Margo Wilson

12.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Margo Wilson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Margo Wilson has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 24 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 12 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Margo Wilson's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (23 papers), Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse (18 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (13 papers). Margo Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (23 papers), Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse (18 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (13 papers). Margo Wilson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Brazil. Margo Wilson's co-authors include Martin Daly, Joyce McCarl Nielsen, Russell P. Dobash, R. Emerson Dobash, Philip R. Behrends, Lucia F. Jacobs, Holly Johnson, Suzanne Weghorst, Catherine Salmon and Christine Wright and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Margo Wilson

88 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Sex, Evolution and Behavior. 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 1985 1992 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Sex, Evolution and Behavior.
    1980 865 citations Martin Daly, Margo Wilson et al. profile →
  2. Competitiveness, risk taking, and violence: the young male syndrome
    1985 812 citations Margo Wilson, Martin Daly profile →
  3. The Myth of Sexual Symmetry in Marital Violence
    1992 553 citations Russell P. Dobash, R. Emerson Dobash et al. Social Problems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Margo Wilson Canada 40 3.9k 2.6k 2.0k 1.4k 1.4k 88 7.5k
Martin Daly Canada 47 5.3k 1.4× 3.7k 1.4× 2.5k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 2.0k 1.4× 173 10.9k
Daniel Nettle United Kingdom 61 3.6k 0.9× 4.1k 1.6× 652 0.3× 3.1k 2.2× 933 0.7× 241 13.0k
John Archer United Kingdom 59 5.1k 1.3× 3.1k 1.2× 4.5k 2.3× 5.9k 4.1× 2.9k 2.0× 208 16.4k
Michael Gurven United States 61 5.5k 1.4× 5.1k 1.9× 442 0.2× 3.4k 2.4× 807 0.6× 224 14.1k
J. Philippe Rushton Canada 55 3.0k 0.8× 4.5k 1.7× 485 0.2× 3.0k 2.1× 515 0.4× 216 10.5k
Ruth Mace United Kingdom 53 3.1k 0.8× 2.8k 1.1× 287 0.1× 1.4k 1.0× 1.9k 1.3× 183 8.7k
Aurelio José Figueredo United States 35 1.6k 0.4× 1.9k 0.7× 923 0.5× 1.7k 1.1× 729 0.5× 132 6.1k
Frank W. Marlowe United States 50 4.1k 1.1× 3.9k 1.5× 198 0.1× 2.6k 1.8× 650 0.5× 83 11.0k
David Mellor Australia 52 1.9k 0.5× 591 0.2× 974 0.5× 1.7k 1.2× 758 0.5× 371 10.9k
David Rowe United States 58 4.5k 1.2× 3.3k 1.2× 290 0.1× 1.5k 1.0× 2.4k 1.7× 302 11.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Margo Wilson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Margo Wilson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Margo Wilson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Margo Wilson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Margo Wilson 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 Margo Wilson. Margo Wilson 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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Nadanovsky, Paulo, et al.. (2011). Cues of paternal uncertainty and father to child physical abuse as reported by mothers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Child Abuse & Neglect. 35(8). 567–573. 9 indexed citations
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Nadanovsky, Paulo, Roger Keller Celeste, Margo Wilson, & Martin Daly. (2009). Homicídio e impunidade: análise ecológica em nível de estado no Brasil. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 1 indexed citations
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Nadanovsky, Paulo, Roger Keller Celeste, Margo Wilson, & Martin Daly. (2009). Homicide and impunity: an ecological analysis at state level in Brazil. Revista de Saúde Pública. 43(5). 733–742. 25 indexed citations
4.
Pound, Nicholas, Martin Daly, & Margo Wilson. (2009). There's no contest: Human sex differences are sexually selected. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 32(3-4). 286–287. 2 indexed citations
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Wilson, Margo & Martin Daly. (2006). Are Juvenile Offenders Extreme Future Discounters?. Psychological Science. 17(11). 989–994. 57 indexed citations
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Daly, Martin & Margo Wilson. (2005). Carpe Diem: Adaptation and Devaluing the Future. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 80(1). 55–60. 131 indexed citations
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Wilson, Margo & Martin Daly. (2005). La violence contre l’épouse, un crime passionnel. Criminologie. 29(2). 49–71. 2 indexed citations
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Daly, Martin & Margo Wilson. (1999). The Truth about Cinderella: A Darwinian View of Parental Love. 25(8). 763–70. 167 indexed citations
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Wilson, Margo, et al.. (1996). Sex differences in valuations of the environment?. Population and Environment. 18(2). 143–159. 39 indexed citations
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Dobash, Russell P., R. Emerson Dobash, Margo Wilson, & Martin Daly. (1992). The Myth of Sexual Symmetry in Marital Violence. Social Problems. 39(1). 71–91. 460 indexed citations
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Daly, Martin, Philip R. Behrends, Margo Wilson, & Lucia F. Jacobs. (1992). Behavioural modulation of predation risk: moonlight avoidance and crepuscular compensation in a nocturnal desert rodent, Dipodomys merriami. Animal Behaviour. 44(1). 1–9. 190 indexed citations
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Daly, Martin & Margo Wilson. (1990). Is Parent‐Offspring Conflict Sex‐Linked? Freudian and Darwinian Models. Journal of Personality. 58(1). 163–189. 35 indexed citations
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Daly, Martin & Margo Wilson. (1988). Homicide: Foundations of Human Behavior. 21 indexed citations
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Daly, Martin & Margo Wilson. (1982). Homicide and Kinship. American Anthropologist. 84(2). 372–378. 77 indexed citations
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Daly, Martin, Margo Wilson, & Philip R. Behrends. (1980). Factors affecting Rodents' responses to odours of strangers encountered in the field: Experiments with odour-baited traps. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 6(4). 323–329. 44 indexed citations
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Wilson, Margo, Martin Daly, & Suzanne Weghorst. (1980). Household composition and the risk of child abuse and neglect. Journal of Biosocial Science. 12(3). 333–340. 85 indexed citations
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Daly, Martin & Margo Wilson. (1978). Sex, evolution, and behavior : adaptations for reproduction. 42 indexed citations
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Wilson, Margo, Gregory M. Brown, & David Wilson. (1978). ANNUAL AND DIURNAL CHANGES IN PLASMA ANDROGEN AND CORTISOL IN ADULT MALE SQUIRREL MONKEYS (Saimiri sciureus) STUDIED LONGITUDINALLY. European Journal of Endocrinology. 87(2). 424–433. 39 indexed citations
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Wilson, Margo. (1977). Characterization of the oestrous cycle and mating season of squirrel monkeys from copulatory behaviour. Reproduction. 51(1). 57–63. 20 indexed citations
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Wilson, Margo & Gordon Bermant. (1972). An analysis of social interactions in Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica. Animal Behaviour. 20(2). 252–258. 37 indexed citations

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