Pascal Boyer

12.0k total citations
135 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Pascal Boyer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Pascal Boyer has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 40 papers in Social Psychology and 36 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Pascal Boyer's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (33 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (26 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (22 papers). Pascal Boyer is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (33 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (26 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (22 papers). Pascal Boyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Pascal Boyer's co-authors include Pierre Liénard, Justin L. Barrett, Nicolas Baumard, Charles Ramble, Michael Bang Petersen, Y. Lecrubier, J.C. Bisserbe, E. Weiller, J. P. Lépine and Don Gardner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Pascal Boyer

124 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pascal Boyer United States 36 2.3k 1.7k 1.3k 1.1k 853 135 5.3k
Harvey Whitehouse United Kingdom 38 3.1k 1.4× 2.3k 1.4× 767 0.6× 502 0.4× 664 0.8× 150 5.3k
Justin L. Barrett United States 31 2.5k 1.1× 1.8k 1.1× 753 0.6× 395 0.3× 2.7k 3.2× 84 5.2k
Jerome H. Barkow Canada 20 2.9k 1.3× 1.9k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 2.4k 2.1× 202 0.2× 54 6.5k
Joseph Bulbulia New Zealand 33 2.2k 1.0× 2.0k 1.2× 929 0.7× 623 0.6× 986 1.2× 129 4.5k
Cristine H. Legare United States 41 1.3k 0.6× 2.0k 1.2× 793 0.6× 753 0.7× 331 0.4× 104 5.4k
Thomas J. Scheff United States 34 2.5k 1.1× 2.1k 1.2× 397 0.3× 335 0.3× 306 0.4× 141 6.3k
Richard Sosis United States 28 2.4k 1.1× 993 0.6× 437 0.3× 731 0.6× 957 1.1× 109 3.5k
Robert Kurzban United States 42 3.7k 1.6× 3.1k 1.8× 3.3k 2.5× 2.7k 2.4× 275 0.3× 86 8.6k
Michael J. Chandler Canada 36 1.0k 0.4× 1.7k 1.0× 946 0.7× 534 0.5× 771 0.9× 88 5.7k
Lawrence A. Hirschfeld United States 20 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 680 0.5× 820 0.7× 86 0.1× 44 3.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pascal Boyer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pascal Boyer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pascal Boyer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pascal Boyer 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 Pascal Boyer. Pascal Boyer 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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Boyer, Pascal, et al.. (2024). Epistemic gratitude and the provision of information. Evolution and Human Behavior. 45(3). 252–260. 2 indexed citations
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Boyer, Pascal, et al.. (2024). Victims of misfortune may not “deserve” help: A possible factor in victim-devaluation. Evolution and Human Behavior. 45(2). 153–163. 3 indexed citations
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Boyer, Pascal, et al.. (2024). Intuitive credit attribution and the priority rule. Philosophical Psychology. 38(5). 2165–2186.
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Boyer, Pascal, et al.. (2024). When to Blame Victims for Negligence: Noncooperators Are Deemed Responsible for Their Own Hardship. Evolutionary Psychology. 22(4). 4152574958–4152574958. 2 indexed citations
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André, Jean‐Baptiste, Nicolas Baumard, & Pascal Boyer. (2023). Cultural evolution from the producers’ standpoint. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 5. e25–e25. 7 indexed citations
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Boyer, Pascal. (2023). The Naturalness of Religious Ideas.
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Boyer, Pascal. (2022). Ownership psychology as a cognitive adaptation: A minimalist model. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 46. e323–e323. 8 indexed citations
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Boyer, Pascal. (2020). Why Divination?: Evolved Psychology and Strategic Interaction in the Production of Truth. Current Anthropology. 61(1). 100–123. 11 indexed citations
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Boyer, Pascal, et al.. (2015). Threat-Related Information Suggests Competence: A Possible Factor in the Spread of Rumors. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0128421–e0128421. 32 indexed citations
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Woody, Erik Z. & Pascal Boyer. (2010). Threat-detection and precaution: Introduction to the special issue. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 35(4). 989–990. 6 indexed citations
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Boyer, Pascal. (2002). Religion explained : the human instincts that fashion gods, spirits and ancestors. 175 indexed citations
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Rosengren, Karl S., Carol Nemeroff, Eugene Subbotsky, et al.. (2000). Imagining the Impossible. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 120 indexed citations
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Boyer, Pascal. (2000). Natural epistemology of evolved metaphysics? Developmental evidence for early-developmental evidence for early-developed, intuitive, category-specific, incomplete, and stubborn metaphysical presumptions. Philosophical Psychology. 13.
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Boyer, Pascal & Jutta Heckhausen. (2000). Potential and limits of an evolutionary psychology approach : Introductory notes. American Behavioral Scientist. 43(6). 917–925. 3 indexed citations
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Boyer, Pascal, Marjorie Taylor, Paul L. Harris, Michael J. Chandler, & Carl N. Johnson. (1997). [Further Distinctions between Magic, Reality, Religion, and Fiction. Commentaries.].. Child Development. 68(6). 1 indexed citations
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Weiller, E., J.C. Bisserbe, Pascal Boyer, J. P. Lépine, & Y. Lecrubier. (1996). Social Phobia in General Health Care: An Unrecognised Undertreated Disabling Disorder. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 168(2). 169–174. 180 indexed citations
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Boyer, Pascal, et al.. (1996). Anthropomorphism and the Evolution of Cognition. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 2(4). 717. 35 indexed citations
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Weiller, E., Pascal Boyer, Jean‐Pierre Lépine, & Y. Lecrubier. (1994). Prevalence of recurrent brief depression in primary care. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 244(4). 174–181. 25 indexed citations
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Buchheit, F & Pascal Boyer. (1988). Review of Treatment of Symptomatic Cerebral Vasospasm with Nimodipine. Acta neurochirurgica. Supplementum. 45. 51–55. 10 indexed citations
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Jakobson, Roman, Pascal Boyer, & Tzvetan Todorov. (1984). Une vie dans le langage : autoportrait d'un savant. 2 indexed citations

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