William C. McGrew

18.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
199 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

William C. McGrew is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, William C. McGrew has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Social Psychology, 70 papers in Developmental Biology and 57 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in William C. McGrew's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (159 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (70 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers). William C. McGrew is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (159 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (70 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers). William C. McGrew collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. William C. McGrew's co-authors include Linda F. Marchant, Caroline E. G. Tutin, Toshisada Nishida, P. J. Baldwin, Richard W. Wrangham, Andrew Whiten, Vernon Reynolds, Yukimaru Sugiyama, Christophe Boesch and J. Goodall and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William C. McGrew

186 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

Cultures in chimpanzees 1992 2026 2003 2014 1999 1993 1992 400 800 1.2k
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. Cultures in chimpanzees
    1999 1.4k citations Andrew Whiten, J. Goodall et al. Nature profile →
  2. Chimpanzee material culture: implications for human evolution
    1993 591 citations William C. McGrew profile →
  3. Chimpanzee Material Culture
    1992 559 citations William C. McGrew profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William C. McGrew United Kingdom 57 9.1k 3.7k 3.1k 2.8k 1.7k 199 11.7k
Tetsuro Matsuzawa Japan 57 6.7k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 3.4k 1.2× 2.1k 1.2× 287 10.2k
Richard W. Byrne United Kingdom 59 7.4k 0.8× 3.3k 0.9× 2.7k 0.9× 3.6k 1.3× 2.3k 1.3× 300 13.1k
Andrew Whiten United Kingdom 72 12.4k 1.4× 4.0k 1.1× 3.9k 1.3× 6.7k 2.4× 4.2k 2.4× 252 20.0k
Toshisada Nishida Japan 45 5.9k 0.7× 2.8k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 477 0.3× 117 7.6k
Elisabetta Visalberghi Italy 53 5.8k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 2.0k 0.7× 2.6k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 185 7.8k
Jane Goodall United States 37 5.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 2.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.4× 526 0.3× 94 7.6k
Richard W. Wrangham United States 89 15.9k 1.8× 6.1k 1.6× 7.9k 2.6× 2.4k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 285 24.4k
Klaus Zuberbühler United Kingdom 58 6.7k 0.7× 6.8k 1.8× 4.2k 1.4× 2.1k 0.7× 770 0.4× 294 11.5k
Dorothy M. Fragaszy United States 46 5.3k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 2.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 207 6.8k
Robert M. Seyfarth United States 76 11.7k 1.3× 8.5k 2.3× 8.3k 2.7× 2.4k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 158 17.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William C. McGrew

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William C. McGrew

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All Works

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McGrew, William C.. (2020). Practicalities of re-wilding. Animal Sentience. 5(28). 3 indexed citations
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Bradley, Brenda J., et al.. (2016). Non‐human primates avoid the detrimental effects of prenatal androgen exposure in mixed‐sex litters: combined demographic, behavioral, and genetic analyses. American Journal of Primatology. 78(12). 1304–1315. 8 indexed citations
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Anderson, James R., et al.. (2016). Reflections in the rainforest: full-length mirrors facilitate behavioral observations of unhabituated, wild chimpanzees. Primates. 58(1). 51–61. 6 indexed citations
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McGrew, William C.. (2015). The Cultured Chimpanzee: Nonsense or Breakthrough?. 30(1).
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Hockings, Kimberley J., Susana Carvalho, Michiko Fujisawa, et al.. (2015). Tools to tipple: ethanol ingestion by wild chimpanzees using leaf-sponges. Royal Society Open Science. 2(6). 150150–150150. 33 indexed citations
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Hockings, Kimberley J., Matthew R. McLennan, Susana Carvalho, et al.. (2015). Apes in the Anthropocene: flexibility and survival. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 30(4). 215–222. 121 indexed citations
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McGrew, William C.. (2014). The ‘other faunivory’ revisited: Insectivory in human and non-human primates and the evolution of human diet. Journal of Human Evolution. 71. 4–11. 70 indexed citations
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McGrew, William C.. (2007). MAHALE AND GOMBE COMPARED: PATTERNS OF RESEARCH ON WILD CHIMPANZEES IN TANZANIA OVER FOUR DECADES. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University). 28(3). 143–153. 3 indexed citations
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Stock, Jay T., et al.. (2005). Bilateral asymmetry in the limb bones of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128(4). 840–845. 49 indexed citations
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McGrew, William C.. (2004). Primatology: Advanced Ape Technology. Current Biology. 14(24). R1046–R1047. 4 indexed citations
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Pruetz, Jill D., et al.. (2002). Survey of Savanna Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Southeastern Sénégal. American Journal of Primatology. 58(1). 35–43. 64 indexed citations
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Mbora, David N. M. & William C. McGrew. (2002). Extra-Group Sexual Consortship in the Tana River Red Colobus (Procolobus rufomitratus) ?. Folia Primatologica. 73(4). 210–213. 2 indexed citations
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Videan, Elaine N. & William C. McGrew. (2001). Are bonobos (Pan paniscus) really more bipedal than chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)?. American Journal of Primatology. 54(4). 233–239. 20 indexed citations
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O’Malley, Robert C. & William C. McGrew. (2000). Oral Tool Use by Captive Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Folia Primatologica. 71(5). 334–341. 26 indexed citations
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McGrew, William C. & Linda F. Marchant. (1999). Laterality of hand use pays off in foraging success for wild chimpanzees. Primates. 40(3). 509–513. 138 indexed citations
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McGrew, William C.. (1999). Manual Laterality in Anvil Use: Wild Chimpanzees Cracking Strychnos Fruits. Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition. 4(1). 79–87. 54 indexed citations
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Whiten, Andrew, J. Goodall, William C. McGrew, et al.. (1999). Cultures in chimpanzees. Nature. 399(6737). 682–685. 1404 indexed citations breakdown →
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McGrew, William C.. (1988). Apes of the world. Their social behavior, communication, mentality, and ecology. Behavioural Processes. 17(1). 73–74. 5 indexed citations

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