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D-Index
80
Citations
28628
World Ranking
375
National Ranking
176

Hillard Kaplan publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hillard Kaplan sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 269 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Hillard Kaplan D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hillard Kaplan sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hillard Kaplan is affiliated with Chapman University in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Genetics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social Psychology, and Physiology.

Their work covers diverse main topics such as Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Zoonotic diseases and public health, Health disparities and outcomes, Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences, and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Kaplan has contributed to multiple frequent publication venues, reflecting a broad engagement with interdisciplinary scientific communities. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Advances
  • Evolution Medicine and Public Health
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Kaplan are:

  • "Voluntary collective isolation as a best response to COVID-19 for indigenous populations? A case study and protocol from the Bolivian Amazon," 2020, The Lancet

Frequent collaborators include Michael Gurven, Jonathan Stieglitz, Benjamin C. Trumble, Paul L. Hooper, and Daniel K. Cummings, which indicates an active partnership network contributing to their multidisciplinary approach.

Best Publications

  • A theory of human life history evolution: Diet, intelligence, and longevity

    Hillard Kaplan;Hillard Kaplan;Kim Hill;Kim Hill;Jane Lancaster;Jane Lancaster;A. Magdalena Hurtado;A. Magdalena Hurtado

  • Life history theory and evolutionary psychology.

    Marco Del Giudice;Steven W. Gangestad;Hillard S. Kaplan

  • Food Sharing Among Ache Foragers: Tests of Explanatory Hypotheses [and Comments and Reply]

    Hillard Kaplan;Kim Hill;Rowe V. Cadeliña;Brian Hayden

  • An epigenetic clock analysis of race/ethnicity, sex, and coronary heart disease

    Steve Horvath;Michael Gurven;Morgan E. Levine;Benjamin C. Trumble

  • Longevity Among Hunter‐ Gatherers: A Cross‐Cultural Examination

    Michael Gurven;Hillard Kaplan

  • LIFE HISTORY TRAITS IN HUMANS: Theory and Empirical Studies

    Kim Hill;Hillard Kaplan

  • Intergenerational wealth transmission and the dynamics of inequality in small-scale societies.

    Monique Borgerhoff Mulder;Samuel Bowles;Tom Hertz;Adrian Bell

  • Food Sharing among Ache Foragers: Tests of Explanatory Hypotheses'

    Hillard Kaplan;Kim Hill

  • How universal is the Big Five? Testing the five-factor model of personality variation among forager-farmers in the Bolivian Amazon.

    Michael Gurven;Christopher von Rueden;Maxim Massenkoff;Hillard Kaplan

  • A theory of fertility and parental investment in traditional and modern human societies

    Hillard Kaplan

  • Growth rates and life histories in twenty-two small-scale societies.

    Robert Walker;Michael Gurven;Kim Hill;Andrea Migliano

  • Towards a new developmental synthesis: adaptive developmental plasticity and human disease

    Peter D. Gluckman;Mark A. Hanson;Patrick Bateson;Alan S. Beedle

  • Hunting Ability and Reproductive Success Among Male Ache Foragers: Preliminary Results

    Hillard Kaplan;Kim Hill

  • Evolutionary and wealth flows theories of fertility: empirical tests and new models.

    Hillard Kaplan

  • Why do men seek status? Fitness payoffs to dominance and prestige

    Christopher von Rueden;Michael Gurven;Hillard Kaplan

  • The emergence of humans: The coevolution of intelligence and longevity with intergenerational transfers

    Hillard S. Kaplan;Arthur J. Robson

  • The evolutionary and ecological roots of human social organization.

    Hillard S. Kaplan;Paul L. Hooper;Michael Gurven

  • Natural sleep and its seasonal variations in three pre-industrial societies.

    Gandhi Yetish;Hillard Kaplan;Michael Gurven;Brian M. Wood

  • The Sustainability of Subsistence Hunting in the Neotropics

    Michael S. Alvard;John G. Robinson;Kent H. Redford;Hillard Kaplan

  • The Evolutionary Ecology of Food Acquisition

    Hillard Kaplan;Kim Hill

  • Paternal Care by Genetic Fathers and Stepfathers I: Reports from Albuquerque Men

    Kermyt G Anderson;Hillard Kaplan;Jane Lancaster

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Gurven
Michael Gurven University of California, Santa Barbara
Christopher von Rueden
Christopher von Rueden University of Richmond
Caleb E. Finch
Caleb E. Finch University of Southern California
Jagat Narula
Jagat Narula Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Samuel Bowles
Samuel Bowles Santa Fe Institute
Stephen J. Rassenti
Stephen J. Rassenti Chapman University
Richard McElreath
Richard McElreath Max Planck Society
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder University of California, Davis
Kristen Hawkes
Kristen Hawkes University of Utah
Eric Alden Smith
Eric Alden Smith University of Washington

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