Manfred Milinski

20.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
165 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

About

Manfred Milinski is a scholar working on Genetics, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred Milinski has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Genetics, 58 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 57 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Manfred Milinski's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (55 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (52 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers). Manfred Milinski is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (55 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (52 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers). Manfred Milinski collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Manfred Milinski's co-authors include Dirk Semmann, Hans-Jürgen Krambeck, Claus Wedekind, Theo C. M. Bakker, Rolf Heller, Martin Kalbe, Thorsten B. H. Reusch, Ralf D. Sommerfeld, George A. Parker and Christophe Eizaguirre and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Manfred Milinski

164 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

Reputation helps solve the ‘tragedy of the ... 1978 2026 1994 2010 2002 1990 2000 1978 1987 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Reputation helps solve the ‘tragedy of the commons’
    2002 983 citations Manfred Milinski, Dirk Semmann et al. Nature profile →
  2. Female sticklebacks use male coloration in mate choice and hence avoid parasitized males
    1990 690 citations Manfred Milinski et al. Nature profile →
  3. Cooperation Through Image Scoring in Humans
    2000 634 citations Claus Wedekind, Manfred Milinski profile →
  4. Influence of a predator on the optimal foraging behaviour of sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.)
    1978 617 citations Manfred Milinski et al. Nature profile →
  5. TIT FOR TAT in sticklebacks and the evolution of cooperation
    1987 457 citations Manfred Milinski Nature profile →
  6. The collective-risk social dilemma and the prevention of simulated dangerous climate change
    2008 432 citations Manfred Milinski, Ralf D. Sommerfeld 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Manfred Milinski Germany 67 5.6k 4.4k 4.0k 3.5k 3.3k 165 14.5k
Stuart A. West United Kingdom 82 8.6k 1.5× 9.4k 2.1× 10.4k 2.6× 3.4k 1.0× 1.7k 0.5× 294 24.8k
David Sloan Wilson United States 60 3.9k 0.7× 5.6k 1.3× 4.4k 1.1× 4.3k 1.3× 973 0.3× 135 17.0k
John M. McNamara United Kingdom 76 2.9k 0.5× 8.7k 2.0× 3.6k 0.9× 6.3k 1.8× 961 0.3× 254 18.6k
Richard C Lewontin United States 69 4.5k 0.8× 5.0k 1.1× 11.3k 2.8× 3.3k 1.0× 294 0.1× 269 27.5k
Michael Doebeli Canada 52 6.1k 1.1× 3.1k 0.7× 7.3k 1.8× 4.4k 1.3× 940 0.3× 156 15.8k
Robert Trivers United States 34 5.9k 1.0× 4.8k 1.1× 4.1k 1.0× 2.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 67 17.4k
Redouan Bshary Switzerland 50 2.8k 0.5× 4.1k 0.9× 924 0.2× 2.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.3× 219 8.4k
Kevin N. Laland United Kingdom 88 8.7k 1.6× 7.6k 1.7× 4.1k 1.0× 3.3k 1.0× 630 0.2× 237 25.3k
Richard Dawkins United Kingdom 27 5.1k 0.9× 2.9k 0.7× 3.0k 0.8× 1.6k 0.4× 741 0.2× 75 14.6k
Claus Wedekind Switzerland 42 1.3k 0.2× 2.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 692 0.2× 123 6.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manfred Milinski

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hagel, Kristin, Manfred Milinski, & Jochem Marotzke. (2017). The level of climate-change mitigation depends on how humans assess the risk arising from missing the 2°C target. Palgrave Communications. 3(1). 4 indexed citations
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Milinski, Manfred, Christian Hilbe, Dirk Semmann, Ralf D. Sommerfeld, & Jochem Marotzke. (2016). Humans choose representatives who enforce cooperation in social dilemmas through extortion. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10915–10915. 47 indexed citations
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Hilbe, Christian, Kristin Hagel, & Manfred Milinski. (2016). Asymmetric Power Boosts Extortion in an Economic Experiment. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0163867–e0163867. 25 indexed citations
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Hafer, Nina & Manfred Milinski. (2015). When parasites disagree: Evidence for parasite-induced sabotage of host manipulation. Evolution. 69(3). 611–620. 33 indexed citations
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Feulner, Philine G. D., Frédéric J. J. Chain, Mahesh Panchal, et al.. (2015). Genomics of Divergence along a Continuum of Parapatric Population Differentiation. PLoS Genetics. 11(2). e1004966–e1004966. 119 indexed citations
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Chain, Frédéric J. J., Philine G. D. Feulner, Mahesh Panchal, et al.. (2014). Extensive Copy-Number Variation of Young Genes across Stickleback Populations. PLoS Genetics. 10(12). e1004830–e1004830. 63 indexed citations
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Traulsen, Arne, Torsten Röhl, & Manfred Milinski. (2012). An economic experiment reveals that humans prefer pool punishment to maintain the commons. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 279(1743). 3716–3721. 125 indexed citations
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Hopfensitz, Astrid, et al.. (2011). Smiling is a Costly Signal of Cooperation Opportunities: Experimental Evidence from a Trust Game. Toulouse Capitole Publications (University Toulouse 1 Capitole). 2 indexed citations
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Traulsen, Arne, Dirk Semmann, Ralf D. Sommerfeld, Hans-Jürgen Krambeck, & Manfred Milinski. (2010). Human strategy updating in evolutionary games. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(7). 2962–2966. 313 indexed citations
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Kalbe, Martin, Christophe Eizaguirre, Thorsten B. H. Reusch, et al.. (2008). Lifetime reproductive success is maximized with optimal major histocompatibility complex diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 276(1658). 925–934. 121 indexed citations
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Sommerfeld, Ralf D., Thomas Boehm, & Manfred Milinski. (2008). Desynchronising male and female reproductive seasonality: dynamics of male MHC-independent olfactory attractiveness in sticklebacks. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 20(4). 325–336. 10 indexed citations
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Sommerfeld, Ralf D., Hans-Jürgen Krambeck, Dirk Semmann, & Manfred Milinski. (2007). Gossip as an alternative for direct observation in games of indirect reciprocity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(44). 17435–17440. 268 indexed citations
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Eizaguirre, Christophe, S. W. Griffiths, Martin Kalbe, et al.. (2007). Individual MHC class I and MHC class IIBdiversities are associated with male and female reproductive traits in the three‐spined stickleback. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20(5). 2005–2015. 40 indexed citations
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Kurtz, Joachim, Martin Kalbe, Åsa Langefors, et al.. (2007). An Experimental Test of the Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis in a Teleost Fish: 11‐Ketotestosterone Suppresses Innate Immunity in Three‐Spined Sticklebacks. The American Naturalist. 170(4). 509–519. 80 indexed citations
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Milinski, Manfred, S. W. Griffiths, K. Mathias Wegner, et al.. (2005). Mate choice decisions of stickleback females predictably modified by MHC peptide ligands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(12). 4414–4418. 248 indexed citations
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Milinski, Manfred. (2003). The function of mate choice in sticklebacks: optimizing Mhc genetics. Journal of Fish Biology. 63. 1–16. 83 indexed citations
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Semmann, Dirk, Hans-Jürgen Krambeck, & Manfred Milinski. (2003). Volunteering leads to rock–paper–scissors dynamics in a public goods game. Nature. 425(6956). 390–393. 295 indexed citations
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Reusch, Thorsten B. H., et al.. (2000). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus. Molecular Ecology. 9(11). 1926–1927. 24 indexed citations
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Milinski, Manfred. (1994). Sexual selection and the evolution of female choice. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 87(2). 83–96. 6 indexed citations

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