Brenda McCowan

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Brenda McCowan is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brenda McCowan has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Social Psychology, 59 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 58 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Brenda McCowan's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (82 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (58 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (51 papers). Brenda McCowan is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (82 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (58 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (51 papers). Brenda McCowan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Poland. Brenda McCowan's co-authors include Diana Reiss, Brianne A. Beisner, Edward R. Atwill, John P. Capitanio, Sean F. Hanser, Fushing Hsieh, Kimberly VanderWaal, Lynne A. Isbell, Ashley Cameron and Sophia Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Brenda McCowan

142 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Acoustic monitoring in terrestrial environments using microphone arrays: applications, technological considerations and prospectus
    2011 470 citations Brenda McCowan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brenda McCowan United States 38 2.0k 1.8k 1.8k 1.6k 736 147 4.7k
Karen McComb United Kingdom 40 2.7k 1.4× 2.3k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 2.5k 1.5× 1.0k 1.4× 62 5.8k
Janet Mann United States 42 3.2k 1.7× 5.3k 2.9× 996 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 417 0.6× 100 6.6k
Roger Mundry Germany 43 2.1k 1.1× 1.8k 1.0× 3.0k 1.6× 2.2k 1.3× 185 0.3× 163 5.8k
Marco Gamba Italy 25 1.4k 0.7× 965 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 410 0.6× 119 3.7k
Cynthia J. Moss Kenya 32 836 0.4× 2.5k 1.3× 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 922 1.3× 57 4.1k
David Reby United Kingdom 38 3.3k 1.7× 1.9k 1.1× 802 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 604 0.8× 140 5.0k
Marta B. Manser Switzerland 37 2.2k 1.1× 2.1k 1.2× 1.5k 0.8× 3.2k 2.0× 398 0.5× 134 5.1k
Peter K. McGregor United Kingdom 43 3.7k 1.9× 2.5k 1.4× 667 0.4× 4.5k 2.8× 255 0.3× 121 6.3k
Joah R. Madden United Kingdom 35 877 0.4× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 2.4k 1.5× 281 0.4× 100 4.9k
Tim Guilford United Kingdom 47 1.2k 0.6× 3.1k 1.7× 670 0.4× 3.9k 2.4× 155 0.2× 171 6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Brenda McCowan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brenda McCowan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brenda McCowan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brenda McCowan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brenda McCowan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Brenda McCowan. Brenda McCowan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vandeleest, Jessica J., et al.. (2025). Differential effects of multiplex and uniplex affiliative relationships on biomarkers of inflammation. PeerJ. 13. e19113–e19113. 1 indexed citations
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McCowan, Brenda, et al.. (2025). Innovation, Inhibition and Flexibility in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology. 87(4). e70027–e70027.
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Vandeleest, Jessica J., et al.. (2024). What you have, not who you know: food-enhanced social capital and changes in social behavioural relationships in a non-human primate. Royal Society Open Science. 11(1). 231460–231460. 1 indexed citations
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Arlet, Małgorzata E., Krishna N. Balasubramaniam, Brianne A. Beisner, et al.. (2024). Relationship between dominance hierarchy steepness and rank-relatedness of benefits in primates. Behavioral Ecology. 35(5). arae066–arae066. 3 indexed citations
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Kaburu, Stefano, Krishna N. Balasubramaniam, Pascal R. Marty, et al.. (2023). Effect of behavioural sampling methods on local and global social network metrics: a case-study of three macaque species. Royal Society Open Science. 10(12). 231001–231001. 3 indexed citations
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McCowan, Brenda, et al.. (2022). Measuring dominance certainty and assessing its impact on individual and societal health in a nonhuman primate model: a network approach. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1845). 20200438–20200438. 17 indexed citations
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Balasubramaniam, Krishna N., Brianne A. Beisner, Brenda McCowan, & Mollie A. Bloomsmith. (2021). Female social structure influences, and is influenced by, male introduction and integration success among captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Behaviour. 158(11). 1007–1042. 3 indexed citations
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Bliss‐Moreau, Eliza, et al.. (2021). Monkey’s Social Roles Predict Their Affective Reactivity. Affective Science. 2(3). 230–240. 3 indexed citations
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Marty, Pascal R., Krishna N. Balasubramaniam, Stefano Kaburu, et al.. (2019). Individuals in urban dwelling primate species face unequal benefits associated with living in an anthropogenic environment. Primates. 61(2). 249–255. 28 indexed citations
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Marty, Pascal R., Brianne A. Beisner, Stefano Kaburu, et al.. (2019). Time constraints imposed by anthropogenic environments alter social behaviour in longtailed macaques. Animal Behaviour. 150. 157–165. 38 indexed citations
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Balasubramaniam, Krishna N., Brianne A. Beisner, Jiahui Guan, et al.. (2018). Social network community structure and the contact-mediated sharing of commensal E. coli among captive rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ). PeerJ. 6. e4271–e4271. 17 indexed citations
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Vandeleest, Jessica J., John P. Capitanio, Amanda F. Hamel, et al.. (2018). Social stability influences the association between adrenal responsiveness and hair cortisol concentrations in rhesus macaques. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 100. 164–171. 17 indexed citations
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Balasubramaniam, Krishna N., Brianne A. Beisner, Jessica J. Vandeleest, Edward R. Atwill, & Brenda McCowan. (2016). Social buffering and contact transmission: network connections have beneficial and detrimental effects on Shigella infection risk among captive rhesus macaques. PeerJ. 4. e2630–e2630. 45 indexed citations
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Vandeleest, Jessica J., Brianne A. Beisner, Darcy L. Hannibal, et al.. (2016). Decoupling social status and status certainty effects on health in macaques: a network approach. PeerJ. 4. e2394–e2394. 44 indexed citations
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Beisner, Brianne A. & Brenda McCowan. (2013). Signaling context modulates social function of silent bared‐teeth displays in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology. 76(2). 111–121. 32 indexed citations
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Gottlieb, Daniel H., John P. Capitanio, & Brenda McCowan. (2013). Risk factors for stereotypic behavior and self‐biting in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): Animal's history, current environment, and personality. American Journal of Primatology. 75(10). 995–1008. 98 indexed citations
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Marino, Lori, Richard C. Connor, R. Ewan Fordyce, et al.. (2007). Cetaceans Have Complex Brains for Complex Cognition. PLoS Biology. 5(5). e139–e139. 208 indexed citations

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