Brian Hare

22.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
126 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Brian Hare is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Genetics and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Hare has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Social Psychology, 56 papers in Genetics and 45 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Brian Hare's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (76 papers), Human-Animal Interaction Studies (54 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (45 papers). Brian Hare is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (76 papers), Human-Animal Interaction Studies (54 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (45 papers). Brian Hare collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Brian Hare's co-authors include Michael Tomasello, Josep Call, Alicia P. Melis, Richard W. Wrangham, Esther Herrmann, Alexandra G. Rosati, Victoria Wobber, Evan L. MacLean, María Victoria Hernández‐Lloreda and Michelle Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Brian Hare

122 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Humans Have Evolved Specialized Skills of Social Cognition: The Cultural Intelligence Hypothesis

2007 832 citations Esther Herrmann, Josep Call et al. profile →
The Domestication of Social Cognition in Dogs

2002 709 citations Brian Hare, Michael Tomasello et al. profile →
Human-like social skills in dogs?

2005 639 citations Brian Hare, Michael Tomasello profile →
Do chimpanzees know what conspecifics know?

2001 550 citations Brian Hare, Josep Call et al. Animal Behaviour profile →
Selective Inhibition of Na _V 1.8 with VX-548 for Acute Pain

2023 110 citations Brian Hare et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Hare United States	60	7.5k	4.5k	4.2k	2.4k	2.2k	126	12.6k
Stephen J. Suomi United States	70	8.9k 1.2×	1.4k 0.3×	2.2k 0.5×	2.1k 0.8×	3.1k 1.4×	372	16.9k
Ádám Miklósi Hungary	68	5.4k 0.7×	10.8k 2.4×	2.0k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	356	15.1k
Josep Call Germany	82	16.6k 2.2×	4.9k 1.1×	13.2k 3.2×	4.1k 1.7×	6.9k 3.2×	427	27.3k
Richard W. Byrne United Kingdom	59	7.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.3×	3.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	300	13.1k
Frans Β. Μ. de Waal United States	74	15.7k 2.1×	2.8k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	4.9k 2.0×	4.9k 2.2×	244	23.3k
Ludwig Huber Austria	47	3.6k 0.5×	2.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	753 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	276	7.0k
Andrew Whiten United Kingdom	72	12.4k 1.6×	1.8k 0.4×	6.7k 1.6×	2.2k 0.9×	4.2k 1.9×	252	20.0k
Tetsuro Matsuzawa Japan	57	6.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.3×	3.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	287	10.2k
Richard W. Wrangham United States	89	15.9k 2.1×	3.0k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	4.1k 1.7×	1.3k 0.6×	285	24.4k
Gordon G. Gallup United States	58	4.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.2×	1.7k 0.4×	2.5k 1.0×	3.2k 1.5×	223	11.1k

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Salomons, Hannah, et al.. (2025). Salivary cortisol is an unreliable correlate of serum cortisol in adult pet dogs and assistance dog puppies. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 15986–15986. 1 indexed citations

Salomons, Hannah, et al.. (2024). Companion dogs flexibly and spontaneously comprehend human gestures in multiple contexts. Animal Cognition. 27(1). 78–78.

Hare, Brian, et al.. (2021). Is cognition the secret to working dog success?. Animal Cognition. 24(2). 231–237. 22 indexed citations

Bowie, Aleah, et al.. (2020). Implicit Measures Help Demonstrate the Value of Conservation Education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 386–386. 4 indexed citations

Bray, Emily E., Margaret E. Gruen, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, et al.. (2020). Dog cognitive development: a longitudinal study across the first 2 years of life. Animal Cognition. 24(2). 311–328. 45 indexed citations

Barron, Andrew B. & Brian Hare. (2020). Prosociality and a Sociosexual Hypothesis for the Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction in Humans. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 2955–2955. 12 indexed citations

Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E., Brian Hare, Noah Snyder‐Mackler, & Evan L. MacLean. (2020). Estimating the heritability of cognitive traits across dog breeds reveals highly heritable inhibitory control and communication factors. Animal Cognition. 23(5). 953–964. 42 indexed citations

Horschler, Daniel J., Brian Hare, Josep Call, et al.. (2019). Absolute brain size predicts dog breed differences in executive function. Animal Cognition. 22(2). 187–198. 54 indexed citations

Tan, Jingzhi, Dan Ariely, & Brian Hare. (2017). Bonobos respond prosocially toward members of other groups. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 14733–14733. 86 indexed citations

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Pontzer, Herman, Mary H. Brown, David A. Raichlen, et al.. (2016). Metabolic acceleration and the evolution of human brain size and life history. Nature. 533(7603). 390–392. 181 indexed citations

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Reddy, Rachna B., Christopher Krupenye, Evan L. MacLean, & Brian Hare. (2016). No evidence for contagious yawning in lemurs. Animal Cognition. 19(5). 889–898. 24 indexed citations

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MacLean, Evan L. & Brian Hare. (2013). Spontaneous triadic engagement in bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).. Journal of comparative psychology. 127(3). 245–255. 28 indexed citations

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Rosati, Alexandra G. & Brian Hare. (2013). Chimpanzees and Bonobos Exhibit Emotional Responses to Decision Outcomes. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e63058–e63058. 70 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Esther, et al.. (2011). A comparison of temperament in nonhuman apes and human infants. Developmental Science. 14(6). 1393–1405. 54 indexed citations

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Vlamings, Petra H. J. M., Brian Hare, & Josep Call. (2009). Reaching around barriers: the performance of the great apes and 3–5-year-old children. Animal Cognition. 13(2). 273–285. 101 indexed citations

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Rosati, Alexandra G., Jeffrey R. Stevens, Brian Hare, & Michael A. Hauser. (2007). The Evolutionary Origins of Human Patience: Temporal Preferences in Chimpanzees, Bonobos, and Human Adults. Current Biology. 17(19). 1663–1668. 243 indexed citations

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Burnham, Terence C. & Brian Hare. (2007). Does Involuntary Neural Activation Increase Public Goods Contributions. 12 indexed citations

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Hare, Brian, et al.. (2005). Social Cognitive Evolution in Captive Foxes Is a Correlated By-Product of Experimental Domestication. Current Biology. 15(3). 226–230. 223 indexed citations

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Hare, Brian, et al.. (2001). Effects of Resistance Exercise on Plasma, Erythrocyte, and Urine Zn. Biological Trace Element Research. 79(1). 23–28. 23 indexed citations

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Hare, Brian, Josep Call, & Michael Tomasello. (2001). Do chimpanzees know what conspecifics know?. Animal Behaviour. 61(1). 139–151. 550 indexed citations breakdown →

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