Laura Betzig

3.7k total citations
51 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Laura Betzig is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Betzig has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Laura Betzig's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (13 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (12 papers) and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (10 papers). Laura Betzig is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (13 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (12 papers) and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (10 papers). Laura Betzig collaborates with scholars based in United States. Laura Betzig's co-authors include Paul W. Turke, Allan Mazur, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Keith F. Otterbein, Susan Greenhalgh, Robert Knox Dentan, Bruce M. Knauft, Donald Symons, Christopher Boehm and Thomas S. Abler and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Population and Development Review.

In The Last Decade

Laura Betzig

47 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laura Betzig United States 23 1.5k 1.5k 627 530 363 51 2.5k
William Irons United States 15 1.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 424 0.7× 669 1.3× 251 0.7× 32 2.7k
Jane B. Lancaster United States 22 1.4k 0.9× 931 0.6× 576 0.9× 1.1k 2.1× 437 1.2× 36 3.0k
Karen L. Kramer United States 30 1.2k 0.8× 943 0.6× 552 0.9× 866 1.6× 302 0.8× 89 3.0k
Eckart Voland Germany 25 989 0.7× 656 0.4× 769 1.2× 487 0.9× 409 1.1× 65 2.2k
A. Magdalena Hurtado United States 15 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 293 0.5× 1.2k 2.2× 198 0.5× 31 3.3k
Rebecca Sear United Kingdom 34 1.8k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 1.6k 2.6× 664 1.3× 1.1k 2.9× 116 4.3k
Lee Cronk United States 26 638 0.4× 853 0.6× 378 0.6× 357 0.7× 238 0.7× 83 1.9k
Christopher von Rueden United States 30 1.7k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 255 0.4× 1.0k 1.9× 225 0.6× 57 3.2k
Melvin Ember United States 29 444 0.3× 1.0k 0.7× 226 0.4× 413 0.8× 362 1.0× 85 2.4k
Joyce McCarl Nielsen United States 11 551 0.4× 823 0.6× 311 0.5× 385 0.7× 78 0.2× 23 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laura Betzig

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Betzig

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Betzig, Laura. (2014). Suffodit inguinal: Genital attacks on Roman emperors and other primates. Politics and the Life Sciences. 33(1). 54–68. 1 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura. (2014). Eusociality in History. Human Nature. 25(1). 80–99. 3 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura. (2013). Eusociality: From the First Foragers to the First States. Human Nature. 25(1). 1–5. 6 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura. (2009). But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?. Politics and the Life Sciences. 28(2). 102–105. 3 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura. (1997). Human nature : a critical reader. Oxford University Press eBooks. 69 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura. (1995). Medieval Monogamy. Journal of Family History. 20(2). 181–216. 42 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura. (1994). The Point of Politics. Analyse & Kritik. 16(1). 20–37. 5 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura. (1993). Where are the bastards' daddies?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 16(2). 284–285. 4 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura. (1993). Sex, succession, and stratification in the first six civilizations: How powerful men reproduced, passed power on to their sons, and used power to defend their wealth, women, and children.. 53 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura, et al.. (1993). Polygyny in American Politics. Politics and the Life Sciences. 12(1). 45–52. 9 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura. (1992). Of human bonding: cooperation or exploitation. Social Science Information. 31(4). 611–642. 3 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura, et al.. (1992). Who's pro-choice and why. Ethology and Sociobiology. 13(1). 49–71. 51 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura, et al.. (1991). A NOT SO PERFECT PEACE: A HISTORY OF CONFLICT ON IFALUK. Oceania. 61(3). 240–256. 5 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura. (1989). Rethinking human ethology. Ethology and Sociobiology. 10(5). 315–324. 52 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura. (1988). Biological Anthropology: Essays in Human Sociobiology, Volume 2. Jan Wind and Vernon Reynolds, eds. American Anthropologist. 90(2). 480–481. 1 indexed citations
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Greenhalgh, Susan, Laura Betzig, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, & Paul W. Turke. (1988). Human Reproductive Behaviour: A Darwinian Perspective.. Population and Development Review. 14(3). 517–517. 188 indexed citations
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Mazur, Allan & Laura Betzig. (1987). Despotism and Differential Reproduction: A Darwinian View of History.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 16(5). 717–717. 358 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura & Paul W. Turke. (1986). Parental investment by sex on ifaluk. Ethology and Sociobiology. 7(1). 29–37. 32 indexed citations
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Betzig, Laura & Paul W. Turke. (1985). Measuring Time Allocation: Observation and Intention. Current Anthropology. 26(5). 647–650. 15 indexed citations

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