Russell D. Gray

21.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
187 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Russell D. Gray is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Social Psychology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Russell D. Gray has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Cultural Studies, 62 papers in Social Psychology and 32 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Russell D. Gray's work include Language and cultural evolution (64 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (58 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (29 papers). Russell D. Gray is often cited by papers focused on Language and cultural evolution (64 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (58 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (29 papers). Russell D. Gray collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Germany and United States. Russell D. Gray's co-authors include Simon J. Greenhill, Quentin D. Atkinson, Gavin R. Hunt, Paul E. Griffiths, Alex H. Taylor, Martyn Kennedy, Alexei J. Drummond, Fiona M. Jordan, Michael Dunn and Stephen C. Levinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Russell D. Gray

179 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Language-tree divergence times support the Anatolian theory of Indo-European origin

2003 519 citations Russell D. Gray, Quentin D. Atkinson profile →
Language Phylogenies Reveal Expansion Pulses and Pauses in Pacific Settlement

2009 435 citations Russell D. Gray, Simon J. Greenhill et al. Science profile →
Mapping the Origins and Expansion of the Indo-European Language Family

2012 347 citations Remco Bouckaert, Simon J. Greenhill et al. Science profile →
Evolved structure of language shows lineage-specific trends in word-order universals

2011 300 citations Simon J. Greenhill, Russell D. Gray et al. profile →
Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure

2019 229 citations Joshua Conrad Jackson, Joseph Watts et al. Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Enduring constraints on grammar revealed by Bayesian spatiophylogenetic analyses 2025 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·Annemarie Verkerk, (unknown), Hannah J. Haynie, Hedvig Skirgård, Christoph Rzymski, Quentin D. Atkinson, Simon J. Greenhill, Russell D. Gray	0
2	Societies of strangers do not speak less complex languages 2023 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), Susanne Maria Michaelis, Hannah J. Haynie, Sam Passmore, Volker Gast, Russell D. Gray, Simon J. Greenhill, Damián E. Blasí, Hedvig Skirgård	19
3	Variation in phoneme inventories: quantifying the problem and improving comparability 2023 ·KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) ·(unknown), Tiago Tresoldi, Simon J. Greenhill, Robert Forkel, Russell D. Gray, Johann‐Mattis List	2
4	Untangling the evolution of body-part terminology in Pano: conservative versus innovative traits in body-part lexicalization 2022 ·Interface Focus ·Roberto Zariquiey, (unknown), Simon J. Greenhill, Pilar M. Valenzuela, Russell D. Gray, Johann‐Mattis List	5
5	Phylogeographic analysis of the Bantu language expansion supports a rainforest route 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ezequiel Koile, Simon J. Greenhill, Damián E. Blasí, Remco Bouckaert, Russell D. Gray	25
6	Lexibank, a public repository of standardized wordlists with computed phonological and lexical features 2022 ·Scientific Data ·Johann‐Mattis List, Robert Forkel, Simon J. Greenhill, Christoph Rzymski, (unknown), Russell D. Gray	33
7	The uses and abuses of tree thinking in cultural evolution 2021 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Cara L. Evans, Simon J. Greenhill, Joseph Watts, Johann‐Mattis List, Carlos A. Botero, Russell D. Gray, Kathryn R. Kirby	28
8	Extended parenting and the evolution of cognition 2020 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Natalie Uomini, (unknown), Russell D. Gray, Michael Griesser	41
9	New Caledonian crows plan for specific future tool use 2020 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Markus Boeckle, Martina Schiestl, Anna Frohnwieser, (unknown), Rachael Miller, Thomas Suddendorf, Russell D. Gray, Alex H. Taylor, Nicola S. Clayton	34
10	A genome‐wide investigation of adaptive signatures in protein‐coding genes related to tool behaviour in New Caledonian and Hawaiian crows 2020 ·Molecular Ecology ·Nicolás Dussex, Verena E. Kutschera, R. Axel W. Wiberg, Darren J. Parker, Gavin R. Hunt, Russell D. Gray, Kim Rutherford, Hideaki Abe, Robert C. Fleischer, Michael G. Ritchie, Christian Rutz, Jochen B. W. Wolf, Neil J. Gemmell	6
11	Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure breakdown → 2019 ·Science ·Joshua Conrad Jackson, Joseph Watts, Teague R. Henry, Johann‐Mattis List, Robert Forkel, Peter J. Mucha, Simon J. Greenhill, Russell D. Gray, Kristen A. Lindquist	229
12	Are kea prosocial? 2019 ·Ethology ·(unknown), (unknown), Russell D. Gray, Alex H. Taylor	11
13	New Caledonian crows infer the weight of objects from observing their movements in a breeze 2019 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Sarah A. Jelbert, Rachael Miller, Martina Schiestl, Markus Boeckle, Lucy G. Cheke, Russell D. Gray, Alex H. Taylor, Nicola S. Clayton	27
14	Cross-Linguistic Data Formats, advancing data sharing and re-use in comparative linguistics 2018 ·Scientific Data ·Robert Forkel, Johann‐Mattis List, Simon J. Greenhill, Christoph Rzymski, Sebastian Bank, Michael Cysouw, Harald Hammarström, Martín Haspelmath, Gereon A. Kaiping, Russell D. Gray	89
15	Coevolution of landesque capital intensive agriculture and sociopolitical hierarchy 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Oliver Sheehan, Joseph Watts, Russell D. Gray, Quentin D. Atkinson	32
16	Broad supernatural punishment but not moralizing high gods precede the evolution of political complexity in Austronesia 2015 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Joseph Watts, Simon J. Greenhill, Quentin D. Atkinson, Thomas E. Currie, Joseph Bulbulia, Russell D. Gray	129
17	Do New Caledonian crows solve physical problems through causal reasoning? 2008 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Alex H. Taylor, Gavin R. Hunt, (unknown), Russell D. Gray	129
18	Cognitive requirements for tool use by New Caledonian crows ( Corvus moneduloides ) 2007 ·New Zealand Journal of Zoology ·Gavin R. Hunt, (unknown), Russell D. Gray	18
19	Tool manufacture by New Caledonian crows : chipping away at human uniqueness 2006 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·Gavin R. Hunt, Russell D. Gray	12
20	Oppositions in panbiogeography: Can the conflicts between selection, constraint, ecology, and history be resolved? 1989 ·New Zealand Journal of Zoology ·Russell D. Gray	19

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