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Researcher · University of California, Davis · United States

Peter J. Richerson

Peter J. Richerson publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and Safety Research, on topics such as Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Language and cultural evolution and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-7233-358X OpenAlex
World rank
#16,467
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#5,881
of 1,627,098
Works
334
Citations
37k
Citations per work
111.2
h-index
76
i10-index 191Top 0.1% in Sociology and Political Science
Peter J. Richerson

What does Peter J. Richerson research?

Peter J. Richerson's work is mostly in Social Sciences (39%), Psychology (9%), Environmental Science (4%).

Social Sciences: 163 works · 48.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 131 works · 39.3% of their workSociology and Political Science: 73 works · 21.9% of their workCultural Studies: 41 works · 12.3% of their workSafety Research: 17 works · 5.1% of their workPsychology: 32 works · 9.5% of their workSocial Psychology: 17 works · 5.0% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 15 works · 4.5% of their workEverything else: 156 works · 46.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 15 works · 4.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 15 works · 4.5% of their workEcology: 15 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKPeter J.Richerson334works
Physical Sciences4%Social Sciences49%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences13139.3%
    2. Psychology329.5%
  2. Everything else15646.7%
    1. Environmental Science154.5%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science22% of their works
  2. 2Cultural Studies12% of their works
  3. 3Safety Research5% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology5% of their works
  5. 5Experimental and Cognitive Psychology4% of their works
  6. 6Ecology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter J. Richerson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cultural Evolution, Altruism, Cooperation, Evolutionary Games, Social Networks, Language, Social Learning and Trust.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Cultural Evolution2502 topics
  2. Altruism1932 topics
  3. Cooperation1932 topics
  4. Evolutionary Games1521 topic
  5. Social Networks1521 topic
  6. Language981 topic
  7. Social Learning981 topic
  8. Trust612 topics
  9. Adaptation552 topics
  10. Economic Experiments411 topic
  11. Social Preferences411 topic
  12. Evolutionary Psychology341 topic
  13. Human Behavior341 topic
  14. Cultural Psychology311 topic
  15. Values311 topic
  16. Eutrophication251 topic
  17. Harmful Algal Blooms251 topic
  18. Evolution211 topic
  19. Mutation211 topic
  20. Culture201 topic
  21. Institutions201 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?

OpenAlex counts 334 works and 37,139 citations for Peter J. Richerson, an h-index of 76, ranking #16,467 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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