Thom Scott‐Phillips

693 total citations
22 papers, 280 citations indexed

About

Thom Scott‐Phillips is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thom Scott‐Phillips has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 280 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cultural Studies, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Thom Scott‐Phillips's work include Language and cultural evolution (13 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (7 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (5 papers). Thom Scott‐Phillips is often cited by papers focused on Language and cultural evolution (13 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (7 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (5 papers). Thom Scott‐Phillips collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Spain. Thom Scott‐Phillips's co-authors include Christophe Heintz, Stefaan Blancke, Hugo Mercier, Fabrice Clément, Kenny Smith, Alberto Acerbi, Mathieu Charbonneau, Helena Miton, Kate McCallum and Jamshid J. Tehrani and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thom Scott‐Phillips

22 papers receiving 271 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thom Scott‐Phillips United Kingdom 10 121 101 83 69 57 22 280
Cathal O’Madagain Germany 8 40 0.3× 25 0.2× 60 0.7× 39 0.6× 57 1.0× 17 196
Evan Westra United States 11 90 0.7× 34 0.3× 112 1.3× 44 0.6× 131 2.3× 20 305
Lucas P. Butler United States 12 120 1.0× 60 0.6× 136 1.6× 64 0.9× 102 1.8× 20 519
Erika Nurmsoo United Kingdom 9 62 0.5× 38 0.4× 59 0.7× 49 0.7× 95 1.7× 15 378
Christina M. Tworek United States 2 159 1.3× 16 0.2× 120 1.4× 50 0.7× 69 1.2× 2 302
Marie Schäfer Germany 5 86 0.7× 24 0.2× 125 1.5× 41 0.6× 57 1.0× 10 273
Naomi Lindstrom United States 9 62 0.5× 93 0.9× 19 0.2× 43 0.6× 56 1.0× 96 395
Emily Burdett United Kingdom 11 133 1.1× 92 0.9× 204 2.5× 36 0.5× 76 1.3× 27 372
Karin Kukkonen Norway 13 98 0.8× 12 0.1× 85 1.0× 130 1.9× 76 1.3× 54 427
Diana Mazzarella Switzerland 11 43 0.4× 12 0.1× 46 0.6× 107 1.6× 50 0.9× 23 253

Countries citing papers authored by Thom Scott‐Phillips

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thom Scott‐Phillips

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thom Scott‐Phillips

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nichols, Ryan, Mathieu Charbonneau, Taylor Davis, et al.. (2024). Cultural evolution: A review of theoretical challenges. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 6. e12–e12. 4 indexed citations
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Scott‐Phillips, Thom. (2024). The Communicative Principle of Relevance. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 33(6). 371–377. 1 indexed citations
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Scott‐Phillips, Thom, et al.. (2023). Communication and deniability: Moral and epistemic reactions to denials. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 1073213–1073213. 3 indexed citations
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Tehrani, Jamshid J., et al.. (2022). Does Group Contact Shape Styles of Pictorial Representation? A Case Study of Australian Rock Art. Human Nature. 33(3). 237–260. 2 indexed citations
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Heintz, Christophe & Thom Scott‐Phillips. (2022). Expression unleashed: The evolutionary and cognitive foundations of human communication. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 46. e1–e1. 32 indexed citations
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Scott‐Phillips, Thom. (2022). Biological adaptations for cultural transmission?. Biology Letters. 18(11). 20220439–20220439. 6 indexed citations
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Scott‐Phillips, Thom & Christophe Heintz. (2022). Animal Communication in Linguistic and Cognitive Perspective. Annual Review of Linguistics. 9(1). 93–111. 10 indexed citations
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Singh, Manvir, Alberto Acerbi, Christine A. Caldwell, et al.. (2021). Beyond social learning. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1828). 20200050–20200050. 18 indexed citations
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Acerbi, Alberto, Mathieu Charbonneau, Helena Miton, & Thom Scott‐Phillips. (2021). Culture without copying or selection. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 3. e50–e50. 12 indexed citations
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Scott‐Phillips, Thom, et al.. (2020). Commitment and communication: Are we committed to what we mean, or what we say?. Language and Cognition. 12(2). 360–384. 19 indexed citations
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Jacob, Pierre & Thom Scott‐Phillips. (2020). Is mindreading a gadget?. Synthese. 199(1-2). 1–27. 5 indexed citations
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Tehrani, Jamshid J., et al.. (2019). Style of pictorial representation is shaped by intergroup contact. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 1. e8–e8. 10 indexed citations
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McCallum, Kate, et al.. (2019). The Art Experience. Review of Philosophy and Psychology. 11(1). 21–35. 9 indexed citations
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Heintz, Christophe, Stefaan Blancke, & Thom Scott‐Phillips. (2019). Methods for studying cultural attraction. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 28(1). 18–20. 5 indexed citations
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Acerbi, Alberto, Mathieu Charbonneau, Helena Miton, & Thom Scott‐Phillips. (2019). Codes for simulations described in 'Culture without copying or selection'. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 2 indexed citations
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Scott‐Phillips, Thom, Stefaan Blancke, & Christophe Heintz. (2018). Four misunderstandings about cultural attraction. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 27(4). 162–173. 61 indexed citations
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Scott‐Phillips, Thom, et al.. (2017). The dot perspective task revisited: Evidence for directional effects.. Cognitive Science. 1 indexed citations
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Mercier, Hugo, Guillaume Dezecache, & Thom Scott‐Phillips. (2017). Strategically Communicating Minds. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 26(5). 411–416. 2 indexed citations
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Clément, Fabrice, et al.. (2016). Confidence as an expression of commitment: why misplaced expressions of confidence backfire. Evolution and Human Behavior. 38(1). 9–17. 37 indexed citations
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Scott‐Phillips, Thom. (2006). WHY TALK? SPEAKING AS SELFISH BEHAVIOUR. The Evolution of Language. 6 indexed citations

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