Mark Nielsen

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
134 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Mark Nielsen is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Nielsen has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 76 papers in Social Psychology and 34 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mark Nielsen's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (88 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (23 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (22 papers). Mark Nielsen is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (88 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (23 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (22 papers). Mark Nielsen collaborates with scholars based in Australia, South Africa and United States. Mark Nielsen's co-authors include Cristine H. Legare, Daniel B. M. Haun, Keyan G. Tomaselli, Joscha Kärtner, Thomas Suddendorf, Cheryl Dissanayake, Rohan Kapitány, Virginia Slaughter, John J. Rowe and Saber M. Hussain and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Mark Nielsen

131 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The persistent sampling bias in developmental psychology: A call to action

2017 622 citations Mark Nielsen et al. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology profile →
Imitation and Innovation: The Dual Engines of Cultural Learning

2015 283 citations Mark Nielsen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Nielsen Australia	38	2.8k	2.4k	1.1k	984	776	134	5.6k
Susan A. Jackson United States	41	4.5k 1.6×	2.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	523 0.5×	190 0.2×	75	7.6k
Thomas Fuchs Germany	49	609 0.2×	2.0k 0.8×	2.3k 2.1×	376 0.4×	151 0.2×	230	8.1k
John D. Coley United States	27	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	390 0.4×	448 0.5×	548 0.7×	62	3.1k
David Rose United Kingdom	36	1.1k 0.4×	407 0.2×	1.7k 1.6×	436 0.4×	1.8k 2.3×	140	5.7k
Edward J. O’Brien United States	48	2.9k 1.0×	544 0.2×	1.7k 1.6×	554 0.6×	570 0.7×	135	7.3k
Timothy C. Bates United Kingdom	44	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 1.5×	849 0.9×	909 1.2×	187	7.6k
Qi Wang United States	48	3.5k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	1.8k 1.7×	1.9k 2.0×	1.6k 2.0×	179	6.6k
Peter Mitchell United Kingdom	46	2.5k 0.9×	861 0.4×	3.1k 2.9×	385 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	208	7.2k
Elizabeth Austin United Kingdom	47	523 0.2×	3.3k 1.3×	807 0.7×	639 0.6×	732 0.9×	117	7.3k
Mary Warnock United Kingdom	26	282 0.1×	545 0.2×	761 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	746 1.0×	130	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Nielsen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Nielsen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Nielsen

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Whiten, Andrew, et al.. (2023). Do children imitate even when it is costly? New insights from a novel task. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 42(1). 18–35. 1 indexed citations

Nielsen, Mark, et al.. (2023). I copy you as I believe you know about our culture: Combining imitation and selective trust literatures. Infant and Child Development. 32(5). 3 indexed citations

Slaughter, Virginia, et al.. (2023). Revisiting the video deficit in technology-saturated environments: Successful imitation from people, screens, and social robots. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 232. 105673–105673. 4 indexed citations

Wilks, Matti, et al.. (2023). The effect of intent and character information on children's evaluations of third‐party transgressions. Social Development. 32(3). 976–989. 1 indexed citations

Wilks, Matti, et al.. (2022). I may not like you, but I still care: Children differentiate moral concern from other constructs.. Developmental Psychology. 59(3). 549–566. 5 indexed citations

Davis, Jacqueline, Jonathan Redshaw, Thomas Suddendorf, et al.. (2021). Does Neonatal Imitation Exist? Insights From a Meta-Analysis of 336 Effect Sizes. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 16(6). 1373–1397. 28 indexed citations

Redshaw, Jonathan, Mark Nielsen, Virginia Slaughter, et al.. (2019). Individual differences in neonatal “imitation” fail to predict early social cognitive behaviour. Developmental Science. 23(2). e12892–e12892. 9 indexed citations

Davidson, Rebecca M., et al.. (2019). Preschool children overimitate robots, but do so less than they overimitate humans. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 191. 104702–104702. 16 indexed citations

Crimston, Charlie R., et al.. (2018). The developmental origins of moral concern: An examination of moral boundary decision making throughout childhood. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0197819–e0197819. 26 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Mark. (2018). The Social Glue of Cumulative Culture and Ritual Behavior. Child Development Perspectives. 12(4). 264–268. 37 indexed citations

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Wiles, Janet, Marie Bodén, Scott Heath, et al.. (2016). Hand in Hand: Tools and techniques for understanding children's touch with a social robot. Human-Robot Interaction. 437–438. 5 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Mark, et al.. (2014). Groups' Actions Trump Injunctive Reaction in an Incidental Observation by Young Children. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e107375–e107375. 12 indexed citations

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Ramakrishnan, Girish, et al.. (2013). Development of a conceptual framework for evaluation of nanomaterials release from nanocomposites: Environmental and toxicological implications. The Science of The Total Environment. 473-474. 9–19. 62 indexed citations

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Tear, Morgan J. & Mark Nielsen. (2013). Failure to Demonstrate That Playing Violent Video Games Diminishes Prosocial Behavior. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e68382–e68382. 54 indexed citations

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Suddendorf, Thomas, Janine Oostenbroek, Mark Nielsen, & Virginia Slaughter. (2012). Is newborn imitation developmentally homologous to later social‐cognitive skills?. Developmental Psychobiology. 55(1). 52–58. 26 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Mark, Francys Subiaul, Bennett G. Galef, Thomas R. Zentall, & Andrew Whiten. (2012). Social learning in humans and nonhuman animals: Theoretical and empirical dissections.. Journal of comparative psychology. 126(2). 109–113. 36 indexed citations

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Ahamed, Maqusood, et al.. (2009). Silver nanoparticles induced heat shock protein 70, oxidative stress and apoptosis in Drosophila melanogaster. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 242(3). 263–269. 402 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Mark, et al.. (2008). The effect of social engagement on 24‐month‐olds’ imitation from live and televised models. Developmental Science. 11(5). 722–731. 192 indexed citations

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Collier‐Baker, Emma, JM Davis, Thomas Suddendorf, & Mark Nielsen. (2004). Do chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) understand invisible displacement. Folia Primatologica. 75. 249–249. 3 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Mark, et al.. (2004). Imitation recognition in a captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Animal Cognition. 8(1). 31–36. 31 indexed citations

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