# Richard McElreath

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/richard-mcelreath/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 25,303 |
| Field | Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation |
| h-index | 57 |
| i10-index | 124 |
| Last Known Institution | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5051794103 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0387-5377 |
| Works | 267 |

## Researcher topics

- [Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation](https://scholariq.org/topics/evolutionary-game-theory-and-cooperation/)
- [Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/experimental-behavioral-economics-studies/)
- [Language and cultural evolution](https://scholariq.org/topics/language-and-cultural-evolution/)
- [Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior](https://scholariq.org/topics/evolutionary-psychology-and-human-behavior/)
- [Animal Behavior and Reproduction](https://scholariq.org/topics/animal-behavior-and-reproduction/)

## Researcher university

- [Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology](https://scholariq.org/institutions/max-planck-institute-for-evolutionary-anthropology/)

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