Dorothy L. Cheney

29.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
158 papers, 18.2k citations indexed

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Dorothy L. Cheney is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dorothy L. Cheney has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 18.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Social Psychology, 86 papers in Developmental Biology and 68 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Dorothy L. Cheney's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (120 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (86 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (67 papers). Dorothy L. Cheney is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (120 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (86 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (67 papers). Dorothy L. Cheney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Dorothy L. Cheney's co-authors include Robert M. Seyfarth, Joan B. Silk, Peter Marler, Thore J. Bergman, Jacinta C. Beehner, Julia Fischer, Catherine Crockford, Roman M. Wittig, Anne L. Engh and Dawn M. Kitchen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dorothy L. Cheney

157 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

How Monkeys See the World

1990 1.4k citations Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth profile →
Monkey Responses to Three Different Alarm Calls: Evidence of Predator Classification and Semantic Communication

1980 850 citations Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney et al. profile →
Baboon mothers and infants

1981 718 citations Dorothy L. Cheney profile →
Vervet monkey alarm calls: Semantic communication in a free-ranging primate

1980 634 citations Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney et al. Animal Behaviour profile →
Strong and Consistent Social Bonds Enhance the Longevity of Female Baboons

2010 541 citations Joan B. Silk, Jacinta C. Beehner et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dorothy L. Cheney United States	79	12.0k	8.5k	8.3k	3.6k	2.7k	158	18.2k
Robert M. Seyfarth United States	76	11.7k 1.0×	8.5k 1.0×	8.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	158	17.9k
Richard W. Wrangham United States	89	15.9k 1.3×	6.1k 0.7×	7.9k 0.9×	4.1k 1.1×	4.6k 1.7×	285	24.4k
Carel P. van Schaik Switzerland	88	17.9k 1.5×	7.1k 0.8×	11.3k 1.4×	3.6k 1.0×	5.9k 2.2×	324	25.0k
Christophe Boesch Germany	81	14.1k 1.2×	6.0k 0.7×	6.7k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	5.1k 1.9×	311	22.3k
Frans Β. Μ. de Waal United States	74	15.7k 1.3×	4.4k 0.5×	5.9k 0.7×	4.9k 1.3×	1.4k 0.5×	244	23.3k
Klaus Zuberbühler United Kingdom	58	6.7k 0.6×	6.8k 0.8×	4.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	1.9k 0.7×	294	11.5k
William C. McGrew United Kingdom	57	9.1k 0.8×	3.7k 0.4×	3.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	1.6k 0.6×	199	11.7k
Andrew Whiten United Kingdom	72	12.4k 1.0×	4.0k 0.5×	3.9k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	252	20.0k
Richard W. Byrne United Kingdom	59	7.4k 0.6×	3.3k 0.4×	2.7k 0.3×	1.4k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	300	13.1k
Michael A. Hauser United States	73	8.1k 0.7×	4.5k 0.5×	2.8k 0.3×	4.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	273	22.3k

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Silk, Joan B., Robert M. Seyfarth, & Dorothy L. Cheney. (2018). Quality versus quantity: do weak bonds enhance the fitness of female baboons?. Animal Behaviour. 140. 207–211. 21 indexed citations

Bray, Emily E., Mary D. Sammel, Dorothy L. Cheney, James A. Serpell, & Robert M. Seyfarth. (2017). Characterizing Early Maternal Style in a Population of Guide Dogs. Frontiers in Psychology. 8. 175–175. 30 indexed citations

Seyfarth, Robert M. & Dorothy L. Cheney. (2017). The Social Origins of Language. Princeton University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

Silk, Joan B., Robert M. Seyfarth, & Dorothy L. Cheney. (2016). Strategic Use of Affiliative Vocalizations by Wild Female Baboons. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0163978–e0163978. 33 indexed citations

Cheney, Dorothy L., Joan B. Silk, & Robert M. Seyfarth. (2016). Network connections, dyadic bonds and fitness in wild female baboons. Royal Society Open Science. 3(7). 160255–160255. 88 indexed citations

Seyfarth, Robert M. & Dorothy L. Cheney. (2016). Schlenker et al.’s informativity principle. Theoretical Linguistics. 42(1-2). 155–158. 4 indexed citations

Cheney, Dorothy L., Joan B. Silk, & Robert M. Seyfarth. (2012). Evidence for intrasexual selection in wild female baboons. Animal Behaviour. 84(1). 21–27. 38 indexed citations

Kitchen, Dawn M., et al.. (2010). Comparing responses of four ungulate species to playbacks of baboon alarm calls. Animal Cognition. 13(6). 861–870. 42 indexed citations

Moscovice, Liza R., Anthony Di Fiore, Catherine Crockford, et al.. (2010). Hedging their bets? Male and female chacma baboons form friendships based on likelihood of paternity. Animal Behaviour. 79(5). 1007–1015. 72 indexed citations

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Wittig, Roman M., Catherine Crockford, Robert M. Seyfarth, & Dorothy L. Cheney. (2007). Vocal alliances in Chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61(6). 899–909. 53 indexed citations

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Engh, Anne L., Jacinta C. Beehner, Thore J. Bergman, et al.. (2005). Behavioural and hormonal responses to predation in female chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 273(1587). 707–712. 192 indexed citations

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Cheney, Dorothy L. & Robert M. Seyfarth. (1997). Reconciliatory grunts by dominant female baboons influence victims' behaviour. Animal Behaviour. 54(2). 409–418. 84 indexed citations

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Seyfarth, Robert M. & Dorothy L. Cheney. (1996). Inside the Mind of a Monkey. Ergonomics. 60(10). 1376–1383. 4 indexed citations

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Cheney, Dorothy L. & Robert M. Seyfarth. (1996). Function and Intention in the Calls of Non-Human Primates. 88. 59–76. 35 indexed citations

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Cheney, Dorothy L., et al.. (1995). The responses of female baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) to anomalous social interactions: Evidence for causal reasoning?. Journal of comparative psychology. 109(2). 134–141. 99 indexed citations

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Seyfarth, Robert M. & Dorothy L. Cheney. (1993). Mente y significado en los monos. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 166(197). 66–73. 2 indexed citations

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Cheney, Dorothy L.. (1992). Understanding behavior. What primate studies tell us about human behavior. International Journal of Primatology. 13(2). 209–212. 7 indexed citations

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Seyfarth, Robert M. & Dorothy L. Cheney. (1986). Vocal development in vervet monkeys. Animal Behaviour. 34(6). 1640–1658. 282 indexed citations

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Hauser, Michael A., Dorothy L. Cheney, & Robert M. Seyfarth. (1986). Group extinction and fusion in free‐ranging vervet monkeys. American Journal of Primatology. 11(1). 63–77. 21 indexed citations

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Cheney, Dorothy L.. (1978). Interactions of immature male and female baboons with adult females. Animal Behaviour. 26. 389–408. 103 indexed citations

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