Erol Akçay

Erol Akçay

University of Pennsylvania

H-index: 27

North America-United States

About Erol Akçay

Erol Akçay, With an exceptional h-index of 27 and a recent h-index of 23 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Pennsylvania, specializes in the field of Ecology, evolutionary biology, social evolution, mutualism, theoretical biology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Convergence of reputations under indirect reciprocity

Indirect reciprocity with abductive reasoning

Pathways to cultural adaptation: the coevolution of cumulative culture and social networks (advance online)

The floating duck syndrome: biased social learning leads to effort-reward imbalances

The impact of threshold decision mechanisms of collective behavior on disease spread

Optimal coordination and reorganization of photosynthetic properties in C4 grasses

The evolution of forecasting for decision-making in dynamic environments

The evolution of partner specificity in mutualisms

Erol Akçay Information

University

Position

Associate Professor of Biology

Citations(all)

2977

Citations(since 2020)

1671

Cited By

1902

hIndex(all)

27

hIndex(since 2020)

23

i10Index(all)

45

i10Index(since 2020)

38

Email

University Profile Page

University of Pennsylvania

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Erol Akçay Skills & Research Interests

Ecology

evolutionary biology

social evolution

mutualism

theoretical biology

Top articles of Erol Akçay

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Convergence of reputations under indirect reciprocity

arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.10121

Bryce Morsky

Joshua B Plotkin

Erol Akçay

2024/4/15

Indirect reciprocity with abductive reasoning

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Neel Pandula

Erol Akçay

Bryce Morsky

2024/3/7

Pathways to cultural adaptation: the coevolution of cumulative culture and social networks (advance online)

Evolutionary Human Sciences

Marco Smolla

Erol Akçay

2023/8/25

The floating duck syndrome: biased social learning leads to effort-reward imbalances

Erol Akcay

Ryotaro Ohashi

2023/8/1

The impact of threshold decision mechanisms of collective behavior on disease spread

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Bryce Morsky

Felicia Magpantay

Troy Day

Erol Akçay

2023/5/9

Optimal coordination and reorganization of photosynthetic properties in C4 grasses

Plant, Cell & Environment

Haoran Zhou

Erol Akçay

Brent Helliker

2023/3

The evolution of forecasting for decision-making in dynamic environments

Collective Intelligence

Andrew R Tilman

Vítor V Vasconcelos

Erol Akçay

Joshua B Plotkin

2023/12/18

The evolution of partner specificity in mutualisms

Evolution

Christopher Carlson

Erol Akçay

Bryce Morsky

2023/3/1

Indirect reciprocity with Bayesian reasoning and biases

Bryce Morsky

Joshua B Plotkin

Erol Akcay

2023/10/15

Host control and species interactions jointly determine microbiome community structure

bioRxiv

Eeman Abbasi

Erol Akçay

2022/3/4

A Cognitive-evolutionary Model for the Evolution of Teaching

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Rafael Ventura

Erol Akcay

2022/1/21

Host phenology can drive the evolution of intermediate virulence strategies in some obligate-killer parasites

Evolution

Hannelore MacDonald

Erol Akçay

Dustin Brisson

2022/6/1

A synthesis of game theory and quantitative genetic models of social evolution

Journal of Heredity

Joel W McGlothlin

Erol Akçay

Edmund D Brodie III

Allen J Moore

Jeremy Van Cleve

2022/1/1

Not by transmission alone: the role of invention in cultural evolution

Susan Perry

Alecia Carter

Marco Smolla

Erol Akçay

Sabine Nöbel

...

2021/7/5

The legacy of C4 evolution in the hydraulics of C3 and C4 grasses

bioRxiv

Haoran Zhou

Erol Akçay

Erika Edwards

Brent Helliker

2020/5/16

Social finance as cultural evolution, transmission bias, and market dynamics

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Erol Akçay

David Hirshleifer

2021/6/29

The role of host phenology for parasite transmission

Theoretical Ecology

Hannelore MacDonald

Erol Akçay

Dustin Brisson

2021/3

Internalizing cooperative norms in group-structured populations

Cooperation and Conflict: The Interaction of Opposites in Shaping Social Behavior, W. Wilczynski, S. Brosnan, Eds.(Cambridge University Press, 2021)

Erol Akçay

Jeremy Van Cleve

W Wilczynski

S Brosnan

2021/2/25

Rank-dependent social inheritance determines social network structure in spotted hyenas

Science

Amiyaal Ilany

Kay E Holekamp

Erol Akçay

2021/7/16

False beliefs can bootstrap cooperative communities through social norms

Evolutionary Human Sciences

Bryce Morsky

Erol Akçay

2021

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Co-Authors

H-index: 145
Simon Levin

Simon Levin

Princeton University

H-index: 62
Joshua B. Plotkin

Joshua B. Plotkin

University of Pennsylvania

H-index: 37
Brent Helliker

Brent Helliker

University of Pennsylvania

H-index: 30
ML Friesen

ML Friesen

Washington State University

H-index: 27
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

Florida State University

H-index: 24
Mustafa Yucel

Mustafa Yucel

Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi

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