John Hurrell Crook

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

John Hurrell Crook is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Hurrell Crook has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 7 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in John Hurrell Crook's work include Avian ecology and behavior (8 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (7 papers) and Plant and animal studies (6 papers). John Hurrell Crook is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (8 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (7 papers) and Plant and animal studies (6 papers). John Hurrell Crook collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. John Hurrell Crook's co-authors include J. Stephen Gartlan, Nicholas E. Collias, John M. Deag, J.D. Goss-Custard, Peter J. Wilson, David P. Barash, James E. Ellis, John R. Krebs, M. R. A. Chance and John H. Lazarus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Annual Review of Psychology and Animal Behaviour.

In The Last Decade

John Hurrell Crook

38 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Evolution of Primate Societies 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Evolution of Primate Societies
    1966 353 citations John Hurrell Crook et al. Nature profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Hurrell Crook United Kingdom 19 902 752 667 361 202 39 1.7k
Warren G. Kinzey United States 21 694 0.8× 1.5k 2.0× 613 0.9× 511 1.4× 152 0.8× 36 2.1k
Klaus Immelmann Germany 17 975 1.1× 353 0.5× 690 1.0× 654 1.8× 86 0.4× 51 1.7k
Charles H. Southwick United States 26 1.1k 1.2× 1.7k 2.2× 792 1.2× 690 1.9× 115 0.6× 90 2.9k
W. J. Bernhard Smith United States 19 820 0.9× 427 0.6× 562 0.8× 820 2.3× 111 0.5× 51 1.7k
Dale F. Lott United States 20 834 0.9× 438 0.6× 1.1k 1.6× 187 0.5× 146 0.7× 55 2.0k
John H. Kaufmann United States 15 570 0.6× 428 0.6× 830 1.2× 287 0.8× 67 0.3× 18 1.4k
Daniel S. Lehrman United States 21 745 0.8× 306 0.4× 437 0.7× 259 0.7× 127 0.6× 30 1.7k
Walter Leutenegger United States 22 975 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 910 1.4× 277 0.8× 87 0.4× 37 2.4k
Ronald Tilson United States 28 810 0.9× 867 1.2× 1.3k 1.9× 356 1.0× 99 0.5× 51 2.3k
Warren G. Holmes United States 19 1.3k 1.4× 630 0.8× 708 1.1× 239 0.7× 193 1.0× 29 1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Hurrell Crook

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Crook, John Hurrell. (2004). GOING BUDDHIST: Panic and emptiness, the Buddha and me (Book). TLS, the Times literary supplement/Times literary supplement on CD-ROM/TLS. Times literary supplement. 30. 2 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell. (1999). An unfolding tragedy. TLS, the Times literary supplement/Times literary supplement on CD-ROM/TLS. Times literary supplement. 36. 2 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell. (1998). The indigenous psychiatry of Ladakh, part II: Narrative and metanarrative in the cultural control of dissociative states in the Himalayas. Anthropology and Medicine. 5(1). 23–42. 5 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell. (1997). The indigenous psychiatry of Ladakh, Part I: Practice theory approaches to trance possession in the himalayas. Anthropology and Medicine. 4(3). 289–307. 6 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell. (1983). A matter of sex. Nature. 302(5906). 359–359. 1 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell, James E. Ellis, & J.D. Goss-Custard. (1976). Mammalian social systems: Structure and function. Animal Behaviour. 24(2). 261–274. 125 indexed citations
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Michael, Richard P. & John Hurrell Crook. (1973). Comparative ecology and behaviour of primates : proceedings of a conference held at the Zoological Society, London, November 1971. Academic Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell. (1973). Darwinism and the sexual politics of primates. Social Science Information. 12(3). 7–28. 5 indexed citations
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Barash, David P. & John Hurrell Crook. (1972). Social Behavior in Birds and Mammals. Journal of Mammalogy. 53(1). 240–240. 84 indexed citations
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Krebs, John R. & John Hurrell Crook. (1972). Social Behaviour in Birds and Mammals. Journal of Wildlife Management. 36(2). 665–665. 59 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell & J.D. Goss-Custard. (1972). Social Ethology. Annual Review of Psychology. 23(1). 277–312. 15 indexed citations
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Deag, John M. & John Hurrell Crook. (1971). Social Behaviour and ‘Agonistic Buffering’ in the Wild Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvana L.. Folia Primatologica. 15(3-4). 183–200. 146 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell. (1970). Sources of cooperation in animals and man. Social Science Information. 9(1). 27–48. 15 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell, et al.. (1968). Ecological and Behavioural Contrasts Between Sympatric Ground Dwelling Primates in Ethiopia. Folia Primatologica. 8(3-4). 192–227. 82 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell, et al.. (1968). Effects of testosterone propionate and luteinizing hormone on agonistic and nest building behaviour of Qvelea quelea. Animal Behaviour. 16(2-3). 370–384. 39 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell. (1964). FIELD EXPERIMENTS ON THE NEST CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR BEHAVIOUR OF CERTAIN WEAVER BIRDS. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 142(2). 217–255. 20 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell. (1964). The adaptive significance of avian social organisations. Animal Behaviour. 12(2-3). 393–393. 56 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell. (1960). Studies On the Social Behaviour of Quelea Q. Quelea (Linn.) in French West Africa. Behaviour. 16(1-2). 1–54. 65 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell. (1960). Studies on the Reproductive Behaviour of the Baya Weaver [Ploceus Philippinus (L.)]. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 11 indexed citations
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Crook, John Hurrell. (1959). JOINT MEETING WITH THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR: BEHAVIOUR STUDY AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF WEST AFRICAN WEAVER BIRDS. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 170(2). 147–153. 5 indexed citations

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