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D-Index
90
Citations
25970
World Ranking
969
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ádám Miklósi is affiliated with Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary. Their research predominantly lies at the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and psychology, with extensive work covering multiple related subfields such as genetics, social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, small animal studies, and molecular biology.

The main topics Ádám Miklósi focuses on include human-animal interaction studies, child and animal learning development, animal behavior and welfare studies, animal vocal communication and behavior, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and primate behavior and ecology.

The scientist has a significant number of publications in well-known venues. Frequent publication outlets include Scientific Reports, Animal Cognition, Biologia Futura, Research Square (Research Square), and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Notable recent papers by Ádám Miklósi feature a diverse range of subjects and publication years:

  • "JAK inhibition reduces SARS-CoV-2 liver infectivity and modulates inflammatory responses to reduce morbidity and mortality," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Genome-wide methylation profiling of glioblastoma cell-derived extracellular vesicle DNA allows tumor classification," 2021, Neuro-Oncology
  • "Challenges of machine learning model validation using correlated behaviour data: Evaluation of cross-validation strategies and accuracy measures," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Age influences domestic dog cognitive performance independent of average breed lifespan," 2020, Animal Cognition
  • "Comparative Brain Imaging Reveals Analogous and Divergent Patterns of Species and Face Sensitivity in Humans and Dogs," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience

Collaboration is a noticeable aspect of Ádám Miklósi's work, with frequent co-authors including Márta Gácsi, Enikő Kubinyi, Claudia Fugazza, Attila Andics, and Judit Abdai.

Among their recognitions, Ádám Miklósi was awarded membership of Academia Europaea in 2020.

Best Publications

  • A Simple Reason for a Big Difference: Wolves Do Not Look Back at Humans, but Dogs Do.

    Ádám Miklósi;Enikö Kubinyi;József Topál;Márta Gácsi

  • Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition

    Adam Miklosi

  • Attachment behavior in dogs (Canis familiaris): A new application of Ainsworth's (1969) Strange Situation Test.

    József Topál;Ádám Miklósi;Vilmos Csányi;Antal Dóka

  • Use of experimenter-given cues in dogs.

    Á. Miklösi;R. Polgárdi;J. Topál;V. Csányi

  • A comparative analysis of animals' understanding of the human pointing gesture

    Ádam Miklósi;Krisztina Soproni

  • Comprehension of human communicative signs in pet dogs (Canis familiaris).

    Krisztina Soproni;Adám Miklósi;József Topál;Vilmos Csányi

  • Intentional behaviour in dog-human communication: an experimental analysis of “showing” behaviour in the dog

    Ádám Miklósi;R. Polgárdi;József Topál;Vilmos Csányi

  • Comparative social cognition: what can dogs teach us?

    Á. Miklósi;J. Topál;V. Csányi

  • Dogs' (Canis familiaris) responsiveness to human pointing gestures.

    Krisztina Soproni;Ádám Miklósi;József Topál;Vilmos Csányi

  • Attachment to humans: a comparative study on hand-reared wolves and differently socialized dog puppies

    József Topál;Márta Gácsi;Ádám Miklósi;Zsófia Virányi

  • A comparative study of the use of visual communicative signals in interactions between dogs (Canis familiaris) and humans and cats (Felis catus) and humans

    Ádam Miklósi;Péter Pongrácz;Gabriella Lakatos;József Topál

  • Are readers of our face readers of our minds? Dogs (Canis familiaris) show situation-dependent recognition of human’s attention

    Márta Gácsi;Ádám Miklósi;Orsolya Varga;József Topál

  • Comprehension of human pointing gestures in young human-reared wolves (Canis lupus) and dogs (Canis familiaris)

    Zsófia Virányi;Márta Gácsi;Enikő Kubinyi;József Topál

  • What does it take to become 'best friends'? Evolutionary changes in canine social competence.

    Ádám Miklósi;József Topál

  • Differential sensitivity to human communication in dogs, wolves, and human infants

    József Topál;György Gergely;Ágnes Erdőhegyi;Gergely Csibra

  • Voice-Sensitive Regions in the Dog and Human Brain Are Revealed by Comparative fMRI

    Attila Andics;Márta Gácsi;Tamás Faragó;Anna Kis

  • Dogs respond appropriately to cues of humans’ attentional focus

    Zsófia Virányi;József Topál;Márta Gácsi;Ádám Miklósi

  • Dog and owner demographic characteristics and dog personality trait associations.

    Enikő Kubinyi;Borbála Turcsán;Ádám Miklósi

  • Human listeners are able to classify dog (Canis familiaris) barks recorded in different situations.

    Péter Pongrácz;Csaba Molnár;Ádám Miklósi;Vilmos Csányi

  • Infants' perseverative search errors are induced by pragmatic misinterpretation.

    József Topál;György Gergely;Ádám Miklósi;Ágnes Erdőhegyi

  • Attachment behavior of adult dogs (Canis familiaris) living at rescue centers: forming new bonds.

    Márta Gácsi;József Topál;Ádám Miklósi;Antal Dóka

Frequent Co-Authors

József Topál
József Topál Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Vilmos Csányi
Vilmos Csányi Eötvös Loránd University
Friederike Range
Friederike Range University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Zsófia Virányi
Zsófia Virányi University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Ludwig Huber
Ludwig Huber University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Josep Call
Josep Call University of St Andrews
György Gergely
György Gergely Central European University
Gergely Csibra
Gergely Csibra Central European University
Brian Hare
Brian Hare Duke University
Róbert Bódizs
Róbert Bódizs Semmelweis University

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