Stuart A. Altmann

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Stuart A. Altmann is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stuart A. Altmann has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Social Psychology, 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stuart A. Altmann's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (18 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (6 papers). Stuart A. Altmann is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (18 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (6 papers). Stuart A. Altmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and Canada. Stuart A. Altmann's co-authors include Jeanne Altmann, Glenn Hausfater, Colin P. Groves, Philip Muruthi, Sarah Lenington, Dale A. Schoeller, Robert M. Sapolsky, A. H. Welsh, A. Townsend Peterson and Susan C. Alberts and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stuart A. Altmann

49 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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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.

A FIELD STUDY OF THE SOCIOBIOLOGY OF RHESUS MONKEYS, MACACA MULATTA*

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stuart A. Altmann United States	32	2.7k	2.0k	1.2k	1.2k	557	49	4.2k
Glenn Hausfater United States	24	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	862 0.7×	710 1.3×	38	3.6k
T. E. Rowell United States	35	2.5k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	583 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	603 1.1×	64	3.4k
Peter H. Klopfer United States	28	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	987 0.8×	569 0.5×	475 0.9×	112	4.2k
Alexander H. Harcourt United States	39	3.0k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	811 1.5×	97	5.3k
Irwin S. Bernstein United States	42	3.8k 1.4×	2.8k 1.4×	741 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 2.2×	123	5.7k
Sue Boinski United States	32	2.4k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	691 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	214 0.4×	57	3.1k
Charles H. Southwick United States	26	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	792 0.7×	690 0.6×	200 0.4×	90	2.9k
Marina Cords United States	40	3.2k 1.2×	2.2k 1.1×	898 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	545 1.0×	93	4.1k
Charles H. Janson United States	39	4.4k 1.7×	4.0k 2.0×	1.5k 1.3×	2.1k 1.8×	480 0.9×	75	6.2k
Claud A. Bramblett United States	21	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	340 0.3×	658 0.6×	742 1.3×	46	2.6k

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Altmann, Stuart A.. (2009). Fallback foods, eclectic omnivores, and the packaging problem. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 140(4). 615–629. 52 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A.. (1998). Foraging for survival : yearling baboons in Africa. University of Chicago Press eBooks. 171 indexed citations

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Altmann, Jeanne, Dale A. Schoeller, Stuart A. Altmann, Philip Muruthi, & Robert M. Sapolsky. (1993). Body size and fatness of free‐living baboons reflect food availability and activity levels. American Journal of Primatology. 30(2). 149–161. 167 indexed citations

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Muruthi, Philip, Jeanne Altmann, & Stuart A. Altmann. (1991). Resource base, parity, and reproductive condition affect females' feeding time and nutrient intake within and between groups of a baboon population. Oecologia. 87(4). 467–472. 89 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A.. (1989). The Monkey and the Fig. American Scientist. 77(3). 256–263. 11 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A., David Post, & D F Klein. (1987). Nutrients and toxins of plants in Amboseli, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology. 25(4). 279–293. 31 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A.. (1987). The impact of locomotor energetics on mammalian foraging. Journal of Zoology. 211(2). 215–225. 39 indexed citations

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Altmann, Jeanne, Glenn Hausfater, & Stuart A. Altmann. (1985). Demography of Amboseli baboons, 1963–1983. American Journal of Primatology. 8(2). 113–125. 83 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A.. (1984). What is the Dual of the Energy-Maximization Problem?. The American Naturalist. 123(4). 433–441. 31 indexed citations

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Hausfater, Glenn, Jeanne Altmann, & Stuart A. Altmann. (1982). Long-Term Consistency of Dominance Relations Among Female Baboons ( Papio cynocephalus ). Science. 217(4561). 752–755. 195 indexed citations

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Altmann, Jeanne, Stuart A. Altmann, & Glenn Hausfater. (1981). Physical maturation and age estimates of yellow baboons, Papio cynocephalus, in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. American Journal of Primatology. 1(4). 389–399. 103 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A.. (1979). Altruistic behaviour: the fallacy of kin deployment. Animal Behaviour. 27. 958–959. 55 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A., Jeffrey R. Walters, & Jeffrey A. Kurland. (1978). Kin Selection in the Japanese Monkey. Man. 13(2). 324–324. 62 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A. & Jeanne Altmann. (1977). On the analysis of rates of behaviour. Animal Behaviour. 25(2). 364–372. 58 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A.. (1974). Baboons, Space, Time, and Energy. American Zoologist. 14(1). 221–248. 272 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A., et al.. (1973). What Time do the Baboons Come down from the Trees? (An Estimation Problem). Biometrics. 29(4). 623–623. 11 indexed citations

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Ellis, James E., Stuart A. Altmann, & Jeanne Altmann. (1972). Baboon Ecology: African Field Research. Journal of Wildlife Management. 36(2). 677–677. 5 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A.. (1968). Sociobiology of Rhesus Monkeys Iii: the Basic Communication Network. Behaviour. 32(1-3). 17–32. 22 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A.. (1965). Primates: Communication and Social Interactions. Science. 149(3686). 886–887. 1 indexed citations

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Altmann, Stuart A.. (1956). Avian Mobbing Behavior and Predator Recognition. Ornithological Applications. 58(4). 241–253. 106 indexed citations

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