Robert Trivers

36.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
67 papers, 17.4k citations indexed

About

Robert Trivers is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Trivers has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 17.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Genetics, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Robert Trivers's work include Sexual Differentiation and Disorders (16 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (10 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (8 papers). Robert Trivers is often cited by papers focused on Sexual Differentiation and Disorders (16 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (10 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (8 papers). Robert Trivers collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Robert Trivers's co-authors include Dan E. Willard, Austin Burt, John T. Manning, William von Hippel, Amy Jacobson, Brian G. Palestis, Alexander Stewart, Peter Bundred, Ian S. Penton‐Voak and Devendra Narain Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert Trivers

65 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 1973 1974 1976 2006 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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.

  1. The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism
    1971 6.6k citations Robert Trivers profile →
  2. Natural Selection of Parental Ability to Vary the Sex Ratio of Offspring
    1973 2.9k citations Robert Trivers et al. Science profile →
  3. Parent-Offspring Conflict
    1974 2.9k citations Robert Trivers profile →
  4. Haploidploidy and the Evolution of the Social Insect
    1976 981 citations Robert Trivers et al. Science profile →
  5. Genes in Conflict
    2006 516 citations Austin Burt, Robert Trivers profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Trivers United States 34 5.9k 4.8k 4.1k 3.8k 3.3k 67 17.4k
Richard Dawkins United Kingdom 27 5.1k 0.9× 2.9k 0.6× 3.0k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 75 14.6k
Marcus W. Feldman United States 83 9.5k 1.6× 4.5k 0.9× 16.8k 4.1× 2.0k 0.5× 2.3k 0.7× 558 36.8k
Stuart A. West United Kingdom 82 8.6k 1.5× 9.4k 2.0× 10.4k 2.5× 2.1k 0.6× 1.3k 0.4× 294 24.8k
Kevin N. Laland United Kingdom 88 8.7k 1.5× 7.6k 1.6× 4.1k 1.0× 2.5k 0.7× 7.7k 2.3× 237 25.3k
Robin Dunbar United Kingdom 105 9.9k 1.7× 8.5k 1.8× 2.3k 0.6× 9.0k 2.4× 20.5k 6.2× 506 40.4k
Richard W. Wrangham United States 89 3.5k 0.6× 7.9k 1.6× 3.0k 0.7× 4.1k 1.1× 15.9k 4.8× 285 24.4k
John M. McNamara United Kingdom 76 2.9k 0.5× 8.7k 1.8× 3.6k 0.9× 1.4k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 254 18.6k
Hillard Kaplan United States 70 4.0k 0.7× 621 0.1× 1.4k 0.3× 5.2k 1.4× 3.3k 1.0× 289 17.1k
W D Hamilton United Kingdom 49 18.0k 3.1× 16.0k 3.4× 14.5k 3.5× 6.1k 1.6× 5.1k 1.5× 98 47.9k
Eric L. Charnov United States 68 2.7k 0.5× 12.8k 2.7× 5.9k 1.4× 2.0k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 165 30.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Trivers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Manning, John T., Bernhard Fink, & Robert Trivers. (2023). Digit Ratio (2D:4D; Right-Left 2D:4D) and Multiple Phenotypes for Same-Sex Attraction: The BBC Internet Study Revisited. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 53(1). 213–222. 1 indexed citations
2.
Trivers, Robert. (2022). History and Biology. Evolutionary Psychology. 20(1). 4122344228–4122344228. 1 indexed citations
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Manning, John T., Bernhard Fink, Laura Mason, Anna Kasielska‐Trojan, & Robert Trivers. (2022). The effects of sex, nation, ethnicity, age and self-reported pubertal development on participant-measured right-left 2D:4D (Dr-l) in the BBC internet study. Journal of Biosocial Science. 55(2). 383–395. 11 indexed citations
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Manning, John T., Bernhard Fink, Laura Mason, & Robert Trivers. (2021). Digit ratio (2D:4D) and body mass index in the BBC Internet Study: prenatal sex steroids and a Trivers–Willard effect on body composition. Journal of Biosocial Science. 54(5). 902–911. 5 indexed citations
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Trivers, Robert, Amy Jacobson, & John T. Manning. (2020). Radiographic digit ratios (2D:4D) of Afro-Caribbean children: Comparisons with published data from white children. Early Human Development. 146. 105072–105072. 9 indexed citations
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Jacobson, Amy, Robert Trivers, & Brian G. Palestis. (2019). Number of friends and self-perception among Jamaican children: the role of attractiveness and fluctuating asymmetry. Journal of Biosocial Science. 52(2). 184–197. 5 indexed citations
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Kalokerinos, Elise K., William von Hippel, Julie D. Henry, & Robert Trivers. (2014). The aging positivity effect and immune function: Positivity in recall predicts higher CD4 counts and lower CD4 activation.. Psychology and Aging. 29(3). 636–641. 11 indexed citations
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Trivers, Robert. (2013). Deceit and self-deception : fooling yourself the better to fool others. Penguin eBooks. 64 indexed citations
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Trivers, Robert, Brian G. Palestis, & John T. Manning. (2013). The Symmetry of Children’s Knees Is Linked to Their Adult Sprinting Speed and Their Willingness to Sprint in a Long-Term Jamaican Study. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e72244–e72244. 17 indexed citations
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Hippel, William von & Robert Trivers. (2011). The evolution and psychology of self-deception. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 34(1). 1–16. 377 indexed citations
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Palestis, Brian G., J. Cabrero, Robert Trivers, & Juan Pedro M. Camacho. (2010). Prevalence of B chromosomes in Orthoptera is associated with shape and number of A chromosomes. Genetica. 138(11-12). 1181–1189. 13 indexed citations
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Trivers, Robert, John T. Manning, & Amy Jacobson. (2005). A longitudinal study of digit ratio (2D:4D) and other finger ratios in Jamaican children. Hormones and Behavior. 49(2). 150–156. 259 indexed citations
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Manning, John T., Alexander Stewart, Peter Bundred, & Robert Trivers. (2004). Sex and ethnic differences in 2nd to 4th digit ratio of children. Early Human Development. 80(2). 161–168. 217 indexed citations
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Palestis, Brian G., Robert Trivers, Austin Burt, & Robert N. Jones. (2004). The distribution of B chromosomes across species. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 106(2-4). 151–158. 58 indexed citations
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Kappeler, Peter M., Robert Trivers, Tim Clutton‐Brock, et al.. (2004). Sexual Selection in Primates. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 64 indexed citations
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Manning, John T., Santiago Martı́n, Robert Trivers, & Manuel Soler. (2002). 2nd to 4th Digit Ratio and Offspring Sex Ratio. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 217(1). 93–95. 45 indexed citations
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Trivers, Robert, et al.. (1999). Jamaican Symmetry Project: long-term study of fluctuating asymmetry in rural Jamaican children.. PubMed. 71(3). 417–30. 55 indexed citations
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Burt, Austin & Robert Trivers. (1998). Selfish DNA and breeding system in flowering plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 265(1391). 141–146. 51 indexed citations
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Polák, Michal & Robert Trivers. (1994). The science of symmetry in biology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 9(4). 122–124. 75 indexed citations
20.
Trivers, Robert, et al.. (1976). Haploidploidy and the Evolution of the Social Insect. Science. 191(4224). 249–263. 981 indexed citations breakdown →

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