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2026

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Psychology

D-Index
134
Citations
68471
World Ranking
144
National Ranking
26

Neuroscience

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135
Citations
68689
World Ranking
234
National Ranking
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David I. Perrett 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 I. Perrett sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 376 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David I. Perrett 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 I. Perrett sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 134 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2001 - Golden Brain Award, Minerva Foundation
  • 1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

David I. Perrett is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Psychology, with a strong focus on several subfields including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, and Marketing.

They have contributed to a range of main topics in psychological research such as:

  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Color perception and design
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Their recent publications cover diverse aspects of psychological science, including:

  • Immune function during early adolescence positively predicts adult facial sexual dimorphism in both men and women, 2020, Evolution and Human Behavior
  • Skin Color Cues to Human Health: Carotenoids, Aerobic Fitness, and Body Fat, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Misperceptions of opposite-sex preferences for thinness and muscularity, 2020, British Journal of Psychology
  • The Value of Averageness in Aesthetic Rhinoplasty: Humans Like Average Noses, 2020, Aesthetic Surgery Journal
  • Apparent Emotional Expression Explains the Effects of Head Posture on Perceived Trustworthiness and Dominance, but a Measure of Facial Width Does Not, 2020, Perception

Their collaborative efforts frequently include partnerships with the following coauthors:

  • Xue Lei
  • Patrick Cairns
  • Dengke Xiao
  • Dongyu Zhang
  • Hongfei Lin

David I. Perrett's work is published in a variety of scientific venues, with a repeated presence in journals such as:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Evolutionary Human Sciences
  • PLoS ONE
  • Evolution and Human Behavior
  • British Journal of Psychology

The academic recognition received by David I. Perrett includes the Golden Brain Award from the Minerva Foundation in 2001 and being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999.

Best Publications

  • A differential neural response in the human amygdala to fearful and happy facial expressions

    J. S. Morris;C. D. Frith;D. I. Perrett;D. Rowland

  • A specific neural substrate for perceiving facial expressions of disgust

    Mary Phillips;A W Young;C Senior;Michael Brammer

  • Visual Neurones Responsive to Faces in the Monkey Temporal Cortex

    D I Perrett;E T Rolls;W Caan

  • Effects of sexual dimorphism on facial attractiveness

    David I. Perrett;Kieran J Lee;Kieran J Lee;Ian S. Penton-Voak;Duncan Rowland

  • Dissociable neural responses to facial expressions of sadness and anger

    R. J. Blair;J. S. Morris;C. D. Frith;D. I. Perrett

  • Imitation, mirror neurons and autism.

    Justin H.G. Williams;Andrew Whiten;Thomas Suddendorf;David I. Perrett

  • Organization and functions of cells responsive to faces in the temporal cortex.

    D I Perrett;J K Hietanen;M W Oram;P J Benson

  • Facial shape and judgements of female attractiveness

    D. I. Perrett;K. A. May;S. Yoshikawa

  • Beauty in a smile: The role of medial orbitofrontal cortex in facial attractiveness

    J. O'Doherty;J. Winston;H. Critchley;D. Perrett

  • Visual cells in the temporal cortex sensitive to face view and gaze direction

    David I. Perrett;P. A. J. Smith;D. D. Potter;A. J. Mistlin

  • Menstrual cycle alters face preference

    I. S. Penton-Voak;D. I. Perrett;D. L. Castles;D. L. Castles;T. Kobayashi

  • Electrophysiology and brain imaging of biological motion

    Aina Puce;David Perrett

  • Prototyping and transforming facial textures for perception research

    B. Tiddeman;M. Burt;D. Perrett

  • Symmetry and human facial attractiveness.

    David I Perrett;D.Michael Burt;Ian S Penton-Voak;Kieran J Lee

  • Frameworks of analysis for the neural representation of animate objects and actions.

    D I Perrett;M H Harries;R Bevan;S Thomas

  • Perception and action in 'visual form agnosia'.

    A. D. Milner;D. I. Perrett;R. S. Johnston;P. J. Benson

  • Valid Facial Cues to Cooperation and Trust Male Facial Width and Trustworthiness

    Michael Stirrat;David I Perrett

  • Demystifying social cognition: a Hebbian perspective

    Christian Keysers;David I. Perrett

  • Female preference for male faces changes cyclically: Further evidence

    I.S Penton-Voak;D.I Perrett

  • Facial expression megamix: Tests of dimensional and category accounts of emotion recognition

    Andrew W. Young;Duncan Rowland;Andrew J. Calder;Nancy L. Etcoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Benedict C. Jones
Benedict C. Jones University of Strathclyde
Anthony C. Little
Anthony C. Little University of Bath
Ian S. Penton-Voak
Ian S. Penton-Voak University of Bristol
Lisa M. DeBruine
Lisa M. DeBruine University of Glasgow
David R. Feinberg
David R. Feinberg McMaster University
Ian D. Stephen
Ian D. Stephen Bournemouth University
Philip J. Benson
Philip J. Benson University of Aberdeen
Andrew W. Young
Andrew W. Young University of York
Jari K. Hietanen
Jari K. Hietanen Tampere University
Edmund T. Rolls
Edmund T. Rolls University of Warwick

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