Charles Efferson

6.4k total citations
52 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Charles Efferson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Efferson has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 25 papers in Safety Research and 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Charles Efferson's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (29 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (25 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (12 papers). Charles Efferson is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (29 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (25 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (12 papers). Charles Efferson collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Charles Efferson's co-authors include Ernst Fehr, Sonja Vogt, Rafael Lalive, Peter J. Richerson, Richard McElreath, Mark Lubell, Ryan McKay, Judith M. Burkart, Carel P. van Schaik and Timothy M. Waring and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Charles Efferson

51 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles Efferson Switzerland 21 1.3k 631 453 416 410 52 2.1k
Michael Muthukrishna United Kingdom 19 953 0.7× 718 1.1× 202 0.4× 311 0.7× 370 0.9× 50 2.1k
Francisco Gil-White United States 9 1.9k 1.4× 1.0k 1.6× 767 1.7× 394 0.9× 697 1.7× 15 3.0k
Polly Wiessner United States 23 1.0k 0.8× 549 0.9× 258 0.6× 325 0.8× 586 1.4× 49 3.3k
Thomas J. H. Morgan United States 17 826 0.6× 595 0.9× 143 0.3× 572 1.4× 262 0.6× 43 1.9k
Adrian V. Bell United States 13 801 0.6× 447 0.7× 203 0.4× 249 0.6× 313 0.8× 28 1.4k
Christopher Boehm United States 24 1.8k 1.4× 872 1.4× 516 1.1× 216 0.5× 896 2.2× 47 2.9k
Pontus Strimling Sweden 20 769 0.6× 412 0.7× 221 0.5× 283 0.7× 118 0.3× 77 1.4k
Michael Alvard United States 16 987 0.8× 604 1.0× 629 1.4× 96 0.2× 425 1.0× 24 2.3k
Coren L. Apicella United States 35 1.5k 1.2× 1.0k 1.6× 544 1.2× 133 0.3× 2.1k 5.0× 73 4.1k
Luke Glowacki United States 19 795 0.6× 509 0.8× 181 0.4× 135 0.3× 467 1.1× 36 1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Efferson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Efferson, Charles, et al.. (2024). Super-additive cooperation. Nature. 626(8001). 1034–1041. 14 indexed citations
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Soraperra, Ivan, Nils Köbis, Shaul Shalvi, et al.. (2023). A market for integrity. The use of competition to reduce bribery in education. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 107. 102110–102110. 1 indexed citations
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Efferson, Charles, et al.. (2023). Our fragile future under the cumulative cultural evolution of two technologies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1893). 20220257–20220257. 9 indexed citations
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Richerson, Peter J., Robert Boyd, & Charles Efferson. (2023). Agentic processes in cultural evolution: relevance to Anthropocene sustainability. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1893). 20220252–20220252. 8 indexed citations
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Lalive, Rafael, et al.. (2023). How Culture Shapes Choices Related to Fertility and Mortality: Causal Evidence at the Swiss Language Border. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Efferson, Charles, et al.. (2023). Green preferences sustain greenwashing: challenges in the cultural transition to a sustainable future. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1893). 20220268–20220268. 12 indexed citations
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Constantino, Sara M., et al.. (2022). Group identities can undermine social tipping after intervention. Nature Human Behaviour. 6(12). 1669–1679. 28 indexed citations
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McKay, Ryan, et al.. (2022). What is the extent of a frequency-dependent social learning strategy space?. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 4. 1–30. 5 indexed citations
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Vogt, Sonja, et al.. (2021). Investigating the Structure of Son Bias in Armenia With Novel Measures of Individual Preferences. Demography. 58(5). 1737–1764. 8 indexed citations
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Sulik, Justin, Charles Efferson, & Ryan McKay. (2021). Collectively jumping to conclusions: Social information amplifies the tendency to gather insufficient data.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 150(11). 2309–2320. 4 indexed citations
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Efferson, Charles, Ryan McKay, & Ernst Fehr. (2020). The evolution of distorted beliefs vs. mistaken choices under asymmetric error costs. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 2. e27–e27. 8 indexed citations
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Efferson, Charles, Sonja Vogt, & Ernst Fehr. (2019). The promise and the peril of using social influence to reverse harmful traditions. Nature Human Behaviour. 4(1). 55–68. 76 indexed citations
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Vogt, Sonja, Charles Efferson, & Ernst Fehr. (2017). The risk of female genital cutting in Europe: Comparing immigrant attitudes toward uncut girls with attitudes in a practicing country. SSM - Population Health. 3. 283–293. 39 indexed citations
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Vogt, Sonja, et al.. (2016). Changing cultural attitudes towards female genital cutting. Nature. 538(7626). 506–509. 68 indexed citations
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Efferson, Charles, Carlos P. Roca, Sonja Vogt, & Dirk Helbing. (2015). Sustained cooperation by running away from bad behavior. Evolution and Human Behavior. 37(1). 1–9. 24 indexed citations
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Hruschka, Daniel J., Charles Efferson, Ting Jiang, et al.. (2014). Impartial Institutions, Pathogen Stress and the Expanding Social Network. Human Nature. 25(4). 567–579. 87 indexed citations
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Efferson, Charles & Sonja Vogt. (2013). Viewing men's faces does not lead to accurate predictions of trustworthiness. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1047–1047. 48 indexed citations
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McKay, Ryan, Charles Efferson, Harvey Whitehouse, & Ernst Fehr. (2010). Wrath of God: religious primes and punishment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 278(1713). 1858–1863. 108 indexed citations
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Efferson, Charles, Rafael Lalive, Peter J. Richerson, Richard McElreath, & Mark Lubell. (2006). Models and Anti-Models: The Structure of Payoff-Dependent Social Learning. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 1 indexed citations
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Eagles‐Smith, Collin A., et al.. (2006). Evidence for local specialization in a generalist mammalian herbivore, Neotoma fuscipes. Oikos. 113(3). 440–448. 39 indexed citations

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