Peter J. Richerson
Peter J. Richerson publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Language and cultural evolution and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics.
- World rank
- #18,809 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #8,941 of 358,040
- Works
- 67
- Citations
- 581
- Citations per work
- 8.7
What does Peter J. Richerson research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Sociology and Political Science21% of their works
- 2Cultural Studies18% of their works
- 3History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works
- 4Ecology5% of their works
- 5Environmental Chemistry5% of their works
- 6Safety Research3% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Peter J. Richerson's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Cultural Evolution, Altruism, Cooperation, Language, Social Learning, Climate Change, Acceptance and Eutrophication.
- Traditional Knowledge
- Invasive Species
- Extraterrestrial Life
- Astrobiology
- Harmful Algal Blooms
- Eutrophication
- Climate Change
- Language
- Altruism
- Cultural Evolution
- Cooperation
- Social Learning
- Acceptance
- Evolutionary Theory
- Arctic Indigenous Peoples
- Biomimetic Synthesis
- Freshwater Mussels
- Peptide-Directed Materials
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 18 words, with their numbers
- Cultural Evolution212 topics
- Altruism111 topic
- Cooperation111 topic
- Language101 topic
- Social Learning101 topic
- Climate Change52 topics
- Acceptance31 topic
- Eutrophication31 topic
- Evolutionary Theory31 topic
- Harmful Algal Blooms31 topic
- Arctic Indigenous Peoples21 topic
- Astrobiology21 topic
- Biomimetic Synthesis21 topic
- Extraterrestrial Life21 topic
- Freshwater Mussels21 topic
- Invasive Species21 topic
- Peptide-Directed Materials21 topic
- Traditional Knowledge21 topic
Where does Peter J. Richerson work?
Peter J. Richerson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Davis, United States.
How many publications and citations does Peter J. Richerson have?
Science Explorer counts 67 works and 581 citations for Peter J. Richerson, ranking #18,809 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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