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Elisabetta Palagi

Elisabetta Palagi

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
49
Citations
7447
World Ranking
5762
National Ranking
101

Elisabetta Palagi publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 184 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elisabetta Palagi 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 Elisabetta Palagi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Elisabetta Palagi is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy. Their research primarily covers the fields of Psychology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, they focus on subfields including Social Psychology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The Scientist's work encompasses multiple topics, such as:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Child and Animal Learning Development

They have published recent papers including:

  • The neuroethology of spontaneous mimicry and emotional contagion in human and non-human animals, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Laughter, play faces and mimicry in animals: evolution and social functions, 2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Auditory Contagious Yawning Is Highest Between Friends and Family Members: Support to the Emotional Bias Hypothesis, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Adult play and the evolution of tolerant and cooperative societies, 2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Yawn contagion promotes motor synchrony in wild lions, Panthera leo, 2021, Animal Behaviour

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Veronica Maglieri
  • Alban Lemasson
  • Ivan Norscia
  • Anna Zanoli
  • Luca Pedruzzi

The scientist often publishes in the following venues:

  • Animal Behaviour
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Scientific Reports
  • Current Zoology
  • American Journal of Primatology

Best Publications

  • Contagious yawning in gelada baboons as a possible expression of empathy

    E. Palagi;A. Leone;G. Mancini;Pier Francesco Ferrari

  • Social play in bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Implications for natural social systems and interindividual relationships.

    Elisabetta Palagi

  • Rough-and-tumble play as a window on animal communication

    Elisabetta Palagi;Gordon M. Burghardt;Barbara Smuts;Giada Cordoni

  • Yawn Contagion and Empathy in Homo sapiens

    Ivan Norscia;Elisabetta Palagi

  • Reconciliation and consolation in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus).

    Elisabetta Palagi;Tommaso Paoli;Silvana Borgognini Tarli

  • Immediate and Delayed Benefits of Play Behaviour: New Evidence from Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

    Elisabetta Palagi;G. Cordoni;S.M. Borgognini Tarli

  • Rapid mimicry and emotional contagion in domestic dogs

    Elisabetta Palagi;Velia Nicotra;Giada Cordoni

  • Sharing the motivation to play: the use of signals in adult bonobos

    Elisabetta Palagi

  • The neuroethology of spontaneous mimicry and emotional contagion in human and non-human animals.

    Elisabetta Palagi;Alessia Celeghin;Marco Tamietto;Piotr Winkielman

  • In Bonobos Yawn Contagion Is Higher among Kin and Friends

    Elisa Demuru;Elisa Demuru;Elisabetta Palagi

  • Reconciliation in Wolves (Canis lupus): New Evidence for a Comparative Perspective

    Giada Cordoni;Elisabetta Palagi

  • Rapid Facial Mimicry In Geladas

    Giada Mancini;Pier Francesco Ferrari;Elisabetta Palagi

  • Short-term benefits of play behavior and conflict prevention in Pan paniscus

    Elisabetta Palagi;Tommaso Paoli;Silvana Borgognini Tarli

  • Reconciliation and Consolation in Captive Western Gorillas

    Giada Cordoni;Elisabetta Palagi;Silvana Borgognini Tarli

  • Bonobos protect and console friends and kin.

    Elisabetta Palagi;Ivan Norscia

  • Social tolerance and adult play in macaque societies: a comparison with different human cultures

    Francesca Ciani;Francesca Ciani;Stefania Dall'Olio;Stefania Dall'Olio;Roscoe Stanyon;Elisabetta Palagi

  • Fine-tuning of social play in juvenile lowland gorillas (gorilla gorilla gorilla).

    Elisabetta Palagi;Daniela Antonacci;Giada Cordoni

  • Postconflict third-party affiliation in Canis lupus: do wolves share similarities with the great apes?

    Elisabetta Palagi;Giada Cordoni

  • Yawn contagion in humans and bonobos: emotional affinity matters more than species

    Elisabetta Palagi;Ivan Norscia;Elisa Demuru

  • Not just for fun ! Social play as a springboard for adult social competence in human and non-human primates

    Elisabetta Palagi

  • Stranger to Familiar: Wild Strepsirhines Manage Xenophobia by Playing

    Daniela Antonacci;Ivan Norscia;Elisabetta Palagi;Elisabetta Palagi

  • Ontogenetic Trajectories of Chimpanzee Social Play: Similarities with Humans

    Giada Cordoni;Elisabetta Palagi

Frequent Co-Authors

Pier Francesco Ferrari
Pier Francesco Ferrari Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Leonardo Dapporto
Leonardo Dapporto University of Florence
Roscoe Stanyon
Roscoe Stanyon University of Florence
Stefano Turillazzi
Stefano Turillazzi University of Florence
Gordon M. Burghardt
Gordon M. Burghardt University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Sergio M. Pellis
Sergio M. Pellis University of Lethbridge
Piotr Winkielman
Piotr Winkielman University of California, San Diego
Frans B. M. de Waal
Frans B. M. de Waal Emory University
Marco Tamietto
Marco Tamietto University of Turin
Marc Bekoff
Marc Bekoff University of Colorado Boulder

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