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Austria
2026

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D-Index
76
Citations
43017
World Ranking
483
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Austria Leader Award
  • 2010 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematics

Overview

Karl Sigmund is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields with a focus on evolutionary game theory and cooperation, as well as related areas in ecology and sociology.

The main topics central to their work include:

  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Game Theory and Applications
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • Philosophy, Science, and History

The scientist has contributed papers to a range of publication venues, reflecting diverse interests and collaborations. Frequent venues for their publications are:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • SIAM Review
  • Nature
  • Monatshefte für Mathematik

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Toward ecoevolutionary dynamics", 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Dynamics of Signaling Games", 2024, SIAM Review (co-authored with Hannelore De Silva)
  • "The spy who flunked it: Kurt Gödel's forgotten part in the atom-bomb story", 2024, Nature
  • "Stud. phil. Kurt Gödel", 2025, Monatshefte für Mathematik

Coauthorship has played a role in their scholarly output, with frequent collaborators including:

  • Robert D. Holt
  • Hannelore De Silva

Their subfields of study further highlight an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Karl Sigmund has been recognized by professional bodies, including membership in the European Academy of Sciences since 2010. Earlier, in 2003, they were associated with the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in the field of Mathematics.

Best Publications

  • Evolutionary games and population dynamics

    Josef Hofbauer;Karl Sigmund

  • Evolution of indirect reciprocity.

    Martin A. Nowak;Karl Sigmund;Karl Sigmund

  • Evolution of indirect reciprocity by image scoring

    Martin A. Nowak;Martin A. Nowak;Karl Sigmund

  • A strategy of win-stay, lose-shift that outperforms tit-for-tat in the Prisoner's Dilemma game.

    Michael A. Nowak;Karl Sigmund

  • The Theory of Evolution and Dynamical Systems: Mathematical Aspects of Selection

    Josef Hofbauer;Karl Sigmund

  • Tit for tat in heterogeneous populations

    Martin A. Nowak;Karl Sigmund

  • Evolutionary dynamics of biological games.

    Martin A. Nowak;Karl Sigmund;Karl Sigmund

  • Evolutionary Game Dynamics

    Josef Hofbauer;Karl Sigmund;Karl Sigmund

  • Volunteering as Red Queen Mechanism for Cooperation in Public Goods Games

    Christoph Hauert;Christoph Hauert;Silvia De Monte;Silvia De Monte;Josef Hofbauer;Karl Sigmund;Karl Sigmund

  • Ergodic theory on compact spaces

    Manfred Denker;Christian Grillenberger;Karl Sigmund

  • Fairness Versus Reason in the Ultimatum Game

    Martin A. Nowak;Karen M. Page;Karl Sigmund;Karl Sigmund

  • The Calculus of Selfishness

    Karl Sigmund

  • Via Freedom to Coercion: The Emergence of Costly Punishment

    Christoph Hauert;Arne Traulsen;Hannelore Brandt;Martin A. Nowak

  • The dynamics of indirect reciprocity.

    Martin A Nowak;Karl Sigmund;Karl Sigmund

  • Reward and punishment

    Karl Sigmund;Christoph Hauert;Martin A. Nowak

  • Social learning promotes institutions for governing the commons

    Karl Sigmund;Karl Sigmund;Hannelore De Silva;Arne Traulsen;Christoph Hauert

  • Punishment and reputation in spatial public goods games.

    Hannelore Brandt;Christoph Hauert;Christoph Hauert;Karl Sigmund;Karl Sigmund

  • Punish or perish? Retaliation and collaboration among humans

    Karl Sigmund

  • Replicator dynamics for optional public good games.

    Christoph Hauert;Silvia De Monte;Silvia De Monte;Josef Hofbauer;Karl Sigmund

  • A Note on Evolutionary Stable Strategies and Game Dynamics

    Josef Hofbauer;P. Schuster;K. Sigmund

  • Antigenic oscillations and shifting immunodominance in HIV-1 infections

    Martin A. Nowak;Robert M. May;Rodney E. Phillips;Sarah Rowland-Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin A. Nowak
Martin A. Nowak Harvard University
Christoph Hauert
Christoph Hauert University of British Columbia
Yoh Iwasa
Yoh Iwasa Kwansei Gakuin University
Donald G. Saari
Donald G. Saari University of California, Irvine
Robert Boyd
Robert Boyd Arizona State University
Eric Alden Smith
Eric Alden Smith University of Washington
Robert M. May
Robert M. May University of Oxford
Peter J. Richerson
Peter J. Richerson University of California, Davis
Vincent A. A. Jansen
Vincent A. A. Jansen Royal Holloway University of London
Eörs Szathmáry
Eörs Szathmáry Parmenides Foundation

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