductive Method” by Thomas Grimes
1
15
Existence and Explanation Essays Presented in Honor of Karel Lambert
5
16
The value of knowledge
10
17
Dynamic Models of Deliberation and the Theory of Games
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18 10
19 51
20
Return of the Liar: Three-Valued Logic and the Concept of Truth
13

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