Esther Herrmann

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Esther Herrmann is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Esther Herrmann has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Social Psychology, 44 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Esther Herrmann's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (44 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (37 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (17 papers). Esther Herrmann is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (44 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (37 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (17 papers). Esther Herrmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Esther Herrmann's co-authors include Michael Tomasello, Brian Hare, Josep Call, María Victoria Hernández‐Lloreda, Jan M. Engelmann, Alicia P. Melis, Claudio Tennie, Emily Wyman, Jan M. Engelmann and Victoria Wobber and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Esther Herrmann

66 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

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

2007 832 citations Esther Herrmann, Josep Call et al. profile →
Two Key Steps in the Evolution of Human Cooperation

2012 458 citations Michael Tomasello, Esther Herrmann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Esther Herrmann Germany	27	1.9k	1.4k	974	759	729	66	3.3k
Alicia P. Melis Germany	24	2.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	528 0.7×	1.0k 1.4×	38	3.2k
Laurie R. Santos United States	40	2.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	601 0.6×	1.4k 1.9×	722 1.0×	121	4.3k
Daniel B. M. Haun Germany	32	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	867 0.9×	781 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	134	4.1k
Susan P. Lambeth United States	31	2.2k 1.2×	740 0.5×	835 0.9×	413 0.5×	676 0.9×	81	3.2k
Jennifer Vonk United States	25	1.5k 0.8×	753 0.5×	477 0.5×	562 0.7×	574 0.8×	124	2.8k
Claudio Tennie Germany	27	1.9k 1.0×	987 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	403 0.5×	434 0.6×	84	3.2k
Judith M. Burkart Switzerland	31	2.7k 1.4×	807 0.6×	787 0.8×	629 0.8×	885 1.2×	97	3.9k
Katherine McAuliffe United States	26	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.4×	571 0.8×	83	3.0k
H. Clark Barrett United States	31	1.3k 0.7×	756 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	989 1.4×	86	3.3k
Lydia M. Hopper United States	28	1.7k 0.9×	716 0.5×	436 0.4×	356 0.5×	322 0.4×	80	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Esther Herrmann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Esther Herrmann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Esther Herrmann

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Esther Herrmann. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Esther Herrmann 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 Esther Herrmann. Esther Herrmann is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Völter, Christoph J., et al.. (2024). Functional fixedness in chimpanzees. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 12155–12155. 1 indexed citations

Engelmann, Jan M., et al.. (2023). Instrumental helping and short‐term reciprocity in chimpanzees and human children. Ethology. 130(4). 2 indexed citations

Völter, Christoph J., et al.. (2022). The structure of executive functions in preschool children and chimpanzees. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 6456–6456. 10 indexed citations

Engelmann, Jan M., et al.. (2021). The influence of friendship and merit on children’s resource allocation in three societies. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 208. 105149–105149. 14 indexed citations

Kanngießer, Patricia, et al.. (2021). Children across societies enforce conventional norms but in culturally variable ways. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(1). 18 indexed citations

Rakoczy, Hannes, et al.. (2021). The Ape Lottery: Chimpanzees Fail To Consider Spatial Information When Drawing Statistical Inferences. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(3). 305–324. 4 indexed citations

Engelmann, Jan M., Christoph J. Völter, Cathal O’Madagain, et al.. (2021). Chimpanzees consider alternative possibilities. Current Biology. 31(20). R1377–R1378. 21 indexed citations

Pika, Simone, et al.. (2020). Ravens parallel great apes in physical and social cognitive skills. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 20617–20617. 28 indexed citations

Hepach, Robert & Esther Herrmann. (2019). The Development of Prosocial Attention Across Two Cultures. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 138–138. 7 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Esther, et al.. (2018). Chimpanzees overcome the tragedy of the commons with dominance. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10389–10389. 4 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Esther, Jan M. Engelmann, & Michael Tomasello. (2018). Children engage in competitive altruism. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 179. 176–189. 27 indexed citations

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Engelmann, Jan M., et al.. (2017). The impact of choice on young children’s prosocial motivation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 158. 112–121. 17 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Esther, et al.. (2016). Taking Turns or Not? Children's Approach to Limited Resource Problems in Three Different Cultures. Child Development. 87(3). 677–688. 17 indexed citations

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Engelmann, Jan M. & Esther Herrmann. (2016). Chimpanzees Trust Their Friends. Current Biology. 26(2). 252–256. 46 indexed citations

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Engelmann, Jan M., Esther Herrmann, & Michael Tomasello. (2015). The effects of being watched on resource acquisition in chimpanzees and human children. Animal Cognition. 19(1). 147–151. 20 indexed citations

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Engelmann, Jan M., Esther Herrmann, & Michael Tomasello. (2012). Five-Year Olds, but Not Chimpanzees, Attempt to Manage Their Reputations. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e48433–e48433. 189 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Esther & Josep Call. (2012). Are there geniuses among the apes?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 367(1603). 2753–2761. 55 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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McIntyre, Matthew H., Esther Herrmann, Victoria Wobber, et al.. (2009). Bonobos have a more human-like second-to-fourth finger length ratio (2D:4D) than chimpanzees: a hypothesized indication of lower prenatal androgens. Journal of Human Evolution. 56(4). 361–365. 47 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Esther, Victoria Wobber, & Josep Call. (2008). Great apes' (Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus, Gorilla gorilla, Pongo pygmaeus) understanding of tool functional properties after limited experience.. Journal of comparative psychology. 122(2). 220–230. 64 indexed citations

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