2026 Joseph H. Manson: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	36	6472	6017	3129	2857	67	6019

Overview

Joseph H. Manson is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of psychology, with significant focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and clinical psychology. Additional subfields in their work include sociology and political science as well as cognitive neuroscience.

The main topics explored in their publications cover areas such as evolutionary psychology and human behavior, cognitive abilities and testing, personality traits and psychology, social and intergroup psychology, mental health research topics, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, and cultural differences and values.

Joseph H. Manson has contributed to multiple research articles, including:

Right-wing Authoritarianism, Left-wing Authoritarianism, and pandemic-mitigation authoritarianism (2020), published in Personality and Individual Differences
The Structure of the Mini-K and K-SF-42 (2020), published in Human Nature
Network analysis of psychometric life history indicators (2022), published in Evolution and Human Behavior
Sex Differences in Fearful Personality Traits Are Mediated by Physical Strength (2022), published in Social Psychological and Personality Science

Other notable recent publications where Manson appears as a coauthor or is associated with include "Body synchrony in triadic interaction" (2020) published in Royal Society Open Science.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Aaron W. Lukaszewski, Kristine J. Chua, Rick Dale, Gregory A. Bryant, and Matthew M. Gervais. These coauthors have contributed to multiple projects across various subfields and topics tied to Manson's research focus.

The research work of Joseph H. Manson is published in venues such as Evolution and Human Behavior, Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, Personality and Individual Differences, Royal Society Open Science, and Human Nature, reflecting a consistent engagement with leading journals in evolutionary and social psychology.

Best Publications

Fission-fusion dynamics: new research frameworks

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

1215
Citations
Intergroup aggression in chimpanzees and humans

Joseph H. Manson;Richard W. Wrangham;James L. Boone;Bernard Chapais

671
Citations
Social conventions in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys - Evidence for traditions in a neotropical primate

Susan Perry;Mary Baker;Linda M Fedigan;Julie Gros-Louis

421
Citations
Convergence of speech rate in conversation predicts cooperation

Joseph H. Manson;Gregory A. Bryant;Matthew M. Gervais;Michelle A. Kline

221
Citations
Number of males in primate groups: Comparative tests of competing hypotheses.

John C. Mitani;Julie Gros-Louis;Joseph H. Manson

173
Citations
Nonconceptive Sexual Behavior in Bonobos and Capuchins

Joseph H. Manson;Joseph H. Manson;Susan Perry;Amy R. Parish;Amy R. Parish;Amy R. Parish

165
Citations
Measuring female mate choice in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques

Joseph H. Manson

160
Citations
Kin-biased social behaviour in wild adult female white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus

Susan Perry;Susan Perry;Joseph H. Manson;Joseph H. Manson;Laura Muniz;Julie Gros-Louis

157
Citations
White-faced capuchin monkeys show triadic awareness in their choice of allies

Susan Perry;H. Clark Barrett;Joseph H. Manson

149
Citations
Violent coalitionary attacks and intraspecific killing in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys ( Cebus capucinus )

Julie Gros-Louis;Susan Perry;Joseph H. Manson

147
Citations
Traditions in monkeys

Susan Perry;Joseph H. Manson

141
Citations
Interspecific Interactions Between Cebus capucinus and other Species: Data from Three Costa Rican Sites

Lisa M. Rose;Susan Perry;Melissa A. Panger;Katharine Jack

138
Citations
Time-matched grooming in female primates?: New analyses from two species

Joseph H. Manson;C. David Navarrete;Joan B. Silk;Susan Perry

131
Citations
Traditions in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys

Susan Perry;Melissa Panger;Lisa M Rose;Mary Baker

124
Citations
Male dominance and reproductive success in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) at Lomas Barbudal, Costa Rica.

Laura Muniz;Susan Perry;Joseph H. Manson;Hannah Gilkenson

106
Citations
Father–daughter inbreeding avoidance in a wild primate population

Laura Muniz;Susan Perry;Joseph H. Manson;Hannah Gilkenson

99
Citations
Dynamics of Female–Female Relationships in Wild Cebus capucinus: Data from Two Costa Rican Sites.

Joseph H. Manson;Lisa M. Rose;Susan Perry;Julie Gros-Louis

99
Citations
Do female rhesus macaques choose novel males

Joseph H. Manson

97
Citations
Infant handling in wildCebus capucinus: testing bonds between females?

Joseph H. Manson

95
Citations
Male aggression: a cost of female mate choice in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques

Joseph H. Manson

92
Citations
Macaque societies: A model for the study of social organization

Joseph H. Manson

16
Citations
Fission-Fusion Dynamics : New Research Frameworks. Commentaries

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

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Perry University of California, Los Angeles

Robin I. M. Dunbar University of Oxford

Josep Call University of St Andrews

Lorenzo Rook University of Florence

Carol R. Ember Yale University

Daniel M. T. Fessler University of California, Los Angeles

Daniel Stahl King's College London

Rick Dale University of California, Los Angeles

Eric Alden Smith University of Washington

Richard W. Wrangham Harvard University

External Links

Personal website of Joseph H. Manson

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