James P. Higham

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
148 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

James P. Higham is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James P. Higham has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Social Psychology, 63 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 30 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in James P. Higham's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (91 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (58 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (30 papers). James P. Higham is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (91 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (58 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (30 papers). James P. Higham collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. James P. Higham's co-authors include Michael Heistermann, Dario Maestripieri, Alex R. DeCasien, Scott A. Williams, Andrew Gosler, Eileen A. Hebets, Constance Dubuc, William L. Allen, Martin Stevens and Caroline Ross and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

James P. Higham

137 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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Primate brain size is predicted by diet but not sociality

2017 281 citations Alex R. DeCasien, James P. Higham et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Costs and constraints of cellular immune activity during development in an arboreal primate 2025 ·Royal Society Open Science ·Nicole Thompson González, (unknown), James P. Higham, Erin R. Vogel, Marina Cords	0
2	Associations between social behaviour and proinflammatory immune activation are modulated by age in a free-ranging primate population 2024 ·Animal Behaviour ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Noah Snyder‐Mackler, Lauren J. N. Brent, James P. Higham	0
3	Social ageing can protect against infectious disease in a group-living primate 2024 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Erin R. Siracusa, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael L. Platt, Noah Snyder‐Mackler, James P. Higham, Lauren J. N. Brent, Matthew J. Silk	8
4	Associations between fecal glucocorticoid levels and social bonds vary with relatedness in juvenile rhesus macaques 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Michael Heistermann, James P. Higham, Carol M. Berman	0
5	Demography and climate influence sex‐specific survival costs of reproduction over 60 years in a free ranging primate population 2024 ·Oikos ·(unknown), Lauren J. N. Brent, Noah Snyder‐Mackler, James P. Higham	1
6	Immune gene regulation is associated with age and environmental adversity in a nonhuman primate 2024 ·Molecular Ecology ·Marina M. Watowich, (unknown), Kenneth L. Chiou, (unknown), Rachel M. Petersen, (unknown), Melween I. Martínez, Kirstin N. Sterner, Julie E. Horvath, Michael J. Montague, Michael L. Platt, Lauren J. N. Brent, James P. Higham, Amanda J. Lea, Noah Snyder‐Mackler	0
7	Past Connectivity but Recent Inbreeding in Cross River Gorillas Determined Using Whole Genomes from Single Hairs 2023 ·Genes ·(unknown), (unknown), Claudia Fontsere, (unknown), (unknown), Richard A. Bergl, Magdalena Bermejo, Joshua M. Linder, (unknown), John F. Oates, Jacqueline Sunderland‐Groves, Joseph D. Orkin, James P. Higham, Karine A. Viaud‐Martinez, Esther Lizano, Tomàs Marquès‐Bonet	6
8	Social Status is Associated with Impaired Anti-Inflammatory Response in Free-Ranging Male Rhesus Macaques 2023 ·The Journal of Immunology ·(unknown), Laura Newman, Marina M. Watowich, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Erin R. Siracusa, James P. Higham, Lauren J. N. Brent, Amanda J. Lea, Carlos A. Sariol, Noah Snyder‐Mackler	1
9	Group size and mating system predict sex differences in vocal fundamental frequency in anthropoid primates 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Toe Aung, Alexander K. Hill, Dana Pfefferle, (unknown), James L. Fuller, (unknown), (unknown), Rachel L. Kendal, (unknown), James P. Higham, Gérard Galat, Adriano R. Lameira, Coren L. Apicella, Claudia Barelli, Mary E. Glenn, Gabriel Ramos‐Fernández, David A. Puts	8
10	Sensory collectives in natural systems 2023 ·eLife ·Hannah J. Williams, Vivek H. Sridhar, Edward Hurme, Gabriella E. C. Gall, (unknown), (unknown), Iain D. Couzin, C. Giovanni Galizia, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Hannah M. Rowland, Márk E. Hauber, James P. Higham, Ariana Strandburg‐Peshkin, Amanda Melin	6
11	Best practices for genotype imputation from low‐coverage sequencing data in natural populations 2023 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Marina M. Watowich, Kenneth L. Chiou, Brian Graves, Michael J. Montague, Lauren J. N. Brent, James P. Higham, Julie E. Horvath, Amy Lu, Melween I. Martínez, Michael L. Platt, (unknown), Amanda J. Lea, Noah Snyder‐Mackler	11
12	Greater variability in rhesus macaque ( Macaca mulatta ) endocranial volume among males than females 2022 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), Alex R. DeCasien, (unknown), James P. Higham	2
13	Sensitization of colonic nociceptors by TNFα is dependent on TNFR1 expression and p38 MAPK activity 2022 ·The Journal of Physiology ·(unknown), James P. Higham, Luke A. Pattison, Toni S. Taylor, Iain P. Chessell, (unknown), Ewan St. John Smith, David C. Bulmer	13
14	Rhesus macaques as a tractable physiological model of human ageing 2020 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Kenneth L. Chiou, Michael J. Montague, (unknown), Marina M. Watowich, Sierra Sams, (unknown), Julie E. Horvath, Kirstin N. Sterner, Angelina Ruíz-Lambides, Melween I. Martínez, James P. Higham, Lauren J. N. Brent, Michael L. Platt, Noah Snyder‐Mackler	72
15	Greater variability in chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes ) brain structure among males 2020 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Alex R. DeCasien, Chet C. Sherwood, Steven J. Schapiro, James P. Higham	9
16	Comparative ACE2 variation and primate COVID-19 risk 2020 ·Communications Biology ·Amanda Melin, Mareike C. Janiak, (unknown), Paramjit S. Arora, James P. Higham	110
17	Experimental evidence that female rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ) perceive variation in male facial masculinity 2019 ·Royal Society Open Science ·(unknown), Stuart Semple, Alexander V. Georgiev, Dario Maestripieri, James P. Higham, Constance Dubuc	10
18	The promise of primatology fulfilled? 2018 ·American Journal of Physical Anthropology ·James P. Higham, Nathaniel J. Dominy	4
19	Multimodal Sexual Signaling and Mating Behavior in Olive Baboons (Papio anubis) 2013 ·American Journal of Primatology ·(unknown), James P. Higham, Phyllis C. Lee, Amandine Blin, Cécile Garcia	28
20	The mating and signaling system of the socially-tolerant crested macaque 2012 ·James P. Higham, Michael Heistermann, (unknown), Muhammad Agil, Dyah Perwitasari‐Farajallah, Antje Engelhardt	1

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