Stuart A. West

38.6k citations
296 papers · 25.1k · 10 hit papers · h-index 83

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Stuart A. West

292 papers receiving 24.4k citations

Stuart A. West's Hit Papers

Major evolutionary transitions in individuality 2015 · 265 citations
2650+8+16Years since publication4008001.2k

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Stuart A. West
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  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9.2k
  • Genetics 10.2k
  • Insect Science 3.8k
  • Safety Research 1.7k
  • Sociology and Political Science 8.6k
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All Works

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Reciprocal Rewards Stabilize Cooperation in the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis
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20111294
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Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection
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20061090
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Social evolution theory for microorganisms
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2006852
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Cooperation and competition in pathogenic bacteria
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2004753
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Evolutionary Explanations for Cooperation
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2007692
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Host sanctions and the legume–rhizobium mutualism
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2003687
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Cooperation and conflict in quorum-sensing bacterial populations
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2007629
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Cooperation and Competition Between Relatives
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2002595
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The Social Lives of Microbes
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2007513
10 2002405
11 2009383
12 1999358
13 1999321
14 2003307
15 2010304
16 2011288
17 2011277
18 2002272
19 2003268
20 2004267

About Stuart A. West

Stuart A. West is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Sociology and Political Science, Insect Science and Plant Science, having authored 296 papers that have together received 25.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (136 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (131 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (111 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (67 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (34 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (24 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (9.2k citations), Genetics (10.2k citations), Insect Science (3.8k citations), Safety Research (1.7k citations) and Sociology and Political Science (8.6k citations). Stuart A. West has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Ashleigh S. Griffin, Andy Gardner, Stephen P. Diggle, E. Toby Kiers, Angus Buckling, Ben C. Sheldon, Edward Allen Herre, Maxwell N. Burton-Chellew, R. Ford Denison and Ido Pen. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Evolution, The American Naturalist and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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