Peter J. Richerson

151 papers and 15.8k indexed citations
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About

Peter J. Richerson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter J. Richerson has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 41 papers in Cultural Studies and 24 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Peter J. Richerson’s work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (77 papers), Language and cultural evolution (41 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (24 papers). Peter J. Richerson is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (77 papers), Language and cultural evolution (41 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (24 papers). Peter J. Richerson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Peter J. Richerson's co-authors include Robert Boyd, James R. Griesemer, Joseph Henrich, Richard McElreath, Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, Robert L. Bettinger, Charles Efferson, Charles R. Goldman and Adrian V. Bell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter J. Richerson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter J. Richerson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter J. Richerson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Peter J. Richerson. Peter J. Richerson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Peter J. Richerson

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Countries citing papers authored by Peter J. Richerson

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