Michael Tomasello

132.8k citations
754 papers · 74.2k indexed · 34 hit papers · h-index 137

Michael Tomasello

733 papers receiving 69.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Michael Tomasello
Comparison fields: 5 of 191
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 43.6k
  • Developmental Biology 4.5k
  • Social Psychology 30.3k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 19.8k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 12.4k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Michael Tomasello, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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About Michael Tomasello

Michael Tomasello is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Developmental Biology and Social Psychology, having authored 754 papers that have together received 74.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Child and Animal Learning Development (456 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (183 papers), Language Development and Disorders (151 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (84 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (76 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (72 papers), Human-Animal Interaction Studies (66 papers) and Language and cultural evolution (53 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental and Educational Psychology (43.6k citations), Developmental Biology (4.5k citations) and Social Psychology (30.3k citations). Michael Tomasello has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Josep Call, Malinda Carpenter, Brian Hare, Felix Warneken, Henrike Moll, M. Jeffrey Farrar, Elena Lieven, Tanya Behne, Ann Cale Kruger and Hannes Rakoczy. Their work appears in journals such as Developmental Psychology, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Child Development, Developmental Science and Cognitive Development.

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