David Sloan Wilson

23.0k citations
135 papers · 17.0k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 60
Topics
Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (41 papers)Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (24 papers)Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (19 papers)

In The Last Decade

David Sloan Wilson

131 papers receiving 15.5k citations

Hit Papers

Costs and limits of phenotypic plasticity19752026199220091998199919941975198150010001.5k

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David Sloan Wilson
Comparison fields: 5 of 199
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5.6k
  • Genetics 4.4k
  • Ecology 4.3k
  • Sociology and Political Science 3.9k
  • Molecular Biology 3.0k
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All Works

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3 49
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The Design Your Own Park Competition: Empowering Neighborhoods and Restoring Outdoor Play on a Citywide Scale.
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6 11
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Utilities of Gossip across Organizational Levels: Multilevel Selection, Free-Riders, and Teams
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Altruism from an Evolutionary Perspective
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10 211
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Assortative interactions and the evolution of cooperation during predator inspection in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
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Functional diversity among predators of a freshwater snail imposes an adaptive trade-off for shell morphology
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Costs and limits of phenotypic plasticitybreakdown →
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(1994) Reintroducing group selection to the human behavioral sciences. BBS 17: 585-654
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Shyness and boldness in humans and other animalsbreakdown →
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About David Sloan Wilson

David Sloan Wilson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 135 papers that have together received 17.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (41 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (24 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (5.6k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (3.0k citations) and Ecology (4.3k citations). David Sloan Wilson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Beren W. Robinson, Jack W. Szostak, Thomas J. DeWitt, Andrew Sih, Anne B. Clark, Kristine Coleman, Lee Alan Dugatkin, Claude Desplan, Catherine Panter‐Brick and Anthony D. Keefe. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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