Stuart A. West

38.6k citations
305 papers · 27.0k · 11 hit papers · h-index 86

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Stuart A. West

301 papers receiving 25.9k citations

Stuart A. West's Hit Papers

Major evolutionary transitions in individuality 2015 · 272 citations
2720+8+16Years since publication4008001.2k

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Stuart A. West
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  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9.9k
  • Genetics 10.9k
  • Insect Science 4.0k
  • Safety Research 1.9k
  • Sociology and Political Science 9.1k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Stuart A. West, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Reciprocal Rewards Stabilize Cooperation in the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis
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20111409
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Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection
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20061210
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Social evolution theory for microorganisms
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2006920
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Cooperation and competition in pathogenic bacteria
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2004800
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Host sanctions and the legume–rhizobium mutualism
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2003746
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Evolutionary Explanations for Cooperation
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2007732
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Cooperation and conflict in quorum-sensing bacterial populations
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2007668
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Cooperation and Competition Between Relatives
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2002636
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The Social Lives of Microbes
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2007553
10 1999416
11 2002416
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Sex Allocation
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13 2010338
14 1999337
15 2003335
16 2004305
17 2011304
18 2011303
19 2002293
20 2010288

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 305 papers that have together received 27.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (138 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (133 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (113 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (68 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (51 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (35 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (25 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (9.9k citations), Genetics (10.9k citations), Insect Science (4.0k citations), Safety Research (1.9k citations) and Sociology and Political Science (9.1k 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, R. Ford Denison, Maxwell N. Burton-Chellew 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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