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Judith M. Burkart

Judith M. Burkart

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
41
Citations
8680
World Ranking
7803
National Ranking
84

Judith M. Burkart 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 Judith M. Burkart sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 120 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Judith M. Burkart 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 Judith M. Burkart sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Judith M. Burkart is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their primary field of study is Psychology, with a strong focus on Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. They have contributed to the subfields of Developmental Biology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Language and cultural evolution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Burkart include Rahel K. Brügger, Carel P. van Schaik, Kaja Wierucka, Erik P. Willems, and Nikhil Phaniraj.

They have published extensively in several scientific journals. The venues where Burkart has most frequently published are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Animal Cognition
  • Science Advances
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Judith M. Burkart include:

  • "Marmoset prosociality is intentional," 2020, Animal Cognition
  • "The emergence of emotionally modern humans: implications for language and learning," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Validity of Cognitive Tests for Non-human Animals: Pitfalls and Prospects," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Higher social tolerance in wild versus captive common marmosets: the role of interdependence," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Nonadjacent dependency processing in monkeys, apes, and humans," 2020, Science Advances

Best Publications

  • The evolution of self-control

    Evan L. MacLean;Brian Hare;Charles L. Nunn;Elsa Addessi

  • Cooperative breeding and human cognitive evolution

    J. M. Burkart;S. B. Hrdy;C. P. Van Schaik

  • Overall Brain Size, and Not Encephalization Quotient, Best Predicts Cognitive Ability across Non-Human Primates

    Robert O. Deaner;Karin Isler;Judith Maria Burkart;Carel van Schaik

  • Other-regarding preferences in a non-human primate: Common marmosets provision food altruistically

    Judith M. Burkart;Ernst Fehr;Charles Efferson;Carel P. van Schaik

  • The evolutionary origin of human hyper-cooperation

    J. M. Burkart;O. Allon;Federica Amici;C. Fichtel

  • Social learning and evolution: the cultural intelligence hypothesis.

    Carel P. van Schaik;Judith M. Burkart

  • The evolution of general intelligence.

    Judith M. Burkart;Michèle N. Schubiger;Carel P. van Schaik

  • Cognitive consequences of cooperative breeding in primates

    Judith Maria Burkart;Carel P. van Schaik

  • On the psychology of cooperation in humans and other primates: combining the natural history and experimental evidence of prosociality

    Adrian V. Jaeggi;Judith M. Burkart;Carel P. Van Schaik

  • Exorcising Grice's ghost: an empirical approach to studying intentional communication in animals

    Simon William Townsend;Simon William Townsend;Sonja E. Koski;Sonja E. Koski;Richard W. Byrne;Katie E. Slocombe

  • Mind the Gap: Cooperative Breeding and the Evolution of Our Unique Features

    Carel P. van Schaik;Judith M. Burkart

  • Explaining brain size variation: from social to cultural brain

    Carel P. van Schaik;Karin Isler;Judith M. Burkart

  • Impartial third-party interventions in captive chimpanzees: a reflection of community concern.

    Claudia Rudolf von Rohr;Sonja E. Koski;Judith M. Burkart;Clare Caws

  • The emergence of emotionally modern humans: implications for language and learning

    Sarah Blaffer Hrdy;Judith M Burkart

  • Manipulation complexity in primates coevolved with brain size and terrestriality

    Sandra A. Heldstab;Zaida K. Kosonen;Sonja E. Koski;Judith M. Burkart

  • Evolutionary precursors of social norms in chimpanzees: a new approach

    Claudia Rudolf von Rohr;Judith M. Burkart;Carel P. van Schaik

  • Understanding visual access in common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus: perspective taking or behaviour reading?

    Judith Maria Burkart;Adolf Heschl

  • Geometrical gaze following in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus).

    Judith Burkart;Adolf Heschl

  • Oxytocin is associated with infant-care behavior and motivation in cooperatively breeding marmoset monkeys

    Christa Finkenwirth;Eloisa Martins;Tobias Deschner;Judith M. Burkart

  • Group service in macaques (Macaca fuscata), capuchins (Cebus apella) and marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): a comparative approach to identifying proactive prosocial motivations.

    Judith Maria Burkart;Carel van Schaik

  • Social Learning and Evolution

    Carel P. van Schaik;Judith M. Burkart

Frequent Co-Authors

Carel P. van Schaik
Carel P. van Schaik University of Zurich
Katja Liebal
Katja Liebal Leipzig University
Daniel B. M. Haun
Daniel B. M. Haun Max Planck Society
Josep Call
Josep Call University of St Andrews
Claudia Fichtel
Claudia Fichtel German Primate Center
Steven J. Schapiro
Steven J. Schapiro The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Thomas Bugnyar
Thomas Bugnyar University of Vienna
Michael Griesser
Michael Griesser University of Konstanz
David Haig
David Haig Harvard University
Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith University of Stirling

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