David Waynforth

1.1k total citations
27 papers, 721 citations indexed

About

David Waynforth is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, David Waynforth has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 721 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in David Waynforth's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (12 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (6 papers) and Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 papers). David Waynforth is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (12 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (6 papers) and Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 papers). David Waynforth collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. David Waynforth's co-authors include Robin Dunbar, Kim Hill, A. Magdalena Hurtado, Richard Hays, Janie Smith, Lynda G. Boothroyd, D. M. Burt, Nicholas Pound, Thomas N. Headland and Alan Gray and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Waynforth

25 papers receiving 682 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Waynforth Australia 12 517 283 158 142 134 27 721
Richard C. Keefe United States 7 745 1.4× 455 1.6× 261 1.7× 246 1.7× 147 1.1× 10 849
Alita J. Cousins United States 9 539 1.0× 238 0.8× 135 0.9× 211 1.5× 108 0.8× 15 654
Margo Wilson Canada 8 444 0.9× 407 1.4× 63 0.4× 176 1.2× 76 0.6× 10 660
Rebecca L. Burch United States 12 279 0.5× 195 0.7× 37 0.2× 170 1.2× 90 0.7× 33 558
Aaron T. Goetz United States 17 485 0.9× 442 1.6× 48 0.3× 254 1.8× 215 1.6× 38 823
Marco Antônio Corrêa Varella Brazil 18 521 1.0× 213 0.8× 124 0.8× 225 1.6× 96 0.7× 59 765
Oliver Sng United States 11 338 0.7× 248 0.9× 75 0.5× 107 0.8× 70 0.5× 19 600
Viviana A. Weekes‐Shackelford United States 14 383 0.7× 384 1.4× 53 0.3× 263 1.9× 73 0.5× 30 749
Urszula M. Marcinkowska Poland 19 691 1.3× 133 0.5× 150 0.9× 323 2.3× 94 0.7× 53 893
April L. Bleske United States 8 378 0.7× 317 1.1× 44 0.3× 237 1.7× 39 0.3× 11 716

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Waynforth

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Waynforth

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Waynforth. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Waynforth based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Waynforth. David Waynforth is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Waynforth, David. (2024). Alloparental Support and Infant Psychomotor Developmental Delay. Human Nature. 35(1). 43–62.
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Waynforth, David. (2023). A Machine Learning Algorithm Predicting Infant Psychomotor Developmental Delay Using Medical and Social Determinants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 106–117. 1 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David, et al.. (2022). Influences of zero hour contracts and disability – Analysis of the 1970 British Cohort study. SSM - Population Health. 19. 101182–101182. 3 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David, et al.. (2022). Test‐enhanced learning improves learner attendance during a laparoscopic box trainer simulation program. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 62(4). 589–595.
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Waynforth, David. (2020). Kin-based alloparenting and infant hospital admissions in the UK Millennium cohort. Evolution Medicine and Public Health. 2020(1). 72–81. 6 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David. (2018). Effects of Conception Using Assisted Reproductive Technologies on Infant Health and Development: An Evolutionary Perspective and Analysis Using UK Millennium Cohort Data.. PubMed. 91(3). 225–235. 10 indexed citations
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Boothroyd, Lynda G., Alan Gray, Thomas N. Headland, et al.. (2017). Male Facial Appearance and Offspring Mortality in Two Traditional Societies. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0169181–e0169181. 10 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David, et al.. (2015). How do the specialty choices and rural intentions of medical students from Bond University (a full-fee paying, undergraduate-level medical program) compare with other (Commonwealth Supported Places) Australian medical students?. e-publications@bond (Bond University). 6(1). 68–72. 1 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David. (2012). Life-history theory, chronic childhood illness and the timing of first reproduction in a British birth cohort. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 279(1740). 2998–3002. 33 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David. (2011). Grandparental investment and reproductive decisions in the longitudinal 1970 British cohort study. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 279(1731). 1155–1160. 55 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David. (2009). Evolution, obesity, and why children so often choose the unhealthy eating option. Medical Hypotheses. 74(5). 934–936. 2 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David. (2007). Mate Choice Copying in Humans. Human Nature. 18(3). 264–271. 100 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David. (2007). The influence of parent–infant cosleeping, nursing, and childcare on cortisol and SIgA immunity in a sample of british children. Developmental Psychobiology. 49(6). 640–648. 24 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David. (2002). Evolutionary theory and reproductive responses to father absence: implications of kin selection and the reproductive returns to mating and parenting effort. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 337–357. 15 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David. (2001). Mate choice trade-offs and women’s preference for physically attractive men. Human Nature. 12(3). 207–219. 75 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David. (1999). Differences in Time Use for Mating and Nepotistic Effort as a Function of Male Attractiveness in Rural Belize. Evolution and Human Behavior. 20(1). 19–28. 31 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David. (1998). Fluctuating asymmetry and human male life-history traits in rural Belize. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 265(1405). 1497–1501. 86 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David, A. Magdalena Hurtado, & Kim Hill. (1998). Environmentally Contingent Reproductive Strategies in Mayan and Ache Males. Evolution and Human Behavior. 19(6). 369–385. 24 indexed citations
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Waynforth, David & Robin Dunbar. (1995). Conditional Mate Choice Strategies in Humans: Evidence From 'Lonely Hearts' Advertisements. Behaviour. 132(9-10). 755–779. 133 indexed citations

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