Robert T. Boyd
Impact in
- Safety Research top 0.01%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Cultural Studies top 0.01%
- Language and cultural evolution
Papers in
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- Language and cultural evolution 65
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- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation 115
- Co-authors
- Peter J. Richerson (92 shared papers)James R. Griesemer (1 shared paper)Joseph Henrich (23 shared papers)Samuel Bowles (16 shared papers)Herbert M. Gintis (13 shared papers)Ernst Fehr (10 shared papers)Richard L. McElreath (9 shared papers)Karthik Panchanathan (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (10 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (9 papers)Journal of Theoretical Biology (9 papers)Science (8 papers)Current Anthropology (7 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomGermany
In The Last Decade
Robert T. Boyd
178 papers receiving 26.3k citations
Robert T. Boyd's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 202
- Safety Research 7.5k
- Cultural Studies 5.5k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 6.1k
- Sociology and Political Science 18.2k
- General Decision Sciences 683
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Culture and the Evolutionary Process Hit paper breakdown → | 1986 | 5006 |
| 2 | Not By Genes Alone Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 2082 |
| 3 | In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 1607 |
| 4 | “Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 1228 |
| 5 | The evolution of altruistic punishment Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 1207 |
| 6 | Punishment allows the evolution of cooperation (or anything else) in sizable groups Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 1049 |
| 7 | Foundations of Human Sociality Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 916 |
| 8 | The Evolution of Conformist Transmission and the Emergence of Between-Group Differences Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 865 |
| 9 | The cultural niche: Why social learning is essential for human adaptation Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 850 |
| 10 | Explaining altruistic behavior in humans Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 706 |
| 11 | 2004 | 650 | |
| 12 | Culture and the evolution of human cooperation Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 601 |
| 13 | Why Copy Others? Insights from the Social Learning Strategies Tournament Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 575 |
| 14 | The evolution of reciprocity in sizable groups Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 565 |
| 15 | Why People Punish Defectors Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 560 |
| 16 | Coordinated Punishment of Defectors Sustains Cooperation and Can Proliferate When Rare Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 451 |
| 17 | 2001 | 436 | |
| 18 | 2003 | 398 | |
| 19 | Why Culture Is Common, but Cultural Evolution Is Rare Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 383 |
| 20 | 1987 | 327 |
About Robert T. Boyd
Robert T. Boyd is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology, having authored 190 papers that have together received 29.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (115 papers), Language and cultural evolution (65 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (39 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (37 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (24 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (17 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (14 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Safety Research (7.5k citations), Cultural Studies (5.5k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (6.1k citations), Sociology and Political Science (18.2k citations) and General Decision Sciences (683 citations). Robert T. Boyd has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Peter J. Richerson, James R. Griesemer, Joseph Henrich, Samuel Bowles, Herbert M. Gintis, Ernst Fehr, Richard L. McElreath, Karthik Panchanathan, Colin F. Camerer and Joe Henrich. Their work appears in journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Science and Current Anthropology.
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