Roman M. Wittig

13.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
161 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Roman M. Wittig is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roman M. Wittig has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Social Psychology, 53 papers in Developmental Biology and 52 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Roman M. Wittig's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (127 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (53 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (44 papers). Roman M. Wittig is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (127 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (53 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (44 papers). Roman M. Wittig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Ivory Coast and United States. Roman M. Wittig's co-authors include Catherine Crockford, Christophe Boesch, Klaus Zuberbühler, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Liran Samuni, Tobias Deschner, Liza R. Moscovice, Kevin E. Langergraber and Anne L. Engh and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Roman M. Wittig

149 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Strong and Consistent Social Bonds Enhance the Longevity of Female Baboons

2010 541 citations Catherine Crockford, Roman M. Wittig et al. Current Biology profile →
Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution

2012 364 citations Kevin E. Langergraber, Kay Prüfer et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roman M. Wittig Germany	43	5.0k	2.3k	2.0k	1.5k	936	161	6.7k
Catherine Crockford Germany	35	4.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	696 0.7×	98	5.3k
Jane Goodall United States	37	5.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	94	7.6k
David P. Watts United States	50	5.7k 1.1×	3.6k 1.5×	2.6k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	820 0.9×	111	7.2k
John C. Mitani United States	51	5.9k 1.2×	3.5k 1.5×	3.2k 1.6×	1.4k 1.0×	871 0.9×	111	7.8k
S. Peter Henzi South Africa	43	4.4k 0.9×	3.3k 1.4×	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	691 0.7×	158	7.1k
Thore J. Bergman United States	37	3.6k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	492 0.5×	94	5.1k
Tetsuro Matsuzawa Japan	57	6.7k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	287	10.2k
Toshisada Nishida Japan	45	5.9k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	2.8k 1.4×	972 0.7×	922 1.0×	117	7.6k
Gottfried Hohmann Germany	40	3.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	672 0.5×	787 0.8×	126	4.5k
Charles T. Snowdon United States	56	5.2k 1.0×	3.5k 1.5×	3.4k 1.7×	1.2k 0.8×	778 0.8×	184	9.1k

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Koné, Inza, et al.. (2025). Signal traditions and cultural loss in chimpanzees. Current Biology. 35(3). R87–R88. 4 indexed citations

Girard‐Buttoz, Cédric, Christof Neumann, Emiliano Zaccarella, et al.. (2025). Versatile use of chimpanzee call combinations promotes meaning expansion. Science Advances. 11(19). eadq2879–eadq2879. 2 indexed citations

Eichner, Cornelius, Michael Paquette, Christa Müller-Axt, et al.. (2024). Detailed mapping of the complex fiber structure and white matter pathways of the chimpanzee brain. Nature Methods. 21(6). 1122–1130. 10 indexed citations

Samuni, Liran, Cédric Girard‐Buttoz, Klaus Zuberbühler, et al.. (2023). Social uncertainty promotes signal complexity during approaches in wild chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes verus ) and mangabeys ( Cercocebus atys atys ). Royal Society Open Science. 10(11). 231073–231073. 10 indexed citations

Tkaczynski, Patrick, Fabrizio Mafessoni, Cédric Girard‐Buttoz, et al.. (2023). Shared community effects and the non-genetic maternal environment shape cortisol levels in wild chimpanzees. Communications Biology. 6(1). 565–565. 1 indexed citations

Patrono, Livia Victoria, Caroline Röthemeier, Emmanuel Couacy‐Hymann, et al.. (2022). Non‐invasive genomics of respiratory pathogens infecting wild great apes using hybridisation capture. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 16(5). 858–861. 6 indexed citations

Girard‐Buttoz, Cédric, et al.. (2022). Population-specific call order in chimpanzee greeting vocal sequences. iScience. 25(9). 104851–104851. 21 indexed citations

Girard‐Buttoz, Cédric, et al.. (2022). Maternal effects on the development of vocal communication in wild chimpanzees. iScience. 25(10). 105152–105152. 5 indexed citations

Girard‐Buttoz, Cédric, et al.. (2022). Chimpanzees produce diverse vocal sequences with ordered and recombinatorial properties. Communications Biology. 5(1). 410–410. 42 indexed citations

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Fedurek, Paweł, Patrick Tkaczynski, Catherine Hobaiter, et al.. (2021). The function of chimpanzee greeting calls is modulated by their acoustic variation. Animal Behaviour. 174. 279–289. 16 indexed citations

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Power, Robert C., Roman M. Wittig, Jeffery R. Stone, Kornelius Kupczik, & Ellen Schulz‐Kornas. (2021). The representativeness of the dental calculus dietary record: insights from Taï chimpanzee faecal phytoliths. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 13(6). 5 indexed citations

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Mielke, Alexander, Anna Preis, Liran Samuni, et al.. (2021). Consistency of Social Interactions in Sooty Mangabeys and Chimpanzees. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 2 indexed citations

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Riedel, Julia, Leo Polansky, Roman M. Wittig, & Christophe Boesch. (2020). Social rank overrides environmental and community fluctuations in determining meat access by female chimpanzees in the Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire. PeerJ. 8. e8283–e8283. 4 indexed citations

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Fedurek, Paweł, Patrick Tkaczynski, Caroline Asiimwe, et al.. (2019). Maternal cannibalism in two populations of wild chimpanzees. Primates. 61(2). 181–187. 14 indexed citations

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Schulz‐Kornas, Ellen, et al.. (2019). Dust affects chewing efficiency and tooth wear in forest dwelling Western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytesverus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 169(1). 66–77. 42 indexed citations

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Surbeck, Martin, Cédric Girard‐Buttoz, Christophe Boesch, et al.. (2017). Sex-specific association patterns in bonobos and chimpanzees reflect species differences in cooperation. Royal Society Open Science. 4(5). 161081–161081. 46 indexed citations

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Gogarten, Jan F., Ariane Düx, Verena J. Schuenemann, et al.. (2016). Tools for opening new chapters in the book of Treponema pallidum evolutionary history. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 22(11). 916–921. 17 indexed citations

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Wittig, Roman M., Catherine Crockford, Anja Weltring, Tobias Deschner, & Klaus Zuberbühler. (2015). Single Aggressive Interactions Increase Urinary Glucocorticoid Levels in Wild Male Chimpanzees. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0118695–e0118695. 44 indexed citations

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Langergraber, Kevin E., Kay Prüfer, Carolyn Rowney, et al.. (2012). Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(39). 15716–15721. 364 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wittig, Roman M. & Christophe Boesch. (2003). Linear dominance hierarchy due to contest competition among female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). Folia Primatologica. 229–230. 1 indexed citations

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