Alexander Weiß

12.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
162 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Alexander Weiß is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Weiß has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Social Psychology, 57 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 32 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alexander Weiß's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (45 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (44 papers) and Personality Traits and Psychology (28 papers). Alexander Weiß is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (45 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (44 papers) and Personality Traits and Psychology (28 papers). Alexander Weiß collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Alexander Weiß's co-authors include James E. King, Liliana Attisano, Ian J. Deary, Paul T. Costa, Steven M. Chermak, Jeffrey L. Wrana, G. David Batty, Timothy C. Bates, Xaralabos Varelas and Michelle Luciano and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Weiß

157 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Crumbs Complex Couples Cell Density Sensing to Hippo-Dependent Control of the TGF-β-SMAD Pathway

2010 553 citations Xaralabos Varelas, Payman Samavarchi‐Tehrani et al. Developmental Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Weiß United Kingdom	48	2.1k	1.6k	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	162	7.5k
Alan D. Pickering United Kingdom	65	844 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	496 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	434 0.4×	171	13.4k
Patrick Bateson United Kingdom	52	3.7k 1.7×	1.3k 0.8×	785 0.6×	460 0.4×	3.3k 2.9×	179	12.7k
Jonathan Flint United Kingdom	84	2.1k 1.0×	2.4k 1.5×	7.7k 5.4×	2.5k 2.1×	395 0.4×	302	27.3k
John P. Capitanio United States	54	5.1k 2.4×	927 0.6×	486 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	697 0.6×	189	11.0k
Lee Ellis United States	37	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	455 0.3×	727 0.6×	319 0.3×	159	4.3k
Hillard Kaplan United States	70	3.3k 1.5×	5.2k 3.2×	1.4k 0.9×	573 0.5×	621 0.6×	289	17.1k
Peter T. Ellison United States	53	1.8k 0.8×	2.9k 1.8×	826 0.6×	640 0.5×	512 0.5×	147	8.3k
Daniel Nettle United Kingdom	61	3.1k 1.5×	4.1k 2.6×	348 0.2×	1.5k 1.3×	886 0.8×	241	13.0k
Martha K. McClintock United States	45	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	245 0.2×	590 0.5×	603 0.5×	120	6.9k
Dario Maestripieri United States	55	6.0k 2.8×	2.4k 1.5×	409 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	2.4k 2.2×	215	9.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Weiß

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Burtscher, Johannes, Vanna Denti, Johanna M. Gostner, et al.. (2024). The interplay of NAD and hypoxic stress and its relevance for ageing. Ageing Research Reviews. 104. 102646–102646. 7 indexed citations

Weiß, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Associations Between a General Factor and Group Factor from the Spanish-Language Eysenck Personality Questionnaire–Revised Short Form’s Neuroticism Scale and the Revised NEO Personality Inventory Domains and Facets. Journal of Personality Assessment. 106(5). 584–594. 1 indexed citations

Robinson, Lauren M. & Alexander Weiß. (2023). Nonhuman Primate Welfare. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 14 indexed citations

Gilby, Ian C., et al.. (2022). Correlates of individual participation in boundary patrols by male chimpanzees. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1851). 20210151–20210151. 15 indexed citations

Weiß, Alexander. (2022). Dominance in human (Homo sapiens) personality space and in hominoid phylogeny.. Journal of comparative psychology. 136(4). 236–254. 4 indexed citations

Weiß, Alexander, Chihiro Yokoyama, Takuya Hayashi, & Miho Inoue‐Murayama. (2021). Personality, subjective well-being, and the serotonin 1a receptor gene in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). PLoS ONE. 16(8). e0238663–e0238663. 8 indexed citations

Weiß, Alexander, et al.. (2018). How long does it take? Reliable personality assessment based on common behaviour in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). Behavioural Processes. 157. 59–67. 8 indexed citations

Weiß, Alexander. (2017). Gombe chimpanzee personality. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations

Galé, Catharine R., Iva Čukić, G. David Batty, et al.. (2017). When Is Higher Neuroticism Protective Against Death? Findings From UK Biobank. Psychological Science. 28(9). 1345–1357. 49 indexed citations

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Koski, Sonja E., et al.. (2017). Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) personality.. Journal of comparative psychology. 131(4). 326–336. 30 indexed citations

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Weiß, Alexander, et al.. (2017). Symptomatic improvement with surgical intervention in conjunctivochalasis. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(8). 4354–4354.

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Beyer, Tobias A., Masahiro Narimatsu, Alexander Weiß, Laurent David, & Jeffrey L. Wrana. (2012). The TGFβ superfamily in stem cell biology and early mammalian embryonic development. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1830(2). 2268–2279. 71 indexed citations

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Weiß, Alexander, et al.. (2010). Introduction: Approaches in the History of Political Thought. European Political Science. 9(3). 283–290. 2 indexed citations

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Inoue‐Murayama, Miho, Alexander Weiß, Koichi Kato, et al.. (2010). MOLECULAR BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH IN GREAT APES. 163–163.

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Varelas, Xaralabos, Payman Samavarchi‐Tehrani, Masahiro Narimatsu, et al.. (2010). The Crumbs Complex Couples Cell Density Sensing to Hippo-Dependent Control of the TGF-β-SMAD Pathway. Developmental Cell. 19(6). 831–844. 553 indexed citations breakdown →

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Briffa, Mark & Alexander Weiß. (2010). Animal personality. Current Biology. 20(21). R912–R914. 73 indexed citations

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Weiß, Alexander, Angelina R. Sutin, Paul R. Duberstein, et al.. (2009). The Personality Domains and Styles of the Five-Factor Model are Related to Incident Depression in Medicare Recipients Aged 65 to 100. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 17(7). 591–601. 69 indexed citations

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Weiß, Alexander. (2009). Hermas' "Biography": Social Upward and Downward Mobility of an Independent Freedman. Ancient Society. 185–202. 1 indexed citations

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Weiß, Alexander & Mark J. Adams. (2008). Species of nonhuman personality assessment. European Journal of Personality. 22(5). 472–474. 7 indexed citations

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Weiß, Alexander. (2004). Sklave der Stadt : Untersuchungen zur öffentlichen Sklaverei in den Städten des römischen Reiches. F. Steiner eBooks. 9 indexed citations

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