Malcolm M. Dow

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Malcolm M. Dow is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Malcolm M. Dow has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Malcolm M. Dow's work include Spatial and Panel Data Analysis (11 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (7 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (6 papers). Malcolm M. Dow is often cited by papers focused on Spatial and Panel Data Analysis (11 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (7 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (6 papers). Malcolm M. Dow collaborates with scholars based in United States and Austria. Malcolm M. Dow's co-authors include James M. Cheverud, Walter Leutenegger, Michael L. Burton, Günter P. Wagner, Dougľas R. White, Karl Reitz, Jonathan S. Friedlaender, David B. Kronenfeld, Carmella C. Moore and A. Kimball Romney and has published in prestigious journals such as Evolution, American Journal of Physical Anthropology and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Malcolm M. Dow

31 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

THE QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PHYLOGENETIC CONSTRAINTS I... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 100 200 300 400 500
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  1. THE QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PHYLOGENETIC CONSTRAINTS IN COMPARATIVE ANALYSES: SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN BODY WEIGHT AMONG PRIMATES
    1985 546 citations James M. Cheverud, Malcolm M. Dow et al. Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Malcolm M. Dow United States 18 596 464 432 418 366 31 1.9k
Oliver R. W. Pergams United States 17 227 0.4× 306 0.7× 122 0.3× 559 1.3× 360 1.0× 22 1.5k
Steven Hecht Orzack United States 27 920 1.5× 976 2.1× 211 0.5× 703 1.7× 103 0.3× 46 2.7k
Peter Brown United Kingdom 27 661 1.1× 276 0.6× 523 1.2× 814 1.9× 416 1.1× 66 3.1k
Burt L. Monroe United States 21 790 1.3× 766 1.7× 360 0.8× 1.2k 2.9× 101 0.3× 53 3.7k
C. Barry Cox United Kingdom 14 466 0.8× 353 0.8× 691 1.6× 419 1.0× 59 0.2× 19 2.0k
Richard M. Burian United States 18 397 0.7× 577 1.2× 176 0.4× 192 0.5× 76 0.2× 56 1.9k
Mark Ridley United Kingdom 26 2.0k 3.4× 1.4k 3.0× 349 0.8× 933 2.2× 299 0.8× 67 3.9k
Robert H. Lande United States 15 348 0.6× 391 0.8× 161 0.4× 149 0.4× 49 0.1× 80 1.6k
Robert N. Brandon United States 23 330 0.6× 809 1.7× 141 0.3× 124 0.3× 122 0.3× 41 2.6k
Patrik Lindenfors Sweden 23 664 1.1× 330 0.7× 111 0.3× 544 1.3× 501 1.4× 55 1.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dow, Malcolm M., et al.. (2013). When one wife is enough: A cross-cultural study of the determinants of monogamy.. 7(3). 211–238. 7 indexed citations
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Dow, Malcolm M., et al.. (2009). Cultural Trait Transmission and Missing Data as Sources of Bias in Cross-Cultural Survey Research. Cross-Cultural Research. 43(2). 134–151. 6 indexed citations
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Dow, Malcolm M., et al.. (2009). Multiple Imputation of Missing Data in Cross-Cultural Samples. Cross-Cultural Research. 43(3). 206–229. 18 indexed citations
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Dow, Malcolm M.. (2008). Network Autocorrelation Regression With Binary and Ordinal Dependent Variables. Cross-Cultural Research. 42(4). 394–419. 12 indexed citations
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Dow, Malcolm M.. (2007). Galton's Problem as Multiple Network Autocorrelation Effects. Cross-Cultural Research. 41(4). 336–363. 50 indexed citations
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Dow, Malcolm M., et al.. (2007). Global, Regional, and Local Network Autocorrelation in the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample. Cross-Cultural Research. 42(2). 148–171. 38 indexed citations
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Dow, Malcolm M.. (1999). Kinship, Networks, and Exchange. American Anthropologist. 101(3). 692–693. 13 indexed citations
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Burton, Michael L., Carmella C. Moore, A. Kimball Romney, et al.. (1996). Regions Based on Social Structure. Current Anthropology. 37(1). 87–123. 99 indexed citations
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Dow, Malcolm M.. (1993). Saving the Theory: On Chi-Square Tests With Cross-Cultural Survey Data. Cross-Cultural Research. 27(3-4). 247–276. 10 indexed citations
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Dow, Malcolm M. & Frans Β. Μ. de Waal. (1989). Assignment methods for the analysis of network subgroup interactions. Social Networks. 11(3). 237–255. 20 indexed citations
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Reitz, Karl & Malcolm M. Dow. (1989). Network interdependence of sample units in contingency tables. Journal of Mathematical Sociology. 14(1). 85–96. 9 indexed citations
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Cheverud, James M., Günter P. Wagner, & Malcolm M. Dow. (1989). Methods for the Comparative Analysis of Variation Patterns. Systematic Zoology. 38(3). 201–201. 258 indexed citations
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Cheverud, James M., Malcolm M. Dow, & Walter Leutenegger. (1986). A Phylogenetic Autocorrelation Analysis of Sexual Dimorphism in Primates. American Anthropologist. 88(4). 916–922. 17 indexed citations
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Dow, Malcolm M. & James M. Cheverud. (1985). Comparison of distance matrices in studies of population structure and genetic microdifferentiation: Quadratic assignment. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 68(3). 367–373. 125 indexed citations
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Cheverud, James M., Malcolm M. Dow, & Walter Leutenegger. (1985). THE QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PHYLOGENETIC CONSTRAINTS IN COMPARATIVE ANALYSES: SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN BODY WEIGHT AMONG PRIMATES. Evolution. 39(6). 1335–1351. 546 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cheverud, James M. & Malcolm M. Dow. (1985). An autocorrelation analysis of genetic variation due to lineal fission in social groups of rhesus macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 67(2). 113–121. 79 indexed citations
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Dow, Malcolm M.. (1985). Nonparametric inference procedures for multistate life table analysis. Journal of Mathematical Sociology. 11(3). 245–263. 6 indexed citations
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Dow, Malcolm M.. (1984). A Biparametric Approach to Network Autocorrelation. Sociological Methods & Research. 13(2). 201–217. 29 indexed citations
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Dow, Malcolm M., Michael L. Burton, & Dougľas R. White. (1982). Network autocorrelation: A simulation study of a foundational problem in regression and survey research. Social Networks. 4(2). 169–200. 71 indexed citations
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White, Dougľas R., Michael L. Burton, & Malcolm M. Dow. (1981). Sexual Division of Labor in African Agriculture: A Network Autocorrelation Analysis. American Anthropologist. 83(4). 824–849. 81 indexed citations

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