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Researcher · University of California, Los Angeles · United States

Robert Boyd

Robert Boyd 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 0000-0003-2657-8022 OpenAlex
World rank
#17,558
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#8,349
of 358,040
Works
58
Citations
742
Citations per work
12.8

What does Robert Boyd research?

Sociology and Political Science: 23.8%Cultural Studies: 15.9%Safety Research: 7.9%History and Philosophy of Science: 7.9%other fields: 44.5%24%top field
Sociology and Political Science23.8%Cultural Studies15.9%Safety Research7.9%History and Philosophy of Science7.9%other fields44.5%

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

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science24% of their works
  2. 2Cultural Studies16% of their works
  3. 3Safety Research8% of their works
  4. 4History and Philosophy of Science8% of their works
  5. 5Experimental and Cognitive Psychology6% of their works
  6. 6Management Science and Operations Research5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Boyd's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cultural Evolution, Altruism, Cooperation, Social Networks, Evolutionary Games, Indirect Reciprocity, Language 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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Cultural Evolution232 topics
  2. Altruism192 topics
  3. Cooperation192 topics
  4. Social Networks162 topics
  5. Evolutionary Games141 topic
  6. Indirect Reciprocity141 topic
  7. Language91 topic
  8. Social Learning91 topic
  9. Trust72 topics
  10. Economic Experiments51 topic
  11. Social Preferences51 topic
  12. Evolutionary Psychology41 topic
  13. Human Behavior41 topic
  14. Evolutionary Synthesis31 topic
  15. Mechanistic Explanation31 topic
  16. Cultural Psychology21 topic
  17. Culture21 topic
  18. Game Theory21 topic
  19. Institutions21 topic
  20. Network Formation21 topic
  21. Values21 topic

Where does Robert Boyd work?

Robert Boyd's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Los Angeles, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert Boyd have?

Science Explorer counts 58 works and 742 citations for Robert Boyd, ranking #17,558 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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