David W. Lawson

3.0k total citations
64 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

David W. Lawson is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David W. Lawson has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Gender Studies, 20 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David W. Lawson's work include Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (26 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (19 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (11 papers). David W. Lawson is often cited by papers focused on Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (26 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (19 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (11 papers). David W. Lawson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Tanzania. David W. Lawson's co-authors include Ruth Mace, Mhairi A. Gibson, Rebecca Sear, Susan B. Schaffnit, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Anna Goodman, Mark Urassa, Ilona Koupil, Susan James and Daniel Nettle and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David W. Lawson

58 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers

David W. Lawson
David A. Coall Australia
Mhairi A. Gibson United Kingdom
Kermyt G. Anderson United States
Gert Stulp Netherlands
Rebecca Sear United Kingdom
Brooke A. Scelza United States
Jeffrey Winking United States
Leslie Sue Lieberman United States
Jan Beise Germany
Robert Bauserman United States
David A. Coall Australia
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All Works

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Urassa, Mark, et al.. (2025). Prestige and gender role ideology: a study of young Tanzanian men. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 7. e10–e10. 1 indexed citations
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Boyette, Adam H., David W. Lawson, Sheina Lew‐Levy, et al.. (2025). Advancing equity in collaborative research: reflections from the Cultural Evolution Society Transformation Fund. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1940).
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Schaffnit, Susan B., et al.. (2025). Understanding Gender Differences in Acceptance of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Are Women Truly More Accepting Than Men?. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 365571108–365571108.
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Kumogola, Yusufu, et al.. (2025). The social performance of gender roles: men report lower support for women’s empowerment when in front of their peers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1940).
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Urassa, Mark, et al.. (2024). What do other men think? Understanding (mis)perceptions of peer gender role ideology among young Tanzanian men. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 31(S2). 144–161. 5 indexed citations
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Lawson, David W., et al.. (2024). Misperception of peer beliefs reinforces inequitable gender norms among Tanzanian men. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 6. e17–e17. 3 indexed citations
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Lawson, David W., et al.. (2022). Why marry early? Parental influence, agency and gendered conflict in Tanzanian marriages. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 4. e49–e49. 16 indexed citations
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Schaffnit, Susan B., et al.. (2021). Positive Correlation Between Women’s Status and Intimate Partner Violence Suggests Violence Backlash in Mwanza, Tanzania. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 37(21-22). NP20331–NP20360. 15 indexed citations
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Lawson, David W., et al.. (2021). He for she? Variation and exaggeration in men's support for women's empowerment in northern Tanzania. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 3. e27–e27. 11 indexed citations
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Urassa, Mark, David W. Lawson, Joyce Wamoyi, et al.. (2021). Cross-cultural research must prioritize equitable collaboration. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(6). 668–671. 37 indexed citations
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Lawson, David W., et al.. (2020). What does the American public know about child marriage?. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0238346–e0238346. 13 indexed citations
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Sear, Rebecca, et al.. (2019). Earning their keep? Fostering, children's education, and work in north-western Tanzania. Demographic Research. 41. 263–292. 20 indexed citations
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Gibson, Mhairi A. & David W. Lawson. (2014). Applied Evolutionary Anthropology: Darwinian Approaches to Contemporary World Issues. LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 24 indexed citations
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Lawson, David W. & Ruth Mace. (2010). Siblings and childhood mental health: Evidence for a later-born advantage. Social Science & Medicine. 70(12). 2061–2069. 54 indexed citations
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Lawson, David W. & Ruth Mace. (2010). Trade-offs between Fertility and the Economic Costs of Reproduction. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Ming W., et al.. (2002). Long‐term clinical outcome after implantation of medium Palmaz (biliary) stents in very large native coronary arteries. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 56(1). 35–39. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Ming W., et al.. (2000). Long-term (three years) effect of estrogen replacement therapy on major adverse cardiac events in postmenopausal women after intracoronary stenting. The American Journal of Cardiology. 86(3). 330–333. 21 indexed citations

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