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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?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 20.0%Social Psychology: 10.0%Sociology and Political Science: 10.0%Genetics: 8.8%other fields: 51.2%20%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics20.0%Social Psychology10.0%Sociology and Political Science10.0%Genetics8.8%other fields51.2%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics20% of their works
  2. 2Social Psychology10% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science10% of their works
  4. 4Genetics9% of their works
  5. 5Cultural Studies9% of their works
  6. 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.

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
  1. Evolutionary Dynamics202 topics
  2. Natural Selection172 topics
  3. Cultural Evolution152 topics
  4. Altruism132 topics
  5. Behavioral Syndromes131 topic
  6. Cooperation132 topics
  7. Phenotypic Plasticity131 topic
  8. Social Learning102 topics
  9. Evolution92 topics
  10. Climate Change82 topics
  11. Evolutionary Games81 topic
  12. Habitat Fragmentation82 topics
  13. Social Networks81 topic
  14. Language71 topic
  15. Phylogenetics71 topic
  16. Amphibian Declines51 topic
  17. Chytridiomycosis51 topic
  18. Primates51 topic
  19. Social Behavior51 topic
  20. Adaptation41 topic
  21. Mutation41 topic
  22. Avian Vocal Communication31 topic
  23. Birdsong31 topic
  24. Ecosystem Services31 topic
  25. 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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