David R. Samson

1.5k total citations
55 papers, 935 citations indexed

About

David R. Samson is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David R. Samson has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 935 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 24 papers in Social Psychology and 23 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in David R. Samson's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (30 papers), Sleep and related disorders (21 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (21 papers). David R. Samson is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (30 papers), Sleep and related disorders (21 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (21 papers). David R. Samson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. David R. Samson's co-authors include Charles L. Nunn, Kevin D. Hunt, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Mabulla, Robert W. Shumaker, Andrew D. Krystal, Michael P. Muehlenbein, Margaret E. Gruen and B. Duncan X. Lascelles and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

David R. Samson

53 papers receiving 924 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David R. Samson United States 20 389 359 320 266 148 55 935
Shota Okabe Japan 15 150 0.4× 590 1.6× 97 0.3× 107 0.4× 149 1.0× 22 854
Massimo Bardi United States 26 108 0.3× 1.0k 2.9× 177 0.6× 77 0.3× 103 0.7× 67 1.6k
Peter F. Cook United States 16 365 0.9× 256 0.7× 125 0.4× 33 0.1× 205 1.4× 41 927
Vivien Bromundt Switzerland 12 320 0.8× 62 0.2× 429 1.3× 391 1.5× 27 0.2× 20 976
Daniel E. Olazábal Uruguay 14 106 0.3× 932 2.6× 407 1.3× 167 0.6× 21 0.1× 20 1.1k
Benjamin C. Nephew United States 24 116 0.3× 831 2.3× 122 0.4× 141 0.5× 28 0.2× 61 1.6k
Maria Emília Yamamoto Brazil 18 97 0.2× 485 1.4× 89 0.3× 46 0.2× 110 0.7× 54 1.0k
C. Sue Carter United States 12 135 0.3× 1.4k 4.0× 678 2.1× 210 0.8× 36 0.2× 13 1.7k
Temitayo O. Oyegbile United States 14 235 0.6× 301 0.8× 239 0.7× 25 0.1× 49 0.3× 20 1.0k
Heather E. Ross United States 10 314 0.8× 1.6k 4.5× 668 2.1× 397 1.5× 29 0.2× 11 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David R. Samson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Samson, David R., et al.. (2025). Winter sleep extension and fragmentation in a South African agropastoral community. Sleep Health. 11(4). 477–485.
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Freymond, N., et al.. (2025). Rank and social context influence sleep in wild chimpanzees. Current Biology. 36(1). 199–208.e4.
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Samson, David R., et al.. (2025). Low‐to‐Moderate Daytime Physical Activities Predicted Higher‐Quality Sleep Among Habitually Active Agropastoralists. American Journal of Human Biology. 37(2). e70008–e70008. 1 indexed citations
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Samson, David R., Mallika S. Sarma, Sheina Lew‐Levy, et al.. (2023). Evidence for an emotional adaptive function of dreams: a cross-cultural study. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 16530–16530. 5 indexed citations
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Samson, David R., et al.. (2023). Dreaming during the COVID-19 pandemic: Support for the threat simulation function of dreams. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1124772–1124772. 2 indexed citations
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Kendzor, Darla E., K. Chaelin, Summer G Frank-Pearce, et al.. (2023). The association of sleep with physical and mental health among people experiencing homelessness. Sleep Health. 10(1). 48–53. 2 indexed citations
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Samson, David R., et al.. (2022). Social sleepers: The effects of social status on sleep in terrestrial mammals. Hormones and Behavior. 143. 105181–105181. 13 indexed citations
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Samson, David R., et al.. (2022). Technological infrastructure, sleep, and rest-activity patterns in a Kaqchikel Maya community. PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0277416–e0277416. 4 indexed citations
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Gettler, Lee T., et al.. (2022). Links between household and family social dynamics with sleep profiles among BaYaka foragers of the Congo Basin. Social Science & Medicine. 311. 115345–115345. 7 indexed citations
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Samson, David R., et al.. (2021). The influence of lunar phase on circadian rhythms in a mobile, non-industrial population: Sleep analysis from a community of BaYaka foragers from the Congo. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 1 indexed citations
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Samson, David R., et al.. (2021). Gender differences in BaYaka forager sleep-wake patterns in forest and village contexts. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 13658–13658. 8 indexed citations
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Samson, David R., et al.. (2019). Sleep influences cognitive performance in lemurs. Animal Cognition. 22(5). 697–706. 17 indexed citations
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Samson, David R., et al.. (2019). Eulerian videography technology improves classification of sleep architecture in primates. Primates. 60(5). 467–475. 4 indexed citations
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Samson, David R., Alyssa N. Crittenden, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Mabulla, & Charles L. Nunn. (2018). Does the moon influence sleep in small-scale societies?. Sleep Health. 4(6). 509–514. 16 indexed citations
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Samson, David R., Alyssa N. Crittenden, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Mabulla, & Charles L. Nunn. (2017). Chronotype variation drives night-time sentinel-like behaviour in hunter–gatherers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1858). 20170967–20170967. 41 indexed citations
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Samson, David R., Joel Bray, & Charles L. Nunn. (2015). Cathemerality and sleep intensity in seven captive lemur species. 1 indexed citations
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Samson, David R., et al.. (2015). Pre-Sleep and Sleeping Platform Construction Behavior in Captive Orangutans (Pongo spp.): Implications for Ape Health and Welfare. Folia Primatologica. 86(3). 187–202. 11 indexed citations
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