Mark V. Flinn

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Mark V. Flinn is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark V. Flinn has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Social Psychology, 24 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Mark V. Flinn's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (23 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (18 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (17 papers). Mark V. Flinn is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (23 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (18 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (17 papers). Mark V. Flinn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Mark V. Flinn's co-authors include Glenn Hausfater, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, David C. Geary, Barry G. England, Robert J. Quinlan, Carol V. Ward, Michael P. Muehlenbein, Robert S. Walker, Davidé Ponzi and Richard D. Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Mark V. Flinn

59 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Infanticide: Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 200 400 600
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. Infanticide: Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives
    1985 676 citations Mark V. Flinn et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark V. Flinn United States 29 1.4k 1.2k 1.1k 502 485 62 3.5k
Steven J. C. Gaulin United States 39 2.4k 1.7× 1.5k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 671 1.3× 487 1.0× 91 5.4k
Willem E. Frankenhuis Netherlands 31 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 846 0.8× 174 0.3× 819 1.7× 88 3.9k
Marco Del Giudice United States 38 2.0k 1.4× 2.3k 1.9× 845 0.8× 265 0.5× 2.2k 4.5× 85 6.2k
Peter B. Gray United States 36 2.0k 1.4× 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 379 0.8× 1.0k 2.1× 146 5.1k
Patricia Draper United States 20 2.2k 1.6× 1.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 670 1.3× 1.0k 2.1× 42 4.5k
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy United States 26 1.8k 1.3× 2.5k 2.0× 1.3k 1.2× 635 1.3× 384 0.8× 47 5.2k
Gillian R. Brown United Kingdom 25 548 0.4× 888 0.7× 461 0.4× 245 0.5× 178 0.4× 65 2.5k
Carol M. Worthman United States 50 1.7k 1.2× 1.9k 1.6× 824 0.7× 361 0.7× 2.6k 5.4× 132 8.7k
Jane B. Lancaster United States 22 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 931 0.8× 576 1.1× 245 0.5× 36 3.0k
John P. Capitanio United States 54 927 0.7× 5.1k 4.1× 1.6k 1.5× 502 1.0× 1.5k 3.0× 189 11.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark V. Flinn

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Flinn, Mark V., et al.. (2025). Cortisol and psychological responses to natural disasters. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 177. 107474–107474.
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Ponzi, Davidé, David C. Geary, & Mark V. Flinn. (2023). Social network accuracy among children and adolescents in a rural Dominican community. Evolution and Human Behavior. 44(5). 422–429. 2 indexed citations
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Walker, Robert S., Mark V. Flinn, Sean P. Prall, & Marcus J. Hamilton. (2023). Remote sensing evidence for population growth of isolated indigenous societies in Amazonia. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 22448–22448. 1 indexed citations
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Ferraro, Joseph V., et al.. (2023). Human cooperation and evolutionary transitions in individuality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1872). 20210414–20210414. 5 indexed citations
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Flinn, Mark V., et al.. (2022). Traditional Postpartum Care Among Women of Korean Descent in the United States. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 26(9). 1871–1880. 2 indexed citations
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Flinn, Mark V., Troy N. Rowan, Gregory E. Blomquist, et al.. (2021). Genetic ancestry, admixture, and population structure in rural Dominica. PLoS ONE. 16(11). e0258735–e0258735. 5 indexed citations
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Flinn, Mark V.. (2021). The Creative Neurons. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 765926–765926. 5 indexed citations
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Ponzi, Davidé, Mark V. Flinn, Michael P. Muehlenbein, & Pablo A. Nepomnaschy. (2020). Hormones and human developmental plasticity. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 505. 110721–110721. 23 indexed citations
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Flinn, Mark V., et al.. (2017). Exploring the Use of Wrist-based Fitness Monitors in Network Creation. 1 indexed citations
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Ponzi, Davidé, Michael P. Muehlenbein, David C. Geary, & Mark V. Flinn. (2015). Cortisol, salivary alpha-amylase and children’s perceptions of their social networks. Social Neuroscience. 11(2). 164–174. 23 indexed citations
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Flinn, Mark V., et al.. (2012). Hormones in the Wild: Monitoring the Endocrinology of Family Relationships. Parenting. 12(2-3). 124–133. 9 indexed citations
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Flinn, Mark V., Davidé Ponzi, & Michael P. Muehlenbein. (2012). Hormonal Mechanisms for Regulation of Aggression in Human Coalitions. Human Nature. 23(1). 68–88. 72 indexed citations
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Flinn, Mark V., Pablo A. Nepomnaschy, Michael P. Muehlenbein, & Davidé Ponzi. (2011). Evolutionary functions of early social modulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis development in humans. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 35(7). 1611–1629. 107 indexed citations
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Walker, Robert S., et al.. (2011). Evolutionary History of Hunter-Gatherer Marriage Practices. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e19066–e19066. 128 indexed citations
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Flinn, Mark V.. (2011). Evolutionary Anthropology of the Human Family. Oxford University Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Flinn, Mark V.. (2009). Are cortisol profiles a stable trait during child development?. American Journal of Human Biology. 21(6). 769–771. 14 indexed citations
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Nepomnaschy, Pablo A., Virginia J. Vitzthum, & Mark V. Flinn. (2009). Evolutionary endocrinology: Integrating proximate mechanisms, ontogeny, and evolved function. American Journal of Human Biology. 21(6). 728–730. 9 indexed citations
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Quinlan, Robert J., Marsha B. Quinlan, & Mark V. Flinn. (2005). Local Resource Enhancement and Sex‐biased Breastfeeding in a Caribbean Community. Current Anthropology. 46(3). 471–480. 41 indexed citations
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Flinn, Mark V., et al.. (1996). Male-female differences in effects of parental absence on glucocorticoid stress response. Human Nature. 7(2). 125–162. 81 indexed citations
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Flinn, Mark V.. (1985). How can evolutionary theory help explain inheritance practices?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 8(4). 673–674.

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