Most cited papers in Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
What are the most cited papers in Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences?
The most cited paper in Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences is "Sex differences in human mate preferences: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures" (David Michael Buss, 1989), with 4,529 citations. Next come "Natural Selection of Parental Ability to Vary the Sex Ratio of Offspring" (3,886) and "Extraordinary Sex Ratios" (3,722).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 540 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sex differences in human mate preferences: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures David Michael Buss · Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Mar 1989 | 4,529 |
| 2 | Natural Selection of Parental Ability to Vary the Sex Ratio of Offspring Robert L. Trivers, Dan E. Willard · Science | 5 Jan 1973 | 3,886 |
| 3 | Extraordinary Sex Ratios William D. O. Hamilton · Science | 28 Apr 1967 | 3,722 |
| 4 | BARGAINING WITH PATRIARCHY Deniz Kandiyoti · Gender & Society | Sep 1988 | 3,024 |
| 5 | The Consequences of Divorce for Adults and Children Paul R. Amato · Journal of Marriage and the Family | Nov 2000 | 2,930 |
| 6 | The Swedish personal identity number: possibilities and pitfalls in healthcare and medical research Jonas Filip Ludvigsson, P Otterblad-Olausson, Birgitta U. Pettersson et al. · European Journal of Epidemiology | 5 Jun 2009 | 2,439 |
| 7 | Research on Divorce: Continuing Trends and New Developments Paul R. Amato · Journal of Marriage and the Family | Jun 2010 | 1,925 |
| 8 | The Unfolding Story of the Second Demographic Transition Ronny Lesthaeghe · Population and Development Review | Jun 2010 | 1,812 |
| 9 | Childhood predictors differentiate life-course persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial pathways among males and females Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi · Development and Psychopathology | 16 May 2001 | 1,678 |
| 10 | Beyond the Nuclear Family: The Increasing Importance of Multigenerational Bonds Vern L. Bengtson · Journal of Marriage and the Family | Feb 2001 | 1,639 |
| 11 | Fundamental Dimensions of Environmental Risk Bruce J. Ellis, Aurelio José Figueredo, Barbara Hagenah Brumbach et al. · Human Nature | 21 Apr 2009 | 1,610 |
| 12 | Accelerate progress—sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: report of the Guttmacher– Lancet Commission Ann M Starrs, Alex C Ezeh, Gary Barker et al. · The Lancet | 9 May 2018 | 1,502 |
| 13 | The Emergence of Lowest‐Low Fertility in Europe During the 1990s Hans‐Peter Kohler, Francesco Candeloro Billari, José Antonio Ortega · Population and Development Review | Dec 2002 | 1,461 |
| 14 | Violence against women: global scope and magnitude Charlotte H. Watts, Cathy Zimmerman · The Lancet | Apr 2002 | 1,200 |
| 15 | Major Causes of Death among Men and Women in China Jiang He, Dongfeng Gu, Xigui Wu et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 14 Sep 2005 | 1,153 |
| 16 | Who keeps children alive? A review of the effects of kin on child survival Rebecca Sear, Ruth H. Mace · Evolution and Human Behavior | 12 Dec 2007 | 1,081 |
| 17 | The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Children's Education* Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | May 2005 | 1,055 |
| 18 | Does Marriage Matter? Linda J. Waite · Demography | Nov 1995 | 1,051 |
| 19 | Fast and Efficient Estimation of Individual Ancestry Coefficients Éric Frichot, François Mathieu, Théo Trouillon et al. · Genetics | 5 Feb 2014 | 1,019 |
| 20 | The Effects of Unintended Pregnancy on Infant, Child, and Parental Health: A Review of the Literature Jessica D. Gipson, Michael Koenig, Michelle J. Hindin · Studies in Family Planning | 26 Feb 2008 | 1,018 |
| 21 | The Competitive Saving Motive: Evidence from Rising Sex Ratios and Savings Rates in China Shang‐Jin Wei, Xiaobo Zhang · Journal of Political Economy | Jun 2011 | 1,010 |
| 22 | Puberty and depression: the roles of age, pubertal status and pubertal timing Adrian C. Angold, E. Jane Costello, Carol M. Worthman · Psychological Medicine | 1998 | 1,002 |
| 23 | The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries Seema Jayachandran · Annual Review of Economics | 23 Feb 2015 | 999 |
| 24 | Cohort Profile: The China Health and Nutrition Survey--monitoring and understanding socio-economic and health change in China, 1989-2011 Barry M. Popkin, Shuming Du, Feixiang Zhai et al. · International Journal of Epidemiology | 3 Nov 2009 | 994 |
