Lucy A. Bates

1.4k total citations
26 papers, 879 citations indexed

About

Lucy A. Bates is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucy A. Bates has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 879 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Social Psychology, 11 papers in Developmental Biology and 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Lucy A. Bates's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (18 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (11 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (9 papers). Lucy A. Bates is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (18 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (11 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (9 papers). Lucy A. Bates collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Kenya and South Africa. Lucy A. Bates's co-authors include Richard W. Byrne, Cynthia J. Moss, Joyce H. Poole, Norah Njiraini, Katito Sayialel, Robert H. Byrne, Peter E. Jupp, Rahel Noser, Soila Sayialel and Phyllis C. Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lucy A. Bates

25 papers receiving 828 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lucy A. Bates United Kingdom 15 494 242 225 215 178 26 879
Joshua M. Plotnik United States 14 620 1.3× 300 1.2× 199 0.9× 313 1.5× 128 0.7× 31 1.1k
Robert W. Shumaker United States 16 666 1.3× 184 0.8× 233 1.0× 149 0.7× 351 2.0× 29 1.1k
Dalila Bovet France 18 443 0.9× 122 0.5× 337 1.5× 177 0.8× 221 1.2× 60 991
Nicola Schiel Brazil 22 642 1.3× 223 0.9× 316 1.4× 107 0.5× 241 1.4× 49 910
Gisela Kaplan Australia 19 461 0.9× 216 0.9× 401 1.8× 166 0.8× 379 2.1× 63 1.0k
Claudia A. F. Wascher Austria 18 421 0.9× 238 1.0× 475 2.1× 154 0.7× 208 1.2× 55 1.0k
Marina Scheumann Germany 15 296 0.6× 168 0.7× 205 0.9× 144 0.7× 374 2.1× 43 670
Rachael C. Shaw New Zealand 16 422 0.9× 227 0.9× 495 2.2× 116 0.5× 163 0.9× 37 819
Christian Schloegl Austria 17 546 1.1× 111 0.5× 404 1.8× 164 0.8× 218 1.2× 25 814
Corsin A. Müller Austria 18 492 1.0× 163 0.7× 265 1.2× 675 3.1× 198 1.1× 31 1.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bates, Lucy A., et al.. (2025). Knowledge transmission, culture and the consequences of social disruption in wild elephants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1925). 20240132–20240132. 5 indexed citations
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Bates, Lucy A., et al.. (2024). Multimodal communication and audience directedness in the greeting behaviour of semi-captive African savannah elephants. Communications Biology. 7(1). 472–472. 8 indexed citations
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Henley, Michelle, et al.. (2022). The value of elephants: A pluralist approach. Ecosystem Services. 58. 101488–101488. 18 indexed citations
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Byrne, Richard W. & Lucy A. Bates. (2019). 11. Elephant Cognition: What We Know about What Elephants Know. 174–184.
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Pretorius, Yolanda, et al.. (2018). The status of African elephant Loxodonta africana populations in South Africa. Oryx. 53(4). 757–763. 13 indexed citations
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Byrne, Richard W. & Lucy A. Bates. (2011). Cognition in the wild: exploring animal minds with observational evidence. Biology Letters. 7(4). 619–622. 20 indexed citations
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Bates, Lucy A., Phyllis C. Lee, Norah Njiraini, et al.. (2010). Why Do African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) Simulate Oestrus? An Analysis of Longitudinal Data. PLoS ONE. 5(4). e10052–e10052. 14 indexed citations
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Byrne, Richard W. & Lucy A. Bates. (2010). Primate Social Cognition: Uniquely Primate, Uniquely Social, or Just Unique?. Neuron. 65(6). 815–830. 59 indexed citations
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Bates, Lucy A. & Richard W. Byrne. (2010). Imitation: what animal imitation tells us about animal cognition. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science. 1(5). 685–695. 23 indexed citations
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Bates, Lucy A.. (2010). THE LIMITS OF POSSIBILITY IN ENGLAND'S LONG REFORMATION. The Historical Journal. 53(4). 1049–1070. 1 indexed citations
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Bates, Lucy A. & Richard W. Byrne. (2009). Sex differences in the movement patterns of free-ranging chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii): foraging and border checking. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64(2). 247–255. 50 indexed citations
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Bates, Lucy A., Phyllis C. Lee, Norah Njiraini, et al.. (2008). Do Elephants Show Empathy. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 15. 204–225. 69 indexed citations
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Bates, Lucy A., Joyce H. Poole, & Richard W. Byrne. (2008). Elephant cognition. Current Biology. 18(13). R544–R546. 44 indexed citations
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Byrne, Richard W. & Lucy A. Bates. (2007). Brain Evolution: When Is a Group Not a Group?. Current Biology. 17(20). R883–R884. 9 indexed citations
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Bates, Lucy A., Katito Sayialel, Norah Njiraini, et al.. (2007). Elephants Classify Human Ethnic Groups by Odor and Garment Color. Current Biology. 17(22). 1938–1942. 97 indexed citations
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Byrne, Richard W. & Lucy A. Bates. (2007). Sociality, Evolution and Cognition. Current Biology. 17(16). R714–R723. 133 indexed citations
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Bates, Lucy A. & Robert H. Byrne. (2007). Creative or created: Using anecdotes to investigate animal cognition. Methods. 42(1). 12–21. 55 indexed citations
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Byrne, Richard W. & Lucy A. Bates. (2006). Why are animals cognitive?. Current Biology. 16(12). R445–R448. 36 indexed citations
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Bates, Lucy A.. (2002). Inhibition of optimal behavior by social transmission in the guppy depends on shoaling. Behavioral Ecology. 13(6). 827–831. 14 indexed citations

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