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Robert Axelrod 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 Robert Axelrod sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 134 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Axelrod 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 Robert Axelrod 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: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For profoundly having changed our presumptions about the preconditions for human cooperation.
  • 2012 - US President's National Medal of Science "For interdisciplinary work on the evolution of cooperation, complexity theory, and international security, and for the exploration of how social science models can be used to explain biological phenomena.", Award presented by President Barack Obama at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 20, 2014.
  • 2011 - Charles E. Merriam Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • 1987 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1986 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Robert Axelrod is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Social Sciences. Within these areas, Axelrod has contributed to subfields including Cancer Research, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in Axelrod's work include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Axelrod has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 publications)
  • Evolutionary Applications (1 publication)
  • Seminars in Cancer Biology (1 publication)
  • Molecular Cancer Research (1 publication)
  • Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2022 (1 publication)

Recent papers authored in collaboration with Kenneth J. Pienta and others include:

  • "Cancer recurrence and lethality are enabled by enhanced survival and reversible cell cycle arrest of polyaneuploid cells," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Poly-aneuploid cancer cells promote evolvability, generating lethal cancer," 2020, Evolutionary Applications
  • "Cancer cells employ an evolutionarily conserved polyploidization program to resist therapy," 2020, Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • "Convergent Evolution, Evolving Evolvability, and the Origins of Lethal Cancer," 2020, Molecular Cancer Research
  • "Effective Messaging on Social Media: What Makes Online Content Go Viral?", 2022, Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2022

Frequent co-authors working with Axelrod include:

  • Kenneth J. Pienta
  • Sarah R. Amend
  • Emma U. Hammarlund
  • Joel S. Brown
  • Joshua J. Daymude

Throughout their career, Axelrod has received several awards such as:

  • Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (2013) for changing presumptions about the preconditions for human cooperation
  • U.S. President's National Medal of Science (2012), awarded for interdisciplinary work on the evolution of cooperation, complexity theory, and international security, presented by President Barack Obama in 2014
  • Charles E. Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association (2011)
  • Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation (1987)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1986)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1985)

Best Publications

  • The Evolution of Cooperation

    Robert Axelrod;William D. Hamilton

  • The Complexity of Cooperation

    Robert Axelrod

  • Structure of decision : the cognitive maps of political elites

    Robert M. Axelrod

  • The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration

    Robert M. Axelrod

  • An evolutionary approach to norms

    Robert Axelrod

  • Achieving Cooperation Under Anarchy: Strategies And Institutions

    Robert Axelrod;Robert O. Keohane

  • Advancing the Art of Simulation in the Social Sciences

    Robert Axelrod

  • The Dissemination of Culture: A Model with Local Convergence and Global Polarization

    Robert Axelrod

  • Harnessing Complexity: Organizational Implications of a Scientific Frontier

    Robert M. Axelrod;Michael D. Cohen

  • Conflict of interest; : a theory of divergent goals with applications to politics.

    Robert M Axelrod

  • The Emergence of Cooperation among Egoists

    Robert Axelrod

  • Sexual reproduction as an adaptation to resist parasites (a review)

    William D. Hamilton;Robert Axelrod;Reiko Tanese

  • Effective Choice in the Prisoner's Dilemma:

    Robert Axelrod

  • The Evolution of Strategies in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma

    Robert Axelrod

  • The Further Evolution of Cooperation

    Robert Axelrod;Douglas Dion

  • Die Evolution der Kooperation

    Robert M. Axelrod

  • Conflict of interest: an axiomatic approach

    Robert Axelrod

  • More Effective Choice in the Prisoner's Dilemma

    Robert Axelrod

  • Evolution of cooperation without reciprocity.

    Rick L. Riolo;Michael D. Cohen;Robert Axelrod

  • The Evolution of Cooperation.

    Terry Connolly;Robert Axelrod

  • Evolutionary Approach to Norms

    R. Axelrod

  • Structure of Decision

    Robert Axelrod

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott Atran
Scott Atran University of Oxford
Michael X Cohen
Michael X Cohen Radboud University
Kenneth J. Pienta
Kenneth J. Pienta Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rick L. Riolo
Rick L. Riolo University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joel S. Brown
Joel S. Brown University of Illinois at Chicago
Robert Jervis
Robert Jervis Columbia University
Stephanie Forrest
Stephanie Forrest Arizona State University
Leigh Tesfatsion
Leigh Tesfatsion Iowa State University
Paul C. Stern
Paul C. Stern Social and Environmental Research Institute
James C. Sturm
James C. Sturm Princeton University

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