Kathryn Demps

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 651 citations indexed

About

Kathryn Demps is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathryn Demps has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 651 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 5 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kathryn Demps's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (7 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (4 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (3 papers). Kathryn Demps is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (7 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (4 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (3 papers). Kathryn Demps collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and India. Kathryn Demps's co-authors include Victòria Reyes-García, Claude García, Francisco Zorondo‐Rodríguez, Peter J. Richerson, Vicken Hillis, Karl Frost, Matthew Zefferman, Nicole Naar, Paul E. Smaldino and Sarah Mathew and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kathryn Demps

18 papers receiving 631 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cultural group selection plays an essential role in explaining human cooperation: A sketch of the evidence

2014 354 citations Peter J. Richerson, Ryan Baldini et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kathryn Demps United States	9	373	185	124	122	105	18	651
Anne C. Pisor United States	16	447 1.2×	267 1.4×	109 0.9×	62 0.5×	75 0.7×	28	780
James F. Eder United States	15	461 1.2×	208 1.1×	221 1.8×	97 0.8×	74 0.7×	39	1.1k
Richard J. Preston Canada	14	349 0.9×	203 1.1×	189 1.5×	52 0.4×	76 0.7×	40	989
Stephen Beckerman United States	14	396 1.1×	198 1.1×	299 2.4×	37 0.3×	81 0.8×	38	910
David A. Nolin United States	11	321 0.9×	123 0.7×	214 1.7×	32 0.3×	91 0.9×	16	567
James Broesch United States	10	290 0.8×	216 1.2×	90 0.7×	191 1.6×	29 0.3×	10	747
David Hyndman Australia	12	260 0.7×	134 0.7×	180 1.5×	26 0.2×	74 0.7×	29	725
Shane J. Macfarlan United States	14	395 1.1×	189 1.0×	276 2.2×	31 0.3×	168 1.6×	37	705
Richard Borshay Lee Canada	6	298 0.8×	203 1.1×	183 1.5×	80 0.7×	24 0.2×	8	1.1k
Matthew Zefferman United States	6	355 1.0×	145 0.8×	123 1.0×	97 0.8×	116 1.1×	9	470

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All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

Demps, Kathryn, et al.. (2023). From Mind to Matter: Patterns of Innovation in the Archaeological Record and the Ecology of Social Learning. American Antiquity. 89(1). 19–36. 1 indexed citations

Demps, Kathryn, et al.. (2021). Decreased cortisol among hikers who preferentially visit and value biodiverse riparian zones. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 848–848. 7 indexed citations

Snopkowski, Kristin, et al.. (2019). Small Group Learning is Associated with Reduced Salivary Cortisol and Testosterone in Undergraduate Students. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19(5). 2 indexed citations

Pauli, Benjamin P., et al.. (2019). Human Habitat Selection: Using Tools from Wildlife Ecology to Predict Recreation in Natural Landscapes. Natural Areas Journal. 39(2). 142–142. 13 indexed citations

Demps, Kathryn & Bruce Winterhalder. (2018). “Every Tradesman Must Also Be a Merchant”: Behavioral Ecology and Household-Level Production for Barter and Trade in Premodern Economies. Journal of Archaeological Research. 27(1). 49–90. 14 indexed citations

Frey, Eric C., Kathryn Demps, Benjamin P. Pauli, & Julie A. Heath. (2018). Group Characteristics Influence Distribution Patterns of Off-Road Vehicle Recreation within a Complex Trail System in Southwest Idaho. Leisure Sciences. 40(3). 131–150. 11 indexed citations

Demps, Kathryn, et al.. (2015). Schooling and Local Knowledge for Collecting Wild Honey inSouthIndia: Balancing Multifaceted Educations?. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 37(1). 28–37. 5 indexed citations

Hooper, Paul L., Kathryn Demps, Michael Gurven, Drew Gerkey, & Hillard Kaplan. (2015). Skills, division of labour and economies of scale among Amazonian hunters and South Indian honey collectors. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 370(1683). 20150008–20150008. 34 indexed citations

Richerson, Peter J., Ryan Baldini, Adrian V. Bell, et al.. (2014). Cultural group selection plays an essential role in explaining human cooperation: A sketch of the evidence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 39. e30–e30. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Demps, Kathryn, et al.. (2014). Ephemeral work group formation of Jenu Kuruba honey collectors and late 19th Century Colorado silver prospectors. Behaviour. 151(10). 1413–1432. 2 indexed citations

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Ziker, John P., et al.. (2014). Time Distribution of Faculty Workload at Boise State University. Scholar Works (Boise State University). 8 indexed citations

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Reyes-García, Victòria, et al.. (2013). An empirical comparison of knowledge and skill in the context of traditional ecological knowledge. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9(1). 71–71. 8 indexed citations

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Demps, Kathryn, Francisco Zorondo‐Rodríguez, Claude García, & Victòria Reyes-García. (2012). The Selective Persistence of Local Ecological Knowledge: Honey Collecting with the Jenu Kuruba in South India. Human Ecology. 40(3). 427–434. 12 indexed citations

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Demps, Kathryn. (2012). Dynamics of Social Learning: Socialization into a honey-collecting tribe and the ecology of cultural knowledge transmission. 2 indexed citations

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Zorondo‐Rodríguez, Francisco, Erik Gómez‐Baggethun, Kathryn Demps, et al.. (2012). What Defines Quality of Life? The Gap Between Public Policies and Locally Defined Indicators Among Residents of Kodagu, Karnataka (India). Social Indicators Research. 115(1). 441–456. 26 indexed citations

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Demps, Kathryn, Francisco Zorondo‐Rodríguez, Claude García, & Victòria Reyes-García. (2012). Social learning across the life cycle: cultural knowledge acquisition for honey collection among the Jenu Kuruba, India. Evolution and Human Behavior. 33(5). 460–470. 72 indexed citations

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Burns, Gregory R., et al.. (2012). ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FOR CHANGING RESIDENCE PATTERNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE TO LATE HOLOCENE IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. 3 indexed citations

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Macura, Biljana, et al.. (2011). Local Community Attitudes toward Forests Outside Protected Areas in India. Impact of Legal Awareness, Trust, and Participation.. Ecology and Society. 16(3). 77 indexed citations

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