Karin Isler

6.8k total citations
61 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Karin Isler is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karin Isler has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Social Psychology, 30 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Karin Isler's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (41 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (16 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (15 papers). Karin Isler is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (41 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (16 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (15 papers). Karin Isler collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Karin Isler's co-authors include Carel P. van Schaik, Judith M. Burkart, Ana F. Navarrete, Robert O. Deaner, Sandra A. Heldstab, Susannah K. S. Thorpe, Robert D. Martín, Hans‐Peter Lipp, Irmgard Amrein and Michael Günther and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Karin Isler

61 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karin Isler Switzerland 36 2.5k 1.7k 873 689 509 61 4.5k
Patrícia Izar Brazil 32 2.7k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 665 0.8× 289 0.4× 1.2k 2.4× 112 3.7k
Kevin D. Hunt United States 27 2.5k 1.0× 977 0.6× 758 0.9× 606 0.9× 833 1.6× 56 3.5k
Susan G. Larson United States 32 2.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 482 0.6× 1.1k 1.6× 599 1.2× 69 3.9k
Ann MacLarnon United Kingdom 31 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 586 0.7× 311 0.5× 549 1.1× 65 2.8k
Tara S. Stoinski United States 39 2.9k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 158 0.2× 925 1.8× 155 4.3k
Nathaniel J. Dominy United States 41 1.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 581 0.8× 413 0.8× 120 4.9k
Ian Tattersall United States 35 2.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 760 0.9× 1.5k 2.2× 480 0.9× 186 5.2k
Robert D. Martín United States 35 1.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 576 0.7× 851 1.2× 376 0.7× 96 3.5k
Leslie C. Aiello United Kingdom 28 1.8k 0.7× 536 0.3× 656 0.8× 1.3k 1.9× 225 0.4× 65 4.7k
Eduardo Β. Ottoni Brazil 30 2.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 468 0.5× 164 0.2× 1.2k 2.4× 62 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karin Isler

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karin Isler

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All Works

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Heldstab, Sandra A., Karin Isler, Sereina M. Graber, Caroline Schuppli, & Carel P. van Schaik. (2022). The economics of brain size evolution in vertebrates. Current Biology. 32(12). R697–R708. 43 indexed citations
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Schuppli, Caroline, Sereina M. Graber, Karin Isler, & Carel P. van Schaik. (2016). Life history, cognition and the evolution of complex foraging niches. Journal of Human Evolution. 92. 91–100. 38 indexed citations
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Heldstab, Sandra A., et al.. (2016). Manipulation complexity in primates coevolved with brain size and terrestriality. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 24528–24528. 80 indexed citations
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Schaik, Carel P. van, Sereina M. Graber, Caroline Schuppli, Sandra A. Heldstab, & Karin Isler. (2016). Brain size evolution in primates - testing effects of social vs. ecological complexity. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 159. 321–321. 2 indexed citations
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Pastorini, Jennifer, et al.. (2015). Elephant GPS tracking collars: Is there a best?. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 43. 15–25. 9 indexed citations
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Burkart, Judith M., Federica Amici, Claudia Fichtel, et al.. (2014). The evolutionary origin of human hyper-cooperation. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4747–4747. 216 indexed citations
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Schaik, Carel P. van, et al.. (2013). Wild Orangutan Males Plan and Communicate Their Travel Direction One Day in Advance. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e74896–e74896. 38 indexed citations
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Dijk, R. Maarten van, Dominik Menges, Christian T. Chimimba, et al.. (2013). Habitat-specific shaping of proliferation and neuronal differentiation in adult hippocampal neurogenesis of wild rodents. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 7. 59–59. 32 indexed citations
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Schuppli, Caroline, et al.. (2012). Enough time to become smart: skill learning in immature orangutans.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 147. 263–263. 3 indexed citations
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Lu, Yao, et al.. (2012). Evolutionary Change in the Brain Size of Bats. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 80(1). 15–25. 20 indexed citations
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Isler, Karin & Carel P. van Schaik. (2012). Allomaternal care, life history and brain size evolution in mammals. Journal of Human Evolution. 63(1). 52–63. 128 indexed citations
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Hemelrijk, Charlotte K., J. Wantia, & Karin Isler. (2008). The more males, the more dominant are female primates. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Hemelrijk, Charlotte K., J. Wantia, & Karin Isler. (2008). Female Dominance over Males in Primates: Self-Organisation and Sexual Dimorphism. PLoS ONE. 3(7). e2678–e2678. 65 indexed citations
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Deaner, Robert O., Karin Isler, Judith M. Burkart, & Carel P. van Schaik. (2007). Overall Brain Size, and Not Encephalization Quotient, Best Predicts Cognitive Ability across Non-Human Primates. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 70(2). 115–124. 371 indexed citations
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Crompton, Robin H., Karin Isler, Russell Savage, et al.. (2006). Announcements. Journal of Anatomy. 208(3). 414–414. 113 indexed citations
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Payne, R. C., Robin H. Crompton, Karin Isler, et al.. (2006). Morphological analysis of the hindlimb in apes and humans. II. Moment arms. Journal of Anatomy. 208(6). 725–742. 65 indexed citations
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Isler, Karin, et al.. (2006). Arboreal Locomotion in Wild Black-and-White Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti). Folia Primatologica. 77(3). 195–211. 17 indexed citations
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Isler, Karin & Carel P. van Schaik. (2006). Costs of encephalization: the energy trade-off hypothesis tested on birds. Journal of Human Evolution. 51(3). 228–243. 166 indexed citations
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