2026 Simon M. Reader: 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	38	5779	5366	341	327	98	13714

Overview

Simon M. Reader is a researcher affiliated with McGill University in Canada whose work spans multiple fields of study primarily within the biological and psychological sciences. Their research encompasses topics related to animal behavior, ecology, and neuroendocrine regulation, producing contributions that intersect experimental and observational approaches.

Their main research fields include:

Psychology
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Environmental Science

Subfields of study covered by their work are:

Social Psychology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Paleontology

Key topics within their research focus include:

Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Several recent papers illustrate the scope and diversity of their research interests:

Submission signals in animal groups, 2021, published in Behaviour
Alarm cues and alarmed conspecifics: neural activity during social learning from different cues in Trinidadian guppies, 2022, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
The role of behavioural flexibility in primate diversification, 2021, published in Animal Behaviour
Wild guppies from populations exposed to higher predation risk exhibit greater vasotocin brain gene expression, 2021, published in Journal of Zoology
Insights into adaptive behavioural plasticity from the guppy model system, 2024, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequently publishing in certain venues, the researcher has produced work in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 3 publications
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences - 2 publications
Molecular Ecology - 2 publications
Animal Biology - 2 publications
Behaviour - 1 publication

Simon M. Reader often collaborates with a core set of coauthors, including:

Maria J.A. Creighton (4 joint publications)
Arne Ø. Mooers (4 joint publications)
Janay A. Fox (3 joint publications)
Rowan D. H. Barrett (3 joint publications)
Adam R. Reddon (2 joint publications)

Best Publications

Integrating animal temperament within ecology and evolution.

Denis Réale;Simon M. Reader;Simon M. Reader;Daniel Sol;Daniel Sol;Peter T. McDougall

3940
Citations
Social intelligence, innovation, and enhanced brain size in primates

Simon M. Reader;Kevin N. Laland

1366
Citations
The evolution of self-control

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

856
Citations
Brains, innovations and evolution in birds and primates.

Louis Lefebvre;Simon M. Reader;Daniel Sol

772
Citations
The evolution of primate general and cultural intelligence

Simon M. Reader;Yfike Hager;Kevin N. Laland

572
Citations
Brain Size Predicts the Success of Mammal Species Introduced into Novel Environments

Daniel Sol;Sven Bacher;Simon M. Reader;Louis Lefebvre

489
Citations
Wildlife conservation and animal temperament: causes and consequences of evolutionary change for captive, reintroduced, and wild populations

P. T. McDougall;D. Réale;D. Sol;D. Sol;S. M. Reader;S. M. Reader

404
Citations
Primate Innovation: Sex, Age and Social Rank Differences

Simon M. Reader;Kevin N. Laland

347
Citations
Foraging innovation in the guppy

Kevin N. Laland;Simon M. Reader

312
Citations
The relation between social rank, neophobia and individual learning in starlings

Neeltje J. Boogert;Simon M. Reader;Kevin N. Laland

276
Citations
An Open Resource for Non-human Primate Imaging

Michael P. Milham;Michael P. Milham;Lei Ai;Bonhwang Koo;Ting Xu

266
Citations
Interactions Between Shoal Size and Conformity in Guppy Social Foraging

Rachel L. Day;Tom MacDonald;Culum Brown;Kevin N. Laland

245
Citations
Coevolution of cultural intelligence, extended life history, sociality, and brain size in primates.

Sally E Street;Ana F Navarrete;Simon M Reader;Kevin N Laland

228
Citations
Animal innovation: An introduction.

Simon M. Reader;Kevin N. Laland

222
Citations
Social learning of foraging sites and escape routes in wild Trinidadian guppies

Simon M. Reader;Jeremy R. Kendal;Kevin N. Laland

177
Citations
Diffusion of foraging innovations in the guppy.

Simon M. Reader;Kevin N. Laland

172
Citations
The origin and spread of innovations in starlings

Neeltje J. Boogert;Simon M. Reader;William Hoppitt;Kevin N. Laland

167
Citations
Innovation and social learning: individual variation and brain evolution *

Simon M. Reader

165
Citations
Causes of Individual Differences in Animal Exploration and Search.

Simon M. Reader

162
Citations
Large-brained mammals live longer.

C. González-Lagos;Daniel Sol;Daniel Sol;S. M. Reader;S. M. Reader

159
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Pieter R. Roelfsema Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

Jakob Seidlitz University of Pennsylvania

Rogier B. Mars University of Oxford

Charles E. Schroeder Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research

Daniel S. Margulies Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Michael P. Milham Child Mind Institute

John H. Morrison University of California, Davis

Frank Q. Ye National Institutes of Health

Stanislas Dehaene Collège de France

Leslie G. Ungerleider National Institutes of Health

External Links

Personal website of Simon M. Reader Google Scholar page

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