John C. Mitani

14.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

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John C. Mitani is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Mitani has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Social Psychology, 57 papers in Developmental Biology and 51 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in John C. Mitani's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (91 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (57 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers). John C. Mitani is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (91 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (57 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers). John C. Mitani collaborates with scholars based in United States, Uganda and Germany. John C. Mitani's co-authors include David P. Watts, Kevin E. Langergraber, Linda Vigilant, Julie Gros‐Louis, Peter S. Rodman, Toshisada Nishida, Martin N. Muller, Jeremiah S. Lwanga, D. Andrew Merriwether and Peter Marler and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

John C. Mitani

108 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution

2012 364 citations Kevin E. Langergraber, Carolyn Rowney et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John C. Mitani United States	51	5.9k	3.5k	3.2k	1.7k	1.4k	111	7.8k
David P. Watts United States	50	5.7k 1.0×	3.6k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	111	7.2k
Toshisada Nishida Japan	45	5.9k 1.0×	2.6k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	972 0.7×	117	7.6k
Jane Goodall United States	37	5.2k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	94	7.6k
Roman M. Wittig Germany	43	5.0k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	775 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	161	6.7k
Caroline E. G. Tutin United Kingdom	42	5.5k 0.9×	2.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	2.3k 1.4×	439 0.3×	89	7.3k
Phyllis C. Lee United Kingdom	46	3.8k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	2.8k 1.7×	796 0.6×	168	7.5k
Klaus Zuberbühler United Kingdom	58	6.7k 1.1×	4.2k 1.2×	6.8k 2.1×	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	294	11.5k
Anne E. Pusey United States	61	6.2k 1.1×	5.4k 1.5×	2.3k 0.7×	4.4k 2.6×	1.9k 1.4×	136	13.3k
Kay E. Holekamp United States	55	4.9k 0.8×	4.5k 1.3×	1.6k 0.5×	4.2k 2.5×	999 0.7×	186	9.7k
William C. McGrew United Kingdom	57	9.1k 1.5×	3.1k 0.9×	3.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	199	11.7k

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Wood, Brian M., David P. Watts, Kevin E. Langergraber, & John C. Mitani. (2025). Female fertility and infant survivorship increase following lethal intergroup aggression and territorial expansion in wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(47). e2524502122–e2524502122.

Mitani, John C., et al.. (2024). Removing snares is an effective conservation intervention: a case study involving chimpanzees. Primates. 65(4). 257–263. 1 indexed citations

Wood, Brian M., Jacob D. Negrey, Janine L. Brown, et al.. (2023). Demographic and hormonal evidence for menopause in wild chimpanzees. Science. 382(6669). eadd5473–eadd5473. 29 indexed citations

Lee, Kevin, Kevin E. Langergraber, John C. Mitani, et al.. (2023). White sclera is present in chimpanzees and other mammals. Journal of Human Evolution. 176. 103322–103322. 4 indexed citations

Chapman, Colin A., Samuel Angedakin, Thomas M. Butynski, et al.. (2023). Primate population dynamics in Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda, over nearly five decades. Primates. 64(6). 609–620. 3 indexed citations

Negrey, Jacob D., John C. Mitani, Richard W. Wrangham, et al.. (2022). Viruses associated with ill health in wild chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology. 84(2). e23358–e23358. 13 indexed citations

Mitani, John C.. (2022). I remember Africa: A field biologist’s half-century perspective. Primates. 63(5). 549–550.

Reddy, Rachna B. & John C. Mitani. (2020). Adolescent and young adult male chimpanzees form affiliative, yet aggressive, relationships with females. Journal of Human Evolution. 144. 102813–102813. 18 indexed citations

Negrey, Jacob D., Rachna B. Reddy, Erik J. Scully, et al.. (2019). Simultaneous outbreaks of respiratory disease in wild chimpanzees caused by distinct viruses of human origin. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 8(1). 139–149. 77 indexed citations

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Wood, Brian M., Kevin E. Langergraber, John C. Mitani, & David P. Watts. (2017). Menopause is Common among Wild Female Chimpanzees in the Ngogo Community. 1 indexed citations

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Wood, Brian M., David P. Watts, John C. Mitani, & Kevin E. Langergraber. (2016). Low Mortality Rates among Ngogo Chimpanzees: Ecological Influences and Evolutionary Implications. 1 indexed citations

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Sandel, Aaron A., et al.. (2016). Assessing sources of error in comparative analyses of primate behavior: Intraspecific variation in group size and the social brain hypothesis. Journal of Human Evolution. 94. 126–133. 30 indexed citations

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Wilson, Michael L., Kathelijne Koops, Iddi Lipende, et al.. (2015). The most unkindest cut: genital wounding by chimpanzees. 1 indexed citations

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Wilson, Michael L., Christophe Boesch, Takeshi Furuichi, et al.. (2012). Rates of lethal aggression in chimpanzees depend on the number of adult males rather than measures of human disturbance. 3 indexed citations

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Langergraber, Kevin E., John C. Mitani, & Linda Vigilant. (2009). Kinship and social bonds in female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Primatology. 71(10). 840–851. 202 indexed citations

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Langergraber, Kevin E., Heike Siedel, John C. Mitani, et al.. (2007). The Genetic Signature of Sex-Biased Migration in Patrilocal Chimpanzees and Humans. PLoS ONE. 2(10). e973–e973. 71 indexed citations

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Mitani, John C., Keith Hunley, & M. Elizabeth Murdoch. (1999). Geographic variation in the calls of wild chimpanzees: A reassessment. American Journal of Primatology. 47(2). 133–151. 103 indexed citations

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Mitani, John C. & David P. Watts. (1999). Demographic influences on the hunting behavior of chimpanzees. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 109(4). 439–454. 143 indexed citations

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Mitani, John C.. (1989). Orangutan activity budgets: Monthly variations and the effects of body size, parturition, and sociality. American Journal of Primatology. 18(2). 87–100. 50 indexed citations

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Mitani, John C.. (1987). Species discrimination of male song in gibbons. American Journal of Primatology. 13(4). 413–423. 29 indexed citations

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