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Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Mengting Yuan
Zhejiang University of Science and Technology
2
Damian J. Hernandez
University of Toronto
3
Zhiqiang Gou
Southwest University
4
Joao A Ascensao
Harvard University
5
Unai Alvarez-Rodriguez
Universidad de Deusto
6
Jiliang Hu
Living Systems (United States)
7
Chang‐Yu Chang
University of Pennsylvania
8
Changchao Li
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
9
Carolyn R. Cornell
Colorado State University
10
Karina K. Nakashima
University of Cambridge

Rising Stars Papers

1
The “Microplastome” – A Holistic Perspective to Capture the Real-World Ecology of Microplastics
Environmental Science & Technology|2024
90 cit.
2
What harmful microbes are lurking in the world’s 7 billion tonnes of plastic waste?
Nature|2024
50 cit.
3
Collective dynamical regimes predict invasion success and impacts in microbial communities
Nature Ecology & Evolution|2025
35 cit.
4
Potential planetary health impacts of the airborne plastisphere
One Earth|2025
12 cit.
5
Rediversification following ecotype isolation reveals hidden adaptive potential
Current Biology|2024
9 cit.
6
Impact of Microplastics on Aquatic Ecosystems
Water|2025
8 cit.
7
Gene Family Expansions Provide Molecular Flexibility Required for Context‐Dependent Species Interactions
Ecology Letters|2025
4 cit.
8
Differential stability and dynamics of DNA-based and RNA-based coacervates affect non-enzymatic RNA chemistry
Nature Communications|2025
4 cit.
9
Asynchronous abundance fluctuations can drive giant genotype frequency fluctuations
Nature Ecology & Evolution|2024
2 cit.
10
Biogeographic and Genomic Signatures of Thermal Adaptation in Facultative Symbionts
Microbial Ecology|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Scott C. Tadler
Michigan State University
2
Seth Rakoff-Nahoum
Broad Institute
3
Fumihiro Kano
University of Konstanz
4
Tamar Mitts
City University of New York
5
Braden Thue
Harvard University
6
Tung Manh Ho
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
7
Djordje Bajić
Delft University of Technology
8
Andrea J. Betancourt
University of Liverpool
9
Peter J. Yunker
Georgia Institute of Technology
10
Rudolf P. Rohr
University of Fribourg

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
The gut microbiome
Current Biology|2022
182 cit.
2
Rethinking technological acceptance in the age of emotional AI: Surveying Gen Z (Zoomer) attitudes toward non-conscious data collection
Technology in Society|2022
123 cit.
3
Strain-level fitness in the gut microbiome is an emergent property of glycans and a single metabolite
Cell|2022
90 cit.
4
Understanding the acceptance of emotional artificial intelligence in Japanese healthcare system: A cross-sectional survey of clinic visitors’ attitude
Technology in Society|2022
80 cit.
5
How the Ultrarich Use Media Ownership as a Political Investment
The Journal of Politics|2022
77 cit.
6
Emotional AI and the future of wellbeing in the post-pandemic workplace
AI & Society|2023
67 cit.
7
Five premises to understand human–computer interactions as AI is changing the world
AI & Society|2024
63 cit.
8
Functional diversification of dietary plant small molecules by the gut microbiome
Cell|2025
44 cit.
9
Vertical growth dynamics of biofilms
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2023
40 cit.
10
Head-tracking of freely-behaving pigeons in a motion-capture system reveals the selective use of visual field regions
Scientific Reports|2022
39 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Réka Albert
Pennsylvania State University
2
Martin A. Nowak
Harvard University
3
W D Hamilton
University of Michigan
4
Karl Sigmund
University of Vienna
5
Simon Gächter
University of St.Gallen
6
Richard E. Lenski
Michigan State University
7
Matjaž Perc
University of Maribor
8
Michael Tomasello
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
9
Ernst Fehr
University of Zurich
10
Peter J. Richerson
University of California, Davis

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Emergence of Scaling in Random Networks
Science|1999
36.4k cit.
2
Statistical mechanics of complex networks
Reviews of Modern Physics|2002
20.6k cit.
3
The Evolution of Cooperation
Science|1981
20.3k cit.
4
The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I
Journal of Theoretical Biology|1964
15.9k cit.
5
A Theory of Fairness, Competition, and Cooperation
The Quarterly Journal of Economics|1999
11.1k cit.
6
Culture and the Evolutionary Process
Ornithological Applications|1986
7.2k cit.
7
Altruistic punishment in humans
Nature|2002
5.6k cit.
8
Evolutionary games and spatial chaos
Nature|1992
4.5k cit.
9
Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments
American Economic Review|2000
4.4k cit.
10
Diameter of the World-Wide Web
Nature|1999
4.3k cit.

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