Maxime Derex

1.8k total citations
22 papers, 882 citations indexed

About

Maxime Derex is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maxime Derex has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 882 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 18 papers in Cultural Studies and 5 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Maxime Derex's work include Language and cultural evolution (18 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (18 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (4 papers). Maxime Derex is often cited by papers focused on Language and cultural evolution (18 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (18 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (4 papers). Maxime Derex collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Maxime Derex's co-authors include Robert Boyd, Michel Raymond, Bernard Godelle, Alex Mesoudi, Marie‐Pauline Beugin, Charles Perreault, Jean‐François Bonnefon, Doris Gomez, Sandrine Plénet and Thierry Lengagne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Maxime Derex

21 papers receiving 855 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maxime Derex France 14 529 455 233 111 96 22 882
Anne Kandler United Kingdom 18 347 0.7× 362 0.8× 98 0.4× 41 0.4× 124 1.3× 36 762
Thomas E. Currie United Kingdom 19 598 1.1× 506 1.1× 256 1.1× 117 1.1× 29 0.3× 41 1.6k
Nicole Creanza United States 20 430 0.8× 401 0.9× 189 0.8× 113 1.0× 24 0.3× 46 1.1k
Paul A. Ballonoff United States 4 639 1.2× 429 0.9× 210 0.9× 87 0.8× 55 0.6× 27 1.3k
G.Ainsworth Harrison United Kingdom 3 676 1.3× 424 0.9× 236 1.0× 89 0.8× 54 0.6× 5 1.3k
Laurel Fogarty United States 16 925 1.7× 635 1.4× 397 1.7× 68 0.6× 176 1.8× 28 1.6k
Fiona M. Jordan United Kingdom 16 337 0.6× 507 1.1× 161 0.7× 136 1.2× 11 0.1× 46 1.2k
Søren Wichmann Germany 26 174 0.3× 906 2.0× 77 0.3× 99 0.9× 101 1.1× 125 2.1k
Krist Vaesen Netherlands 18 254 0.5× 230 0.5× 227 1.0× 235 2.1× 17 0.2× 46 1.1k
Charles Perreault United States 14 253 0.5× 217 0.5× 122 0.5× 279 2.5× 30 0.3× 24 762

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maxime Derex

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Derex, Maxime, Jean‐François Bonnefon, Robert Boyd, Richard McElreath, & Alex Mesoudi. (2025). Social learning preserves both useful and useless theories by canalizing learners’ exploration. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2039). 20242499–20242499. 2 indexed citations
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Molho, Catherine, Jorge Peña, Manvir Singh, & Maxime Derex. (2024). Do institutions evolve like material technologies?. Current Opinion in Psychology. 60. 101913–101913.
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Derex, Maxime, et al.. (2024). Trade-offs, control conditions, and alternative designs in the experimental study of cultural evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(48). e2322886121–e2322886121. 2 indexed citations
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Baumann, Fabian, Jean‐François Bonnefon, Maxime Derex, et al.. (2023). Machine culture. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(11). 1855–1868. 42 indexed citations
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Pablo, Javier Fernández‐López de, Valéria Romano, Maxime Derex, et al.. (2022). Understanding hunter–gatherer cultural evolution needs network thinking. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 37(8). 632–636. 14 indexed citations
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Singh, Manvir, Alberto Acerbi, Christine A. Caldwell, et al.. (2021). Beyond social learning. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1828). 20200050–20200050. 18 indexed citations
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Derex, Maxime. (2021). Human cumulative culture and the exploitation of natural phenomena. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1843). 20200311–20200311. 32 indexed citations
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Derex, Maxime & Alex Mesoudi. (2020). Cumulative Cultural Evolution within Evolving Population Structures. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 24(8). 654–667. 67 indexed citations
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Billiard, Sylvain, et al.. (2020). Convergence of knowledge in a stochastic cultural evolution model with population structure, social learning and credibility biases. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. 30(14). 2691–2723. 3 indexed citations
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Derex, Maxime, Jean‐François Bonnefon, Robert Boyd, & Alex Mesoudi. (2019). Causal understanding is not necessary for the improvement of culturally evolving technology. Nature Human Behaviour. 3(5). 446–452. 71 indexed citations
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Derex, Maxime & Robert Boyd. (2018). Social information can potentiate understanding despite inhibiting cognitive effort. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9980–9980. 8 indexed citations
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Derex, Maxime, Charles Perreault, & Robert Boyd. (2018). Divide and conquer: intermediate levels of population fragmentation maximize cultural accumulation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1743). 20170062–20170062. 85 indexed citations
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Lupyan, Gary, et al.. (2018). Cumulative improvements in iterated problem solving. Cognitive Science. 1 indexed citations
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Derex, Maxime & Robert Boyd. (2016). Partial connectivity increases cultural accumulation within groups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(11). 2982–2987. 169 indexed citations
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Derex, Maxime & Robert Boyd. (2015). The foundations of the human cultural niche. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8398–8398. 60 indexed citations
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Derex, Maxime, Marie‐Pauline Beugin, Bernard Godelle, & Michel Raymond. (2013). Experimental evidence for the influence of group size on cultural complexity. Nature. 503(7476). 389–391. 187 indexed citations
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Derex, Maxime, Bernard Godelle, & Michel Raymond. (2013). How does competition affect the transmission of information?. Evolution and Human Behavior. 35(2). 89–95. 17 indexed citations
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Derex, Maxime, Bernard Godelle, & Michel Raymond. (2012). SOCIAL LEARNERS REQUIRE PROCESS INFORMATION TO OUTPERFORM INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS. Evolution. 67(3). 688–697. 35 indexed citations
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Gomez, Doris, Sandrine Plénet, Thierry Lengagne, et al.. (2011). Support for a role of colour vision in mate choice in the nocturnal European treefrog (Hyla arborea). Behaviour. 148(3). 403–404. 4 indexed citations
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Lengagne, Thierry, Doris Gomez, Maxime Derex, et al.. (2010). Support for a role of colour vision in mate choice in the nocturnal European treefrog (Hyla arborea). Behaviour. 147(13-14). 1753–1768. 40 indexed citations

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