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József Topál 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 József Topál sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 148 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

József Topál 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 József Topál 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

József Topál is affiliated with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Hungary and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Psychology. Their work spans several subfields including Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pharmacy, Social Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main research topics covered by József Topál's publications include:

  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by József Topál are:

  • Reliability of Family Dogs' Sleep Structure Scoring Based on Manual and Automated Sleep Stage Identification, 2020, Animals
  • Dog Brains Are Sensitive to Infant- and Dog-Directed Prosody, 2023, Communications Biology
  • REM Versus Non-REM Sleep Disturbance Specifically Affects Inter-Specific Emotion Processing in Family Dogs (Canis familiaris), 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Behavioral and Neurophysiological Correlates of Dogs' Individual Sensitivities to Being Observed by Their Owners While Performing a Repetitive Fetching Task, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Is It All About the Pitch? Acoustic Determinants of Dog-Directed Speech Preference in Domestic Dogs, Canis familiaris, 2021, Animal Behaviour

József Topál regularly publishes in several key academic venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Animals
  • Magyar Pszichológiai Szemle

Frequent collaborators in József Topál's research include:

  • Anna Kis
  • Anna Gergely
  • Henrietta Bolló
  • Orsolya Kiss
  • Márta Gácsi

Best Publications

  • A Simple Reason for a Big Difference: Wolves Do Not Look Back at Humans, but Dogs Do.

    Ádám Miklósi;Enikö Kubinyi;József Topál;Márta Gácsi

  • Attachment behavior in dogs (Canis familiaris): A new application of Ainsworth's (1969) Strange Situation Test.

    József Topál;Ádám Miklósi;Vilmos Csányi;Antal Dóka

  • Use of experimenter-given cues in dogs.

    Á. Miklösi;R. Polgárdi;J. Topál;V. Csányi

  • Comprehension of human communicative signs in pet dogs (Canis familiaris).

    Krisztina Soproni;Adám Miklósi;József Topál;Vilmos Csányi

  • Intentional behaviour in dog-human communication: an experimental analysis of “showing” behaviour in the dog

    Ádám Miklósi;R. Polgárdi;József Topál;Vilmos Csányi

  • Comparative social cognition: what can dogs teach us?

    Á. Miklósi;J. Topál;V. Csányi

  • Dogs' (Canis familiaris) responsiveness to human pointing gestures.

    Krisztina Soproni;Ádám Miklósi;József Topál;Vilmos Csányi

  • Attachment to humans: a comparative study on hand-reared wolves and differently socialized dog puppies

    József Topál;Márta Gácsi;Ádám Miklósi;Zsófia Virányi

  • A comparative study of the use of visual communicative signals in interactions between dogs (Canis familiaris) and humans and cats (Felis catus) and humans

    Ádam Miklósi;Péter Pongrácz;Gabriella Lakatos;József Topál

  • Are readers of our face readers of our minds? Dogs (Canis familiaris) show situation-dependent recognition of human’s attention

    Márta Gácsi;Ádám Miklósi;Orsolya Varga;József Topál

  • Comprehension of human pointing gestures in young human-reared wolves (Canis lupus) and dogs (Canis familiaris)

    Zsófia Virányi;Márta Gácsi;Enikő Kubinyi;József Topál

  • What does it take to become 'best friends'? Evolutionary changes in canine social competence.

    Ádám Miklósi;József Topál

  • Differential sensitivity to human communication in dogs, wolves, and human infants

    József Topál;György Gergely;Ágnes Erdőhegyi;Gergely Csibra

  • Dogs respond appropriately to cues of humans’ attentional focus

    Zsófia Virányi;József Topál;Márta Gácsi;Ádám Miklósi

  • Infants' perseverative search errors are induced by pragmatic misinterpretation.

    József Topál;György Gergely;Ádám Miklósi;Ágnes Erdőhegyi

  • Attachment behavior of adult dogs (Canis familiaris) living at rescue centers: forming new bonds.

    Márta Gácsi;József Topál;Ádám Miklósi;Antal Dóka

  • Dogs' Gaze Following Is Tuned to Human Communicative Signals

    Ernodblac Téglás;Ernodblac Téglás;Anna Gergely;Krisztina Kupán;Ádám Miklósi

  • Social learning in dogs: the effect of a human demonstrator on the performance of dogs in a detour task

    Peter Pongracz;Peter Pongracz;Adam Miklosi;Adam Miklosi;Enikö Kubinyi;Enikö Kubinyi;Kata Gurobi;Kata Gurobi

  • Species-specific differences and similarities in the behavior of hand-raised dog and wolf pups in social situations with humans

    Márta Gácsi;Borbála Gyori;Adám Miklósi;Zsófia Virányi

  • Dog-Human Relationship Affects Problem Solving Behavior in the Dog

    J. Topál;Á. Miklósi;V. Csányi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ádám Miklósi
Ádám Miklósi Eötvös Loránd University
Vilmos Csányi
Vilmos Csányi Eötvös Loránd University
Márta Gácsi
Márta Gácsi Eötvös Loránd University
György Gergely
György Gergely Central European University
Róbert Bódizs
Róbert Bódizs Semmelweis University
Zsófia Virányi
Zsófia Virányi University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Gergely Csibra
Gergely Csibra Central European University
Friederike Range
Friederike Range University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Ludwig Huber
Ludwig Huber University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Frédéric Kaplan
Frédéric Kaplan École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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