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2023

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D-Index
123
Citations
50134
World Ranking
88
National Ranking
8

Christophe Boesch publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christophe Boesch sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 470 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Christophe Boesch D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christophe Boesch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Christophe Boesch was affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany. Their research contributed significantly to the understanding of primate behavior, ecology, and related fields.

Their work prominently focused on the study of primate behavior and ecology, with particular attention to wildlife ecology and conservation, animal behavior and reproduction, animal vocal communication and behavior, species distribution and climate change, human-animal interaction studies, and child and animal learning development.

Boesch published extensively in the fields of psychology and environmental science. Subfields covered included social psychology, ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, developmental biology, and ecological modeling.

Frequent coauthors in their research included:

  • Roman M. Wittig
  • Hjalmar S. Kühl
  • Mimi Arandjelovic
  • Paula Dieguez
  • Erin G. Wessling

Their research was published in various journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • American Journal of Primatology
  • International Journal of Primatology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Developmental Science

Among their recent papers were:

  • "Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Monkeypox virus emergence in wild chimpanzees reveals distinct clinical outcomes and viral diversity," 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • "Chimpanzee ethnography reveals unexpected cultural diversity," 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "The long lives of primates and the 'invariant rate of ageing' hypothesis," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Between-Group Competition Impacts Reproductive Success in Wild Chimpanzees," 2020, Current Biology

Best Publications

  • Cultures in chimpanzees

    A. Whiten;J. Goodall;W. C. McGrew;T. Nishida

  • Hunting behavior of wild chimpanzees in the Taï National Park

    Christophe Boesch;Hedwige Boesch

  • Fission-fusion dynamics: new research frameworks

    Filippo Aureli;Colleen M Schaffner;Christophe Boesch;Simon K Bearder

  • The Chimpanzees of the Tai Forest : Behavioural Ecology and Evolution

    Christophe Boesch;Hedwige Boesch-Achermann

  • Tool use and tool making in wild chimpanzees.

    Christophe Boesch;Hedwige Boesch

  • Cooperative hunting in wild chimpanzees

    Christophe Boesch

  • Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution

    Kevin E. Langergraber;Kay Prüfer;Carolyn Rowney;Christophe Boesch

  • CHARTING CULTURAL VARIATION IN CHIMPANZEES

    Andrew Whiten;J. Goodall;W. C. McGrew;Toshisada Nishida

  • Pandemic human viruses cause decline of endangered great apes.

    Sophie Köndgen;Sophie Köndgen;Hjalmar Kühl;Paul K. N'Goran;Peter D. Walsh

  • Investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic

    Almudena Marí Saéz;Sabrina Weiss;Kathrin Nowak;Vincent Lapeyre

  • Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts

    Micahel L. Wilson;Christophe Boesch;Barbara Fruth;Takeshi Furuichi

  • Mental map in wild chimpanzees: An analysis of hammer transports for nut cracking

    Christophe Boesch;Hedwige Boesch

  • Quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of DNA from noninvasive samples for accurate microsatellite genotyping of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)

    Phillip A. Morin;Karen E. Chambers;Christophe Boesch;Linda Vigilant

  • Optimisation of Nut-Cracking With Natural Hammers By Wild Chimpanzees

    Christophe Boesch;Hedwige Boesch

  • The Effects of Leopard Predation On Grouping Patterns in Forest Chimpanzees

    Christophe Boesch

  • Microsatellite scoring errors associated with noninvasive genotyping based on nuclear DNA amplified from shed hair

    P. Gagneux;Christophe Boesch;D. S. Woodruff

  • Animal social complexity : intelligence, culture, and individualized societies

    F. B. M. de Waal;Peter L. Tyack

  • Mortality rates among wild chimpanzees.

    Kim Hill;Christophe Boesch;Jane Goodall;Anne Pusey

  • Wild Chimpanzees Produce Group‐Specific Calls: a Case for Vocal Learning?

    Catherine Crockford;Ilka Herbinger;Linda Vigilant;Christophe Boesch

  • Chimpanzee and human cultures

    Christophe Boesch;Michael Tomasello

  • Factors affecting the amount of genomic DNA extracted from ape faeces and the identification of an improved sample storage method.

    Anthony M. Nsubuga;Martha M. Robbins;Amy D. Roeder;Phillip A. Morin

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabian H. Leendertz
Fabian H. Leendertz Robert Koch Institute
Roman M. Wittig
Roman M. Wittig Max Planck Society
Hjalmar S. Kühl
Hjalmar S. Kühl Max Planck Society
Martha M. Robbins
Martha M. Robbins Max Planck Society
Linda Vigilant
Linda Vigilant Max Planck Society
Gottfried Hohmann
Gottfried Hohmann Max Planck Society
Heinz Ellerbrok
Heinz Ellerbrok Robert Koch Institute
Catherine Crockford
Catherine Crockford Max Planck Society
Klaus Zuberbühler
Klaus Zuberbühler University of Neuchâtel
Sandra Junglen
Sandra Junglen Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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