Hisashi Ohtsuki

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
104 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Hisashi Ohtsuki is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Hisashi Ohtsuki has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 53 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Hisashi Ohtsuki's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (69 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (46 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (20 papers). Hisashi Ohtsuki is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (69 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (46 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (20 papers). Hisashi Ohtsuki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Austria. Hisashi Ohtsuki's co-authors include Martin A. Nowak, Yoh Iwasa, Christoph Hauert, E. James Lieberman, Tibor Antal, Corina E. Tarnita, Jorge M. Pacheco, David G. Rand, Naoki Masuda and John Wakeley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hisashi Ohtsuki

99 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A simple rule for the evolution of cooperation on graphs and social networks

2006 1.6k citations Hisashi Ohtsuki, Martin A. Nowak et al. profile →
Accumulation of driver and passenger mutations during tumor progression

2010 565 citations Tibor Antal, Hisashi Ohtsuki et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hisashi Ohtsuki Japan	34	5.2k	3.2k	1.8k	1.6k	1.2k	104	7.0k
Jorge M. Pacheco Portugal	49	8.5k 1.6×	5.0k 1.6×	2.7k 1.5×	2.8k 1.8×	2.7k 2.3×	178	11.6k
Arne Traulsen Germany	57	8.3k 1.6×	5.7k 1.8×	2.9k 1.6×	2.9k 1.9×	1.5k 1.3×	221	12.1k
Francisco C. Santos Portugal	41	7.0k 1.3×	3.7k 1.2×	2.5k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	2.2k 1.9×	142	8.3k
Tom Lenaerts Belgium	31	2.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	810 0.5×	614 0.4×	657 0.6×	147	3.9k
Christoph Hauert Canada	49	11.8k 2.3×	6.9k 2.2×	4.0k 2.2×	4.1k 2.7×	2.3k 2.0×	97	13.7k
George Price United Kingdom	10	3.6k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	842 0.5×	899 0.6×	377 0.3×	30	6.6k
Joshua B. Plotkin United States	54	1.5k 0.3×	3.4k 1.1×	406 0.2×	800 0.5×	374 0.3×	146	11.7k
E. James Lieberman United States	12	2.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	439 0.2×	783 0.5×	707 0.6×	42	2.9k
Benjamin Allen United States	27	1.2k 0.2×	1.1k 0.3×	258 0.1×	463 0.3×	230 0.2×	68	4.1k
Eörs Szathmáry Hungary	41	2.1k 0.4×	2.8k 0.9×	159 0.1×	318 0.2×	265 0.2×	164	7.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Hisashi Ohtsuki

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hisashi Ohtsuki

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All Works

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Katahira, Kentaro, et al.. (2025). How social learning enhances—or undermines—efficiency and flexibility in collective decision-making under uncertainty. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(48). e2516827122–e2516827122.

Ohtsuki, Hisashi, et al.. (2024). Who is a Leader in the Leading Eight? Indirect Reciprocity under Private Assessment. 2(2). 7 indexed citations

Ohtsuki, Hisashi, et al.. (2023). Evolutionary stability of cooperation in indirect reciprocity under noisy and private assessment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(20). e2300544120–e2300544120. 19 indexed citations

Parvinen, Kalle, Hisashi Ohtsuki, & Joe Yuichiro Wakano. (2023). Evolution of dispersal under spatio-temporal heterogeneity. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 574. 111612–111612.

Takeuchi, Yayoi, Hisashi Ohtsuki, & Hideki Innan. (2022). Non‐zero‐sum neutrality test for the tropical rain forest community using long‐term between‐census data. Ecology and Evolution. 12(1). e8462–e8462. 1 indexed citations

Konishi, Shoko, et al.. (2021). Fecundability and Sterility by Age: Estimates Using Time to Pregnancy Data of Japanese Couples Trying to Conceive Their First Child with and without Fertility Treatment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(10). 5486–5486. 8 indexed citations

Parvinen, Kalle, Hisashi Ohtsuki, & Joe Yuichiro Wakano. (2020). Evolution of dispersal in a spatially heterogeneous population with finite patch sizes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(13). 7290–7295. 17 indexed citations

Nakamura, Mitsuhiro & Hisashi Ohtsuki. (2016). Optimal Decision Rules in Repeated Games Where Players Infer an Opponent’s Mind via Simplified Belief Calculation. Games. 7(3). 19–19. 2 indexed citations

Ohtsuki, Hisashi, et al.. (2016). Does Sexual Conflict between Mother and Father Lead to Fertility Decline?. Human Nature. 27(2). 201–219. 5 indexed citations

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Parvinen, Kalle, Hisashi Ohtsuki, & Joe Yuichiro Wakano. (2016). The effect of fecundity derivatives on the condition of evolutionary branching in spatial models. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 416. 129–143. 8 indexed citations

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Ohtsuki, Hisashi. (2014). Evolutionary dynamics ofn-player games played by relatives. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 369(1642). 20130359–20130359. 21 indexed citations

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Ohtsuki, Hisashi, et al.. (2012). Fission-fusion bat behavior as a strategy for balancing the conflicting needs of maximizing information accuracy and minimizing infection risk. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 318. 101–109. 19 indexed citations

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Antal, Tibor, Hisashi Ohtsuki, John Wakeley, Peter Taylor, & Martin A. Nowak. (2009). Evolution of cooperation by phenotypic similarity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(21). 8597–8600. 187 indexed citations

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Antal, Tibor, Arne Traulsen, Hisashi Ohtsuki, Corina E. Tarnita, & Martin A. Nowak. (2009). Mutation-selection equilibrium in games with multiple strategies. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 258(4). 614–622. 114 indexed citations

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Manapat, Michael L., Hisashi Ohtsuki, Reinhard Bürger, & Martin A. Nowak. (2008). Originator dynamics. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 256(4). 586–595. 9 indexed citations

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Ohtsuki, Hisashi & Yoh Iwasa. (2005). The leading eight: Social norms that can maintain cooperation by indirect reciprocity. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 239(4). 435–444. 333 indexed citations

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Sakurai, Daisuke, Yoshiki Kohmura, Takeo Horie, et al.. (2004). The role of pigment cells in the brain of ascidian larva. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 475(1). 70–82. 44 indexed citations

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Ohtsuki, Hisashi. (1991). Sensory organs in the cerebral vesicle of the ascidian larva, Aplidium sp. : an SEM study. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 8(2). 235–242. 8 indexed citations

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Ohtsuki, Hisashi. (1990). Inner Structures of the Cerebral Vesicle in the Ascidian Larva, Styela plicata: A SEM Study : Morphology. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 7(4). 739–746. 4 indexed citations

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Ohtsuki, Hisashi & Manabu Amano. (1972). RNA SYNTHESIS IN THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF CELL CYCLE OF CHICK EMBRYO CELLS. Development Growth & Differentiation. 14(2). 197–207. 3 indexed citations

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