2026 Josep Call: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	120	256	222	45	38	530	63708

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award
2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
2014 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Josep Call is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Psychology, having contributed extensively to subfields such as Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's work is concentrated on topics including Primate Behavior and Ecology, Child and Animal Learning Development, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Language and Cultural Evolution, Action Observation and Synchronization, and the Cognitive and Developmental Aspects of Mathematical Skills.

Frequent co-authors in Josep Call's research include Christoph J. Völter, Michael Tomasello, Matthias Allritz, Allison B. Kaufman, and James C. Kaufman. This network of collaborators reflects a consistent engagement with colleagues focused on related areas of study.

Josep Call has published in several respected scientific venues, with notable frequency in:

Journal of Comparative Psychology
Scientific Reports
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Animal Cognition
Animal Behaviour

Among recent papers are:

"Age influences domestic dog cognitive performance independent of average breed lifespan" (2020, Animal Cognition)
"Bonobos and chimpanzees remember familiar conspecifics for decades" (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
"Learning Novel Skills From Iconic Gestures: A Developmental and Evolutionary Perspective" (2020, Psychological Science)
"Inferential Communication: Bridging the Gap Between Intentional and Ostensive Communication in Non-human Primates" (2022, Frontiers in Psychology)
"The structure of executive functions in preschool children and chimpanzees" (2022, Scientific Reports)

Josep Call has authored books published by Psychology Press eBooks and Cambridge University Press. Notable titles include "The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys" (2020) and "Primate Cognitive Studies" (2022).

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2016 and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2014, reflecting peer acknowledgment within academic communities.

Best Publications

Understanding and sharing intentions: The origins of cultural cognition

Michael Tomasello;Malinda Carpenter;Josep Call;Tanya Behne

6556
Citations
In search of the uniquely human

Michael Tomasello;Malinda Carpenter;Josep Call;Tanya Behne

3600
Citations
Humans Have Evolved Specialized Skills of Social Cognition: The Cultural Intelligence Hypothesis

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

2014
Citations
Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind? 30 years later.

Josep Call;Michael Tomasello

1598
Citations
Ratcheting up the ratchet: on the evolution of cumulative culture

Claudio Tennie;Josep Call;Michael Tomasello

1423
Citations
Chimpanzees know what conspecifics do and do not see

Brian Hare;Josep Call;Bryan Agnetta;Michael Tomasello

1373
Citations
Fission-fusion dynamics: new research frameworks

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

1215
Citations
Do chimpanzees know what conspecifics know

Brian Hare;Josep Call;Michael Tomasello

1143
Citations
Word Learning in a Domestic Dog: Evidence for "Fast Mapping"

Juliane Kaminski;Josep Call;Julia Fischer

985
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
Great apes anticipate that other individuals will act according to false beliefs

Christopher Nicholas Krupenye;Fumihiro Kano;Fumihiro Kano;Satoshi Hirata;Josep Call;Josep Call

838
Citations
Apes Save Tools for Future Use

Nicholas J. Mulcahy;Josep Call

778
Citations
A Nonverbal False Belief Task: The Performance of Children and Great Apes.

Josep Call;Michael Tomasello

735
Citations
Five primate species follow the visual gaze of conspecifics

Michael Tomasello;Josep Call;Brian Hare

683
Citations
Unwilling versus unable: infants' understanding of intentional action.

Tanya Behne;Malinda Carpenter;Josep Call;Michael Tomasello

641
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
Chimpanzees are rational maximizers in an ultimatum game.

Keith Jensen;Josep Call;Michael Tomasello

615
Citations
The learning and use of gestural signals by young chimpanzees: A trans-generational study

Michael Tomasello;Josep Call;Katherine Nagell;Raquel Olguin

563
Citations
'Unwilling' versus 'unable': chimpanzees' understanding of human intentional action.

Josep Call;Brian Hare;Malinda Carpenter;Michael Tomasello

561
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Tomasello Duke University

Malinda Carpenter University of St Andrews

Daniel B. M. Haun Max Planck Society

Brian Hare Duke University

Esther Herrmann University of Portsmouth

Elisabetta Visalberghi National Research Council (CNR)

Hannes Rakoczy University of Göttingen

Robin I. M. Dunbar University of Oxford

Frans B. M. de Waal Emory University

Masaki Tomonaga University of Human Environments

External Links

Wikipedia of Josep Call Personal website of Josep Call Google Scholar page

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