Robert Boyd

43.9k citations
129 papers · 23.6k indexed · 14 hit papers · h-index 55

Impact in

Papers in

Robert Boyd

124 papers receiving 21.5k citations

Hit Papers

The cultural niche: Why social learning is essential for human adaptation 2011 · 712 citations
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Peers

Robert Boyd
Comparison fields: 5 of 192
  • Safety Research 6.4k
  • Cultural Studies 4.3k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5.1k
  • Sociology and Political Science 14.9k
  • General Decision Sciences 500
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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Boyd

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Robert Boyd, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Coordinated Punishment of Defectors Sustains Cooperation and Can Proliferate When Rare
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2010418
12 2009103
13 200886
14 200650
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Indirect reciprocity can stabilize cooperation without the second-order free rider problem
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16 200330
17 1999155
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Pacific Northwest Measles Epidemic of 1847-1848
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The evolution of reciprocity in sizable groups
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1988518

About Robert Boyd

Robert Boyd is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Safety Research, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology, having authored 129 papers that have together received 23.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (85 papers), Language and cultural evolution (48 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (30 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (25 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (15 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (14 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (10 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Safety Research (6.4k citations), Cultural Studies (4.3k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (5.1k citations), Sociology and Political Science (14.9k citations) and General Decision Sciences (500 citations). Robert Boyd has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Peter J. Richerson, James R. Griesemer, Joseph Henrich, Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles, Richard McElreath, Ernst Fehr, Karthik Panchanathan, Joe Henrich and Colin Camerer. Their work appears in journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Current Anthropology and Evolution and Human Behavior.

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