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h-index: 21
Works: 71
Citations: 1,670

Most-cited papers

Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries
Daniel Conroy-Beam, D. Buss, K. Asao, A. Sorokowska +103 more
2019Scientific Reports298 citations Open access
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Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication
Kathryn V. Walter, Daniel Conroy-Beam, D. Buss, K. Asao +104 more
2020Psychology Science244 citations Open access
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Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
A. Sorokowska, Supreet Saluja, P. Sorokowski, Tomasz Frąckowiak +99 more
2021Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin114 citations Open access
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Reintegration of former child soldiers in northern Uganda: coming to terms with children's agency and accountability
G. Akello, A. Richters, R. Reis
200683 citations
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Universality of the Triangular Theory of Love: Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Triangular Love Scale in 25 Countries
P. Sorokowski, A. Sorokowska, M. Karwowski, Agata Groyecka +110 more
2020Journal of Sex Research82 citations Open access
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Vaccine anxieties, vaccine preparedness: Perspectives from Africa in a Covid-19 era
M. Leach, H. MacGregor, G. Akello, L. Babawo +11 more
2022Social Science & Medicine (1967)78 citations Open access
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Action to protect the independence and integrity of global health research
K. Storeng, S. Abimbola, D. Balabanova, D. Mccoy +6 more
2019BMJ Global Health68 citations Open access
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Silencing distressed children in the context of war in northern Uganda: an analysis of its dynamics and its health consequences.
G. Akello, R. Reis, A. Richters
2010Social Science & Medicine (1967)58 citations Open access
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Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries
M. Kowal, P. Sorokowski, K. Pisanski, J. Valentova +184 more
2022Evolution and human behavior53 citations Open access
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Physical Activity in People With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review of Correlates.
D. Vancampfort, J. Richards, B. Stubbs, G. Akello +3 more
2016Journal of Physical Activity and Health53 citations Open access
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Modernization, collectivism, and gender equality predict love experiences in 45 countries
P. Sorokowski, M. Kowal, R. Sternberg, T. Aavik +102 more
2023Scientific Reports46 citations Open access
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Geophagy in Northern Uganda: Perspectives from Consumers and Clinicians.
Lena Huebl, Stephan Leick, Lukas Guettl, G. Akello +1 more
2016American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene43 citations Open access
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Assortative mating and the evolution of desirability covariation
Daniel Conroy-Beam, James R. Roney, Aaron W. Lukaszewski, D. Buss +108 more
2019Evolution and human behavior40 citations Open access
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Covid-19, Public Authority And Enforcement
M. Parker, H. MacGregor, G. Akello
2020Medical Anthropology38 citations Open access
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Alcohol, Substance Use and Psychosocial Competence of Adolescents in Selected Secondary Schools in Uganda: A Cross Sectional Survey
Catherine Abbo, E. Okello, W. Muhwezi, G. Akello +1 more
2016International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal36 citations Open access
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Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios
Kathryn V. Walter, Daniel Conroy-Beam, D. Buss, K. Asao +104 more
2021Proceedings of the Royal Society B35 citations Open access
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Experiences of forced mothers in northern Uganda: the legacy of war
G. Akello
201334 citations
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Reasons for Facebook Usage: Data From 46 Countries
M. Kowal, P. Sorokowski, A. Sorokowska, M. Dobrowolska +97 more
2020Frontiers in Psychology33 citations Open access
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Epidemics and the Military: Responding to COVID-19 in Uganda
M. Parker, Moses Baluku, Bono Ozunga, Bob Okello +5 more
2022Social Science & Medicine (1967)29 citations Open access
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The oughtness of care: Fear, stress, and caregiving during the 2000-2001 Ebola outbreak in Gulu, Uganda.
Sung-joon Park, G. Akello
2017Social Science & Medicine (1967)25 citations
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Reintegration of Amnestied LRA Ex-Combatants and Survivors’ Resistance Acts in Acholiland, Northern Uganda
G. Akello
2019International Journal of Transitional Justice24 citations Open access
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Wartime children's suffering and quests for therapy in northern Uganda
G. Akello
201019 citations
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UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Primary school children’s perspectives on common diseases and medicines used: implications for school healthcare programmes and priority setting in Uganda
G. Akello, R. Reis, E. Ovuga, C. Rwabukwali +2 more
200716 citations
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The experiences of survivors and trauma counselling service providers in northern Uganda: Implications for mental health policy and legislation.
