2026 Brian Hare: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	74	1843	1662	1084	955	153	28094

Overview

Brian Hare is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research covers a range of topics related to animal cognition, behavior, and genetics, with particular emphasis on human-animal interaction and developmental processes.

Their main fields of study include:

Psychology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, Brian Hare's work focuses on several subfields:

Social Psychology
Genetics
Small Animals
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

The scientist's research topics include:

Human-Animal Interaction Studies
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Child and Animal Learning Development
Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
Infant Health and Development
Animal and Plant Science Education

Brian Hare has published significantly in a variety of venues, with multiple works featured in:

Animal Cognition (5 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
Current Biology (2 publications)
Frontiers in Psychology (2 publications)
New England Journal of Medicine (1 publication)

Notable recent papers include:

"Selective Inhibition of Na _V 1.8 with VX-548 for Acute Pain" (2023), published in New England Journal of Medicine
"Dog cognitive development: a longitudinal study across the first 2 years of life" (2020), published in Animal Cognition
"Age influences domestic dog cognitive performance independent of average breed lifespan" (2020), published in Animal Cognition
"Estimating the heritability of cognitive traits across dog breeds reveals highly heritable inhibitory control and communication factors" (2020), published in Animal Cognition
"Cognitive characteristics of 8- to 10-week-old assistance dog puppies" (2020), published in Animal Behaviour

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Hannah Salomons
Evan L. MacLean
Margaret E. Gruen
Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan
Emily E. Bray

Brian Hare has also authored a book titled Survival of the Friendliest, published by Springer Nature in 2024.

Best Publications

Humans Have Evolved Specialized Skills of Social Cognition: The Cultural Intelligence Hypothesis

Esther Herrmann;Josep Call;María Victoria Hernández-Lloreda;Brian Hare

2014
Citations
The Domestication of Social Cognition in Dogs

Brian Hare;Michelle Brown;Christina Williamson;Michael Tomasello

1455
Citations
Chimpanzees know what conspecifics do and do not see

Brian Hare;Josep Call;Bryan Agnetta;Michael Tomasello

1373
Citations
Human-like social skills in dogs?

Brian Hare;Michael Tomasello

1281
Citations
Do chimpanzees know what conspecifics know

Brian Hare;Josep Call;Michael Tomasello

1143
Citations
Chimpanzees understand psychological states – the question is which ones and to what extent

Michael Tomasello;Josep Call;Brian Hare

859
Citations
The evolution of self-control

Evan L. MacLean;Brian Hare;Charles L. Nunn;Elsa Addessi

856
Citations
Spontaneous Altruism by Chimpanzees and Young Children

Felix Warneken;Brian Hare;Alicia P Melis;Daniel Hanus

753
Citations
The self-domestication hypothesis: evolution of bonobo psychology is due to selection against aggression

Brian Hare;Victoria Wobber;Richard Wrangham

702
Citations
Five primate species follow the visual gaze of conspecifics

Michael Tomasello;Josep Call;Brian Hare

683
Citations
Chimpanzees Recruit the Best Collaborators

Alicia P. Melis;Brian Hare;Michael Tomasello

658
Citations
Reliance on head versus eyes in the gaze following of great apes and human infants: the cooperative eye hypothesis.

Michael Tomasello;Brian Hare;Hagen Lehmann;Josep Call

640
Citations
Tolerance Allows Bonobos to Outperform Chimpanzees on a Cooperative Task

Brian Hare;Alicia P. Melis;Vanessa Woods;Sara Hastings

619
Citations
Engineering cooperation in chimpanzees: tolerance constraints on cooperation

Alicia P. Melis;Brian Hare;Michael Tomasello

584
Citations
'Unwilling' versus 'unable': chimpanzees' understanding of human intentional action.

Josep Call;Brian Hare;Malinda Carpenter;Michael Tomasello

561
Citations
Chimpanzees are more skilful in competitive than in cooperative cognitive tasks

Brian Hare;Michael Tomasello

543
Citations
Social Cognitive Evolution in Captive Foxes Is a Correlated By-Product of Experimental Domestication

Brian Hare;Irina Z. Plyusnina;Natalie Ignacio;Olesya Schepina

490
Citations
Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris) Use Human and Conspecific Social Cues to Locate Hidden Food

Brian Hare;Michael Tomasello

489
Citations
What's in it for me? Self-regard precludes altruism and spite in chimpanzees

Keith Jensen;Brian Hare;Josep Call;Michael Tomasello

484
Citations
Survival of the Friendliest: Homo sapiens Evolved via Selection for Prosociality

Brian Hare

470
Citations
Engineering Human Cooperation

Terence C. Burnham;Brian Hare

441
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Tomasello Duke University

Josep Call University of St Andrews

Esther Herrmann University of Portsmouth

Stephen R. Ross Lincoln Park Zoo

Felix Warneken University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Ádám Miklósi Eötvös Loránd University

Laurie R. Santos Yale University

Amrisha Vaish University of Virginia

Malinda Carpenter University of St Andrews

Elisabetta Visalberghi National Research Council (CNR)

External Links

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