Zanna Clay

2.8k total citations
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Zanna Clay is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zanna Clay has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Social Psychology, 21 papers in Developmental Biology and 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Zanna Clay's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (28 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (21 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers). Zanna Clay is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (28 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (21 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers). Zanna Clay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Zanna Clay's co-authors include Klaus Zuberbühler, Frans Β. Μ. de Waal, Thibaud Gruber, Claudio Tennie, Carolynn L. Smith, Daniel T. Blumstein, Andrea Scarantino, Mariska E. Kret, Catherine Hobaiter and Émilie Genty and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Zanna Clay

38 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Thibaud Gruber Switzerland

Erica van de Waal Switzerland

Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen Netherlands

Robert W. Shumaker United States

Anne Marijke Schel United Kingdom

Amanda M. Seed United Kingdom

Federica Amici Germany

Catherine Hobaiter United Kingdom

Kristin E. Bonnie United States

Katherine A. Cronin United States

Thibaud Gruber Switzerland

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Webb, Christine E., et al.. (2025). Bonobos and chimpanzees overlap in sexual behaviour patterns during social tension. Royal Society Open Science. 12(3). 242031–242031. 3 indexed citations

Clay, Zanna, et al.. (2025). Social contagion in primates: Moderating factors and significance for individuals and the group. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 173. 106156–106156.

Webb, Christine E., et al.. (2025). Within-species variation eclipses between-species differences in Pan consolation. Evolution and Human Behavior. 46(3). 106682–106682.

Donnellan, Ed, et al.. (2025). Early empathy development: Concern and comforting in 9- and 18-month-old infants from Uganda and the UK. PLoS ONE. 20(5). e0320371–e0320371. 1 indexed citations

Heesen, Raphaela, et al.. (2024). Perceptual integration of bodily and facial emotion cues in chimpanzees and humans. PNAS Nexus. 3(2). pgae012–pgae012. 1 indexed citations

Webb, Christine E., et al.. (2024). The expression of empathy in human's closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees: current and future directions. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(4). 1556–1575. 5 indexed citations

Clay, Zanna, et al.. (2024). ChimpanSEE, ChimpanDO: Grooming and play contagion in chimpanzees. PLoS ONE. 19(11). e0312467–e0312467. 1 indexed citations

Clay, Zanna, et al.. (2023). Between-group variation in production of pant-grunt vocalizations by wild bonobos (Pan paniscus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 77(1). 3 indexed citations

Leeuwen, Edwin J. C. van, et al.. (2023). Group-specific expressions of co-feeding tolerance in bonobos and chimpanzees preclude dichotomous species generalizations. iScience. 26(12). 108528–108528. 4 indexed citations

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Heesen, Raphaela, et al.. (2022). Bared‐teeth displays in bonobos (Pan paniscus): An assessment of the power asymmetry hypothesis. American Journal of Primatology. 84(9). e23419–e23419. 6 indexed citations

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Heesen, Raphaela, et al.. (2022). Flexible signalling strategies by victims mediate post-conflict interactions in bonobos. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1860). 20210310–20210310. 16 indexed citations

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Webb, Christine E., et al.. (2020). Fellatio among male sanctuary-living chimpanzees during a period of social tension. Behaviour. 158(1). 77–87. 5 indexed citations

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Williams, Lisa A., Sarah F. Brosnan, & Zanna Clay. (2020). Anthropomorphism in comparative affective science: Advocating a mindful approach. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 115. 299–307. 22 indexed citations

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Kret, Mariska E., Eliska Prochazkova, Elisabeth H. M. Sterck, & Zanna Clay. (2020). Emotional expressions in human and non-human great apes. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 115. 378–395. 68 indexed citations

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Clay, Zanna, Harriet Over, & Claudio Tennie. (2017). What drives young children to over-imitate? Investigating the effects of age, context, action type, and transitivity. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 166. 520–534. 24 indexed citations

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Clay, Zanna, et al.. (2016). Bonobos (Pan paniscus) vocally protest against violations of social expectations.. Journal of comparative psychology. 130(1). 44–54. 13 indexed citations

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Genty, Émilie, Zanna Clay, Catherine Hobaiter, & Klaus Zuberbühler. (2014). Multi-Modal Use of a Socially Directed Call in Bonobos. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e84738–e84738. 69 indexed citations

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Clay, Zanna & Frans Β. Μ. de Waal. (2013). Bonobos Respond to Distress in Others: Consolation across the Age Spectrum. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e55206–e55206. 119 indexed citations

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Clay, Zanna & Klaus Zuberbühler. (2012). Communication during sex among female bonobos: effects of dominance, solicitation and audience. Scientific Reports. 2(1). 291–291. 26 indexed citations

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Clay, Zanna & Klaus Zuberbühler. (2011). Bonobos Extract Meaning from Call Sequences. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e18786–e18786. 88 indexed citations

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