Christopher Krupenye

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher Krupenye is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Krupenye has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Social Psychology, 15 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 6 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Christopher Krupenye's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (24 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (15 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (6 papers). Christopher Krupenye is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (24 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (15 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (6 papers). Christopher Krupenye collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Christopher Krupenye's co-authors include Josep Call, Fumihiro Kano, Satoshi Hirata, Michael Tomasello, Brian Hare, Masaki Tomonaga, Ian C. Gilby, Anne E. Pusey, Joel Bray and Evan L. MacLean and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Krupenye

27 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Great apes anticipate that other individuals will act according to false beliefs

2016 366 citations Christopher Krupenye, Fumihiro Kano et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher Krupenye United States	17	721	466	330	196	178	30	1.1k
Mathias Osvath Sweden	17	688 1.0×	350 0.8×	344 1.0×	135 0.7×	136 0.8×	45	1.3k
Charles R. Menzel United States	17	678 0.9×	451 1.0×	435 1.3×	175 0.9×	88 0.5×	33	1.1k
Daniel Hanus Germany	12	570 0.8×	457 1.0×	245 0.7×	197 1.0×	82 0.5×	21	959
Valérie Dufour France	21	677 0.9×	319 0.7×	328 1.0×	226 1.2×	133 0.7×	60	1.2k
María Victoria Hernández‐Lloreda Spain	12	658 0.9×	444 1.0×	266 0.8×	231 1.2×	123 0.7×	21	1.2k
Victoria Wobber United States	16	729 1.0×	306 0.7×	151 0.5×	272 1.4×	422 2.4×	19	1.2k
Thibaud Gruber Switzerland	24	988 1.4×	405 0.9×	633 1.9×	203 1.0×	163 0.9×	59	1.9k
Ben Kenward United Kingdom	20	814 1.1×	736 1.6×	397 1.2×	153 0.8×	85 0.5×	41	1.4k
Bryan Agnetta Germany	8	819 1.1×	721 1.5×	279 0.8×	126 0.6×	459 2.6×	8	1.2k
Federica Amici Germany	22	1.1k 1.6×	355 0.8×	239 0.7×	290 1.5×	313 1.8×	95	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Krupenye

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Krupenye, Christopher, et al.. (2026). Evidence for representation of pretend objects by Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo. Science. 391(6785). 583–586.

Krupenye, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Bonobos point more for ignorant than knowledgeable social partners. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(6). e2412450122–e2412450122. 3 indexed citations

Warren, Elizabeth, et al.. (2024). What evidence can validate a dog training method?. Learning & Behavior. 53(3). 227–228.

Westra, Evan, Simon Fitzpatrick, Sarah F. Brosnan, et al.. (2024). In search of animal normativity: a framework for studying social norms in non‐human animals. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(3). 1058–1074. 6 indexed citations

Krupenye, Christopher. (2024). Divergence in bonobo and chimpanzee social life. Learning & Behavior. 53(2). 139–140.

Wessling, Erin G., et al.. (2023). Bonobos and chimpanzees remember familiar conspecifics for decades. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(52). e2304903120–e2304903120. 11 indexed citations

Amodio, Piero, Benjamin Farrar, Christopher Krupenye, Ljerka Ostojić, & Nicola S. Clayton. (2021). Little evidence that Eurasian jays protect their caches by responding to cues about a conspecific’s desire and visual perspective. eLife. 10. 7 indexed citations

Krupenye, Christopher, et al.. (2021). Bonobos' (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees' (Pan troglodytes) understanding of, and pupillary responses to, others' needs. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 43(43). 1 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

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Kano, Fumihiro, Josep Call, & Christopher Krupenye. (2020). Primates Pass Dynamically Social Anticipatory-Looking False-Belief Tests. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 24(10). 777–778. 11 indexed citations

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Hopper, Lydia M., Roberto A. Gulli, Lauren H. Howard, et al.. (2020). The application of noninvasive, restraint-free eye-tracking methods for use with nonhuman primates. Behavior Research Methods. 53(3). 1003–1030. 34 indexed citations

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Kano, Fumihiro, Richard Moore, Christopher Krupenye, et al.. (2018). Human ostensive signals do not enhance gaze following in chimpanzees, but do enhance object-oriented attention. Animal Cognition. 21(5). 715–728. 23 indexed citations

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Krupenye, Christopher & Brian Hare. (2018). Bonobos Prefer Individuals that Hinder Others over Those that Help. Current Biology. 28(2). 280–286.e5. 51 indexed citations

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Kano, Fumihiro, Christopher Krupenye, Satoshi Hirata, Josep Call, & Michael Tomasello. (2017). Submentalizing Cannot Explain Belief-Based Action Anticipation in Apes. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 21(9). 633–634. 15 indexed citations

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Krupenye, Christopher, Fumihiro Kano, Satoshi Hirata, Josep Call, & Michael Tomasello. (2016). Great apes anticipate that other individuals will act according to false beliefs. Science. 354(6308). 110–114. 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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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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Foerster, Steffen, et al.. (2015). Social bonds in the dispersing sex: partner preferences among adult female chimpanzees. Animal Behaviour. 105. 139–152. 56 indexed citations

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MacLean, Evan L., Christopher Krupenye, & Brian Hare. (2014). Dogs (Canis familiaris) account for body orientation but not visual barriers when responding to pointing gestures.. Journal of comparative psychology. 128(3). 285–297. 14 indexed citations

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Bray, Joel, Christopher Krupenye, & Brian Hare. (2013). Ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) exploit information about what others can see but not what they can hear. Animal Cognition. 17(3). 735–744. 25 indexed citations

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Gruber, Thibaud, Kevin B. Potts, Christopher Krupenye, et al.. (2012). The influence of ecology on chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) cultural behavior: A case study of five Ugandan chimpanzee communities.. Journal of comparative psychology. 126(4). 446–457. 35 indexed citations

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