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D-Index
129
Citations
91489
World Ranking
173
National Ranking
109

David M. Buss 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 M. Buss 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 M. Buss 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 M. Buss sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 129 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 States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award

Overview

David M. Buss is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans primarily across the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a significant focus on evolutionary psychology and human behavior.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of expertise cover:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology

David M. Buss's research concentrates on several key topics, which encompass:

  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Marriage and Sexual Relationships

This scientist has published numerous papers, including the following recent examples:

  • Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication, 2020, Psychological Science
  • Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, 2021, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • The pandemic exposes human nature: 10 evolutionary insights, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Universality of the Triangular Theory of Love: Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Triangular Love Scale in 25 Countries, 2020, The Journal of Sex Research
  • Psychological foundations of human status allocation, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David M. Buss include:

  • Daniel Conroy-Beam
  • Kelly Asao
  • Norbert Meskó
  • Piotr Sorokowski
  • Toivo Aavik

The scientist's work commonly appears in the following publication venues:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

Best Publications

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

    David M. Buss

  • Sexual Strategies Theory: An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Mating

    David M. Buss;David P. Schmitt

  • Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind

    David M. Buss

  • The Evolution Of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating

    David M. Buss

  • Preferences in human mate selection.

    David M. Buss;Michael Barnes

  • Evolutionary Psychology: A New Paradigm for Psychological Science

    David M Buss

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

    David M. Buss;Randy J. Larsen;Drew Westen;Jennifer Semmelroth

  • Personality Psychology: Domains of Knowledge about Human Nature

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

  • Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries

    Daniel Conroy-Beam;David M. Buss;Kelly Asao;Agnieszka Sorokowska;Agnieszka Sorokowska

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

    Martie G. Haselton;David M. Buss

  • EVOLUTIONARY PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY

    David M. Buss

  • The handbook of evolutionary psychology.

    David M. Buss

  • The Dangerous Passion (Why Jealousy is as Necessary as Love and Sex)

    David M. Buss

  • The Evolution of Human Intrasexual Competition: Tactics of Mate Attraction

    David M. Buss

  • The Act Frequency Approach to Personality

    David M. Buss;Kenneth H. Craik

  • Why Humans Have Sex

    Cindy M. Meston;David M. Buss

  • International Preferences in Selecting Mates A Study of 37 Cultures

    David M. Buss;Max Abbott;Alois Angleitner;Armen Asherian

  • Adaptations, exaptations, and spandrels.

    David M. Buss;Martie G. Haselton;Todd K. Shackelford;April L. Bleske

  • The evolution of happiness.

    David M. Buss

  • Psychological Sex Differences: Origins through Sexual Selection.

    David M. Buss

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd K. Shackelford
Todd K. Shackelford Oakland University
Cindy M. Meston
Cindy M. Meston The University of Texas at Austin
David P. Schmitt
David P. Schmitt Kansas State University
Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair
Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Martie G. Haselton
Martie G. Haselton University of California, Los Angeles
Katarzyna Pisanski
Katarzyna Pisanski French National Centre for Scientific Research
Marina Butovskaya
Marina Butovskaya Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology
Agnieszka Sorokowska
Agnieszka Sorokowska University of Wrocław
Randy J. Larsen
Randy J. Larsen Washington University in St. Louis
Alois Angleitner
Alois Angleitner Bielefeld University

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