Kevin N. Laland
Kevin N. Laland publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation and Language and cultural evolution.
- World rank
- #35,111 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #3,259 of 90,785
- Works
- 61
- Citations
- 796
- Citations per work
- 13.0
What does Kevin N. Laland research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics20% of their works
- 2Social Psychology10% of their works
- 3Sociology and Political Science10% of their works
- 4Genetics9% of their works
- 5Cultural Studies9% of their works
- 6Global and Planetary Change8% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Kevin N. Laland's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Evolutionary Dynamics, Natural Selection, Cultural Evolution, Altruism, Behavioral Syndromes, Cooperation, Phenotypic Plasticity and Social Learning.
- Ecosystem Services
- Avian Vocal Communication
- Adaptation
- Primates
- Amphibian Declines
- Language
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Climate Change
- Social Learning
- Cooperation
- Altruism
- Natural Selection
- Evolutionary Dynamics
- Cultural Evolution
- Behavioral Syndromes
- Phenotypic Plasticity
- Evolution
- Evolutionary Games
- Social Networks
- Phylogenetics
- Chytridiomycosis
- Social Behavior
- Mutation
- Birdsong
- Pollinator Decline
Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 25 words, with their numbers
- Evolutionary Dynamics202 topics
- Natural Selection172 topics
- Cultural Evolution152 topics
- Altruism132 topics
- Behavioral Syndromes131 topic
- Cooperation132 topics
- Phenotypic Plasticity131 topic
- Social Learning102 topics
- Evolution92 topics
- Climate Change82 topics
- Evolutionary Games81 topic
- Habitat Fragmentation82 topics
- Social Networks81 topic
- Language71 topic
- Phylogenetics71 topic
- Amphibian Declines51 topic
- Chytridiomycosis51 topic
- Primates51 topic
- Social Behavior51 topic
- Adaptation41 topic
- Mutation41 topic
- Avian Vocal Communication31 topic
- Birdsong31 topic
- Ecosystem Services31 topic
- Pollinator Decline31 topic
Where does Kevin N. Laland work?
Kevin N. Laland's main affiliation in the publication record is University of St Andrews, United Kingdom.
How many publications and citations does Kevin N. Laland have?
Science Explorer counts 61 works and 796 citations for Kevin N. Laland, ranking #35,111 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.
Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.
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