H. Liebling, Laura Davidson, G. Akello, G. Ochola
2016International Journal of Law and Psychiatry12 citations Open access
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Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship
Norbert Meskó, M. Kowal, András Láng, Ferenc Kocsor +91 more
2023Archives of Sexual Behavior9 citations Open access
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Challenges, Distrust, and Understanding: Employing Communicative Action in Improving Trust in a Public Medical Sector in Uganda
G. Akello, Ulrike Beisel
2019SAGE Open9 citations Open access
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Coming to terms with accountability: why the reintegration of former child soldiers in Northern Uganda fails
G. Akello, A. Richters, R. Reis
20099 citations
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Crisis responses, opportunity, and public authority during Covid‐19's first wave in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan
T. Kirk, D. Green, T. Allen, Tatiana Carayannis +16 more
2021Disasters. The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management8 citations Open access
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Mental health literacy among secondary school students in North and Central Uganda: a qualitative study
E. Okello, Catherine Abbo, W. Muhwezi, G. Akello +1 more
2014World cultural psychiatry research review : official journal of World Association of Cultural Psychiatry8 citations
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COVID-19 and Social Distancing: A Cross-Cultural Study of Interpersonal Distance Preferences and Touch Behaviors Before and During the Pandemic
Ilona Croy, Carina Heller, G. Akello, Afifa Anjum +51 more
2023Cross-Cultural Research7 citations Open access
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Assessment of the relationship between life events with psychosocial competence of students in selected secondary schools in Northern and Central Uganda
W. Muhwezi, Catherine Abbo, E. Okello, G. Akello +1 more
2020African Health Sciences7 citations Open access
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Love, culture, and well-being: How values moderate the link between relationship status and well-being across 57 countries
Magdalena Śmieja, Alicja Walczak, Jakub Cacek, Maciej R. Górski +71 more
2025International Journal of Intercultural Relations6 citations Open access
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Cross-cultural data on romantic love and mate preferences from 117,293 participants across 175 countries
M. Kowal, Piotr Sorokowski, B. Gjoneska, K. Pisanski +192 more
2025Scientific Data5 citations Open access
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Children’s management of complaints symptomatic of psychological distress: a critical analysis of the different approaches in Northern Uganda
G. Akello, A. Richters, E. Ovuga
20105 citations
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The function of love: A signaling-to-alternatives account of the commitment device hypothesis
B. Gelbart, Kathryn V. Walter, Daniel Conroy-Beam, Casey Estorque +99 more
2025Evolution and human behavior4 citations Open access
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Pandemic Preparedness in African Countries: Status Quo and the Way Forward
G. Akello
20254 citations Open access
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I see sick people: Beliefs about sensory detection of infectious disease are largely consistent across cultures.
Joshua M. Ackerman, Theodore Samore, Daniel M. T. Fessler, Tom R. Kupfer +111 more
2025Brain, behavior, and immunity3 citations Open access
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Conservatism Negatively Predicts Creativity: A Study Across 28 Countries
Agata Groyecka-Bernard, P. Sorokowski, Maciej Karwowski, S. Roberts +91 more
2024Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology3 citations Open access
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Understanding wartime children ’ s suffering in Uganda Intersubjectivity at the centre
G. Akello
20073 citations
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The economic role of women in agricultural and rural development: the promotion of income-generating activities
G. Akello, F. Sarr
20003 citations
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Beliefs about a brighter future for all humanity as an evolutionary adaptation to pathogen prevalence
Brian W. Haas, Xiaobin Lou, V. Yeung, Li-Man M. W. Li +62 more
2025Personality and Individual Differences2 citations Open access
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Forum: Rethinking Ethics Review for International Relations Research
Filippo Dionigi, Marnie Howlett, Rebecca Tapscott, Natalia Otrishchenko +3 more
2025International Studies Perspectives2 citations Open access
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Love beyond east and west: How cultural models of selfhood predict frequency of being in love
A. Okvitawanli, O. Gajewska, Mohsen Joshanloo, V. Vignoles +95 more
2025International Journal of Intercultural Relations2 citations Open access
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Examining the connection between position-based power and social status across 70 cultures.
Arkadiusz Wasiel, Maciej R. Górski, M. Bond, V. Yeung +86 more
2025British Journal of Social Psychology2 citations Open access
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Child agency and resistance to discourses within the Paris Principles in rehabilitation and reintegration processes of former child soldiers in northern Uganda
G. Akello
2019Research Handbook on Child Soldiers2 citations
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Mothers’ knowledge and practice on modified infant feeding for prevention of postnatal HIV transmission in post conflict northern Uganda district
R. Naturinda, G. Akello, C. Muwonge, Viola N. Nyakato +6 more
2016International Journal of Infectious Diseases2 citations Open access
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The importance of the autobiographic self during research among wartime children in northern Uganda
G. Akello
20132 citations
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We too have hands
G. Akello
19852 citations
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A preliminary study on the role of personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases on self-reported health across countries.
G. Pfuhl, Filipe Prazeres, M. Kowal, T. Aavik +112 more
2025Public Health1 citations Open access
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10. Health Care Services to War- Affected Children in Northern Uganda Accounting for Discrepancies Between Interventions and Children’s Needs
G. Akello, M. Denov, Bree Akesson
20171 citations
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