Peter DeScioli

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Peter DeScioli is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter DeScioli has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 33 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 26 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Peter DeScioli's work include Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (34 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (26 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (24 papers). Peter DeScioli is often cited by papers focused on Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (34 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (26 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (24 papers). Peter DeScioli collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Netherlands. Peter DeScioli's co-authors include Robert Kurzban, Debra Lieberman, Joshua M. Tybur, Erin M. O’Brien, Steven Pinker, Kyle A. Thomas, Alex Shaw, Lawrence Ian Reed, Julian De Freitas and Omar Sultan Haque and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Peter DeScioli

52 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Disgust: Evolved function and structure.

2012 516 citations Joshua M. Tybur, Debra Lieberman et al. Psychological Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter DeScioli United States	24	1.4k	1.2k	865	551	529	57	2.3k
Scott S. Wiltermuth United States	17	818 0.6×	613 0.5×	982 1.1×	228 0.4×	314 0.6×	34	1.9k
Nicolas Baumard France	25	617 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	646 0.7×	407 0.7×	565 1.1×	78	1.9k
Rob M. A. Nelissen Netherlands	20	649 0.5×	862 0.7×	850 1.0×	289 0.5×	297 0.6×	36	1.9k
Mina Cikara United States	33	1.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.8×	1.8k 2.0×	203 0.4×	484 0.9×	69	3.9k
Pat Barclay Canada	26	709 0.5×	1.8k 1.5×	543 0.6×	1.1k 2.0×	1.1k 2.1×	59	2.7k
Jim A. C. Everett United Kingdom	23	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	824 1.0×	322 0.6×	185 0.3×	44	2.2k
Fredrik Björklund Sweden	25	668 0.5×	990 0.8×	942 1.1×	222 0.4×	391 0.7×	87	2.3k
Bogdan Wojciszke Poland	25	1.2k 0.9×	2.7k 2.2×	2.2k 2.6×	282 0.5×	765 1.4×	73	4.2k
Toko Kiyonari Japan	21	441 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	737 0.9×	728 1.3×	619 1.2×	42	2.0k
Jennifer Whitson United States	16	647 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	151 0.3×	255 0.5×	30	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter DeScioli

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter DeScioli

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter DeScioli

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter DeScioli. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter DeScioli 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 Peter DeScioli. Peter DeScioli is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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DeScioli, Peter, et al.. (2024). Indirect restrictions demobilize supporters of abortion rights. Policy Studies Journal. 53(4). 1123–1137.

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DeScioli, Peter. (2023). On the origin of laws by natural selection. Evolution and Human Behavior. 44(3). 195–209. 2 indexed citations

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Kimbrough, Erik O. & Peter DeScioli. (2023). Alliance Formation and Divided Loyalties. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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DeScioli, Peter, et al.. (2021). One-way routes complicate cooperation in migrant crises. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 13529–13529. 1 indexed citations

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DeScioli, Peter, et al.. (2021). Pay Your Debts: Moral Dilemmas of International Debt. Political Behavior. 44(4). 1657–1680. 6 indexed citations

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Bor, Alexander, Honorata Mazepus, Scott Bokemper, & Peter DeScioli. (2020). When Should the Majority Rule? Experimental Evidence for Madisonian Judgments in Five Cultures. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 8(1). 41–50. 7 indexed citations

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Bokemper, Scott, Peter DeScioli, & Reuben Kline. (2019). Unfair Rules for Unequal Pay: Wage Discrimination and Procedural Justice. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 6(3). 180–191. 1 indexed citations

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DeScioli, Peter & Erik O. Kimbrough. (2018). Alliance Formation in a Side-Taking Experiment. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 6(1). 53–70. 7 indexed citations

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DeScioli, Peter, et al.. (2018). Spending too little in hard times. Cognition. 183. 139–151. 2 indexed citations

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Freitas, Julian De, et al.. (2017). Kill or die: Moral judgment alters linguistic coding of causality.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 43(8). 1173–1182. 10 indexed citations

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Reed, Lawrence Ian & Peter DeScioli. (2017). The Emotional Moves of a Rational Actor: Smiles, Scowls, and Other Credible Messages. Games. 8(2). 18–18. 5 indexed citations

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Thomas, Kyle A., Julian De Freitas, Peter DeScioli, & Steven Pinker. (2016). Recursive mentalizing and common knowledge in the bystander effect.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 145(5). 621–629. 25 indexed citations

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Thomas, Kyle A., Peter DeScioli, Omar Sultan Haque, & Steven Pinker. (2014). The psychology of coordination and common knowledge.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 107(4). 657–676. 100 indexed citations

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DeScioli, Peter, et al.. (2014). Equity or equality? Moral judgments follow the money. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1797). 20142112–20142112. 67 indexed citations

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DeScioli, Peter, Kelly Asao, & Robert Kurzban. (2012). Omissions and Byproducts across Moral Domains. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e46963–e46963. 32 indexed citations

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DeScioli, Peter & Robert Kurzban. (2012). A solution to the mysteries of morality.. Psychological Bulletin. 139(2). 477–496. 187 indexed citations

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Tybur, Joshua M., Debra Lieberman, Robert Kurzban, & Peter DeScioli. (2012). Disgust: Evolved function and structure.. Psychological Review. 120(1). 65–84. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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DeScioli, Peter & Robert Kurzban. (2009). Mysteries of morality. Cognition. 112(2). 281–299. 159 indexed citations

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DeScioli, Peter & Robert Kurzban. (2009). The Alliance Hypothesis for Human Friendship. PLoS ONE. 4(6). e5802–e5802. 126 indexed citations

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DeScioli, Peter. (2008). Investigations into the problems of moral cognition. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10. 1218810–1218810. 11 indexed citations

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