Simone Pika

4.1k citations

85 papers · 2.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 25

Impact in

Developmental Biology top 0.1%
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
Developmental and Educational Psychology top 0.5%
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Hearing Impairment and Communication

Papers in ⓘ

Social Psychology 61
- Primate Behavior and Ecology 56
- Action Observation and Synchronization 10
Developmental and Educational Psychology 51
- Child and Animal Learning Development 37
- Hearing Impairment and Communication 20

Co-authors: Katja Liebal (15 shared papers)Michael Tomasello (9 shared papers)Marlen Fröhlich (7 shared papers)Roman M. Wittig (6 shared papers)Paula Marentette (7 shared papers)Elena Nicoladis (7 shared papers)Michael A. Arbib (1 shared paper)Josep Call (3 shared papers)
Journals: Primates (7 papers)Gesture (6 papers)Scientific Reports (5 papers)Animal Behaviour (5 papers)Animal Cognition (5 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Simone Pika

83 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Taking turns: bridging the gap between human and animal communication 2018 · 126 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

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1	Primate Vocalization, Gesture, and the Evolution of Human Language Current Anthropology ·Michael A. Arbib, Katja Liebal, Simone Pika	2008	213
2	Gestural communication in young gorillas (Gorilla gorilla): Gestural repertoire, learning, and use American Journal of Primatology ·Simone Pika, Katja Liebal, Michael Tomasello	2003	162
3	Gestural communication in subadult bonobos (Pan paniscus): Repertoire and use American Journal of Primatology ·Simone Pika, Katja Liebal, Michael Tomasello	2005	142
4	To move or not to move Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems ·Katja Liebal, Josep Call, Michael Tomasello, Simone Pika	2004	129
5	Gestural communication of orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) Gesture ·Katja Liebal, Simone Pika, Michael Tomasello	2006	127
6	Taking turns: bridging the gap between human and animal communication Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Simone Pika, Ray Wilkinson, Kobin H. Kendrick, Sonja C. Vernes Hit paper breakdown →	2018	126
7	The use of referential gestures in ravens (Corvus corax) in the wild Nature Communications ·Simone Pika, Thomas Bugnyar	2011	93
8	Unpeeling the layers of language: Bonobos and chimpanzees engage in cooperative turn-taking sequences Scientific Reports ·Marlen Fröhlich, Paul Kuchenbuch, Gudrun Müller, Barbara Fruth, Takeshi Furuichi, Roman M. Wittig, Simone Pika	2016	80
9	A cross-cultural study on the use of gestures: Evidence for cross-linguistic transfer? Bilingualism Language and Cognition ·Simone Pika, Elena Nicoladis, Paula Marentette	2006	75
10	Social communication in siamangs ( Symphalangus syndactylus ): use of gestures and facial expressions Primates ·Katja Liebal, Simone Pika, Michael Tomasello	2004	73
11	Should I stay or should I go? Initiation of joint travel in mother–infant dyads of two chimpanzee communities in the wild Animal Cognition ·Marlen Fröhlich, Roman M. Wittig, Simone Pika	2016	70
12	Play-solicitation gestures in chimpanzees in the wild: flexible adjustment to social circumstances and individual matrices Royal Society Open Science ·Marlen Fröhlich, Roman M. Wittig, Simone Pika	2016	68
13	Gestures of apes and pre-linguistic human children: Similar or different? First Language ·Simone Pika	2008	61
14	Gestural communication of apes Gesture ·Simone Pika, Katja Liebal, Josep Call, Michael Tomasello	2005	57
15	Gestural acquisition in great apes: the Social Negotiation Hypothesis Animal Cognition ·Simone Pika, Marlen Fröhlich	2018	46
16	Do French–English Bilingual Children Gesture More Than Monolingual Children? Journal of Psycholinguistic Research ·Elena Nicoladis, Simone Pika, Paula Marentette	2009	46
17	Gesture use in story recall by Chinese–English bilinguals Applied Psycholinguistics ·Elena Nicoladis, Simone Pika, Hui Yin, Paula Marentette	2007	46
18	Old and New Approaches to Animal Cognition: There Is Not “One Cognition” Journal of Intelligence ·Juliane Bräuer, Daniel Hanus, Simone Pika, Russell D. Gray, Natalie Uomini	2020	45
19	Gestural development of chimpanzees in the wild: the impact of interactional experience Animal Behaviour ·Marlen Fröhlich, Gudrun Müller, Claudia Zeiträg, Roman M. Wittig, Simone Pika	2017	43
20	Gestural communication of apes Gesture ·Simone Pika, Katja Liebal, Josep Call, Michael Tomasello	2005	35

About Simone Pika

Simone Pika is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Language and Linguistics, having authored 85 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (56 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (45 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (37 papers), Hearing Impairment and Communication (20 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (11 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (10 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (10 papers) and Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (1.1k citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.3k citations), Social Psychology (1.6k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (414 citations) and Cultural Studies (200 citations). Simone Pika has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Katja Liebal, Michael Tomasello, Marlen Fröhlich, Roman M. Wittig, Paula Marentette, Elena Nicoladis, Michael A. Arbib, Josep Call, Thomas Bugnyar and Ray Wilkinson. Their work appears in journals such as Primates, Gesture, Scientific Reports, Animal Behaviour and Animal Cognition.

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