Karthik Panchanathan

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Karthik Panchanathan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Karthik Panchanathan has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 7 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Karthik Panchanathan's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (14 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (10 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (7 papers). Karthik Panchanathan is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (14 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (10 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (7 papers). Karthik Panchanathan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Karthik Panchanathan's co-authors include Robert Boyd, Willem E. Frankenhuis, Daniel Nettle, H. Clark Barrett, Andrew G. Barto, Nicole Walasek, Jay Belsky, Paul E. Smaldino, Leonid Tiokhin and Daniël Lakens and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Karthik Panchanathan

24 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Indirect reciprocity can stabilize cooperation without the second-order free rider problem

2004 588 citations Karthik Panchanathan, Robert Boyd Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karthik Panchanathan United States	14	957	578	553	282	241	24	1.5k
Charles Efferson Switzerland	21	1.3k 1.4×	410 0.7×	453 0.8×	631 2.2×	128 0.5×	52	2.1k
Michael Muthukrishna United Kingdom	19	953 1.0×	370 0.6×	202 0.4×	718 2.5×	73 0.3×	50	2.1k
Claire El Mouden United Kingdom	13	564 0.6×	223 0.4×	260 0.5×	155 0.5×	185 0.8×	17	896
Thomas J. H. Morgan United States	17	826 0.9×	262 0.5×	143 0.3×	595 2.1×	136 0.6×	43	1.9k
Jeffrey R. Stevens United States	23	811 0.8×	600 1.0×	360 0.7×	1.1k 3.9×	268 1.1×	62	2.4k
Pat Barclay Canada	26	1.8k 1.9×	1.1k 2.0×	1.1k 2.0×	543 1.9×	81 0.3×	59	2.7k
Nichola Raihani United Kingdom	34	1.4k 1.5×	694 1.2×	752 1.4×	697 2.5×	254 1.1×	89	3.0k
Jörg Gross Netherlands	18	580 0.6×	222 0.4×	376 0.7×	237 0.8×	72 0.3×	41	950
Adrian V. Bell United States	13	801 0.8×	313 0.5×	203 0.4×	447 1.6×	87 0.4×	28	1.4k
Cody T. Ross United States	19	770 0.8×	221 0.4×	154 0.3×	296 1.0×	79 0.3×	60	1.4k

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Walasek, Nicole, Karthik Panchanathan, & Willem E. Frankenhuis. (2024). The evolution of sensitive periods beyond early ontogeny: Bridging theory and data. Functional Ecology. 39(11). 2962–2973. 3 indexed citations

Koster, Jeremy, Brooke A. Scelza, Michael Gurven, et al.. (2024). Human Behavioral Ecology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations

Tiokhin, Leonid, Karthik Panchanathan, Paul E. Smaldino, & Daniël Lakens. (2023). Shifting the Level of Selection in Science. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 19(6). 908–920. 8 indexed citations

Nettle, Daniel, Willem E. Frankenhuis, & Karthik Panchanathan. (2023). Biology, Society, or Choice: How Do Non-Experts Interpret Explanations of Behaviour?. Open Mind. 7. 625–651. 4 indexed citations

Frankenhuis, Willem E., Karthik Panchanathan, & Paul E. Smaldino. (2023). Strategic ambiguity in the social sciences. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18. 15 indexed citations

Walasek, Nicole, Willem E. Frankenhuis, & Karthik Panchanathan. (2022). Sensitive periods, but not critical periods, evolve in a fluctuating environment: a model of incremental development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1969). 20212623–20212623. 13 indexed citations

Walasek, Nicole, Willem E. Frankenhuis, & Karthik Panchanathan. (2021). An evolutionary model of sensitive periods when the reliability of cues varies across ontogeny. Behavioral Ecology. 33(1). 101–114. 24 indexed citations

Tiokhin, Leonid, Karthik Panchanathan, Daniël Lakens, et al.. (2021). Honest signaling in academic publishing. PLoS ONE. 16(2). e0246675–e0246675. 20 indexed citations

Whalen, Andrew, et al.. (2019). White-faced capuchin monkeys use both rank and relationship quality to recruit allies. Animal Behaviour. 154. 161–169. 7 indexed citations

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Frankenhuis, Willem E., Karthik Panchanathan, & Andrew G. Barto. (2018). Enriching behavioral ecology with reinforcement learning methods. Behavioural Processes. 161. 94–100. 41 indexed citations

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Panchanathan, Karthik & Willem E. Frankenhuis. (2016). The evolution of sensitive periods in a model of incremental development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1823). 20152439–20152439. 70 indexed citations

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Frankenhuis, Willem E., Karthik Panchanathan, & Daniel Nettle. (2015). Cognition in harsh and unpredictable environments. Current Opinion in Psychology. 7. 76–80. 179 indexed citations

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Frankenhuis, Willem E., Karthik Panchanathan, & Jay Belsky. (2015). A mathematical model of the evolution of individual differences in developmental plasticity arising through parental bet‐hedging. Developmental Science. 19(2). 251–274. 29 indexed citations

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Frankenhuis, Willem E., Karthik Panchanathan, & H. Clark Barrett. (2013). Bridging developmental systems theory and evolutionary psychology using dynamic optimization. Developmental Science. 16(4). 584–598. 47 indexed citations

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Panchanathan, Karthik, et al.. (2013). The bystander effect in an N-person dictator game. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 120(2). 285–297. 17 indexed citations

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Frankenhuis, Willem E. & Karthik Panchanathan. (2011). Individual Differences in Developmental Plasticity May Result From Stochastic Sampling. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 6(4). 336–347. 52 indexed citations

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Frankenhuis, Willem E. & Karthik Panchanathan. (2011). Balancing sampling and specialization: an adaptationist model of incremental development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 278(1724). 3558–3565. 95 indexed citations

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Panchanathan, Karthik, Willem E. Frankenhuis, & H. Clark Barrett. (2010). Development: Evolutionary ecology's midwife. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 33(2-3). 105–106. 7 indexed citations

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Panchanathan, Karthik, et al.. (2005). Second-order free-riding problem solved? (reply). Nature. 437(7058). E8–E9. 4 indexed citations

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Panchanathan, Karthik & Robert Boyd. (2004). Indirect reciprocity can stabilize cooperation without the second-order free rider problem. Nature. 432(7016). 499–502. 588 indexed citations breakdown →

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