| 25 | Why is Son preference so persistent in East and South Asia? a cross-country study of China, India and the Republic of Korea Mónica Das Gupta, Zhenghua Jiang, Bohua Li et al. · The Journal of Development Studies | Dec 2003 | 983 |
| 26 | The Second Demographic Transition in Western Countries: An Interpretation Ronny Lesthaeghe | 28 Sep 1995 | 967 |
| 27 | Sex ratio of multiple sclerosis in Canada: a longitudinal study Sarah M. Orton, Blanca M. Herrera, Irene M.L. Yee et al. · The Lancet Neurology | 5 Oct 2006 | 934 |
| 28 | Sex Ratio and Local Resource Competition in a Prosimian Primate Anne Barrett Clark · Science | 14 Jul 1978 | 921 |
| 29 | Demand Theories of the Fertility Transition: An Iconoclastic View John G.F. Cleland, Christopher C. Wilson · Population Studies | Mar 1987 | 903 |
| 30 | Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance * Nancy Qian · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | 16 Jul 2008 | 895 |
| 31 | Big houses, big cars, superfleas and the costs of reproduction David N. Reznick, David Reznick, Leonard Nunney et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | Oct 2000 | 856 |
| 32 | Age preferences in mates reflect sex differences in human reproductive strategies Douglas T. Kenrick, Richard C. Keefe · Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Mar 1992 | 844 |
| 33 | Children's Adjustment to Divorce: Theories, Hypotheses, and Empirical Support Paul R. Amato · Journal of Marriage and the Family | Feb 1993 | 820 |
| 34 | Women's Autonomy in India and Pakistan: The Influence of Religion and Region Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Zeba A. Sathar · Population and Development Review | Dec 2001 | 813 |
| 35 | The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India * Robert T. Jensen, Emily F. Oster · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | 29 Jul 2009 | 808 |
| 36 | Consilience and Life History Theory: From genes to brain to reproductive strategy Aurelio José Figueredo, Geneva Vásquez, Barbara Hagenah Brumbach et al. · Developmental Review | 27 Apr 2006 | 800 |
| 37 | Dimensions of women’s autonomy and the influence on maternal health care utilization in a North Indian city Shelah S. Bloom, David Wypij, Mónica Das Gupta · Demography | Feb 2001 | 797 |
| 38 | Advances in development reverse fertility declines Mikko Myrskylä, Hans‐Peter Kohler, Francesco Candeloro Billari · Nature | Aug 2009 | 793 |
| 39 | Evolution and proximate expression of human paternal investment. David C. Geary · Psychological Bulletin | 2000 | 792 |
| 40 | Ending Footbinding and Infibulation: A Convention Account Gerry L. Mackie · American Sociological Review | Dec 1996 | 790 |
| 41 | Maternal education and child survival in developing countries: The search for pathways of influence John G.F. Cleland, Jerome K. van Ginneken · Social Science & Medicine | 1988 | 785 |
| 42 | The Impact of Social Status, Family Structure, and Neighborhood on the Fertility of Black Adolescents Dennis P. Hogan, Evelyn M. Kitagawa · American Journal of Sociology | 1985 | 777 |
| 43 | Marriage and Family in East Asia: Continuity and Change James M. Raymo, Hyunjoon Park, Yu Xie et al. · Annual Review of Sociology | 4 May 2015 | 774 |
| 44 | The architecture of human kin detection Debra Lieberman, John Tooby, Leda Cosmides · Nature | Feb 2007 | 763 |
| 45 | The effects of China's universal two-child policy Yi Zeng, Therese M Hesketh · The Lancet | Oct 2016 | 754 |
| 46 | Unintended Pregnancy: Worldwide Levels, Trends, and Outcomes Susheela D. Singh, Gilda Sedgh, Rubina Hussain · Studies in Family Planning | Dec 2010 | 745 |
| 47 | Diabetes as risk factor for incident coronary heart disease in women compared with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 64 cohorts including 858,507 individuals and 28,203 coronary events Sanne A. E. Peters, Rachel Huxley, Mark Woodward · Diabetologia | 24 May 2014 | 726 |
| 48 | Deep neural networks are more accurate than humans at detecting sexual orientation from facial images. Yilun Wang, Michał Kosiński · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Feb 2018 | 721 |
| 49 | The Elementary Structures of Kinship M. J. Lineton · Sociology | Sep 1970 | 712 |
| 50 | Age and Infertility JANE A. MENKEN, James Trussell, Ulla Larsen · Science | 26 Sep 1986 | 705 |
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