2026 Thomas Bugnyar: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	57	4076	3761	17	16	180	10250

Overview

Thomas Bugnyar is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and agricultural and biological sciences, with a concentrated contribution to social psychology and ecology-related subfields. Bugnyar's work intersects significantly with areas such as ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, developmental biology, and studies involving small animals.

Their main topics of study include primate behavior and ecology, animal behavior and reproduction, animal vocal communication and behavior, animal behavior and welfare studies, human-animal interaction studies, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Bugnyar's recent publications reveal ongoing research interests across these domains. Noteworthy papers include:

"Socio-ecological correlates of neophobia in corvids" (2021, Current Biology)
"Prosociality, social tolerance and partner choice facilitate mutually beneficial cooperation in common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus" (2021, Animal Behaviour)
"Sex-specific effects of cooperative breeding and colonial nesting on prosociality in corvids" (2020, eLife)
"Dominance in a socially dynamic setting: hierarchical structure and conflict dynamics in ravens' foraging groups" (2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
"Beyond the dichotomy between field and lab - the importance of studying cognition in context" (2022, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences)

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of Bugnyar's research, with frequent coauthors including Jorg J. M. Massen, Palmyre H. Boucherie, Vedrana Šlipogor, Lisa Horn, and Christian R. Blum. This network indicates active engagement with scholars contributing to various aspects of animal cognition and behavior.

Their work has appeared predominantly in venues such as Animal Behaviour and Animal Cognition, each featuring seven publications, alongside multiple contributions to Scientific Reports, Royal Society Open Science, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Bugnyar has also contributed to academic literature through a book published by Cambridge University Press titled The Cambridge Handbook of Animal Cognition (2021), which has garnered citations within the field.

Best Publications

Cognition without Cortex

Onur Güntürkün;Thomas Bugnyar

415
Citations
Observational learning and the raiding of food caches in ravens, Corvus corax : Is it "tactical" deception?

Thomas Bugnyar;Kurt Kotrschal

389
Citations
Social Cognition and the Evolution of Language: Constructing Cognitive Phylogenies

W. Tecumseh Fitch;Ludwig Huber;Thomas Bugnyar

375
Citations
Ravens, Corvus corax, differentiate between knowledgeable and ignorant competitors

Thomas Bugnyar;Bernd Heinrich

346
Citations
Ravens, Corvus corax, follow gaze direction of humans around obstacles

Thomas Bugnyar;Mareike Stöwe;Bernd Heinrich

292
Citations
Ravens attribute visual access to unseen competitors

Thomas Bugnyar;Stephan Alexander Reber;Stephan Alexander Reber;Cameron Buckner

241
Citations
Push or pull: an experimental study on imitation in marmosets

Thomas Bugnyar;Ludwig Huber

240
Citations
Do Ravens Show Consolation? Responses to Distressed Others

Orlaith N. Fraser;Thomas Bugnyar

222
Citations
Pilfering ravens, Corvus corax, adjust their behaviour to social context and identity of competitors.

Thomas Bugnyar;Thomas Bugnyar;Bernd Heinrich

195
Citations
Testing Problem Solving in Ravens: String-Pulling to Reach Food

Bernd Heinrich;Thomas Bugnyar

181
Citations
Food calling in ravens: are yells referential signals?

Thomas Bugnyar;Maartje Kijne;Kurt Kotrschal

176
Citations
Long-Term Memory for Affiliates in Ravens

Markus Boeckle;Thomas Bugnyar

163
Citations
The quality of social relationships in ravens

Orlaith N. Fraser;Thomas Bugnyar

162
Citations
Novel object exploration in ravens (Corvus corax): effects of social relationships.

Mareike Stöwe;Thomas Bugnyar;Matthias-Claudio Loretto;Christian Schloegl

158
Citations
Gaze following in the red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria)

Anna Wilkinson;Isabella Mandl;Thomas Bugnyar;Ludwig Huber

158
Citations
The use of referential gestures in ravens ( Corvus corax ) in the wild

Simone Pika;Thomas Bugnyar

156
Citations
Gaze following in common ravens, Corvus corax: ontogeny and habituation

Christian Schloegl;Kurt Kotrschal;Thomas Bugnyar

143
Citations
Tolerance and reward equity predict cooperation in ravens (Corvus corax)

Jorg J. M. Massen;Caroline Ritter;Thomas Bugnyar;Thomas Bugnyar

140
Citations
Knower–guesser differentiation in ravens: others' viewpoints matter

Thomas Bugnyar

138
Citations
Ravens Reconcile after Aggressive Conflicts with Valuable Partners

Orlaith N. Fraser;Thomas Bugnyar

137
Citations
Ravens judge competitors through experience with play caching.

Thomas Bugnyar;Thomas Bugnyar;Christine Schwab;Christian Schloegl;Kurt Kotrschal

132
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ludwig Huber University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

Friederike Range University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

Josep Call University of St Andrews

Thomas Mussweiler London Business School

Claus Lamm University of Vienna

Judith M. Burkart University of Zurich

Alexander Weiss University of Edinburgh

Nathan J. Emery Queen Mary University of London

Ádám Miklósi Eötvös Loránd University

Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith University of Stirling

External Links

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