Davide Piffer

739 total citations
35 papers, 473 citations indexed

About

Davide Piffer is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Davide Piffer has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 473 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 16 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Davide Piffer's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (14 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (13 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (6 papers). Davide Piffer is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (14 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (13 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (6 papers). Davide Piffer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and South Korea. Davide Piffer's co-authors include Richard Lynn, Yoon‐Mi Hur, Michael A. Woodley of Menie, Davidé Ponzi, Dario Maestripieri, Paola Sapienza, Deborah M. Custance, Luigi Zingales, Emil O. W. Kirkegaard and Bipin Balan and has published in prestigious journals such as Personality and Individual Differences, Intelligence and Creativity Research Journal.

In The Last Decade

Davide Piffer

26 papers receiving 392 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Davide Piffer United Kingdom 13 324 84 76 73 67 35 473
Anne-Marie D’Aoust Canada 12 197 0.6× 304 3.6× 25 0.3× 207 2.8× 13 0.2× 24 598
Farid Pazhoohi Canada 15 455 1.4× 196 2.3× 11 0.1× 163 2.2× 115 1.7× 91 714
David Melnikoff United States 10 64 0.2× 180 2.1× 67 0.9× 134 1.8× 126 1.9× 19 490
Kai Hiraishi Japan 13 277 0.9× 191 2.3× 128 1.7× 228 3.1× 149 2.2× 41 715
Jeffrey M. Valla United States 10 106 0.3× 134 1.6× 36 0.5× 30 0.4× 69 1.0× 10 343
Rotem Kowner Israel 12 287 0.9× 141 1.7× 27 0.4× 86 1.2× 92 1.4× 52 590
Kahl Hellmer Sweden 7 65 0.2× 69 0.8× 12 0.2× 109 1.5× 78 1.2× 13 307
Chizuru Shikishima Japan 9 75 0.2× 26 0.3× 55 0.7× 63 0.9× 53 0.8× 26 268
David J. Buller United States 8 194 0.6× 147 1.8× 27 0.4× 196 2.7× 93 1.4× 16 529
Leonard S. Peperkoorn Netherlands 6 103 0.3× 52 0.6× 13 0.2× 86 1.2× 99 1.5× 8 290

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Fields of papers citing papers by Davide Piffer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Davide Piffer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Piffer, Davide. (2025). Directional Selection and Evolution of Polygenic Traits in Eastern Eurasia: Insights from Ancient DNA. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 28(1). 1–20.
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Piffer, Davide & Emil O. W. Kirkegaard. (2024). Evolutionary Trends of Polygenic Scores in European Populations From the Paleolithic to Modern Times. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 27(1). 30–49. 4 indexed citations
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Piffer, Davide & Emil O. W. Kirkegaard. (2024). Polygenic Selection and Environmental Influence on Adult Body Height: Genetic and Living Standard Contributions Across Diverse Populations. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 27(6). 265–282. 1 indexed citations
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Piffer, Davide, Edward Dutton, & Emil O. W. Kirkegaard. (2023). Intelligence Trends in Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of Roman Polygenic Scores. 1 indexed citations
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Piffer, Davide, et al.. (2018). A STUDY OF THE HERITABILITY OF INTELLIGENCE IN SUDAN. Journal of Biosocial Science. 51(2). 307–311. 3 indexed citations
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Menie, Michael A. Woodley of, Shameem Younuskunju, Bipin Balan, & Davide Piffer. (2017). Holocene Selection for Variants Associated With General Cognitive Ability: Comparing Ancient and Modern Genomes. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 20(4). 271–280. 15 indexed citations
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Piffer, Davide. (2016). Polygenic selection on educational attainment: a replication. Figshare. 2 indexed citations
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Piffer, Davide. (2016). Polygenic selection on educational attainment. Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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Piffer, Davide & Emil O. W. Kirkegaard. (2015). Strong negative relationship between population-level general intelligence and ADHD genetic factors inferred from allele frequencies.
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Piffer, Davide. (2014). The personality and cognitive correlates of creative achievement. 3 indexed citations
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Piffer, Davide, Davidé Ponzi, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales, & Dario Maestripieri. (2014). Morningness–eveningness and intelligence among high-achieving US students: Night owls have higher GMAT scores than early morning types in a top-ranked MBA program. Intelligence. 47. 107–112. 33 indexed citations
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Piffer, Davide. (2012). Can creativity be measured? An attempt to clarify the notion of creativity and general directions for future research. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 7(3). 258–264. 155 indexed citations
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Randler, Christoph, et al.. (2012). Eveningness is related to men’s mating success. Personality and Individual Differences. 53(3). 263–267. 28 indexed citations
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Piffer, Davide. (2010). Sleep Patterns and Sexual Selection: An Evolutionary Approach. Mankind Quarterly. 50(4). 361–375. 29 indexed citations

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