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Kevin N. Laland publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kevin N. Laland sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 262 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Kevin N. Laland D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kevin N. Laland sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 103 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Kevin N. Laland is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science with a significant focus on Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cultural Studies, and Sociology and Political Science as subfields.

The main topics in Laland's work include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Language and cultural evolution
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Race, Genetics, and Society
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Their notable recent papers are:

  • Understanding Human Cognitive Uniqueness, 2021, Annual Review of Psychology
  • Flexible learning, rather than inveterate innovation or copying, drives cumulative knowledge gain, 2020, Science Advances
  • Young Birds Switch but Old Birds Lead: How Barnacle Geese Adjust Migratory Habits to Environmental Change, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Global drivers of variation in cup nest size in passerine birds, 2022, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Genes, culture, and scientific racism, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors in Laland's work include:

  • Catherine Sheard
  • Sally E. Street
  • Susan D. Healy
  • Marcus W. Feldman
  • Karina Vanadzina

Laland's publications often appear in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Journal of Animal Ecology

In 2008, Kevin N. Laland was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Best Publications

  • Niche Construction: The Neglected Process in Evolution

    F. John Odling-Smee;Kevin N. Laland;Marcus W. Feldman

  • Social learning strategies.

    Kevin N. Laland

  • Niche construction, biological evolution, and cultural change.

    Kevin N. Laland;John Odling-Smee;Marcus W. Feldman

  • The extended evolutionary synthesis: its structure, assumptions and predictions.

    Kevin N. Laland;Tobias Uller;Tobias Uller;Marcus W. Feldman;Kim Sterelny;Kim Sterelny

  • Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour

    Kevin N. Laland;Gillian R. Brown

  • Social intelligence, innovation, and enhanced brain size in primates

    Simon M. Reader;Kevin N. Laland

  • How culture shaped the human genome: bringing genetics and the human sciences together

    Kevin N. Laland;John Odling-Smee;Sean Myles;Sean Myles

  • Does evolutionary theory need a rethink

    Kevin Laland;Tobias Uller;Marc Feldman;Kim Sterelny

  • Towards a unified science of cultural evolution

    Alex Mesoudi;Andrew Whiten;Kevin N. Laland

  • Social Learning in Animals: Empirical Studies and Theoretical Models

    Bennett G. Galef;Kevin N. Laland

  • Cause and Effect in Biology Revisited: Is Mayr's Proximate-Ultimate Dichotomy Still Useful?

    Kevin N. Laland;Kim Sterelny;Kim Sterelny;John Odling-Smee;William Hoppitt

  • Evolutionary consequences of niche construction and their implications for ecology

    K. N. Laland;F. J. Odling-Smee;M. W. Feldman

  • Identification of the Social and Cognitive Processes Underlying Human Cumulative Culture

    L. G. Dean;R. L. Kendal;S. J. Schapiro;Bernard Thierry

  • Social learning in fishes : a review

    Culum Brown;Kevin N Laland

  • Gene-culture coevolutionary theory.

    Marc W. Feldman;Kevin N. Laland

  • Experimental evidence for the co-evolution of hominin tool-making teaching and language

    T.J.H. Morgan;T.J.H. Morgan;Natali Uomini;L.E. Rendell;L. Chouinard-Thuly;L. Chouinard-Thuly

  • The animal cultures debate.

    Kevin N. Laland;Vincent M. Janik

  • An introduction to niche construction theory

    Kevin Neville Laland;Blake Matthews;Marcus W. Feldman

  • The evolution of primate general and cultural intelligence

    Simon M. Reader;Yfike Hager;Kevin N. Laland

  • Social learning and life skills training for hatchery reared fish

    Culum Brown;Kevin N. Laland

  • Niche Construction: The Neglected Process in Evolution (MPB-37)

    F. John Odling-Smee;Kevin N. Laland;Marcus W. Feldman

  • PERSPECTIVE:IS HUMAN CULTURAL EVOLUTION DARWINIAN? EVIDENCE REVIEWED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES

    Alex Mesoudi;Andrew Whiten;Kevin N. Laland

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus W. Feldman
Marcus W. Feldman Stanford University
William Hoppitt
William Hoppitt University of Leeds
Simon M. Reader
Simon M. Reader McGill University
Luke Rendell
Luke Rendell University of St Andrews
Culum Brown
Culum Brown Macquarie University
Andrew Whiten
Andrew Whiten University of St Andrews
Alex Mesoudi
Alex Mesoudi University of Exeter
Tobias Uller
Tobias Uller Lund University
Kim Sterelny
Kim Sterelny Australian National University
Jens Krause
Jens Krause Technical University of Berlin

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