Willem E. Frankenhuis

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

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Willem E. Frankenhuis is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Willem E. Frankenhuis has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 33 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Willem E. Frankenhuis's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (37 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (19 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (13 papers). Willem E. Frankenhuis is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (37 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (19 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (13 papers). Willem E. Frankenhuis collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Willem E. Frankenhuis's co-authors include Daniel Nettle, Karthik Panchanathan, Ian J. Rickard, Bruce J. Ellis, Tim W. Fawcett, Denny Borsboom, Rogier Kievit, Lourens Waldorp, Carolina de Weerth and Vladas Griskevicius and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Psychological Bulletin and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Willem E. Frankenhuis

80 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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Beyond Risk and Protective Factors: An Adaptation-Based Approach to Resilience

2017 296 citations Bruce J. Ellis, Willem E. Frankenhuis et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Willem E. Frankenhuis Netherlands	31	1.3k	1.3k	846	819	591	88	3.9k
Peter B. Gray United States	36	2.0k 1.5×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	387 0.7×	146	5.1k
Marco Del Giudice United States	38	2.0k 1.5×	2.3k 1.8×	845 1.0×	2.2k 2.7×	565 1.0×	85	6.2k
Aurelio José Figueredo United States	35	1.9k 1.4×	1.7k 1.3×	1.6k 1.9×	2.6k 3.2×	443 0.7×	132	6.1k
Anne Campbell United Kingdom	26	974 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	831 1.0×	956 1.2×	303 0.5×	62	2.9k
Mark V. Flinn United States	29	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	485 0.6×	171 0.3×	62	3.5k
Stephanie D. Preston United States	20	1.1k 0.8×	2.8k 2.1×	686 0.8×	873 1.1×	1.7k 2.9×	52	5.1k
Matthew C. Keller United States	39	2.1k 1.5×	882 0.7×	567 0.7×	1.6k 1.9×	985 1.7×	101	7.4k
Steven J. C. Gaulin United States	39	2.4k 1.8×	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	487 0.6×	741 1.3×	91	5.4k
Michael T. McGuire United States	36	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	784 0.9×	754 0.9×	563 1.0×	138	5.7k
Thomas V. Pollet United Kingdom	42	1.6k 1.2×	982 0.8×	1.7k 2.0×	931 1.1×	544 0.9×	177	5.2k

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Schubert, Anna‐Lena, et al.. (2025). Inconclusive evidence for associations between adverse experiences in adulthood and working memory performance. Royal Society Open Science. 12(1). 241837–241837.

Stallworthy, Isabella, Meriah Lee DeJoseph, Marion I. van den Heuvel, Daniel Berry, & Willem E. Frankenhuis. (2025). Developmental frameworks, what have you done for me lately?. Development and Psychopathology. 1–10.

Frankenhuis, Willem E., et al.. (2025). Poverty is associated with both risk avoidance and risk taking: empirical evidence for the desperation threshold model from the UK and France. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2040). 20242071–20242071. 4 indexed citations

Walasek, Nicole, Ethan S. Young, & Willem E. Frankenhuis. (2024). A framework for studying environmental statistics in developmental science.. Psychological Methods. 2 indexed citations

Young, Ethan S., et al.. (2024). Cognitive deficits and enhancements in youth from adverse conditions: An integrative assessment using Drift Diffusion Modeling in the ABCD study. Developmental Science. 27(4). e13478–e13478. 4 indexed citations

Young, Ethan S., et al.. (2024). How does adversity relate to performance across different abilities within individuals?. Development and Psychopathology. 37(4). 1859–1876. 2 indexed citations

Breen, Jolien van, Janne Kivivuori, Amy Nivette, et al.. (2024). The future of interpersonal violence research: Steps towards interdisciplinary integration. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11(1).

Frankenhuis, Willem E., et al.. (2024). Math items about real-world content lower test-scores of students from families with low socioeconomic status. npj Science of Learning. 9(1). 19–19. 2 indexed citations

Walasek, Nicole, Karthik Panchanathan, & Willem E. Frankenhuis. (2024). The evolution of sensitive periods beyond early ontogeny: Bridging theory and data. Functional Ecology. 39(11). 2962–2973. 3 indexed citations

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Frankenhuis, Willem E., et al.. (2023). Why is violence high and persistent in deprived communities? A formal model. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1993). 20222095–20222095. 9 indexed citations

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Ellis, Bruce J., Laura S. Abrams, Ann S. Masten, et al.. (2023). The Hidden Talents Framework. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 15 indexed citations

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Walasek, Nicole, Willem E. Frankenhuis, & Karthik Panchanathan. (2022). Sensitive periods, but not critical periods, evolve in a fluctuating environment: a model of incremental development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1969). 20212623–20212623. 13 indexed citations

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Walasek, Nicole, Willem E. Frankenhuis, & Karthik Panchanathan. (2021). An evolutionary model of sensitive periods when the reliability of cues varies across ontogeny. Behavioral Ecology. 33(1). 101–114. 24 indexed citations

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Gopnik, Alison, Willem E. Frankenhuis, & Michael Tomasello. (2020). Introduction to special issue: ‘Life history and learning: how childhood, caregiving and old age shape cognition and culture in humans and other animals’. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 375(1803). 20190489–20190489. 12 indexed citations

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Frankenhuis, Willem E. & Daniel Nettle. (2020). Integration of plasticity research across disciplines. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 36. 157–162. 9 indexed citations

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Frankenhuis, Willem E., Ethan S. Young, & Bruce J. Ellis. (2020). The Hidden Talents Approach: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 24(7). 569–581. 57 indexed citations

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Mathot, Kimberley J. & Willem E. Frankenhuis. (2018). Models of pace-of-life syndromes (POLS): a systematic review. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 72(3). 82 indexed citations

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Fawcett, Tim W. & Willem E. Frankenhuis. (2015). Adaptive explanations for sensitive windows in development. Frontiers in Zoology. 12(Suppl 1). S3–S3. 182 indexed citations

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Pollet, Thomas V., Joshua M. Tybur, Willem E. Frankenhuis, & Ian J. Rickard. (2014). What Can Cross-Cultural Correlations Teach Us about Human Nature?. Human Nature. 25(3). 410–429. 97 indexed citations

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Frankenhuis, Willem E., György Gergely, & John Watson. (2013). Infants May Use Contingency Analysis to Estimate Environmental States: An Evolutionary, Life-History Perspective. Child Development Perspectives. 7(2). 115–120. 19 indexed citations

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