Oliver Sng

1.2k total citations
19 papers, 600 citations indexed

About

Oliver Sng is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Oliver Sng has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 600 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Oliver Sng's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (9 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (6 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 papers). Oliver Sng is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (9 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (6 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 papers). Oliver Sng collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Canada. Oliver Sng's co-authors include Steven L. Neuberg, Michael E. W. Varnum, Douglas T. Kenrick, Keelah E. G. Williams, Norman P. Li, Garth J. O. Fletcher, Katherine A. Valentine, William Tov, Daniel Balliet and Jose C. Yong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Oliver Sng

15 papers receiving 580 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Oliver Sng United States 11 338 248 246 112 107 19 600
Daniel Conroy‐Beam United States 16 594 1.8× 386 1.6× 286 1.2× 137 1.2× 184 1.7× 25 810
Jaimie Arona Krems United States 15 318 0.9× 335 1.4× 265 1.1× 85 0.8× 109 1.0× 45 655
Manfred Hassebrauck Germany 11 258 0.8× 242 1.0× 248 1.0× 42 0.4× 162 1.5× 26 558
Susan Sprecher United States 3 236 0.7× 254 1.0× 261 1.1× 27 0.2× 164 1.5× 3 550
Sascha Schwarz Germany 12 257 0.8× 140 0.6× 167 0.7× 41 0.4× 74 0.7× 29 439
Cari D. Goetz United States 8 376 1.1× 296 1.2× 157 0.6× 68 0.6× 163 1.5× 15 538
Beth Kirsner United States 5 389 1.2× 195 0.8× 154 0.6× 30 0.3× 191 1.8× 6 573
Kelly Asao United States 8 236 0.7× 180 0.7× 164 0.7× 128 1.1× 116 1.1× 9 446
Carol Cronin Weisfeld United States 14 184 0.5× 178 0.7× 240 1.0× 24 0.2× 100 0.9× 26 466
Judith A. Easton United States 9 307 0.9× 247 1.0× 124 0.5× 77 0.7× 146 1.4× 12 496

Countries citing papers authored by Oliver Sng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Oliver Sng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oliver Sng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Oliver Sng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Oliver Sng 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 Oliver Sng. Oliver Sng is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Sng, Oliver, et al.. (2025). Testing the ecological approach to culture: diverse goals predict more complex laws. Evolution and Human Behavior. 46(5). 106738–106738.
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Sng, Oliver, et al.. (2024). Can race be replaced? Ecology and race categorization. Evolution and Human Behavior. 45(6). 106630–106630.
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Sng, Oliver, et al.. (2024). The directed nature of social stereotypes.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 128(3). 477–507. 1 indexed citations
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Sng, Oliver, et al.. (2024). The ecology of relatedness: How living around family (or not) matters.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 128(6). 1243–1270.
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Sng, Oliver, Keelah E. G. Williams, Saori Tsukamoto, & Steven L. Neuberg. (2024). Ecology stereotypes exist across societies and override race and family structure stereotypes.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 128(2). 243–261. 2 indexed citations
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Rotella, Amanda, Michael E. W. Varnum, Oliver Sng, & Igor Grossmann. (2021). Increasing population densities predict decreasing fertility rates over time: A 174-nation investigation.. American Psychologist. 76(6). 933–946. 17 indexed citations
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Michalak, Nicholas M., et al.. (2020). Sounds of sickness: can people identify infectious disease using sounds of coughs and sneezes?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1928). 20200944–20200944. 13 indexed citations
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Sng, Oliver, Keelah E. G. Williams, & Steven L. Neuberg. (2019). Sex-age stereotyping: Social perceivers as lay adaptationists. Evolution and Human Behavior. 41(2). 136–149. 17 indexed citations
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Sng, Oliver & Joshua M. Ackerman. (2019). Too many people, women, men? The psychological effects of population density and sex ratio. Current Opinion in Psychology. 32. 38–42. 15 indexed citations
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Sng, Oliver, Steven L. Neuberg, Michael E. W. Varnum, & Douglas T. Kenrick. (2018). The behavioral ecology of cultural psychological variation.. Psychological Review. 125(5). 714–743. 95 indexed citations
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Sng, Oliver, Steven L. Neuberg, Michael E. W. Varnum, & Douglas T. Kenrick. (2017). The crowded life is a slow life: Population density and life history strategy.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 112(5). 736–754. 88 indexed citations
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Sng, Oliver, Steven L. Neuberg, Michael E. W. Varnum, & Douglas T. Kenrick. (2017). Does Living in Crowded Places Drive People Crazy?. Scientific American Mind. 28(4). 74–76.
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Chua, Kristine J., Aaron W. Lukaszewski, DeMond M. Grant, & Oliver Sng. (2016). Human Life History Strategies. Evolutionary Psychology. 15(1). 2125791966–2125791966. 35 indexed citations
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Williams, Keelah E. G., Oliver Sng, & Steven L. Neuberg. (2015). Ecology-driven stereotypes override race stereotypes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(2). 310–315. 41 indexed citations
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Sng, Oliver, et al.. (2015). Adopting a Group Attention Perspective. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 46(10). 1324–1327. 1 indexed citations
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Shiota, Michelle N., et al.. (2014). Positive Emotion Differentiation: A Functional Approach. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 8(3). 104–117. 91 indexed citations
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Li, Norman P., Jose C. Yong, William Tov, et al.. (2013). Mate preferences do predict attraction and choices in the early stages of mate selection.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 105(5). 757–776. 147 indexed citations
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Neuberg, Steven L. & Oliver Sng. (2013). A Life History Theory of Social Perception: Stereotyping at the Intersections of Age, Sex, Ecology (and Race). Social Cognition. 31(6). 696–711. 34 indexed citations
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Li, Norman P., Oliver Sng, & Peter K. Jonason. (2012). Sexual Conflict in Mating Strategies. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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