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43
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4339
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2074

Barry S. Hewlett 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 Barry S. Hewlett sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 103 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Barry S. Hewlett 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 Barry S. Hewlett sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Barry S. Hewlett is affiliated with Washington State University Vancouver in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within psychology and social sciences, with a focus on genetics, social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their primary topics of study include:

  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Language and cultural evolution

Barry S. Hewlett has contributed to several research papers published in notable venues. Recent key publications include:

  • "Cultural transmission among hunter-gatherers" (2024) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals" (2023) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Hunter-gatherer genomes reveal diverse demographic trajectories during the rise of farming in Eastern Africa" (2022) in Current Biology
  • "Joint Attention in Human and Chimpanzee Infants in Varied Socio-Ecological Contexts" (2021) in Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
  • "Opportunities for Interaction" (2021) in Human Nature

Their research has also been published multiple times in journals including:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)
  • Hunter Gatherer Research (2 publications)
  • Current Biology
  • Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

Frequent collaborators of Hewlett include:

  • Adam H. Boyette (6 joint works)
  • Sheina Lew-Levy (6 joint works)
  • Karen L. Kramer (5 joint works)
  • Helen Davis (4 joint works)
  • Christopher von Rueden (3 joint works)

The breadth of Hewlett's work encompasses interdisciplinary approaches, notably applying psychological frameworks to both human and primate behavior. Their studies often explore evolutionary perspectives and social dynamics within indigenous populations, linking genetic data with cultural patterns.

Best Publications

  • Co-Residence Patterns in Hunter-Gatherer Societies Show Unique Human Social Structure

    Kim R. Hill;Robert S. Walker;Miran Božičević;James Eder

  • Intimate Fathers: The Nature and Context of Aka Pygmy Paternal Infant Care

    Barry S. Hewlett

  • Cultural Transmission Among Aka Pygmies

    Barry S. Hewlett;L. L. Cavalli-Sforza

  • Social learning among Congo Basin hunter–gatherers

    Barry S. Hewlett;Barry S. Hewlett;Hillary N. Fouts;Adam H. Boyette;Bonnie L. Hewlett;Bonnie L. Hewlett

  • Hunter-Gatherer Childhoods: Evolutionary, Developmental, and Cultural Perspectives

    Barry S. Hewlett

  • Ontogeny of prosocial behavior across diverse societies

    Bailey R. House;Joan B. Silk;Joseph Henrich;H. Clark Barrett

  • Father-Child Relations: Cultural and Biosocial Contexts

    Barry S. Hewlett

  • Cultural variation in Africa: role of mechanisms of transmission and adaptation.

    C R Guglielmino;C Viganotti;B Hewlett;L L Cavalli-Sforza

  • Cultural Contexts of Ebola in Northern Uganda

    Barry S. Hewlett;Richard P. Amola

  • Demography and childcare in preindustrial societies.

    Barry S. Hewlett

  • Human preferences for sexually dimorphic faces may be evolutionarily novel

    Isabel M. Scott;Andrew P. Clark;Steven C. Josephson;Adam H. Boyette

  • Dental Health Diet and Social Status among Central African Foragers and Farmers

    Phillip L. Walker;Barry S. Hewlett

  • Semes and genes in Africa

    Barry S. Hewlett;Annalisa de Silvestri;C. Rosalba Guglielmino

  • Reproductive Interests and Forager Mobility1

    Douglas H. MacDonald;Barry S. Hewlett

  • Providing Care and Facing Death: Nursing During Ebola Outbreaks in Central Africa:

    Bonnie L. Hewlett;Barry S. Hewlett

  • Culture and early infancy among central African foragers and farmers.

    Barry S. Hewlett;Michael E. Lamb;Donald Shannon;Birgit Leyendecker

  • Teaching in hunter-gatherer infancy.

    Barry S. Hewlett;Casey J. Roulette

  • Cultural variation in the use of overimitation by the Aka and Ngandu of the Congo Basin.

    Richard E. W. Berl;Barry S. Hewlett

  • Parent-Offspring Weaning Conflicts Among the Bofi Farmers and Foragers of Central Africa

    Hillary N. Fouts;Barry S. Hewlett;Michael E. Lamb

  • Internal Working Models, Trust, and Sharing among Foragers.

    Barry S. Hewlett;Michael E. Lamb;Birgit Leyendecker;Axel Schölmerich

  • Parental Investment Strategies among Aka Foragers, Ngandu Farmers, and Euro-American Urban-Industrialists

    Barry S. Hewlett;Michael E. Lamb;Birgit Leyendecker;Axel Schölmerich

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Lamb
Michael E. Lamb University of Cambridge
Victoria Reyes-García
Victoria Reyes-García Autonomous University of Barcelona
Richard McElreath
Richard McElreath Max Planck Society
Frank W. Marlowe
Frank W. Marlowe University of Cambridge
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder University of California, Davis
Michael Gurven
Michael Gurven University of California, Santa Barbara
Hillard Kaplan
Hillard Kaplan Chapman University
Noah A. Rosenberg
Noah A. Rosenberg Stanford University
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza Stanford University
Cristen J. Willer
Cristen J. Willer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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