Frans de Waal

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Frans de Waal is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental Biology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frans de Waal has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Social Psychology, 4 papers in Developmental Biology and 2 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Frans de Waal's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (7 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (4 papers). Frans de Waal is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (7 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (4 papers). Frans de Waal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Frans de Waal's co-authors include Jessica C. Flack, Lisa A. Parr, Kelly J. Stewart, Ann Weaver, Mark L. Laudenslager, Julie M. Worlein, Kimberly Burke, Darby Proctor, Evan Thompson and Stephen A. Sherblom 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

Frans de Waal

27 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frans de Waal United States	13	898	625	477	371	226	28	1.8k
Thomas J. H. Morgan United States	17	595 0.7×	826 1.3×	192 0.4×	262 0.7×	272 1.2×	43	1.9k
Stefano Ghirlanda Sweden	26	625 0.7×	927 1.5×	887 1.9×	371 1.0×	318 1.4×	70	2.9k
Jeffrey R. Stevens United States	23	1.1k 1.2×	811 1.3×	539 1.1×	600 1.6×	400 1.8×	62	2.4k
Keith Jensen United Kingdom	16	744 0.8×	725 1.2×	412 0.9×	431 1.2×	333 1.5×	31	1.5k
Gillian R. Brown United Kingdom	25	888 1.0×	461 0.7×	175 0.4×	548 1.5×	141 0.6×	65	2.5k
Thomas C. Scott‐Phillips United Kingdom	19	395 0.4×	526 0.8×	221 0.5×	440 1.2×	321 1.4×	36	1.8k
Quentin D. Atkinson New Zealand	31	1.0k 1.1×	1.5k 2.5×	282 0.6×	692 1.9×	113 0.5×	85	4.5k
Ben Kenward United Kingdom	20	814 0.9×	310 0.5×	397 0.8×	153 0.4×	736 3.3×	41	1.4k
Sam G. B. Roberts United Kingdom	19	755 0.8×	786 1.3×	143 0.3×	382 1.0×	199 0.9×	44	2.0k
Luke Glowacki United States	19	509 0.6×	795 1.3×	487 1.0×	467 1.3×	53 0.2×	36	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Frans de Waal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frans de Waal

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frans de Waal

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

All Works

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Webb, Christine E., et al.. (2020). Jealous Behavior in Chimpanzees Elicited by Social Intruders. Affective Science. 1(4). 199–207. 7 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (2017). Human nature Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best andWorst Robert M. Sapolsky Penguin Press, 2017. 796 pp.. Science. 356(6344). 1239–1239. 2 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (2016). Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 264 indexed citations

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Proctor, Darby, et al.. (2016). Intranasal Oxytocin Failed to Affect Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Social Behavior. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 150–158. 11 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (2014). One for All. Scientific American. 311(3). 68–71. 5 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (2009). Good Natured. Harvard University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (2009). Peacemaking among Primates. Harvard University Press eBooks. 153 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (2009). The origins of fairness. The New Scientist. 204(2734). 34–35. 5 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (2009). Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society. 1 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (2008). The Ape And The Sushi Master: Cultural Reflections Of A Primatologist. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 95 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (2006). The animal roots of human morality. The New Scientist. 192(2573). 60–61. 7 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de, Evan Thompson, & Joshua L. Proctor. (2005). Primates, monks and the mind. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 12(7). 7 indexed citations

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Weaver, Ann, et al.. (2004). Response to social challenge in young bonnet (Macaca radiata) and pigtail (Macaca nemestrina) macaques is related to early maternal experiences. American Journal of Primatology. 62(4). 243–259. 18 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (2001). The Ape and the Sushi Master. 104 indexed citations

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Flack, Jessica C. & Frans de Waal. (2000). Being nice is not a building block of morality. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 7. 7 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (1998). Bonobos. Birkhäuser Basel eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (1998). Chimpanzee politics: Power and sex among apes, Rev. ed.. 14 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (1998). Chimpanzee Politics. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 67 indexed citations

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Waal, Frans de. (1997). Bonobo. 79 indexed citations

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Stewart, Kelly J. & Frans de Waal. (1990). Peacemaking Among Primates. Journal of Animal Ecology. 59(2). 799–799. 21 indexed citations

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