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Primate Behavior and Ecology

Primate Behavior and Ecology is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 30.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolution of social behavior, intelligence, and cognition in primates. It covers topics such as altruism, empathy, social bonds, tool use, brain size, cooperation, and communication among various primate species.

  • Primates
  • Social Behavior
  • Evolution
  • Intelligence
  • Altruism
  • Cognition
  • Tool Use
  • Brain Size
  • Cooperation
  • Communication
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
30.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+17%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Primate Behavior and Ecology research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (915 and 313 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 915 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 313 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 288 works
  4. 4 Germany 216 works
  5. 5 China 211 works
  6. 6 Brazil 207 works
  7. 7 France 179 works
  8. 8 Japan 156 works
  9. 9 Canada 114 works
  10. 10 Australia 99 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 33.9%United Kingdom: 11.6%Indonesia: 10.7%Germany: 8.0%6 others listed: 35.8%34%largest
United States915 · 33.9%United Kingdom313 · 11.6%Indonesia288 · 10.7%Germany216 · 8.0%6 others listed967 · 35.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Primate Behavior and Ecology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, IPB University publishes the most Primate Behavior and Ecology research, followed by Kyoto University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 IPB University Indonesia 38 works
  2. 2 Kyoto University Japan 33 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 31 works
  4. 4 Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Germany 29 works
  5. 5 University of California, Davis United States 23 works
  6. 6 German Primate Center Germany 23 works
  7. 7 University of St Andrews United Kingdom 22 works
  8. 8 University of Oxford United Kingdom 21 works
  9. 9 Duke University United States 21 works
  10. 10 University of Zurich Switzerland 20 works

Where is Primate Behavior and Ecology research done?

The largest centres of Primate Behavior and Ecology research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), New York (United States), Beijing (China) and Bogor (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in St Andrews, Göttingen and Leipzig.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 78 works
  2. 2 New York United States 66 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 48 works
  4. 4 Bogor Indonesia 48 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 45 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 43 works
  7. 7 São Paulo Brazil 43 works
  8. 8 Leipzig Germany 40 works
  9. 9 Göttingen Germany 40 works
  10. 10 Oxford United Kingdom 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. St AndrewsGB · 21.7 works27×
  2. GöttingenDE · 39.9 works23×
  3. LeipzigDE · 40.3 works17×
  4. XalapaMX · 20.2 works15×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Primate Behavior and Ecology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Primate Behavior and Ecology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Exeter, University of Zurich and University of Tübingen score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%mean 34.55%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Exeter: 17, 47.1%University of Zurich: 20, 50.2%University of Tübingen: 10, 59.4%University of St Andrews: 22, 40.9%Liverpool John Moores University: 10, 31.2%Durham University: 13, 36.6%IPB University: 38, 4.8%Kyoto University: 32, 17.6%University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna: 14, 19.8%University of Göttingen: 11, 37.9%University of TübingenUniversity of ZurichUniversity of ExeterUniversity of St And…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of Exeter United Kingdom 75.047.1%11.0×17 +157.4%
2University of Zurich Switzerland 69.950.2%10.0×20 +9.4%
3University of Tübingen Germany 66.059.4%7.3×10 +148.7%
4University of St Andrews United Kingdom 65.940.9%26.8×22 +25.5%
5Liverpool John Moores University United Kingdom 60.131.2%18.6×10 +141.5%
6Durham University United Kingdom 58.436.6%9.8×13 +47.9%
7IPB University Indonesia 58.24.8%17.5×38 +127.9%
8Kyoto University Japan 56.617.6%11.9×32 -2.0%
9University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Austria 56.019.8%67.7×14 +97.2%
10University of Göttingen Germany 51.837.9%10.8×11 -45.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Primate Behavior and Ecology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Primate Behavior and Ecology.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.