Lesley Newson

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 745 citations indexed

About

Lesley Newson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lesley Newson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 745 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 8 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lesley Newson's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (13 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (12 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (6 papers). Lesley Newson is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (13 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (12 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (6 papers). Lesley Newson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Lesley Newson's co-authors include Peter J. Richerson, Tom Postmes, Paul Webley, Stephen E. G. Lea, Paul E. Smaldino, Adrian V. Bell, Kathryn Demps, Timothy M. Waring, Matthew Zefferman and Ryan Baldini and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lesley Newson

16 papers receiving 713 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.

Cultural group selection plays an essential role in explaining human cooperation: A sketch of the evidence

2014 354 citations Peter J. Richerson, Ryan Baldini et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lesley Newson United States	10	471	219	200	162	150	18	745
Cristina Moya United States	13	247 0.5×	128 0.6×	165 0.8×	73 0.5×	110 0.7×	26	467
Shane J. Macfarlan United States	14	395 0.8×	276 1.3×	189 0.9×	64 0.4×	31 0.2×	37	705
John Bock United States	12	220 0.5×	216 1.0×	229 1.1×	89 0.5×	100 0.7×	17	769
Lars Rodseth United States	10	411 0.9×	286 1.3×	288 1.4×	39 0.2×	66 0.4×	14	728
Robert Knox Dentan United States	10	628 1.3×	282 1.3×	202 1.0×	86 0.5×	61 0.4×	34	986
Arthur P. Wolf United States	18	796 1.7×	308 1.4×	144 0.7×	234 1.4×	107 0.7×	40	1.4k
Benjamin Grant Purzycki Denmark	20	967 2.1×	260 1.2×	533 2.7×	144 0.9×	64 0.4×	67	1.4k
William Divale United States	16	334 0.7×	206 0.9×	167 0.8×	102 0.6×	103 0.7×	27	887
Tamas David-Barrett United Kingdom	13	264 0.6×	179 0.8×	204 1.0×	52 0.3×	23 0.2×	23	581
David A. Nolin United States	11	321 0.7×	214 1.0×	123 0.6×	60 0.4×	32 0.2×	16	567

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18 of 18 papers shown

Newson, Lesley & Peter J. Richerson. (2021). A Story of Us. 7 indexed citations

Newson, Lesley & Peter J. Richerson. (2021). A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution.

Richerson, Peter J., Ryan Baldini, Adrian V. Bell, et al.. (2014). Cultural group selection plays an essential role in explaining human cooperation: A sketch of the evidence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 39. e30–e30. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

Bell, Adrian V., Katie Hinde, & Lesley Newson. (2014). Correction: Who Was Helping? The Scope for Female Cooperative Breeding in Early Homo. PLoS ONE. 9(1). 2 indexed citations

Smaldino, Paul E., Lesley Newson, Jeffrey C. Schank, & Peter J. Richerson. (2013). Simulating the Evolution of the Human Family: Cooperative Breeding Increases in Harsh Environments. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e80753–e80753. 17 indexed citations

Bell, Adrian V., Katie Hinde, & Lesley Newson. (2013). Who Was Helping? The Scope for Female Cooperative Breeding in Early Homo. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e83667–e83667. 10 indexed citations

Toelch, Ulf, Matthew J. Bruce, Lesley Newson, Peter J. Richerson, & Simon M. Reader. (2013). Individual consistency and flexibility in human social information use. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1776). 20132864–20132864. 79 indexed citations

Smaldino, Paul E. & Lesley Newson. (2013). Parent-offspring conflict in mate choice: a commentary on the study by van den Berg, Fawcett, Buunk, and Weissing. Evolution and Human Behavior. 35(2). 155–157. 1 indexed citations

Newson, Lesley & Peter J. Richerson. (2012). Th e Evolution of Flexible Parenting. 2 indexed citations

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Newson, Lesley. (2009). Cultural versus reproductive success: Why does economic development bring new tradeoffs?. American Journal of Human Biology. 21(4). 464–471. 11 indexed citations

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Newson, Lesley & Peter J. Richerson. (2009). Why Do People Become Modern? A Darwinian Explanation. Population and Development Review. 35(1). 117–158. 53 indexed citations

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Richerson, Peter J. & Lesley Newson. (2009). Is Religion Adaptive?. Oxford University Press eBooks. 100–117. 2 indexed citations

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Richerson, Peter J. & Lesley Newson. (2009). Is religion adaptive? yes, no, neutral. but mostly we don't know. 12 indexed citations

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Newson, Lesley, Peter J. Richerson, & Robert Boyd. (2007). Cultural evolution and the shaping of cultural diversity.. 22 indexed citations

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Newson, Lesley, Tom Postmes, Stephen E. G. Lea, et al.. (2007). Influences on communication about reproduction: the cultural evolution of low fertility. Evolution and Human Behavior. 28(3). 199–210. 62 indexed citations

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Newson, Lesley, Tom Postmes, Stephen E. G. Lea, & Paul Webley. (2005). Why Are Modern Families Small? Toward an Evolutionary and Cultural Explanation for the Demographic Transition. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 9(4). 360–375. 110 indexed citations

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Newson, Lesley & Tom Postmes. (2005). Less restricted mating, low contact with kin, and the role of culture. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 28(2). 291–292. 1 indexed citations

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Ubelaker, Douglas H. & Lesley Newson. (1998). Skeletal evidence for health in ancient Ecuador. 26. 221.

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