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D-Index
99
Citations
43476
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646
National Ranking
410

David C. Geary publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David C. Geary sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 367 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

David C. Geary D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David C. Geary sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David C. Geary is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of psychology and social sciences, with significant contributions to subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, statistics and probability, education, developmental and educational psychology, and sociology and political science.

The main topics covered in their work involve cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, reading and literacy development, mathematics education and teaching techniques, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, education achievement and giftedness, spatial cognition and navigation, and early childhood education and development.

David C. Geary has published in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Educational Psychology Review
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Intelligence
  • Biology Letters

Their recent papers include:

  • "Gender differences in the pathways to higher education" (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Closing the word-problem achievement gap in first grade: Schema-based word-problem intervention with embedded language comprehension instruction." (2020) in Journal of Educational Psychology
  • "Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda" (2023) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Sex differences in adolescents' occupational aspirations: Variations across time and place" (2022) in PLoS ONE
  • "In-class attention, spatial ability, and mathematics anxiety predict across-grade gains in adolescents' mathematics achievement." (2020) in Journal of Educational Psychology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Zehra E. Ünal
  • Mary K. Hoard
  • Lara Nugent
  • Gijsbert Stoet
  • John E. Scofield

David C. Geary has published books with notable publishers. These include:

  • Male, female: The evolution of human sex differences (3rd ed.) (2020), published by the American Psychological Association
  • The Evolved Mind and Modern Education (2024), published by Cambridge University Press

In recognition of their contributions to science, David C. Geary was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences

    David C. Geary

  • Mathematics and Learning Disabilities

    David C. Geary

  • Mathematical disabilities: Cognitive, neuropsychological, and genetic components.

    David C. Geary

  • The Science of Sex Differences in Science and Mathematics

    Diane F. Halpern;Camilla P. Benbow;David C. Geary;Ruben C. Gur

  • Cognitive mechanisms underlying achievement deficits in children with mathematical learning disability.

    David C. Geary;Mary K. Hoard;Jennifer Byrd-Craven;Lara Nugent

  • Numerical and Arithmetical Cognition: A Longitudinal Study of Process and Concept Deficits in Children with Learning Disability

    David C. Geary;Carmen O. Hamson;Mary K. Hoard

  • The Gender-Equality Paradox in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education.

    Gijsbert Stoet;David C. Geary

  • Cognitive predictors of achievement growth in mathematics: a 5-year longitudinal study.

    David C. Geary

  • Evolution and proximate expression of human paternal investment.

    David C. Geary

  • Strategy Choices in Simple and Complex Addition: Contributions of Working Memory and Counting Knowledge for Children with Mathematical Disability.

    David C Geary;Mary K Hoard;Jennifer Byrd-Craven;M Catherine DeSoto

  • Reflections of evolution and culture in children's cognition: Implications for mathematical development and instruction.

    David C. Geary

  • Numerical and arithmetical cognition: patterns of functions and deficits in children at risk for a mathematical disability.

    David C. Geary;Mary K. Hoard;Carmen O. Hamson

  • Children's Mathematical Development: Research and Practical Applications

    David C. Geary

  • Mathematical Cognition Deficits in Children With Learning Disabilities and Persistent Low Achievement: A Five-Year Prospective Study

    David C. Geary;Mary K. Hoard;Lara Nugent;Drew H. Bailey

  • Sexual selection and sex differences in mathematical abilities.

    David C. Geary

  • Ecological dominance, social competition, and coalitionary arms races: Why humans evolved extraordinary intelligence.

    Mark V. Flinn;David C. Geary;Carol V. Ward

  • Cognitive addition: A short longitudinal study of strategy choice and speed-of-processing differences in normal and mathematically disabled children.

    David C. Geary;Sam C. Brown;V. A. Samaranayake

  • Sex Differences in Mathematics and Reading Achievement Are Inversely Related: Within- and Across-Nation Assessment of 10 Years of PISA Data

    Gijsbert Stoet;David C. Geary

  • Evolutionary Developmental Psychology

    David C. Geary;David F. Bjorklund

  • A componential analysis of an early learning deficit in mathematics

    David C. Geary

  • The Origin of Mind: Evolution of Brain, Cognition, and General Intelligence

    David C. Geary

Frequent Co-Authors

Drew H. Bailey
Drew H. Bailey University of California, Irvine
Robert S. Siegler
Robert S. Siegler Columbia University
Jeffrey N. Rouder
Jeffrey N. Rouder University of California, Irvine
Lynn S. Fuchs
Lynn S. Fuchs Vanderbilt University
Douglas Fuchs
Douglas Fuchs Vanderbilt University
Donald L. Compton
Donald L. Compton Florida State University
Keith F. Widaman
Keith F. Widaman University of California, Riverside
Vinod Menon
Vinod Menon Stanford University
Carol L. Hamlett
Carol L. Hamlett Vanderbilt University
Janet Shibley Hyde
Janet Shibley Hyde University of Wisconsin–Madison

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