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Harvey Whitehouse

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Psychology

D-Index
46
Citations
12623
World Ranking
6317
National Ranking
639

Harvey Whitehouse 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 Harvey Whitehouse sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 138 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Harvey Whitehouse 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 Harvey Whitehouse sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Harvey Whitehouse is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the social sciences and psychology, with a notable focus in sociology and political science as well as social psychology. Their work addresses topics such as evolutionary game theory and cooperation, cultural differences and values, social and intergroup psychology, culture, economy and development studies, interactions between religion and society, religion, spirituality and psychology, and political violence including terrorism and counterterrorism.

Whitehouse has contributed to several frequent publication venues, including Religion Brain & Behavior, where they have been published nine times. Other notable venues include Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, and the Journal of Cognitive Historiography.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Rewarding the good and punishing the bad: The role of karma and afterlife beliefs in shaping moral norms" (2020), published in Evolution and Human Behavior
  • "Disentangling the evolutionary drivers of social complexity: A comprehensive test of hypotheses" (2022), published in Science Advances
  • "Testing the Big Gods hypothesis with global historical data: a review and 'retake'" (2022), published in Religion Brain & Behavior
  • "Tradition and invention: The bifocal stance theory of cultural evolution" (2022), published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • "The Development of Identity Fusion" (2021), published in Perspectives on Psychological Science

The scholar has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including Pieter François (15 joint works), Peter Turchin (12 joint works), Christopher Kavanagh (12 joint works), Martha Newson (12 joint works), and Daniel Hoyer (9 joint works).

Whitehouse has also published books, such as Inheritance, released by Harvard University Press in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission

    Harvey Whitehouse

  • When group membership gets personal: A theory of identity fusion.

    William B. Swann Jr.;Jolanda Jetten;Ángel Gómez;Harvey Whitehouse

  • Is It Good to Cooperate? Testing the Theory of Morality-as-Cooperation in 60 Societies

    Oliver Scott Curry;Daniel Austin Mullins;Harvey Whitehouse

  • The Ties That Bind Us: Ritual, Fusion, and Identification

    Harvey Whitehouse;Jonathan A. Lanman

  • Happy to help? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of performing acts of kindness on the well-being of the actor

    Oliver Scott Curry;Lee A. Rowland;Lee A. Rowland;Caspar J. Van Lissa;Caspar J. Van Lissa;Sally Zlotowitz

  • Inside the Cult: Religious Innovation and Transmission in Papua New Guinea

    Harvey Whitehouse

  • Brothers in arms: Libyan revolutionaries bond like family

    Harvey Whitehouse;Brian McQuinn;Michael Buhrmester;William B. Swann

  • Religion and morality.

    Ryan McKay;Harvey Whitehouse

  • Rites of terror : Emotion, metaphor and memory in Melanesian initiation cults

    Harvey Whitehouse

  • The cultural morphospace of ritual form ☆: Examining modes of religiosity cross-culturally

    Quentin D. Atkinson;Quentin D. Atkinson;Harvey Whitehouse

  • Stick to the script: The effect of witnessing multiple actors on children’s imitation

    Patricia A. Herrmann;Cristine H. Legare;Paul L. Harris;Harvey Whitehouse

  • Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization.

    Peter Turchin;Thomas E. Currie;Harvey Whitehouse;Pieter François

  • Modes of religiosity: towards a cognitive explanation of the sociopolitical dynamics of religion

    Harvey Whitehouse

  • Arguments and Icons: Divergent Modes of Religiosity

    Harvey Whitehouse

  • Theorizing religions past : archaeology, history, and cognition

    Harvey Whitehouse;Luther H. Martin

  • Wrath of God: religious primes and punishment

    Ryan McKay;Charles Efferson;Harvey Whitehouse;Ernst Fehr

  • Imitative flexibility and the development of cultural learning.

    Cristine H. Legare;Nicole J. Wen;Patricia A. Herrmann;Harvey Whitehouse

  • Retraction Note: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history.

    Harvey Whitehouse;Pieter François;Patrick E. Savage;Patrick E. Savage;Thomas E. Currie

  • The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences

    Harvey Whitehouse;Jonathan Jong;Michael D. Buhrmester;Ángel Gómez

  • Synchrony and Physiological Arousal Increase Cohesion and Cooperation in Large Naturalistic Groups.

    Joshua Conrad Jackson;Jonathan Jong;Jonathan Jong;David Bilkey;Harvey Whitehouse

  • Task-specific effects of ostracism on imitative fidelity in early childhood☆

    Rachel E. Watson-Jones;Cristine H. Legare;Harvey Whitehouse;Jennifer M. Clegg

  • Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice.

    Harvey Whitehouse

  • In-Group Ostracism Increases High-Fidelity Imitation in Early Childhood

    Rachel E. Watson-Jones;Harvey Whitehouse;Cristine H. Legare

  • Shared Negative Experiences Lead to Identity Fusion via Personal Reflection

    Jonathan Jong;Harvey Whitehouse;Christopher Kavanagh;Justin Lane

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryan McKay
Ryan McKay Royal Holloway University of London
William B. Swann
William B. Swann The University of Texas at Austin
Quentin D. Atkinson
Quentin D. Atkinson University of Auckland
Cristine H. Legare
Cristine H. Legare The University of Texas at Austin
Ángel Gómez
Ángel Gómez National University of Distance Education
David Wilson
David Wilson Binghamton University
Michael E. Hochberg
Michael E. Hochberg University of Montpellier
Fernand Gobet
Fernand Gobet London School of Economics and Political Science
Amy Bogaard
Amy Bogaard University of Oxford
Neil R. Edwards
Neil R. Edwards The Open University

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