Julia Ostner

5.5k total citations
120 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Julia Ostner is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Julia Ostner has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Social Psychology, 90 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 43 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Julia Ostner's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (100 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (86 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (43 papers). Julia Ostner is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (100 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (86 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (43 papers). Julia Ostner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Julia Ostner's co-authors include Oliver Schülke, Michael Heistermann, Peter M. Kappeler, Andreas Berghänel, Jyotsna Bhagavatula, Linda Vigilant, Bonaventura Majolo, Christopher Young, Ines Fürtbauer and Charles L. Nunn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Julia Ostner

118 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Julia Ostner Germany 33 2.7k 2.1k 998 838 408 120 3.4k
Oliver Schülke Germany 30 2.5k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 947 0.9× 683 0.8× 388 1.0× 112 3.0k
Anja Widdig Germany 31 2.1k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 775 0.8× 738 0.9× 429 1.1× 97 2.9k
Elisabeth H. M. Sterck Netherlands 31 2.9k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 687 0.8× 591 1.4× 111 3.7k
James P. Higham United States 37 2.2k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 619 0.6× 618 0.7× 606 1.5× 148 3.8k
Melissa Emery Thompson United States 39 2.9k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 751 0.8× 1.4k 1.7× 556 1.4× 140 5.0k
Jacinta C. Beehner United States 34 3.5k 1.3× 2.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 728 1.8× 89 4.8k
Lauren J. N. Brent United Kingdom 30 1.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 536 0.5× 567 0.7× 599 1.5× 90 2.9k
Thore J. Bergman United States 37 3.6k 1.3× 2.6k 1.2× 1.6k 1.6× 1.1k 1.3× 806 2.0× 94 5.1k
Bonaventura Majolo United Kingdom 28 1.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 781 0.8× 379 0.5× 397 1.0× 91 2.4k
Marina Cords United States 40 3.2k 1.2× 2.2k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 545 0.7× 898 2.2× 93 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Julia Ostner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Julia Ostner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julia Ostner

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Malaivijitnond, Suchinda, et al.. (2025). Females prioritize future over current offspring in wild seasonally breeding Assamese macaques. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2049). 20250024–20250024.
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Lüddecke, Timo, Julia Fischer, Julia Ostner, et al.. (2025). Computer vision for primate behavior analysis in the wild. Nature Methods. 22(6). 1154–1166. 3 indexed citations
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Behringer, Verena, Caroline Deimel, Julia Ostner, Barbara Fruth, & Ruth Sonnweber. (2024). Modulation of cell-mediated immunity during pregnancy in wild bonobos. Biology Letters. 20(3). 20230548–20230548. 1 indexed citations
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Sterck, Elisabeth H. M., Catherine Crockford, Julia Fischer, et al.. (2024). The evolution of between-sex bonds in primates. Evolution and Human Behavior. 45(6). 106628–106628.
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Arlet, Małgorzata E., Krishna N. Balasubramaniam, Brianne A. Beisner, et al.. (2024). Relationship between dominance hierarchy steepness and rank-relatedness of benefits in primates. Behavioral Ecology. 35(5). arae066–arae066. 3 indexed citations
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Schülke, Oliver, et al.. (2023). Male Barbary macaques choose loyal coalition partners which may increase their coalition network betweenness. Ethology. 130(4). 2 indexed citations
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Schülke, Oliver, Catherine Crockford, Tobias Deschner, et al.. (2022). Quantifying within-group variation in sociality—covariation among metrics and patterns across primate groups and species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 76(4). 21 indexed citations
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Port, Markus, Hanno Hildenbrandt, Ido Pen, et al.. (2020). The evolution of social philopatry in female primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 173(3). 397–410. 13 indexed citations
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Roos, Christian, et al.. (2019). Female Assamese macaques bias their affiliation to paternal and maternal kin. Behavioral Ecology. 31(2). 493–507. 19 indexed citations
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Heistermann, Michael, et al.. (2019). Exposure and susceptibility drive reinfection with gastrointestinal parasites in a social primate. Functional Ecology. 33(6). 1088–1098. 21 indexed citations
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Ostner, Julia, et al.. (2019). Measuring urinary cortisol and testosterone levels in male Barbary macaques: A comparison of EIA and LC–MS. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 281. 117–125. 9 indexed citations
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Heistermann, Michael, et al.. (2018). Physiological and social consequences of gastrointestinal nematode infection in a nonhuman primate. Behavioral Ecology. 30(2). 322–335. 17 indexed citations
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Ostner, Julia, et al.. (2018). Non-invasive genotyping with a massively parallel sequencing panel for the detection of SNPs in HPA-axis genes. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 15944–15944. 1 indexed citations
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Franz, Mathias, Oliver Schülke, & Julia Ostner. (2013). Rapid evolution of cooperation in group-living animals. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1). 235–235. 8 indexed citations
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Schülke, Oliver, et al.. (2013). Paternal Relatedness Predicts the Strength of Social Bonds among Female Rhesus Macaques. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e59789–e59789. 32 indexed citations
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Schülke, Oliver, Jyotsna Bhagavatula, Linda Vigilant, & Julia Ostner. (2010). Social Bonds Enhance Reproductive Success in Male Macaques. Current Biology. 20(24). 2207–2210. 376 indexed citations
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Ostner, Julia, Charles L. Nunn, & Oliver Schülke. (2008). Female reproductive synchrony predicts skewed paternity across primates. Behavioral Ecology. 19(6). 1150–1158. 115 indexed citations
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Ostner, Julia. (2006). Macaques. Current Biology. 16(15). R569–R570. 2 indexed citations

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