Stephen Beckerman

1.8k total citations
38 papers, 910 citations indexed

About

Stephen Beckerman is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Beckerman has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 910 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Beckerman's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (8 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (8 papers) and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (4 papers). Stephen Beckerman is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (8 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (8 papers) and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (4 papers). Stephen Beckerman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Venezuela and Ecuador. Stephen Beckerman's co-authors include Eric Alden Smith, Kristen Hawkes, Jon Altman, Nicolas Peterson, Roy R. Grinker, John E. Yellen, George W. Wenzel, Henry Harpending, Jeffrey A. Kurland and Laura Nader and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Beckerman

36 papers receiving 798 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Beckerman United States	14	396	299	198	137	129	38	910
James F. Eder United States	15	461 1.2×	221 0.7×	208 1.1×	121 0.9×	258 2.0×	39	1.1k
Richard Borshay Lee Canada	6	298 0.8×	183 0.6×	203 1.0×	104 0.8×	375 2.9×	8	1.1k
Richard J. Preston Canada	14	349 0.9×	189 0.6×	203 1.0×	113 0.8×	126 1.0×	40	989
Susan Kent United States	21	442 1.1×	194 0.6×	129 0.7×	68 0.5×	658 5.1×	52	1.8k
David Hyndman Australia	12	260 0.7×	180 0.6×	134 0.7×	98 0.7×	98 0.8×	29	725
R. Brian Ferguson United States	17	332 0.8×	92 0.3×	100 0.5×	101 0.7×	340 2.6×	61	1.2k
David E. Stuart Guatemala	5	248 0.6×	172 0.6×	123 0.6×	91 0.7×	248 1.9×	8	764
David R. Yesner United States	14	232 0.6×	162 0.5×	123 0.6×	267 1.9×	570 4.4×	34	1.3k
Rada Dyson‐Hudson United States	9	253 0.6×	72 0.2×	100 0.5×	236 1.7×	275 2.1×	17	1.2k
Craig T. Palmer United States	19	459 1.2×	315 1.1×	134 0.7×	112 0.8×	65 0.5×	76	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Beckerman

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20 of 20 papers shown

Beckerman, Stephen, et al.. (2025). Bands (and Longhouses) of Brothers (and Sisters): Siblinghood Among the Barí of the Maracaibo Basin. Journal of Anthropological Research. 81(1). 79–92.

Yost, James, et al.. (2019). The Proximate Causes of Waorani Warfare. Human Nature. 30(3). 247–271. 2 indexed citations

Macfarlan, Shane J., et al.. (2018). Bands of brothers and in-laws: Waorani warfare, marriage and alliance formation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1890). 20181859–20181859. 24 indexed citations

Walker, Robert S., Stephen Beckerman, Mark V. Flinn, et al.. (2012). Living with Kin in Lowland Horticultural Societies. Current Anthropology. 54(1). 96–103. 43 indexed citations

Beckerman, Stephen, et al.. (2002). Conservation and Native Amazonians: why some do and some don't. 31–51. 2 indexed citations

Beckerman, Stephen, et al.. (2002). Cultures of multiple fathers : the theory and practice of partible paternity in lowland South America. University Press of Florida eBooks. 63 indexed citations

Beckerman, Stephen. (2000). Mating and marriage, husbands and lovers. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 23(4). 590–591. 6 indexed citations

Beckerman, Stephen, et al.. (1998). The Barí Partible Paternity Project: Preliminary Results. Current Anthropology. 39(1). 164–168. 49 indexed citations

Hawkes, Kristen, Jon Altman, Stephen Beckerman, et al.. (1993). Why Hunter-Gatherers Work: An Ancient Version of the Problem of Public Goods [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 34(4). 341–361. 267 indexed citations

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Ballew, Carol, et al.. (1993). High Prevalence of Cleft Lip among the Barí Indians of Western Venezuela. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 30(4). 411–413. 9 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Stephen, et al.. (1991). Unbiased sex ratios among the Bar�: An evolutionary interpretation. Human Ecology. 19(4). 469–498. 12 indexed citations

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Kurland, Jeffrey A. & Stephen Beckerman. (1985). Optimal Foraging and Hominid Evolution: Labor and Reciprocity. American Anthropologist. 87(1). 73–93. 46 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Stephen. (1984). A note on ringed fields. Human Ecology. 12(2). 203–206. 3 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Stephen. (1983). Does the Swidden Ape the Jungle?. Human Ecology. 11(1). 1–12. 38 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Stephen. (1983). Optimal Foraging Group Size for a Human Population: The Case of Bari Fishing. American Zoologist. 23(2). 283–290. 27 indexed citations

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Barnard, Alan, Linda S. Cordell, & Stephen Beckerman. (1982). The Versatility of Kinship.. Man. 17(1). 171–171. 8 indexed citations

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Cordell, Linda S. & Stephen Beckerman. (1980). The Versatility of kinship : essays presented to Harry W. Basehart. Academic Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Stephen. (1978). Comment On Ross. Current Anthropology. 19. 17–18. 9 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Stephen. (1977). Protein and population in tropical Polynesia. 86(1). 3 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Stephen. (1976). An unusual live‐birth sex ratio in Ecuador. Social Biology. 23(2). 172–174. 2 indexed citations

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