Bennett G. Galef

14.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
225 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Bennett G. Galef is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bennett G. Galef has authored 225 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Social Psychology, 57 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 46 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Bennett G. Galef's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (102 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (53 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (41 papers). Bennett G. Galef is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (102 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (53 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (41 papers). Bennett G. Galef collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Bennett G. Galef's co-authors include Mertice M. Clark, Cecilia Heyes, Elaine E. Whiskin, Luc‐Alain Giraldeau, Kevin N. Laland, David F. Sherry, Jeffrey R. Alberts, Deborah J. Kennett, David J. White and Laurel M. McQuoid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Bennett G. Galef

225 papers receiving 8.9k citations

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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.

Social learning in animals : the roots of culture

1996 670 citations Cecilia Heyes, Bennett G. Galef Academic Press eBooks profile →
Social influences on foraging in vertebrates: causal mechanisms and adaptive functions

2001 523 citations Bennett G. Galef et al. profile →
Social Learning in Animals: Empirical Studies and Theoretical Models

2005 451 citations Bennett G. Galef et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bennett G. Galef Canada	52	4.6k	3.3k	1.7k	1.3k	1.2k	225	9.6k
Patrick Bateson United Kingdom	52	3.7k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.5×	179	12.7k
Charles T. Snowdon United States	56	5.2k 1.1×	3.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	650 0.5×	3.4k 2.8×	184	9.1k
Sergio M. Pellis Canada	56	5.8k 1.3×	1.9k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	2.1k 1.7×	928 0.8×	249	10.2k
Elisabetta Visalberghi Italy	53	5.8k 1.3×	2.0k 0.6×	714 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.7×	185	7.8k
Filippo Aureli United Kingdom	56	7.8k 1.7×	5.0k 1.5×	1.2k 0.7×	698 0.6×	3.3k 2.7×	200	9.6k
Tetsuro Matsuzawa Japan	57	6.7k 1.5×	1.6k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	2.1k 1.7×	2.4k 2.0×	287	10.2k
William C. McGrew United Kingdom	57	9.1k 2.0×	3.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	3.7k 3.1×	199	11.7k
Gordon M. Burghardt United States	48	2.4k 0.5×	3.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	528 0.4×	631 0.5×	235	8.0k
Nathan J. Emery United Kingdom	39	3.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	876 0.5×	2.2k 1.8×	1.4k 1.1×	98	7.3k
Alan C. Kamil United States	39	1.9k 0.4×	2.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	704 0.6×	111	6.2k

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Galef, Bennett G.. (2012). Social learning and traditions in animals: evidence, definitions, and relationship to human culture. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science. 3(6). 581–592. 24 indexed citations

Nielsen, Mark, Francys Subiaul, Bennett G. Galef, Thomas R. Zentall, & Andrew Whiten. (2012). Social learning in humans and nonhuman animals: Theoretical and empirical dissections.. Journal of comparative psychology. 126(2). 109–113. 36 indexed citations

Kendal, Rachel L., Bennett G. Galef, & Carel P. van Schaik. (2010). Social learning research outside the laboratory: How and why?. Animal Learning & Behavior. 38(3). 187–194. 45 indexed citations

Galef, Bennett G. & Cecilia Heyes. (2004). Social learning and imitation: Introduction. Learning & Behavior. 32. 1–3. 8 indexed citations

Honey, Peter & Bennett G. Galef. (2003). Ethanol consumption by rat dams during gestation, lactation and weaning increases ethanol consumption by their adolescent young. Developmental Psychobiology. 42(3). 252–260. 25 indexed citations

Clark, Mertice M., Jennifer Vonk, & Bennett G. Galef. (1998). Intrauterine position, parenting, and nest-site attachment in male Mongolian gerbils. Developmental Psychobiology. 32(3). 177–181. 23 indexed citations

Galef, Bennett G.. (1997). Learning Under the Influence.. Natural history. 106(8). 47–49. 1 indexed citations

Galef, Bennett G., et al.. (1997). Interaction with demonstrator rats changes observer rats' affective responses to flavors.. Journal of comparative psychology. 111(4). 393–398. 17 indexed citations

Jones, Dirk, F. Gonzalez‐Lima, David Crews, Bennett G. Galef, & Mertice M. Clark. (1997). Effects of Intrauterine Position on the Metabolic Capacity of the Hypothalamus of Female Gerbils 1 1Results of this study have previously been published in abstract form (Jones, D.; Gonzalez-Lima, F.; Crews, D.; Galef, B. G., Jr.; Clark, M. M. Effects of intrauterine position on hypothalamic activity of female gerbils: A cytochrome oxidase histochemical study. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 20(3): 1739; 1994 [26].. Physiology & Behavior. 61(4). 513–519. 18 indexed citations

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Heyes, Cecilia & Bennett G. Galef. (1996). Social learning in animals : the roots of culture. Academic Press eBooks. 670 indexed citations breakdown →

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Galef, Bennett G., et al.. (1994). Behavioral aspects of feeding: basic and applied research in mammals. 6th Workshop of the International School of Ethology, Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily, Italy, 8-14 June, 1992.. 3 indexed citations

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Galef, Bennett G.. (1992). Ontogeny and social transmission of food preferences in mammals: Basic and applied research. Appetite. 19(3). 309–311. 46 indexed citations

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Galef, Bennett G., et al.. (1991). Protein deficiency magnifies social influence on the food choices of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus).. Journal of comparative psychology. 105(1). 55–59. 22 indexed citations

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Galef, Bennett G., et al.. (1991). Nonrandom sex composition of gerbil, mouse, and hamster litters before and after birth. Developmental Psychobiology. 24(2). 81–90. 28 indexed citations

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Galef, Bennett G., et al.. (1990). Responses of observer rats (Rattus norvegicus) to complex, diet-related signals emitted by demonstrator rats.. Journal of comparative psychology. 104(1). 11–19. 23 indexed citations

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Valsecchi, Paola & Bennett G. Galef. (1989). Social Influences on the Food Preferences of House Mice (). International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 2(4). 5 indexed citations

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Valsecchi, Paola & Bennett G. Galef. (1989). SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON THE FOOD PREFERENCES OF HOUSE MICE (MUS MUSCULUS). International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 2(4). 59 indexed citations

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Mason, J. Russell, N. Jay Bean, & Bennett G. Galef. (1988). ATTRACTIVENESS OF CARBON DISULFIDE TO WILD NORWAY RATS. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 13(13). 14 indexed citations

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Clark, Mertice M. & Bennett G. Galef. (1988). Effects of uterine position on rate of sexual development in female Mongolian gerbils. Physiology & Behavior. 42(1). 15–18. 70 indexed citations

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Galef, Bennett G., et al.. (1986). Imitation learning in budgerigars: Dawson and Foss (1965) revisited. Behavioural Processes. 13(1-2). 191–202. 98 indexed citations

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