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Bennett G. Galef

Bennett G. Galef

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
76
Citations
18788
World Ranking
1729
National Ranking
92

Bennett G. Galef publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bennett G. Galef sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 264 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Bennett G. Galef D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bennett G. Galef sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bennett G. Galef is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada. Their primary research spans multiple disciplines within social sciences and psychology, focusing on areas related to cultural and social behavior, as well as evolutionary dynamics. Bennett G. Galef has contributed notably to topics including language and cultural evolution, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, and primate behavior and ecology.

The main fields of study associated with their work are:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

More detailed areas of focus within these fields are:

  • Cultural Studies
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology

The topics frequently addressed in their research include:

  • Language and cultural evolution
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology

Bennett G. Galef collaborates with peers in their research, with David J. White identified as a frequent co-author.

Over the course of their career, Bennett G. Galef has been recognized by prestigious organizations. They were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1991. Later, in 2009, they were also made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, under the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Social learning in animals : the roots of culture

    Cecilia M. Heyes;Bennett G. Galef

  • Social influences on foraging in vertebrates: causal mechanisms and adaptive functions.

    Bennett G. Galef;Luc-Alain Giraldeau

  • Social Learning in Animals: Empirical Studies and Theoretical Models

    Bennett G. Galef;Kevin N. Laland

  • The question of animal culture

    Bennett G. Galef

  • Social learning : psychological and biological perspectives

    Thomas R. Zentall;Bennett G. Galef

  • Transfer of information concerning distant foods: A laboratory investigation of the ‘information-centre’ hypothesis

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  • Mother's milk: a determinant of the feeding preferences of weaning rat pups

    Bennett G. Galef;Patricia W. Henderson

  • Acute anosmia in the rat: A behavioral test of a peripherally-induced olfactory deficit.

    Jeffrey R. Alberts;Bennett G. Galef

  • Cultural transmission without imitation: Milk bottle opening by birds.

    David F. Sherry;Bennett G. Galef

  • Carbon Disulfide: A Semiochemical Mediating Socially-Induced Diet Choice in Rats

    Bennett G. Galef;J. Russell Mason;George Preti;N. Jay Bean

  • Biological constraints on instrumental and classical conditioning: retrospect and prospect

    Michael P Domjan;Bennett G. Galef

  • Social Transmission of Acquired Behavior: A Discussion of Tradition and Social Learning in Vertebrates

    Bennett G. Galef

  • Mother's milk: a medium for transmission of cues reflecting the flavor of mother's diet.

    Bennett G. Galef;David F. Sherry

  • Social factors in the poison avoidance and feeding behavior of wild and domesticated rat pups.

    Bennett G. Galef;Mertice M. Clark

  • The Ecology of Weaning

    Bennett G. Galef

  • Aggression and timidity: responses to novelty in feral Norway rats.

    Bennett G. Galef

  • Mate-choice copying in Japanese quail,Coturnix coturnix japonica

    Bennett G. Galef;David J. White

  • Mother's milk and adult presence: two factors determining initial dietary selection by weanling rats.

    Bennett G. Galef;Mertice M. Clark

  • Demonstrator influence on observer diet preference: Analyses of critical social interactions and olfactory signals

    Bennett G. Galef;Moni Stein

  • Imitation learning in budgerigars: Dawson and Foss (1965) revisited.

    B.G. Galef;L.A. Manzig;R.M. Field

  • Complete maternal deprivation affects social, but not spatial, learning in adult rats

    F. Lévy;A. I. Melo;B. G. Galef;M. Madden

  • Prenatal influences on reproductive life history strategies.

    Mertice M. Clark;Bennett G. Galef

Frequent Co-Authors

Paola Valsecchi
Paola Valsecchi University of Parma
Jennifer Vonk
Jennifer Vonk Oakland University
David Crews
David Crews The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas R. Zentall
Thomas R. Zentall University of Kentucky
Andrew Whiten
Andrew Whiten University of St Andrews
Cecilia Heyes
Cecilia Heyes University of Oxford
Kevin N. Laland
Kevin N. Laland University of St Andrews
Mark Nielsen
Mark Nielsen University of Queensland
Alison S. Fleming
Alison S. Fleming University of Toronto
Alan G. McElligott
Alan G. McElligott City University of Hong Kong

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