Paul A. Ballonoff

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Paul A. Ballonoff is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul A. Ballonoff has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Cultural Studies, 3 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 3 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Paul A. Ballonoff's work include Language and cultural evolution (4 papers), Advanced Algebra and Logic (3 papers) and Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 paper). Paul A. Ballonoff is often cited by papers focused on Language and cultural evolution (4 papers), Advanced Algebra and Logic (3 papers) and Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 paper). Paul A. Ballonoff collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Paul A. Ballonoff's co-authors include and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Paul A. Ballonoff

21 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Cultural Transmission and Evolution: A quantitative approach

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul A. Ballonoff United States	4	639	429	210	197	171	27	1.3k
G.Ainsworth Harrison United Kingdom	3	676 1.1×	424 1.0×	236 1.1×	192 1.0×	182 1.1×	5	1.3k
Thomas E. Currie United Kingdom	19	598 0.9×	506 1.2×	256 1.2×	124 0.6×	153 0.9×	41	1.6k
Laurel Fogarty United States	16	925 1.4×	635 1.5×	397 1.9×	261 1.3×	94 0.5×	28	1.6k
Joe Henrich United States	7	668 1.0×	301 0.7×	292 1.4×	79 0.4×	112 0.7×	10	1.0k
Thomas J. H. Morgan United States	17	826 1.3×	572 1.3×	595 2.8×	136 0.7×	79 0.5×	43	1.9k
Keith F. Otterbein United States	17	1.2k 1.8×	251 0.6×	537 2.6×	113 0.6×	215 1.3×	58	2.1k
Robert L. Carneiro United States	21	752 1.2×	263 0.6×	244 1.2×	67 0.3×	228 1.3×	75	2.5k
Pontus Strimling Sweden	20	769 1.2×	283 0.7×	412 2.0×	89 0.5×	94 0.5×	77	1.4k
Adrian V. Bell United States	13	801 1.3×	249 0.6×	447 2.1×	87 0.4×	172 1.0×	28	1.4k
Maxime Derex France	14	529 0.8×	455 1.1×	233 1.1×	69 0.4×	52 0.3×	22	882

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (2017). Paths of Cultural Systems. Entropy. 20(1). 8–8. 1 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (2015). COMMENT ON: DENHAM, "ALYAWARRA KINSHIP, INFANT CARRYING, AND ALLOPARENTING". eScholarship (California Digital Library). 8(5).

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (2014). Manuals of Cultural Systems. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 53(10). 3613–3627. 1 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (2013). Providing Access to Electricity for the Unserved: A Free-Market Solution. Cato Journal. 33(1). 29–46. 1 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (2007). MV-Algebra for Cultural Rules. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 47(1). 223–235. 4 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (2000). NOTES TOWARD A MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF CULTURE. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1997). Energy: Ending the Never-Ending Crisis. 2 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1995). MORE ON THE MATHEMATICS OF RULE-BOUND SYSTEMS. Cybernetics & Systems. 26(2). 133–147. 1 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A., et al.. (1991). Natural Gas Price Forecasting: One Explanation for Upward Bias. Energy Exploration & Exploitation. 9(3). 107–121. 1 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1983). Demand-layered costing and pricing of electricity. 1 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1983). Theory of Lineage Organizations. American Anthropologist. 85(1). 70–91. 4 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1982). Comment on D. B. Kronenfeld's “Mathematical Social‐Cultural Anthropology”. American Anthropologist. 84(1). 146–148. 1 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1976). Note on a category arising naturally in marriage theory. Social Science Information. 15(4-5). 823–829. 2 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1976). Stray theory. Synthese. 33(1). 405–418. 2 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1976). On Bernshtein's "Solution of a Mathematical Problem in the Theory of Heredity". Social Science Information. 15(4-5). 793–795. 1 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1976). Mathematical foundations of social anthropology. 8 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1975). Structural models and correspondence problems. Social Science Information. 14(3). 183–199. 1 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1974). Genetics and social structure : mathematical structuralism in population genetics and social theory. 3 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1974). Mathematical models of social and cognitive structures: contributions to the mathematical development of anthropology. University of Illinois Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Ballonoff, Paul A.. (1972). Group selection. Edited by G. C. Williams. 210 pp., figures, tables, bibliography, index. Aldine‐Atherton, Chicago. 1971. $6.95 (cloth); $2.95 (paper). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 37(1). 156–157. 2 indexed citations

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