Sergio M. Pellis

13.8k total citations
249 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Sergio M. Pellis is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sergio M. Pellis has authored 249 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Social Psychology, 59 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 51 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sergio M. Pellis's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (106 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (81 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (52 papers). Sergio M. Pellis is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (106 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (81 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (52 papers). Sergio M. Pellis collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Poland. Sergio M. Pellis's co-authors include Vivien C. Pellis, Ian Q. Whishaw, Andrew N. Iwaniuk, Bryan Kolb, Boguslaw P. Gorny, Heather C. Bell, Brett T. Himmler, Evelyn F. Field, Philip Teitelbaum and Ian Q. Whishaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Sergio M. Pellis

244 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sergio M. Pellis Canada 56 5.8k 2.1k 2.1k 1.9k 1.7k 249 10.2k
Sietse F. de Boer Netherlands 51 4.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 3.9k 1.9× 2.3k 1.3× 2.0k 1.2× 117 11.6k
Stephen J. Suomi United States 70 8.9k 1.5× 3.1k 1.5× 4.0k 1.9× 1.3k 0.7× 2.8k 1.7× 372 16.9k
Norbert Sachser Germany 50 3.4k 0.6× 865 0.4× 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 859 0.5× 170 8.1k
Martin Kavaliers Canada 60 3.6k 0.6× 2.3k 1.1× 2.1k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 3.6k 2.1× 334 12.1k
Jaap M. Koolhaas Netherlands 69 7.2k 1.2× 1.9k 0.9× 5.9k 2.8× 4.1k 2.2× 2.7k 1.6× 189 18.4k
E.B. Keverne United Kingdom 61 5.3k 0.9× 781 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 2.3k 1.3× 135 10.5k
Sally P. Mendoza United States 47 4.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 355 0.2× 141 6.8k
Bennett G. Galef Canada 52 4.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 623 0.3× 3.3k 1.8× 731 0.4× 225 9.6k
D. Caroline Blanchard United States 61 5.9k 1.0× 4.0k 1.9× 4.5k 2.1× 568 0.3× 3.8k 2.3× 161 11.9k
Onur Güntürkün Germany 67 4.6k 0.8× 9.0k 4.2× 466 0.2× 2.6k 1.4× 1.7k 1.0× 429 15.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sergio M. Pellis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Williams, Lauren A., Rachel Stark, R. Stryjek, et al.. (2025). Strain-Specific Differences in Cerebellar Anatomy between Laboratory and Wild Rats. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 100(4). 234–245.
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Pellis, Sergio M., et al.. (2024). Play fighting revisited: its design features and how they shape our understanding of its mechanisms and functions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 8 indexed citations
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Stark, Rachel, et al.. (2024). Quality not quantity: Deficient juvenile play experiences lead to altered medial prefrontal cortex neurons and sociocognitive skill deficits. Developmental Psychobiology. 66(2). e22456–e22456. 11 indexed citations
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Burghardt, Gordon M., Sergio M. Pellis, Jeffrey C. Schank, et al.. (2024). Animal play and evolution: Seven timely research issues about enigmatic phenomena. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 160. 105617–105617. 10 indexed citations
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Pellis, Sergio M., et al.. (2023). Playful mouth‐to‐mouth interactions of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in managed care. Zoo Biology. 42(6). 730–743. 8 indexed citations
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Gunst, Noëlle, Sergio M. Pellis, I Nengah Wandia, & Jean‐Baptiste Leca. (2022). A tool to act blind? Object-assisted eye-covering as a self-handicapping behavior and social play signal in Balinese long-tailed macaques. Animal Cognition. 26(2). 639–654. 4 indexed citations
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Leca, Jean‐Baptiste, et al.. (2022). Self-handicapping in object play: how belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) make play difficult. International Journal of Play. 12(1). 67–80. 6 indexed citations
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Pellis, Sergio M., et al.. (2022). The rough-and-tumble play of rats as a natural behavior suitable for studying the social brain. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 16. 1033999–1033999. 17 indexed citations
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Pellis, Sergio M., et al.. (2021). Stone affordances as potential for action expression in object play in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis).. Journal of comparative psychology. 135(3). 430–438. 9 indexed citations
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Pellis, Sergio M., Vivien C. Pellis, & Brett T. Himmler. (2014). How Play Makes for a More Adaptable Brain: A Comparative and Neural Perspective.. 7(1). 73–98. 68 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Derek A., Clark W. Bird, Brandi C. Fink, et al.. (2014). Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Quantification of Social Behavior in Adult Rats. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 15 indexed citations
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Pellis, Sergio M. & Heather C. Bell. (2011). Closing the circle between perceptions and behavior: A cybernetic view of behavior and its consequences for studying motivation and development. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 1(4). 404–413. 18 indexed citations
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Pellis, Sergio M., Vivien C. Pellis, & Heather C. Bell. (2010). The Function of Play in the Development of the Social Brain.. 2(3). 278–296. 131 indexed citations
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Pellis, Sergio M.. (2010). Conservative motor systems, behavioral modulation and neural plasticity. Behavioural Brain Research. 214(1). 25–29. 7 indexed citations
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Field, Evelyn F. & Sergio M. Pellis. (2007). The Brain as the Engine of Sex Differences in the Organization of Movement in Rats. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 37(1). 30–42. 19 indexed citations
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Doan, Jon B., Ian Q. Whishaw, Sergio M. Pellis, Oksana Suchowersky, & Lesley A. Brown. (2006). Motor Deficits in Parkinsonian Reaching: Dopa-Sensitivity Influenced by Real-World Task Constraint. Journal of Motor Behavior. 38(1). 45–59. 13 indexed citations
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Brown, Lesley A., Jon B. Doan, D. Clark Dickin, et al.. (2006). Parkinsonian deficits in sensory integration for postural control: Temporal response to changes in visual input. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 12(6). 376–381. 52 indexed citations
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Whishaw, Ian Q., Justyna R. Sarna, & Sergio M. Pellis. (1998). Evidence for rodent-common and species-typical limb and digit use in eating, derived from a comparative analysis of ten rodent species. Behavioural Brain Research. 96(1-2). 79–91. 99 indexed citations
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Whishaw, Ian Q., Hans C. Dringenberg, & Sergio M. Pellis. (1992). Spontaneous forelimb grasping in free feeding by rats: motor cortex aids limb and digit positioning. Behavioural Brain Research. 48(2). 113–125. 57 indexed citations

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