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W D Hamilton

Active 1963–2014

43
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67,909
Citations
42
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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 4,435 citing papers, 30.3% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 2,018 citing papers, 13.8% of this breakdownGermany: 797 citing papers, 5.5% of this breakdownChina: 713 citing papers, 4.9% of this breakdownCanada: 681 citing papers, 4.7% of this breakdownFrance: 584 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 507 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownAustralia: 480 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownNetherlands: 453 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownJapan: 371 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownSpain: 323 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdownItaly: 271 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Social Sciences30.4%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology18%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.2%
  • Computer Science7.4%
  • Psychology7.4%
  • Environmental Science4.7%
  • Other16.9%

Topics

  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation11.6%
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics7%
  • Plant and animal studies5.5%
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction4.8%
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies3.7%
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior3.2%
  • Other64.2%

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  1. The Evolution of Cooperation

    Authors: Robert Axelrod, W D Hamilton - Science 1981 cited by 20,345

  2. The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I

    Authors: W D Hamilton - Journal of Theoretical Biology 1964 cited by 15,873

  3. The genetical evolution of social behaviour. II

    Authors: W D Hamilton - Journal of Theoretical Biology 1964 cited by 4,126

  4. Extraordinary Sex Ratios

    Authors: W D Hamilton - Science 1967 cited by 3,713

  5. Geometry for the selfish herd

    Authors: W D Hamilton - Journal of Theoretical Biology 1971 cited by 3,468

  6. The moulding of senescence by natural selection

    Authors: W D Hamilton - Journal of Theoretical Biology 1966 cited by 2,315

  7. The Evolution of Altruistic Behavior

    Authors: W D Hamilton - The American Naturalist 1963 cited by 2,043

  8. Heritable True Fitness and Bright Birds: A Role for Parasites?

    Authors: W D Hamilton, Marlene Zuk - Science 1982 cited by 3,784

  9. Sexual reproduction as an adaptation to resist parasites (a review).

    Authors: W D Hamilton, Robert Axelrod, R Tanese - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1990 cited by 1,318

  10. Dispersal in stable habitats

    Authors: W D Hamilton, Robert M. May - Nature 1977 cited by 1,331

  11. Selfish and Spiteful Behaviour in an Evolutionary Model

    Authors: W D Hamilton - Nature 1970 cited by 901

  12. Genetic algorithms and evolution

    Authors: Brian H. Sumida, Alasdair I. Houston, John M. McNamara, W D Hamilton - Journal of Theoretical Biology 1990 cited by 228

  13. Sex versus Non-Sex versus Parasite

    Authors: W D Hamilton - Oikos 1980 cited by 1,403

  14. Altruism and Related Phenomena, Mainly in Social Insects

    Authors: W D Hamilton - Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 1972 cited by 1,168

  15. Coefficients of relatedness in sociobiology

    Authors: Richard E. Michod, W D Hamilton - Nature 1980 cited by 221

  16. Antibiotics cause parthenogenetic Trichogramma (Hymenoptera/Trichogrammatidae) to revert to sex.

    Authors: Richard Stouthamer, Robert F. Luck, W D Hamilton - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1990 cited by 474

  17. Evolutionarily stable dispersal strategies

    Authors: Hugh N. Comins, W D Hamilton, Robert M. May - Journal of Theoretical Biology 1980 cited by 461

  18. Pathogens as Causes of Genetic Diversity in their Host Populations

    Authors: W D Hamilton - Population Biology of Infectious Diseases 1982 cited by 259

  19. Cytoplasmic fusion and the nature of sexes

    Authors: Laurence D. Hurst, W D Hamilton - Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 1992 cited by 220

  20. Mate Choice Near or Far

    Authors: W D Hamilton - American Zoologist 1990 cited by 220

  21. Transgenic potato plants with enhanced resistance to the peach‐potato aphid Myzus persicae

    Authors: Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, Rachel E. Down, K.S. Powell, Nicolas Sauvion, Yvan Rahbé, C. A. Newell, A. Merryweather, W D Hamilton, John A. Gatehouse - Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 1996 cited by 193

  22. Spora and Gaia: how microbes fly with their clouds

    Authors: W D Hamilton, Timothy M. Lenton - Ethology Ecology & Evolution 1998 cited by 117

  23. Chimeric Plant Virus Particles Administered Nasally or Orally Induce Systemic and Mucosal Immune Responses in Mice

    Authors: Frank R. Brennan, Trevor Bellaby, Sharon M. Helliwell, Tim D. Jones, Sören Kamstrup, Kristian Dalsgaard, Jan‐Ingmar Flock, W D Hamilton - Journal of Virology 1999 cited by 98

  24. Transformation of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) with Agrobacterium tumefaciens and regeneration of plants expressing cowpea trypsin inhibitor and snowdrop lectin

    Authors: C. A. Newell, Justin Lowe, A. Merryweather, L. Rooke, W D Hamilton - Plant Science 1995 cited by 96