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74
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28094
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1841
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1084

Brian Hare 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 Brian Hare sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 153 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian Hare 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 Brian Hare sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • The Domestication of Social Cognition in Dogs

    Brian Hare;Michelle Brown;Christina Williamson;Michael Tomasello

  • Chimpanzees know what conspecifics do and do not see

    Brian Hare;Josep Call;Bryan Agnetta;Michael Tomasello

  • Human-like social skills in dogs?

    Brian Hare;Michael Tomasello

  • Do chimpanzees know what conspecifics know

    Brian Hare;Josep Call;Michael Tomasello

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

    Michael Tomasello;Josep Call;Brian Hare

  • The evolution of self-control

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

  • Spontaneous Altruism by Chimpanzees and Young Children

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

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

    Brian Hare;Victoria Wobber;Richard Wrangham

  • Five primate species follow the visual gaze of conspecifics

    Michael Tomasello;Josep Call;Brian Hare

  • Chimpanzees Recruit the Best Collaborators

    Alicia P. Melis;Brian Hare;Michael Tomasello

  • 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

  • Tolerance Allows Bonobos to Outperform Chimpanzees on a Cooperative Task

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

  • Engineering cooperation in chimpanzees: tolerance constraints on cooperation

    Alicia P. Melis;Brian Hare;Michael Tomasello

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

    Josep Call;Brian Hare;Malinda Carpenter;Michael Tomasello

  • Chimpanzees are more skilful in competitive than in cooperative cognitive tasks

    Brian Hare;Michael Tomasello

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

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

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

    Brian Hare;Michael Tomasello

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

    Keith Jensen;Brian Hare;Josep Call;Michael Tomasello

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

    Brian Hare

  • Engineering Human Cooperation

    Terence C. Burnham;Brian Hare

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Tomasello
Michael Tomasello Duke University
Josep Call
Josep Call University of St Andrews
Alexandra G. Rosati
Alexandra G. Rosati University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Esther Herrmann
Esther Herrmann University of Portsmouth
Richard W. Wrangham
Richard W. Wrangham Harvard University
Stephen R. Ross
Stephen R. Ross Lincoln Park Zoo
Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf
Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf Franklin & Marshall College
Charles L. Nunn
Charles L. Nunn Duke University
Ádám Miklósi
Ádám Miklósi Eötvös Loránd University
Felix Warneken
Felix Warneken University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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