Thomas Bugnyar

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
171 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Bugnyar is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Bugnyar has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Social Psychology, 99 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 65 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Bugnyar's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (130 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (98 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (65 papers). Thomas Bugnyar is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (130 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (98 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (65 papers). Thomas Bugnyar collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United Kingdom and Germany. Thomas Bugnyar's co-authors include Kurt Kotrschal, Bernd Heinrich, Orlaith N. Fraser, Jorg J. M. Massen, Ludwig Huber, Christian Schloegl, Mareike Stöwe, Onur Güntürkün, Matthias‐Claudio Loretto and Alice M. I. Auersperg and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Bugnyar

167 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Cognition without Cortex 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Cognition without Cortex
    2016 232 citations Onur Güntürkün, Thomas Bugnyar Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas Bugnyar 3.8k 2.9k 1.8k 880 868 171 5.8k
Elisabetta Palagi 3.8k 1.0× 1.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 1.6× 455 0.5× 185 4.8k
Alex Kacelnik 2.3k 0.6× 2.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 671 0.8× 1.4k 1.6× 127 7.1k
Roman M. Wittig 5.0k 1.3× 2.3k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 936 1.1× 775 0.9× 161 6.7k
Nathan J. Emery 3.9k 1.0× 2.4k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 898 1.0× 876 1.0× 98 7.3k
Catherine Crockford 4.1k 1.1× 2.0k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 696 0.8× 532 0.6× 98 5.3k
Julia Fischer 4.0k 1.1× 2.8k 1.0× 3.9k 2.2× 1.1k 1.3× 1.4k 1.7× 201 8.3k
Jane Goodall 5.2k 1.4× 2.3k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 94 7.6k
Charles T. Snowdon 5.2k 1.4× 3.5k 1.2× 3.4k 1.9× 778 0.9× 1.7k 2.0× 184 9.1k
Gabriele Schino 4.0k 1.1× 2.4k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 584 0.7× 452 0.5× 119 4.9k
Elisabetta Visalberghi 5.8k 1.5× 2.0k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 556 0.6× 714 0.8× 185 7.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Bugnyar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Bugnyar

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All Works

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Bugnyar, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Patterns of object play behaviour and its functional implications in free-flying common ravens. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 137–137.
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Bugnyar, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Comparing the Performances of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Two Self‐Awareness Tasks. American Journal of Primatology. 87(3). e70010–e70010. 1 indexed citations
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Massen, Jorg J. M., et al.. (2024). Third-party interventions of common ravens, Corvus corax. Animal Behaviour. 219. 123004–123004. 1 indexed citations
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Miller, Rachael, Markus Boeckle, James P. Richardson, et al.. (2024). Social attention across development in common ravens and carrion/hooded crows. Animal Behaviour. 220. 123038–123038.
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Huber, Ludwig, et al.. (2023). Kea, bird of versatility. Kea parrots (Nestor notabilis) show high behavioural flexibility in solving a demonstrated sequence task. Journal für Ornithologie. 165(1). 49–55. 1 indexed citations
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Šlipogor, Vedrana, et al.. (2022). Age, but not hand preference, is related to personality traits in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Royal Society Open Science. 9(10). 220797–220797. 7 indexed citations
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Horn, Lisa, Thomas Bugnyar, Michael Griesser, et al.. (2020). Sex-specific effects of cooperative breeding and colonial nesting on prosociality in corvids. eLife. 9. 23 indexed citations
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Wascher, Claudia A. F., et al.. (2019). Crows and common ravens do not reciprocally exchange tokens with a conspecific to gain food rewards. Ethology. 126(2). 278–287. 8 indexed citations
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Bugnyar, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Prospective but not retrospective tool selection in the Goffin’s cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana). Behaviour. 156(5-8). 633–659. 10 indexed citations
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Koski, Sonja E., et al.. (2017). Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) personality.. Journal of comparative psychology. 131(4). 326–336. 30 indexed citations
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Horn, Lisa, et al.. (2016). Proactive prosociality in a cooperatively breeding corvid, the azure-winged magpie ( Cyanopica cyana ). Biology Letters. 12(10). 20160649–20160649. 49 indexed citations
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Bugnyar, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Flexible decision-making relative to reward quality and tool functionality in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana). Scientific Reports. 6(1). 28380–28380. 33 indexed citations
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Güntürkün, Onur & Thomas Bugnyar. (2016). Cognition without Cortex. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 20(4). 291–303. 232 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schiestl, Martina, et al.. (2016). Partner Choice in Raven (Corvus corax) Cooperation. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0156962–e0156962. 44 indexed citations
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Auersperg, Alice M. I., Jayden O. van Horik, Thomas Bugnyar, et al.. (2014). Combinatory actions during object play in psittaciformes (Diopsittaca nobilis, Pionites melanocephala, Cacatua goffini) and corvids (Corvus corax, C. monedula, C. moneduloides).. Journal of comparative psychology. 129(1). 62–71. 56 indexed citations
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Bugnyar, Thomas, Christine Schwäb, Christian Schloegl, Kurt Kotrschal, & Bernd Heinrich. (2007). Ravens Judge Competitors through Experience with Play Caching. Current Biology. 17(20). 1804–1808. 51 indexed citations
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Bugnyar, Thomas & Bernd Heinrich. (2005). Ravens, Corvus corax , differentiate between knowledgeable and ignorant competitors. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 272(1573). 1641–1646. 144 indexed citations
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Bugnyar, Thomas & Ludwig Huber. (1997). Push or pull: an experimental study on imitation in marmosets. Animal Behaviour. 54(4). 817–831. 107 indexed citations

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