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R. Alexander Bentley 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 R. Alexander Bentley sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 129 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

R. Alexander Bentley 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 R. Alexander Bentley sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

R. Alexander Bentley is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with 71 publications within this broad field. The scientist's work delves into several subfields including sociology and political science, cultural studies, modeling and simulation, social psychology, and archeology.

The main topics explored in Bentley's research include evolutionary game theory and cooperation, language and cultural evolution, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, cultural differences and values, misinformation and its impacts, culture, economy, and development studies, and opinion dynamics and social influence.

Bentley has contributed to several academic journals and publication venues with multiple articles. Frequent venues for their work consist of:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  • SN Social Sciences
  • Adaptive Behavior
  • Royal Society Open Science

Recent publications by Bentley include:

  • "Shared worlds and shared minds: A theory of collective learning and a psychology of common knowledge," 2020, Psychological Review
  • "Agency and Identity in the Collective Self," 2021, Personality and Social Psychology Review
  • "Cultural prerequisites of socioeconomic development," 2020, Royal Society Open Science
  • "Inequality between identity groups and social unrest," 2022, Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  • "Prehistory of Kinship," 2022, Annual Review of Anthropology

Bentley has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Michael J. O'Brien
  • Simon Carrignon
  • Joshua Borycz
  • Sergi Valverde
  • Benjamin D. Horne

Best Publications

  • 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIG DATA

    Alberto Acerbi;Vasileios Lampos;R. Alexander Bentley

  • The Characterization of Biologically Available Strontium Isotope Ratios for the Study of Prehistoric Migration

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  • Random drift and culture change

    R. Alexander Bentley;Matthew W. Hahn;Stephen J. Shennan

  • Determining the ‘local’ 87Sr/86Sr range for archaeological skeletons: a case study from Neolithic Europe

    R.Alexander Bentley;T.Douglas Price;Elisabeth Stephan

  • Drift as a mechanism for cultural change: an example from baby names

    Matthew W. Hahn;R. Alexander Bentley

  • Prehistoric human migration in the Linearbandkeramik of Central Europe

    T. Douglas Price;R. Alexander Bentley;Jens Lüning;Detlef Gronenborn

  • Prehistoric Migration in Europe: Strontium Isotope Analysis of Early Neolithic Skeletons

    R. Alexander Bentley;T. Douglas Price;Jens Lüning;Detlef Gronenborn

  • Random drift and large shifts in popularity of dog breeds

    Harold A. Herzog;R. Alexander Bentley;Matthew W. Hahn

  • GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS IN BIOLOGICALLY AVAILABLE STRONTIUM, CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE SIGNATURES IN PREHISTORIC SW GERMANY*

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  • Regular rates of popular culture change reflect random copying

    R. Alexander Bentley;Carl P. Lipo;Harold A. Herzog;Matthew W. Hahn

  • Community differentiation and kinship among Europe's first farmers

    R.A. Bentley;Penny Bickle;Linda Fibiger;G. M. Nowell

  • Cultural evolution and stochastic network growth

    R. Alexander Bentley;Stephen J. Shennan

  • Human mobility at the early Neolithic settlement of Vaihingen

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  • The Expression of Emotions in 20th Century Books

    Alberto Acerbi;Alberto Acerbi;Vasileios Lampos;Philip Garnett;R. Alexander Bentley

  • Network scaling reveals consistent fractal pattern in hierarchical mammalian societies

    Russell A Hill;R. Alexander Bentley;Robin I.M Dunbar

  • Handbook of archaeological theories

    R. Alexander Bentley;Herbert D. G. Maschner;Christopher Chippindale

  • Lapita migrants in the Pacific's oldest cemetery: Isotopic analysis at Teouma, Vanuatu

    R. Alexander Bentley;Hallie R. Buckley;Matthew Spriggs;Stuart Bedford

  • Mobility and kinship in the prehistoric Sahara: Strontium isotope analysis of Holocene human skeletons from the Acacus Mts. (southwestern Libya)

    Mary Anne Tafuri;R. Alexander Bentley;Giorgio Manzi;Savino di Lernia

  • Mapping collective behavior in the big-data era

    R. Alexander Bentley;Michael J. O'Brien;William A. Brock

  • Shifting Gender Relations at Khok Phanom Di, Thailand: Isotopic Evidence from the Skeletons

    R. Alexander Bentley;Nancy G. Tayles;Charles F.W. Higham;Colin G. Macpherson

  • Complex systems and archaeology

    R. Alexander Bentley;Herbert D. G. Maschner

  • Evolving social influence in large populations

    R. Alexander Bentley;Paul Ormerod;Michael Batty

  • A framework for the unification of the behavioral sciences. Commentaries. Author's reply

    Herbert Gintis;George Ainslie;Larry Arnhart;R. Alexander Bentley

  • Human migration in early neolithic Europe: a study by Strontium and Lead isotope analysis of archaeological skeletons

    R. Alexander Bentley

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. O'Brien
Michael J. O'Brien Tulane University
William A. Brock
William A. Brock University of Wisconsin–Madison
Colin G. Macpherson
Colin G. Macpherson Durham University
Geoff Nowell
Geoff Nowell Durham University
T. Douglas Price
T. Douglas Price University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stephen Shennan
Stephen Shennan University College London
Matthew W. Hahn
Matthew W. Hahn Indiana University
Tim Atkinson
Tim Atkinson University College London
Alan D. Brandon
Alan D. Brandon University of Houston
Harold A. Herzog
Harold A. Herzog Western Carolina University

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