Joan B. Silk

18.0k citations

137 papers · 11.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 57

Developmental Biology top 0.02%
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior 40
Social Psychology top 0.05%
- Primate Behavior and Ecology 101
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior 22
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.2%
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior 59
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.05%
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction 56
Developmental and Educational Psychology top 1%
- Child and Animal Learning Development 9
Sociology and Political Science
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation 27
Gender Studies
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences 9

Co-authors: Jeanne Altmann Susan C. Alberts Dorothy L. Cheney Robert M. Seyfarth Bailey R. House Joseph Henrich Thore J. Bergman Jacinta C. Beehner
Cited by: Developmental Biology Social Psychology Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Partner nations: United States Germany Kenya

In The Last Decade

Joan B. Silk

135 papers receiving 10.8k citations

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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.

2010 Strong and Consistent Social Bonds Enhance the Longevity of Female Baboons
2007 The adaptive value of sociality in mammalian groups
2003 Social Bonds of Female Baboons Enhance Infant Survival

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1	The natural history of social bonds Joan B. Silk	2025	1
2	Reevaluating the relationship between female sociality and infant survival in wild baboons Maria J.A. Creighton,Brian A. Lerch,Elizabeth C. Lange,Joan B. Silk,Jenny Tung,Elizabeth A. Archie,Susan C. Alberts	2025	1
3	No strong evidence for universal gender differences in the development of cooperative behaviour across societies Bailey R. House,Joan B. Silk,Katherine McAuliffe	2022	9
4	New perspectives on the evolution of women's cooperation Stephanie A. Fox,Brooke A. Scelza,Joan B. Silk,Karen L. Kramer	2022	8
5	Pathways to paternal care in primates Stacy Rosenbaum,Joan B. Silk	2022	15
6	Shifts in Male Reproductive Tactics over the Life Course in a Polygynandrous Mammal Joan B. Silk,Veronika Städele,Eila K. Roberts,Linda Vigilant,Shirley C. Strum	2020	15
7	Dorothy Cheney (1950–2018) Joan B. Silk	2019	0
8	Universal norm psychology leads to societal diversity in prosocial behaviour and development Bailey R. House,Patricia Kanngießer,H. Clark Barrett,Tanya Broesch,Senay Cebioğlu,Alyssa N. Crittenden,Alejandro Erut,Sheina Lew‐Levy,Carla Sebastián‐Enesco,Andrew Smith,Süheyla Yilmaz,Joan B. Silk	2019	125
9	Male–female relationships in olive baboons (Papio anubis): Parenting or mating effort? Veronika Städele,Eila R. Roberts,Brendan J. Barrett,Shirley C. Strum,Linda Vigilant,Joan B. Silk	2019	25
10	Quality versus quantity: do weak bonds enhance the fitness of female baboons? Joan B. Silk,Robert M. Seyfarth,Dorothy L. Cheney	2018	21
11	To grunt or not to grunt: Factors governing call production in female olive baboons, Papio anubis Joan B. Silk,Eila R. Roberts,Veronika Städele,Shirley C. Strum	2018	5
12	Female–male relationships influence the form of female–female relationships in olive baboons, Papio anubis Joan B. Silk,Eila R. Roberts,Brendan J. Barrett,Sam K. Patterson,Shirley C. Strum	2017	11
13	Network connections, dyadic bonds and fitness in wild female baboons Dorothy L. Cheney,Joan B. Silk,Robert M. Seyfarth	2016	88
14	Strategic Use of Affiliative Vocalizations by Wild Female Baboons Joan B. Silk,Robert M. Seyfarth,Dorothy L. Cheney	2016	33
15	Evidence for intrasexual selection in wild female baboons Dorothy L. Cheney,Joan B. Silk,Robert M. Seyfarth	2012	38
16	Cooperatively breeding cottontop tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) do not donate rewards to their long-term mates. Katherine A. Cronin,Kori K. E. Schroeder,Emily S. Rothwell,Joan B. Silk,Charles T. Snowdon	2009	75
17	Chimpanzees are indifferent to the welfare of unrelated group members Joan B. Silk,Sarah F. Brosnan,Jennifer Vonk,Joseph Henrich,Daniel J. Povinelli,Amanda S. Richardson,Susan P. Lambeth,Jenny Mascaro,Steven J. Schapiro	2005	336
18	Making amends Joan B. Silk	1998	23
19	The responses of female baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) to anomalous social interactions: Evidence for causal reasoning? Dorothy L. Cheney,Robert M. Seyfarth,Joan B. Silk	1995	99
20	The origins of caregiving behavior Joan B. Silk	1992	2

About Joan B. Silk

Joan B. Silk is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 137 papers that have together received 11.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (101 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (59 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (56 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (40 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (27 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (22 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (9 papers) and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (2.9k citations), Social Psychology (8.0k citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (3.3k citations). Joan B. Silk has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Kenya. Frequent co-authors include Jeanne Altmann, Susan C. Alberts, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Bailey R. House, Joseph Henrich, Thore J. Bergman, Jacinta C. Beehner, Amy Samuels and Liza R. Moscovice.

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