| 1982 | - | Evolution and the Theory of Games - Maynard-Smith | :: | 44 |
| 1990 | - | Biological signals as handicaps - Grafen | :: | 29 |
| 1984 | - | Animal signals: Mind reading and manipulation - Krebs,Dawkins | :: | 25 |
| 1971 | - | The evolution of reciprocal altruism - Trivers | :: | 24 |
| 1995 | - | Communication in discrete action-response games - Hurd | :: | 12 |
| 1978 | - | Animal signals: Information or manipulation - Dawkins,Krebs | :: | 11 |
| 2000 | - | Niche construction, biological evolution and cultural change - Laland,Odling-Smee,Feldman | :: | 7 |
| 1998 | - | A continuous evolutionary simulation model of the attainability of honest signalling equilibria - Bullock | :: | 6 |
| 1985 | - | Communication during aggressive interactions with particular reference to variation in choice of behaviour - Enquist | :: | 6 |
| 2000 | - | Simulation models as opaque thought experiments - Di Paolo,Noble,Bullock | :: | 6 |
| 1991 | - | Signalling of need by offspring to their parents - Godfray | :: | 5 |
| 1997 | - | The evolution of cooperation in a lattice-structured population - Nakamaru,Matsuda,Iwasa | :: | 5 |
| 1995 | - | Spatial structure and the evolution of honest cost-free signalling - Krakauer,Pagel | :: | 5 |
| 1983 | - | Gene, organism, and environment - Lewontin | :: | 4 |
| 2000 | - | Co-operation, competition and the evolution of pre-linguistic communication - Noble | :: | 4 |
| 1983 | - | The evolution of communication: Information and manipulation - Wiley | :: | 4 |
| 1991 | - | Honest signalling: The Philip Sidney game - Maynard-Smith | :: | 4 |
| 1976 | - | Sexual selection and the handicap principle - Maynard-Smith | :: | 3 |
| 1998 | - | The unit of selection in viscous populations and the evolution of altruism - van Baalen,Rand | :: | 3 |
| 1997 | - | Evolutionary Simulation Models: On their Character, and Application to Problems Concerning the Evolution of Natural Signalling Systems - Bullock | :: | 3 |
| 2000 | - | Ecological symmetry breaking can favour the evolution of altruism in an action-response game - Di Paolo | :: | 3 |
| 1987 | - | Acquisition of information in contests: The gulf between theory and biology - Caryl | :: | 3 |
| 1899 | - | The theory of the leisure class - Veblen | :: | 3 |
| 1964 | - | The genetical evolution of social behaviour, I and II - Hamilton | :: | 2 |
| 1998 | - | Handicap signalling: when fecundity and viability do not add up - Getty | :: | 2 |
| 1992 | - | The effect of stochastic variation on kin selection in a buddingviscous population - Goodnight | :: | 2 |
| 1995 | - | The cost of threat displays and the stability of deceptive communication - Adams,Mesterton-Gibbons | :: | 2 |
| 1986 | - | The handicap mechanism of sexual selection does not work - Kirkpatrick | :: | 2 |
| 2000 | - | Talk is cheap: Evolved strategies for communication and action in asymmetrical animal contests - Noble | :: | 2 |
| 1982 | - | Spider interaction strategies: Communication vs - Riechert | :: | 2 |
| 1990 | - | Song and information about aggressive responses of blackbirds, Turdus merula: Evidence from interactive playback experiments with territory owners - Dabelsteen,Pedersen | :: | 2 |
| 1986 | - | Fighting behaviour in bald eagles: A test of game theory - Hansen | :: | 2 |
| 1989 | - | Estimation of genetic relatedness using genetic markers - Queller,Goodnight | :: | 1 |
| 1994 | - | The effects of scale dependent processes on kin selection: Mating and density regulation - Kelly | :: | 1 |
| 2000 | - | Evolutionary simulation modelling clarifies interactions between parallel adaptive processes - Bullock,Noble | :: | 1 |
| 1976 | - | Sexual selection for a handicap: A critical analysis of Zahavi's model - Davis,O'Donald | :: | 1 |
| 1992 | - | Can altruism evolve in purely viscous populations - Wilson,Pollock,Dugatkin | :: | 1 |
| 1992 | - | Altruism in viscous populations an inclusive fitness approach - Taylor | :: | 1 |
| 1995 | - | How can honest signalling evolve - Yachi | :: | 1 |
| 1992 | - | Restricted migrations and the evolution of altruism - Kelly | :: | 1 |
| 1990 | - | Deceptive communication in asymmetric fights of the stomatopod crustacean Gonodactylus bredini - Adams,Caldwell | :: | 1 |
| 1997 | - | The evolution of animal signals - Johnstone | :: | 1 |
| 1994 | - | Genetic relatedness in viscous populations - Queller | :: | 1 |
| 1985 | - | Mini review: Sexual selection, handicaps and true fitness - Maynard-Smith | :: | 1 |
| 1992 | - | Inclusive fitness in a homogeneous environment - Taylor | :: | 1 |
| 2000 | - | The Mating Game: How sexual choice shaped the evolution of human nature - Miller | :: | 1 |