Robert S. Walker

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Robert S. Walker is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert S. Walker has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Anthropology, 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 20 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert S. Walker's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (20 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (20 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (19 papers). Robert S. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (20 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (20 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (19 papers). Robert S. Walker collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Robert S. Walker's co-authors include Kim Hill, Marcus J. Hamilton, Oskar Bürger, Michael Gurven, James H. Brown, A. Magdalena Hurtado, Bruce T. Milne, Mark V. Flinn, Hillard Kaplan and Drew H. Bailey and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert S. Walker

91 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Principles and prevention of corrosion

1993 1.8k citations Robert S. Walker profile →
Co-Residence Patterns in Hunter-Gatherer Societies Show Unique Human Social Structure

2011 513 citations Kim Hill, Robert S. Walker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert S. Walker United States	28	1.2k	937	913	785	525	95	4.9k
Sean Perrin Sweden	45	776 0.6×	993 1.1×	435 0.5×	560 0.7×	152 0.3×	186	9.2k
Christopher Brown United States	43	179 0.1×	335 0.4×	241 0.3×	642 0.8×	53 0.1×	268	6.8k
Peter Hancock United Kingdom	43	339 0.3×	1.7k 1.8×	378 0.4×	892 1.1×	42 0.1×	247	7.5k
Richard L. Miller United States	59	697 0.6×	212 0.2×	331 0.4×	512 0.7×	16 0.0×	307	13.1k
John Campbell United Kingdom	44	1.7k 1.4×	56 0.1×	85 0.1×	114 0.1×	58 0.1×	194	5.5k
Robert M. Rose United States	54	207 0.2×	1.5k 1.6×	382 0.4×	2.0k 2.5×	22 0.0×	196	12.2k
David M. Johnson United States	31	150 0.1×	1.3k 1.4×	314 0.3×	748 1.0×	53 0.1×	109	7.7k
Robert J. Miller United States	50	1.9k 1.6×	154 0.2×	228 0.2×	151 0.2×	27 0.1×	296	9.8k
Shigeru Suzuki Japan	35	1.8k 1.5×	51 0.1×	20 0.0×	564 0.7×	169 0.3×	269	4.0k
D.J. O’Connor Australia	35	1.2k 1.0×	48 0.1×	342 0.4×	125 0.2×	69 0.1×	222	6.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert S. Walker

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Walker, Robert S., et al.. (2024). UTILIZING REMOTE SENSING TO DOCUMENT ANCIENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN SOUTHWESTERN AMAZONIA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Buchanan, Briggs, Marcus J. Hamilton, Heather L. Smith, et al.. (2023). Comparing Clovis and Folsom fluting via scaling analysis. Archaeometry. 66(2). 266–281. 4 indexed citations

Walker, Robert S., Mark V. Flinn, Sean P. Prall, & Marcus J. Hamilton. (2023). Remote sensing evidence for population growth of isolated indigenous societies in Amazonia. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 22448–22448. 1 indexed citations

Mika, Anna, A. C. Smith, Briggs Buchanan, et al.. (2023). Hafted technologies likely reduced stone tool-related selective pressures acting on the hominin hand. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 15582–15582. 2 indexed citations

Eren, Metin I., et al.. (2023). Bullet ricochet mark plan-view morphology in concrete: an experimental assessment of five bullet types and two distances using machine learning. Forensic Sciences Research. 9(1). owad051–owad051.

Bebber, Michelle R., et al.. (2023). Atlatl use equalizes female and male projectile weapon velocity. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 13349–13349. 12 indexed citations

Buchanan, Briggs, Robert S. Walker, Marcus J. Hamilton, et al.. (2022). Experimental assessment of lanceolate projectile point and haft robustness. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 42. 103399–103399. 11 indexed citations

Hamilton, Marcus J., Robert S. Walker, & Christopher P. Kempes. (2020). Diversity begets diversity in mammal species and human cultures. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 19654–19654. 5 indexed citations

Hamilton, Marcus J., et al.. (2020). Scaling human sociopolitical complexity. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0234615–e0234615. 8 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert S. & Marcus J. Hamilton. (2019). Machine learning with remote sensing data to locate uncontacted indigenous villages in Amazonia. PeerJ Computer Science. 5. e170–e170. 6 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Marcus J. & Robert S. Walker. (2018). A stochastic density-dependent model of long-term population dynamics in hunter-gatherer populations. Evolutionary ecology research. 19(1). 85–102. 11 indexed citations

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Vynck, Jan C. De, Robert J. Anderson, Richard M. Cowling, et al.. (2016). Return rates from intertidal foraging from Blombos Cave to Pinnacle Point: Understanding early human economies. Journal of Human Evolution. 92. 101–115. 36 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert S. & Kim Hill. (2014). Causes, Consequences, and Kin Bias of Human Group Fissions. Human Nature. 25(4). 465–475. 11 indexed citations

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Bailey, Drew H., Robert S. Walker, Gregory E. Blomquist, et al.. (2013). Heritability and Fitness Correlates of Personality in the Ache, a Natural-Fertility Population in Paraguay. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e59325–e59325. 25 indexed citations

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Bailey, Drew H., Marcus J. Hamilton, & Robert S. Walker. (2012). Latitude, population size, and the language-farming dispersal hypothesis. Evolutionary ecology research. 14(8). 1057–1067. 1 indexed citations

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Gawlik, Aneta, et al.. (2011). Evolutionary fitness as a function of pubertal age in 22 subsistence-based traditional societies. International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology. 2011(1). 2–2. 20 indexed citations

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Hogg, Russell & Robert S. Walker. (2011). Life‐History Correlates of Enamel Microstructure in Cebidae (Platyrrhini, Primates). The Anatomical Record. 294(12). 2193–2206. 16 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert S., et al.. (2006). Evolution of brain size and juvenile periods in primates. Journal of Human Evolution. 51(5). 480–489. 50 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert S., Kim Hill, Hillard Kaplan, & Garnett P. McMillan. (2002). Age-dependency in hunting ability among the Ache of Eastern Paraguay. Journal of Human Evolution. 42(6). 639–657. 150 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert S., et al.. (1972). Hyperlactataemia in Phenformin-treated Diabetics. BMJ. 1(5794). 205–206. 13 indexed citations

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