Gilbert Roberts

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Gilbert Roberts is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Gilbert Roberts has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 16 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Gilbert Roberts's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (26 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (16 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (16 papers). Gilbert Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (26 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (16 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (16 papers). Gilbert Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. Gilbert Roberts's co-authors include Daniel Nettle, Melissa Bateson, Thomas N. Sherratt, Karolina Sylwester, John H. Lazarus, Daniel Farrelly, Jack W. Scannell, Marion Petrie, Graeme D. Ruxton and P. Jarrett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

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Gilbert Roberts

41 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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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.

Cues of being watched enhance cooperation in a real-world setting

2006 783 citations Daniel Nettle, Gilbert Roberts et al. profile →
Why individual vigilance declines as group size increases

1996 740 citations Gilbert Roberts Animal Behaviour profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Helping those who help others: The roles of indirect reciprocity and relatedness 2024 ·Ethology ·Gilbert Roberts	2
2	The psychological foundations of reputation-based cooperation 2021 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Héctor M. Manrique, (unknown), Gilbert Roberts, Pat Barclay, Michael Walker, (unknown), (unknown), Redouan Bshary, Nichola Raihani	25
3	The benefits of being seen to help others: indirect reciprocity and reputation-based partner choice 2021 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Gilbert Roberts, Nichola Raihani, Redouan Bshary, Héctor M. Manrique, (unknown), (unknown), Pat Barclay	52
4	Partner Choice Drives the Evolution of Cooperation via Indirect Reciprocity 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Gilbert Roberts	22
5	When Punishment Pays 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Gilbert Roberts	12
6	Reputation-based partner choice is an effective alternative to indirect reciprocity in solving social dilemmas 2013 ·Evolution and Human Behavior ·Karolina Sylwester, Gilbert Roberts	85
7	Eye Images Increase Charitable Donations: Evidence From an Opportunistic Field Experiment in a Supermarket 2012 ·Ethology ·(unknown), Gilbert Roberts, Daniel Nettle	112
8	The role of Theory of Mind in assessing cooperative intentions 2011 ·Personality and Individual Differences ·Karolina Sylwester, Minna Lyons, (unknown), Daniel Nettle, Gilbert Roberts	28
9	Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation 2007 ·BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Péter András, John H. Lazarus, Gilbert Roberts	33
10	Sexual selection and the evolution of evolvability 2006 ·Heredity ·Marion Petrie, Gilbert Roberts	35
11	The group-size effect in non-feeding animals 2003 ·Behavioural Processes ·Gilbert Roberts	10
12	The development of cooperative relationships: an experiment 2003 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Gilbert Roberts, (unknown)	34
13	The Stability of Cooperation Involving Variable Investment 2002 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Thomas N. Sherratt, Gilbert Roberts	20
14	The Evolution of Quantitatively Responsive Cooperative Trade 1999 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Thomas N. Sherratt, Gilbert Roberts	7
15	A life-history approach to predicting the recovery of aquatic invertebrate populations after exposure to xenobiotic chemicals 1999 ·Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ·Thomas N. Sherratt, Gilbert Roberts, Penny Williams, (unknown), Jeremy Biggs, (unknown), Stephen J. Maund	33
16	The Evolution of Generosity and Choosiness in Cooperative Exchanges 1998 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Thomas N. Sherratt, Gilbert Roberts	55
17	Development of cooperative relationships through increasing investment 1998 ·Nature ·Gilbert Roberts, Thomas N. Sherratt	193
18	A real-time response of vigilance behaviour to changes in group size 1995 ·Animal Behaviour ·Gilbert Roberts	60
19	Salt-marsh Crustaceans, Gammarus duebeni and Palaemonetes varians as Predators of Mosquito Larvae and Their Reaction to Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis 1995 ·Biocontrol Science and Technology ·Gilbert Roberts	19
20	When to scan: an analysis of predictability in vigilance sequences using autoregression models 1994 ·Animal Behaviour ·Gilbert Roberts	17

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