Michael Alvard

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Alvard is a scholar working on Ecology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Alvard has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michael Alvard's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (13 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (10 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (7 papers). Michael Alvard is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (13 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (10 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (7 papers). Michael Alvard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Italy. Michael Alvard's co-authors include David A. Nolin, Kim Hill, Richard McElreath, Michael Gurven, Jean Ensminger, Francisco Gil-White, Ernst Fehr, Robert Boyd, David P. Tracer and Samuel Bowles and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Conservation Biology and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Alvard

24 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

“Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral ... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. “Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies
    2005 1.1k citations Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd et al. Behavioral and Brain 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
Michael Alvard United States 16 987 629 604 499 425 24 2.3k
Jacques Forest Canada 32 699 0.7× 277 0.4× 2.7k 4.5× 423 0.8× 379 0.9× 108 5.3k
Polly Wiessner United States 23 1.0k 1.0× 258 0.4× 549 0.9× 189 0.4× 586 1.4× 49 3.3k
Nichola Raihani United Kingdom 34 1.4k 1.5× 752 1.2× 697 1.2× 494 1.0× 694 1.6× 89 3.0k
Timothy M. Waring United States 18 892 0.9× 251 0.4× 311 0.5× 156 0.3× 171 0.4× 47 1.6k
Carolyn Lesorogol United States 19 1.6k 1.6× 1.1k 1.8× 547 0.9× 85 0.2× 457 1.1× 52 3.0k
Bobbi S. Low United States 38 1.3k 1.3× 129 0.2× 642 1.1× 497 1.0× 1.5k 3.6× 84 4.2k
Hans-Jürgen Krambeck Germany 14 2.4k 2.4× 1.5k 2.3× 241 0.4× 89 0.2× 751 1.8× 25 3.2k
Carol R. Ember United States 32 1.5k 1.5× 146 0.2× 749 1.2× 141 0.3× 705 1.7× 104 3.4k
Karen L. Kramer United States 30 943 1.0× 197 0.3× 866 1.4× 142 0.3× 1.2k 2.9× 89 3.0k
William H. Durham United States 20 1.1k 1.2× 78 0.1× 390 0.6× 245 0.5× 307 0.7× 40 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Alvard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Alvard

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Alvard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Alvard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Alvard 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 Michael Alvard. Michael Alvard 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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Koster, Jeremy, Brooke A. Scelza, Michael Gurven, et al.. (2024). Human Behavioral Ecology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael & David Carlson. (2020). Identifying Patch Types Using Movement Data from Artisanal Fishers from the Commonwealth of Dominica. Current Anthropology. 61(3). 380–387. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Li, et al.. (2013). Cultural Inheritance and Fertility Outcomes: An Analysis from Evolutionary and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. VCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University). 2013. 1–10. 3 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael. (2011). Genetic and Cultural Kinship among the Lamaleran Whale Hunters. Human Nature. 22(1-2). 89–107. 17 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael. (2009). Kinship and Cooperation. Human Nature. 20(4). 394–416. 37 indexed citations
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Henrich, Joseph, Robert Boyd, Samuel Bowles, et al.. (2005). “Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 28(6). 795–815. 1089 indexed citations breakdown →
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Henrich, Joseph, Robert Boyd, Samuel Bowles, et al.. (2005). Models of decision-making and the coevolution of social preferences. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 28(6). 838–855. 20 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael. (2004). Good hunters keep smaller shares of larger pies. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 27(4). 560–561. 5 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael. (2004). Socioeconomic Aspects of Human Behavioral Ecology. 32 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael. (2003). The adaptive nature of culture. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 12(3). 136–149. 74 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael. (2003). Kinship, lineage, and an evolutionary perspective on cooperative hunting groups in Indonesia. Human Nature. 14(2). 129–163. 66 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael. (2002). Kinship, lineage identity, and an evolutionary perspective on the structure of cooperative big game hunting groups in Indonesia.. CogPrints (University of Southampton). 12 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael & David A. Nolin. (2002). Rousseau’s Whale Hunt?. Current Anthropology. 43(4). 533–559. 152 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael & Lawrence A. Kuznar. (2001). Deferred Harvests: The Transition from Hunting to Animal Husbandry. American Anthropologist. 103(2). 295–311. 60 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael. (1998). Evolutionary ecology and resource conservation. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 7(2). 62–74. 78 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael, John G. Robinson, Kent H. Redford, & Hillard Kaplan. (1997). The Sustainability of Subsistence Hunting in the Neotropics. Conservation Biology. 11(4). 977–982. 176 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael. (1995). Shotguns and sustainable hunting in the Neotropics. Oryx. 29(1). 58–66. 44 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael. (1994). Conservation by native peoples. Human Nature. 5(2). 127–154. 79 indexed citations
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Alvard, Michael. (1993). Testing the ?ecologically noble savage? hypothesis: Interspecific prey choice by Piro hunters of Amazonian Peru. Human Ecology. 21(4). 355–387. 195 indexed citations

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