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Steven J. Schapiro 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 Steven J. Schapiro sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 235 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steven J. Schapiro 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 Steven J. Schapiro sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Steven J. Schapiro is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with 63 publications related to psychology and 43 in neuroscience.

The scientist's work encompasses several prominent subfields including social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, developmental and educational psychology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and genetics. These subfields highlight a broad scope that integrates behavioral studies with neurological processes and evolutionary perspectives.

The main topics covered by Schapiro's research reflect interests in primate behavior and ecology, child and animal learning development, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, hemispheric asymmetry in neuroscience, animal behavior and reproduction, functional brain connectivity studies, and human-animal interaction studies. This suggests a multifaceted approach that connects behavioral ecology with neurobiological mechanisms and developmental processes.

Frequent publication venues for Schapiro include:

  • American Journal of Primatology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Schapiro are:

  • "Why do chimpanzees have diverse behavioral repertoires yet lack more complex cultures? Invention and social information use in a cumulative task," 2020, Evolution and Human Behavior
  • "Chimpanzee brain morphometry utilizing standardized MRI preprocessing and macroanatomical annotations," 2020, eLife
  • "Nonadjacent dependency processing in monkeys, apes, and humans," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Age-related changes in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) cognition: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses," 2020, American Journal of Primatology
  • "Age- and cognition-related differences in the gray matter volume of the chimpanzee brain (Pan troglodytes): A voxel-based morphometry and conjunction analysis," 2021, American Journal of Primatology

Schapiro has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • William D. Hopkins
  • Chet C. Sherwood
  • Sarah J. Neal Webb
  • Susan P. Lambeth
  • Mary Catherine Mareno

Best Publications

  • Prolonged myelination in human neocortical evolution

    Daniel J. Miller;Tetyana Duka;Cheryl D. Stimpson;Steven J. Schapiro

  • Chimpanzees are indifferent to the welfare of unrelated group members

    Joan B. Silk;Sarah F. Brosnan;Sarah F. Brosnan;Jennifer Vonk;Joseph Henrich

  • Identification of the Social and Cognitive Processes Underlying Human Cumulative Culture

    L. G. Dean;R. L. Kendal;S. J. Schapiro;Bernard Thierry

  • Transmission of Multiple Traditions within and between Chimpanzee Groups

    Andrew Whiten;Antoine Spiteri;Victoria Horner;Victoria Horner;Kristin E. Bonnie

  • Chimpanzees copy dominant and knowledgeable individuals: implications for cultural diversity

    Rachel Kendal;Lydia M. Hopper;Andrew Whiten;Sarah F. Brosnan;Sarah F. Brosnan

  • Use of primates in research: a global overview.

    Hans Erik Carlsson;Steven J. Schapiro;Idle Farah;Jann Hau

  • Chimpanzees do not take advantage of very low cost opportunities to deliver food to unrelated group members.

    Jennifer Vonk;Jennifer Vonk;Sarah F. Brosnan;Joan B. Silk;Joseph Henrich;Joseph Henrich

  • Relaxed genetic control of cortical organization in human brains compared with chimpanzees

    Aida Gómez-Robles;William D. Hopkins;Steven J. Schapiro;Chet C. Sherwood

  • Mechanisms underlying responses to inequitable outcomes in chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes

    Sarah F. Brosnan;Catherine Talbot;Megan Ahlgren;Susan P. Lambeth

  • The use of positive reinforcement training techniques to enhance the care, management, and welfare of primates in the laboratory.

    Gail E. Laule;Mollie A. Bloomsmith;Steven J. Schapiro

  • Endowment effects in chimpanzees.

    Sarah F. Brosnan;Sarah F. Brosnan;Owen D. Jones;Susan P. Lambeth;Mary Catherine Mareno

  • Experimental studies of traditions and underlying transmission processes in chimpanzees

    Lydia M. Hopper;Antoine Spiteri;Susan P. Lambeth;Steven J. Schapiro

  • Guidelines for developing and managing an environmental enrichment program for nonhuman primates.

    M. A. Bloomsmith;L. Y. Brent;Steven J Schapiro

  • Observational learning in chimpanzees and children studied through 'ghost' conditions.

    Lydia M Hopper;Susan P Lambeth;Steven J Schapiro;Andrew Whiten

  • Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) do not develop contingent reciprocity in an experimental task

    Sarah Frances Brosnan;Joan B. Silk;Joseph Henrich;Mary Catherine Mareno

  • Hand preferences for coordinated bimanual actions in 777 great apes: Implications for the evolution of handedness in Hominins

    William D. Hopkins;Kimberley A. Phillips;Amanda Bania;Sarah E. Calcutt

  • Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are predominantly right-handed: replication in three populations of apes.

    William D. Hopkins;Michael J. Wesley;M. Kay Izard;Michelle Hook

  • Synaptogenesis and development of pyramidal neuron dendritic morphology in the chimpanzee neocortex resembles humans

    Serena Bianchi;Cheryl D. Stimpson;Tetyana Duka;Michael D. Larsen

  • Chimpanzees' socially maintained food preferences indicate both conservatism and conformity.

    Lydia M. Hopper;Steven J. Schapiro;Susan P. Lambeth;Sarah F. Brosnan

  • Space use as an indicator of enclosure appropriateness: A novel measure of captive animal welfare

    Stephen R. Ross;Steven J. Schapiro;Jann Hau;Kristen E. Lukas

  • Positive reinforcement training as a technique to alter nonhuman primate behavior: quantitative assessments of effectiveness.

    Steven J. Schapiro;Mollie A. Bloomsmith;Gail E. Laule

Frequent Co-Authors

William D. Hopkins
William D. Hopkins University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sarah F. Brosnan
Sarah F. Brosnan Georgia State University
Chet C. Sherwood
Chet C. Sherwood George Washington University
Lydia M. Hopper
Lydia M. Hopper Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Andrew Whiten
Andrew Whiten University of St Andrews
Robert D. Latzman
Robert D. Latzman Georgia State University
Mollie A. Bloomsmith
Mollie A. Bloomsmith Emory University
Albert Gjedde
Albert Gjedde University of Copenhagen
Samuel D. Gosling
Samuel D. Gosling The University of Texas at Austin
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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