Matt Ridley

2.5k total citations
33 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Matt Ridley is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, History and Philosophy of Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Matt Ridley has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 2 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Matt Ridley's work include Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research (3 papers), Language and cultural evolution (2 papers) and Evolution and Science Education (2 papers). Matt Ridley is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research (3 papers), Language and cultural evolution (2 papers) and Evolution and Science Education (2 papers). Matt Ridley collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Matt Ridley's co-authors include Andrew Pomiankowski, Simon E. Fisher, Alain De Botton, Anya Hurlbert, Steven Pinker, Malcolm Gladwell, Robert E. May, Simon Conway Morris, Jerry A. Coyne and Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Matt Ridley

28 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matt Ridley United States 13 478 212 200 184 149 33 1.3k
Peter A. Corning United States 24 600 1.3× 100 0.5× 232 1.2× 153 0.8× 185 1.2× 75 1.9k
Marion Blute Canada 7 422 0.9× 218 1.0× 206 1.0× 59 0.3× 135 0.9× 33 1.0k
G.Ainsworth Harrison United Kingdom 3 676 1.4× 172 0.8× 236 1.2× 47 0.3× 192 1.3× 5 1.3k
Joe Henrich United States 7 668 1.4× 182 0.9× 292 1.5× 106 0.6× 79 0.5× 10 1.0k
Paul A. Ballonoff United States 4 639 1.3× 169 0.8× 210 1.1× 37 0.2× 197 1.3× 27 1.3k
Paul E. Smaldino United States 24 1.1k 2.2× 366 1.7× 396 2.0× 170 0.9× 130 0.9× 78 2.2k
William H. Durham United States 20 1.1k 2.4× 307 1.4× 390 1.9× 78 0.4× 151 1.0× 40 2.3k
Thomas E. Currie United Kingdom 19 598 1.3× 231 1.1× 256 1.3× 261 1.4× 124 0.8× 41 1.6k
Bruce M. Knauft United States 21 1.1k 2.3× 388 1.8× 278 1.4× 113 0.6× 85 0.6× 50 1.9k
Martin H. Levinson South Africa 17 1.2k 2.6× 442 2.1× 666 3.3× 254 1.4× 124 0.8× 112 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Matt Ridley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matt Ridley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matt Ridley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matt Ridley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matt Ridley based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Matt Ridley. Matt Ridley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ridley, Matt & David A. Hill. (2018). Effects of Innovation in Agriculture on the Environment. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Ridley, Matt. (2016). In retrospect: The Selfish Gene. Nature. 529(7587). 462–463. 7 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt. (2015). The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge. 27 indexed citations
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Fisher, Simon E. & Matt Ridley. (2013). Culture, Genes, and the Human Revolution. Science. 340(6135). 929–930. 36 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt. (2010). Rational optimist. The New Scientist. 206(2766). 30–30. 76 indexed citations
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Berry, Andrew J., Matthew Cobb, Simon Conway Morris, et al.. (2009). (Re)Reading The Origin. Current Biology. 19(5). 448–448. 3 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt. (2009). When Ideas Have Sex: The Role of Exchange in Cultural Evolution. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 74(0). 443–448. 2 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt. (2006). Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 13 indexed citations
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Hurlbert, Anya & Matt Ridley. (2005). Q & A. Current Biology. 15(3). R78–R79. 1 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt. (2004). The agile gene : how nature turns on nurture. 22 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt. (2003). Nature via Nurture. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 55 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt. (2002). Genoma - La Autobiografia de Una Especie En 23 Capitulos. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt, et al.. (2001). Génome : autobiographie de l'espèce humaine en 23 chapitres. 1 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt. (2000). The Search for LUCA: Did the Last Universal Common Ancestor look like a bacterium-or like one of your own cells?.. Natural history. 109(9). 82–85. 1 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt. (2000). Asthma, Environment, and the Genome: Researchers are constantly adding to the list of substances that trigger asthma. They're also finding more and more genes that influence susceptibility. But the real problem may be our pampered immune systems.. Natural history. 109(2). 54–65. 1 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt. (1999). Červená královna : [sexualita a vývoj lidské přirozenosti]..
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Ridley, Matt. (1998). The Origins of Virtue. Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 302 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt. (1992). No Better Than Average. Science. 257(5068). 328–328. 1 indexed citations
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Ridley, Matt. (1992). Swallows and Scorpionflies Find Symmetry Is Beautiful. Science. 257(5068). 327–328. 24 indexed citations
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Pomiankowski, Andrew & Matt Ridley. (1984). The Explanation of Organic Diversity. Journal of Animal Ecology. 53(3). 1037–1037. 120 indexed citations

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