David A. Puts

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

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David A. Puts is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Puts has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 19 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in David A. Puts's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (74 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (19 papers) and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (14 papers). David A. Puts is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (74 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (19 papers) and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (14 papers). David A. Puts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. David A. Puts's co-authors include Steven J. C. Gaulin, Rodrigo A. Cárdenas, Lisa L. M. Welling, Robert P. Burriss, Khytam Dawood, S. Marc Breedlove, Katherine Verdolini, Cynthia L. Jordan, Coren L. Apicella and Carolyn R. Hodges‐Simeon and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David A. Puts

90 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Beauty and the beast: mechanisms of sexual selection in humans

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Author						Papers	Cites
David A. Puts	3.6k	1.1k	914	808	802	92	5.2k
Steven J. C. Gaulin	2.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	741 0.9×	487 0.6×	91	5.4k
Bernhard Fink	3.9k 1.1×	715 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	1.4k 1.7×	159	7.1k
David R. Feinberg	4.7k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	808 0.9×	1.5k 1.9×	1.2k 1.5×	92	5.8k
S. Craig Roberts	3.2k 0.9×	925 0.8×	1.4k 1.5×	822 1.0×	796 1.0×	153	6.5k
Coren L. Apicella	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	685 0.8×	426 0.5×	73	4.1k
Karl Grammer	3.8k 1.1×	825 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	1.5k 1.9×	1.3k 1.6×	95	6.5k
Nick Neave	1.5k 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	802 0.9×	2.1k 2.6×	595 0.7×	105	6.4k
Lisa L. M. Welling	2.5k 0.7×	819 0.7×	605 0.7×	872 1.1×	933 1.2×	90	3.2k
James M. Dabbs	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.8×	751 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	124	6.1k
Robert P. Burriss	1.5k 0.4×	539 0.5×	479 0.5×	410 0.5×	405 0.5×	47	2.2k

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Swift‐Gallant, Ashlyn, et al.. (2025). Sexual orientation is associated with 2D:4D finger length ratios in both sexes: an updated and expanded meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology. 16. 1559158–1559158. 1 indexed citations

Aung, Toe, Alexander K. Hill, Dana Pfefferle, et al.. (2023). Group size and mating system predict sex differences in vocal fundamental frequency in anthropoid primates. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4069–4069. 8 indexed citations

Swift‐Gallant, Ashlyn, et al.. (2023). Organizational Effects of Gonadal Hormones on Human Sexual Orientation. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 9(4). 344–370. 6 indexed citations

Swift‐Gallant, Ashlyn, Talia Shirazi, David A. Puts, & S. Marc Breedlove. (2021). Evidence for Perinatal Steroid Influence on Human Sexual Orientation and Gendered Behavior. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 14(8). a039123–a039123. 6 indexed citations

Arnocky, Steven, Carolyn R. Hodges‐Simeon, Adam C. Davis, et al.. (2021). Heterozygosity of the major histocompatibility complex predicts later self-reported pubertal maturation in men. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 19862–19862. 4 indexed citations

Shirazi, Talia, H. L. Self, Khytam Dawood, et al.. (2021). Evidence that perinatal ovarian hormones promote women’s sexual attraction to men. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 134. 105431–105431. 4 indexed citations

Shirazi, Talia, H. L. Self, Khytam Dawood, et al.. (2020). Pubertal timing predicts adult psychosexuality: Evidence from typically developing adults and adults with isolated GnRH deficiency. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 119. 104733–104733. 7 indexed citations

Zaidi, Arslan A., Julie D. White, Brooke C. Mattern, et al.. (2019). Facial masculinity does not appear to be a condition-dependent male ornament and does not reflect MHC heterozygosity in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(5). 1633–1638. 46 indexed citations

Aung, Toe & David A. Puts. (2019). Voice pitch: a window into the communication of social power. Current Opinion in Psychology. 33. 154–161. 74 indexed citations

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Aung, Toe, Susan M. Hughes, Liana S. E. Hone, & David A. Puts. (2019). Operational Sex Ratio Predicts Binge Drinking Across U.S. Counties. Evolutionary Psychology. 17(3). 4 indexed citations

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Cárdenas, Rodrigo A., et al.. (2018). Do women's preferences for masculine voices shift across the ovulatory cycle?. Hormones and Behavior. 106. 122–134. 48 indexed citations

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Puts, David A., et al.. (2015). Self-Reported Sexual Behavioral Interests and Polymorphisms in the Dopamine Receptor D4 (DRD4) Exon III VNTR in Heterosexual Young Adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 45(8). 2091–2100. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Yaoran, Drew H. Bailey, Benjamin Winegard, et al.. (2014). Women’s Preference for Masculine Traits Is Disrupted by Images of Male-on-Female Aggression. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110497–e110497. 21 indexed citations

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Welling, Lisa L. M., et al.. (2013). Self-Reported Sexual Desire in Homosexual Men and Women Predicts Preferences for Sexually Dimorphic Facial Cues. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 42(5). 785–791. 21 indexed citations

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Burriss, Robert P., Lisa L. M. Welling, & David A. Puts. (2011). Mate-preference drives mate-choice: Men’s self-rated masculinity predicts their female partner’s preference for masculinity. Personality and Individual Differences. 51(8). 1023–1027. 26 indexed citations

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Welling, Lisa L. M., David A. Puts, S. Craig Roberts, Anthony C. Little, & Robert P. Burriss. (2011). Hormonal contraceptive use and mate retention behavior in women and their male partners. Hormones and Behavior. 61(1). 114–120. 47 indexed citations

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Grimbos, Teresa, Khytam Dawood, Robert P. Burriss, Kenneth J. Zucker, & David A. Puts. (2010). Sexual orientation and the second to fourth finger length ratio: A meta-analysis in men and women.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 124(2). 278–287. 146 indexed citations

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Puts, David A., Rodrigo A. Cárdenas, Drew H. Bailey, et al.. (2010). Salivary testosterone does not predict mental rotation performance in men or women. Hormones and Behavior. 58(2). 282–289. 74 indexed citations

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Puts, David A. & Khytam Dawood. (2006). The Evolution of Female Orgasm: Adaptation or Byproduct?. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 9(3). 467–472. 28 indexed citations

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Puts, David A. & Khytam Dawood. (2006). The Evolution of Female Orgasm: Adaptation or Byproduct?. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 9(3). 467–472. 28 indexed citations

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