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Psychology
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2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 122 Citations 82,702 328 World Ranking 154 National Ranking 99

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Law
  • Epistemology

David M. Buss mainly investigates Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Evolutionary psychology, Personality and Mate choice. His work on Social relation as part of general Social psychology research is frequently linked to Perspective, bridging the gap between disciplines. The various areas that David M. Buss examines in his Developmental psychology study include Physical attractiveness, Relational transgression, Sexual jealousy, Human sexuality and Social status.

His Darwinian anthropology study in the realm of Evolutionary psychology connects with subjects such as Evolutionary neuroscience. The study incorporates disciplines such as Situational ethics and Cognitive psychology in addition to Personality. His work focuses on many connections between Mate choice and other disciplines, such as Sexual selection, that overlap with his field of interest in Sociosexual orientation.

His most cited work include:

  • Sex differences in human mate preferences: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures (3123 citations)
  • Sexual Strategies Theory: An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Mating (3026 citations)
  • Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind (1591 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Evolutionary psychology, Developmental psychology, Personality and Mating. His work in Social psychology addresses subjects such as Mate choice, which are connected to disciplines such as Sexual selection. His studies in Evolutionary psychology integrate themes in fields like Cognitive psychology and Cognitive science.

His research integrates issues of Social relation, Sexual attraction, Human sexuality, Attractiveness and Jealousy in his study of Developmental psychology. His research on Personality frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Clinical psychology. His Human factors and ergonomics study incorporates themes from Injury prevention and Suicide prevention.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (55.86%)
  • Evolutionary psychology (32.72%)
  • Developmental psychology (29.63%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Social psychology (55.86%)
  • Evolutionary psychology (32.72%)
  • Developmental psychology (29.63%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

David M. Buss focuses on Social psychology, Evolutionary psychology, Developmental psychology, Disgust and Mating. His Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Mate value, Mate choice and Sexual selection. His work deals with themes such as Information sharing and Gossip, which intersect with Sexual selection.

His Evolutionary psychology study combines topics in areas such as Human mating strategies, Social psychology, Cognitive science, Cross-cultural psychology and Sociocultural evolution. His Developmental psychology research integrates issues from Attractiveness, Regret, Jealousy and Casual. The Mating study combines topics in areas such as Religiosity, Market segmentation and Value.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries (221 citations)
  • Mate Preferences and Their Behavioral Manifestations (82 citations)
  • The mate switching hypothesis (75 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social psychology
  • Law
  • Epistemology

His scientific interests lie mostly in Evolutionary psychology, Social psychology, Mate choice, Developmental psychology and Mating. His Evolutionary psychology research incorporates themes from Attractiveness, Physical attractiveness, Sociocultural evolution and Remarriage. David M. Buss interconnects Sexual selection and Management system in the investigation of issues within Social psychology.

His Mate choice study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Evolutionary biology, Mate value, Preference and Assortative mating. His Developmental psychology research includes themes of Casual, Regret, Jealousy, Sexual conflict and Disgust. David M. Buss usually deals with Mating and limits it to topics linked to Value and Welfare, Interpersonal relationship, Exit strategy, Empirical research and Falsifiability.

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Best Publications

Sex differences in human mate preferences: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures

David M. Buss.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1989)

6207 Citations

Sexual Strategies Theory: An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Mating

David M. Buss;David P. Schmitt.
Psychological Review (1993)

5796 Citations

Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind

David M. Buss.
(1998)

5459 Citations

The Evolution Of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating

David M. Buss.
(1994)

4720 Citations

Preferences in human mate selection.

David M. Buss;Michael Barnes.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1986)

2254 Citations

Evolutionary Psychology: A New Paradigm for Psychological Science

David M Buss.
Psychological Inquiry (1995)

2149 Citations

Sex Differences in Jealousy: Evolution, Physiology, and Psychology:

David M. Buss;Randy J. Larsen;Drew Westen;Jennifer Semmelroth.
Psychological Science (1992)

1895 Citations

Personality Psychology: Domains of Knowledge about Human Nature

Randy J. Larsen;David M. Buss;Andreas Wismeijer;John Song.
(2000)

1629 Citations

EVOLUTIONARY PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY

David M. Buss.
Annual Review of Psychology (1991)

1506 Citations

Error management theory: a new perspective on biases in cross-sex mind reading.

Martie G. Haselton;David M. Buss.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2000)

1474 Citations

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