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D-Index
44
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8715
World Ranking
5021
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1720

Thore J. Bergman publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thore J. Bergman sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 133 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Thore J. Bergman D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thore J. Bergman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thore J. Bergman is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, mainly focusing on psychology and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these fields, Bergman has contributed extensively to subfields such as social psychology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, developmental biology, and molecular biology.

The core topics of Bergman's work include primate behavior and ecology, animal behavior and reproduction, and animal vocal communication and behavior. Additional areas of research cover wildlife ecology and conservation, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, gut microbiota and health, and neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

Among their recent scholarly articles are:

  • Leveling with Tinbergen: Four levels simplified to causes and consequences, 2021, Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews
  • Seasonal shifts in the gut microbiome indicate plastic responses to diet in wild geladas, 2021, Microbiome
  • Multilevel Organisation of Animal Sociality, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Maternal effects on early-life gut microbiota maturation in a wild nonhuman primate, 2022, Current Biology
  • Genomic signatures of high-altitude adaptation and chromosomal polymorphism in geladas, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Bergman has frequently published in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Current Biology, Royal Society Open Science, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of Bergman's research activities. Regular coauthors include Jacinta C. Beehner, Amy Lu, Noah Snyder-Mackler, India A. Schneider-Crease, and Alice Baniel, with collaboration counts ranging from 10 to 28 joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Strong and Consistent Social Bonds Enhance the Longevity of Female Baboons

    Joan B. Silk;Jacinta C. Beehner;Thore J. Bergman;Catherine Crockford

  • The benefits of social capital: close social bonds among female baboons enhance offspring survival

    Joan B. Silk;Jacinta C. Beehner;Thore J. Bergman;Catherine Crockford

  • Hierarchical Classification by Rank and Kinship in Baboons

    Thore J. Bergman;Jacinta C. Beehner;Dorothy L. Cheney;Robert M. Seyfarth

  • Behavioural and hormonal responses to predation in female chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus).

    Anne L Engh;Jacinta C Beehner;Thore J Bergman;Patricia L Whitten

  • The central importance of information in studies of animal communication.

    Robert M. Seyfarth;Dorothy L. Cheney;Thore Bergman;Julia Fischer

  • Factors Affecting Reproduction and Mortality Among Baboons in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

    Dorothy L. Cheney;Robert M. Seyfarth;Julia Fischer;J. Beehner

  • Female chacma baboons form strong, equitable, and enduring social bonds

    Joan B. Silk;Jacinta C. Beehner;Thore J. Bergman;Catherine Crockford

  • Seasonal shifts in the gut microbiome indicate plastic responses to diet in wild geladas

    Alice Baniel;Katherine R. Amato;Jacinta C. Beehner;Thore J. Bergman

  • The next step for stress research in primates: To identify relationships between glucocorticoid secretion and fitness.

    Jacinta C. Beehner;Thore J. Bergman

  • Female hierarchy instability, male immigration and infanticide increase glucocorticoid levels in female chacma baboons

    Anne L. Engh;Jacinta C. Beehner;Jacinta C. Beehner;Thore J. Bergman;Patricia L. Whitten

  • The effect of new alpha males on female stress in free-ranging baboons

    J.C. Beehner;J.C. Beehner;T.J. Bergman;D.L. Cheney;R.M. Seyfarth

  • Testosterone predicts future dominance rank and mating activity among male chacma baboons

    J. C. Beehner;J. C. Beehner;T. J. Bergman;D. L. Cheney;R. M. Seyfarth

  • A Bruce effect in wild geladas.

    Eila K. Roberts;Amy Lu;Thore J. Bergman;Jacinta C. Beehner

  • Chest Color and Social Status in Male Geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

    Thore J. Bergman;Lucy Ho;Jacinta C. Beehner

  • Measuring social complexity

    Thore J. Bergman;Jacinta C. Beehner

  • A simple method for measuring colour in wild animals: Validation and use on chest patch colour in geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

    Thore J. Bergman;Jacinta C. Beehner

  • Correlates of stress in free-ranging male chacma baboons, Papio hamadryas ursinus

    T.J. Bergman;J.C. Beehner;J.C. Beehner;D.L. Cheney;R.M. Seyfarth

  • Defining Higher Levels in the Multilevel Societies of Geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

    Noah Snyder-Mackler;Jacinta C. Beehner;Thore J. Bergman

  • Multilevel Organisation of Animal Sociality.

    Cyril C. Grueter;Xiaoguang Qi;Dietmar Zinner;Thore Bergman

  • Derived vocalizations of geladas (Theropithecus gelada) and the evolution of vocal complexity in primates

    Morgan L. Gustison;Aliza le Roux;Aliza le Roux;Thore J. Bergman

  • Comparing responses to novel objects in wild baboons (Papio ursinus) and geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

    Thore J. Bergman;Dawn M. Kitchen

  • Speech-like vocalized lip-smacking in geladas.

    Thore J. Bergman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacinta C. Beehner
Jacinta C. Beehner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert M. Seyfarth
Robert M. Seyfarth University of Pennsylvania
Dorothy L. Cheney
Dorothy L. Cheney University of Pennsylvania
Joan B. Silk
Joan B. Silk Arizona State University
Dietmar Zinner
Dietmar Zinner German Primate Center
Susan C. Alberts
Susan C. Alberts Duke University
Cyril C. Grueter
Cyril C. Grueter University of Western Australia
Klaus Zuberbühler
Klaus Zuberbühler University of Neuchâtel
Jeffrey Rogers
Jeffrey Rogers Baylor College of Medicine
Joël Fagot
Joël Fagot Aix-Marseille University

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