Primates

Papers
(The median citation count of Primates is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Through cross-disciplinary collaboration19
Distribution and habitat suitability of the endangered lion-tailed macaque Macaca silenus and other primate species in the Kodagu region of the Western Ghats, India17
Evolutionary history of the endangered Sanje mangabey (Cercocebus sanjei) in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania: inferences from phylogeography and historical niche modelling16
The Primates 2025 social impact award16
Temporal variation and age influence activity budget more than sex and reproductive status in wild brown howler monkeys (Alouatta guariba clamitans) inhabiting a large, continuous forest15
Precursors and aftermath of severe targeted aggression in captive cotton-top tamarins13
Friends in high places: Interspecific grooming between chimpanzees and primate prey species in Budongo Forest13
Partner choice in genito-genital rubbing among female bonobos (Pan paniscus) is highly dependent on physical proximity12
Metacognition in nonhuman primates: a review of current knowledge12
First record of the southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil12
Long-term observations in the Ndoki forest resolve enduring questions about truffle foraging by western lowland gorillas12
Changing views of evaluating species differences in comparative psychology11
Behavioral thermoregulation in relation to humidity in wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui): the significance of semi-shade11
New records of the southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides) in Serra da Mantiqueira through thermal drones11
An overlooked hotspot: persistence of large polyspecific assemblages of threatened primates in the unprotected Yabassi Key Biodiversity Area10
Notes on the conservation threats to the western lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista buettikoferi) in the Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau, West Africa)9
Correction: Owl monkeys: biology, adaptive radiation, and behavioral ecology of the only nocturnal primate in the Americas, edited by Eduardo Fernandez-Duque9
Using an ensemble modeling approach to predict the potential distribution for the Kashmir gray langur (Semnopithecus ajax)9
Different: What apes can teach us about gender, by Frans de Waal8
A case of suspected chimpanzee scavenging in the Issa Valley, Tanzania8
Genetic characterization of Macaca arctoides: A highlight of key genes and pathways8
Portrayals of wild primates in documentary films: reason for concern?8
Sketches of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) hoo’s: vowels by any other name?7
Primate population dynamics in Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda, over nearly five decades7
A report of stillbirth and subsequent maternal cannibalism observed in a free-ranging group of Japanese macaques at Awajishima, Japan7
Geographic, climatic, and phylogenetic drivers of variation in colobine activity budgets7
Reactions to a dead adult female in Japanese macaques at Arashiyama: Why did a non-affiliated female groom the corpse?7
The relationship of coping style and social support variation to glucocorticoid metabolites in wild olive baboons (Papio anubis)7
Behavioral responses to riparian and anthropogenic edge effects in mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in a disturbed riverine forest6
MHC-DRB heterozygosity may increase subordinate but not alpha male siring success in white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator)6
Correction: Path To Acceptance and Refined Practices for Habituating Western Lowland Gorillas6
Comparative analysis of intragroup intermale relationships: a study of wild bonobos (Pan paniscus) in Wamba, Democratic Republic of Congo and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Kalinzu Forest Reserve, U6
Correction: A cooperation experiment with white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar)6
Correction to: My path to primatology: some stories from the field6
Acknowledgements6
Correction to: Fission–fusion dynamics in a wild group of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) on Kinkazan Island caused by the repeated separation of an alpha male being followed by females6
Correction: Snapshots: most-cited Primates papers by decade (1950s–2020s)5
Of hot springs and holobionts: linking hot spring bathing behavior, parasitism, and gut microbiome in Japanese macaques5
Treatment of hepatitis in ex-biomedical chimpanzees at a Japanese sanctuary thanks to support from the general public5
Correction: Primate population dynamics in Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda, over nearly five decades5
Mixed-species association and a record of a hybrid offspring between Trachypithecus pileatus and Trachypithecus phayrei in Bangladesh5
Flora of Gorongosa National Park: a review of a modern African environment and its implications for baboon diet5
Responses to dying and dead adult companions in a free-ranging, provisioned group of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)5
Analysis of palmprints and soleprints of black-tufted marmosets (Callithrix penicillata): are there similarities to humans?5
Acknowledgements5
New records of the white-cheeked macaque provide range extension for the endangered primate in Gaoligong Mountains5
Mantled howler monkey males assess their rivals through formant spacing of long-distance calls5
The Primates 2024 most-cited paper award5
Population differences in putty-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans) call order5
Responses of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) to deceased infants5
Acknowledgements5
Stone tool use in a new population of semi-free-ranging robust capuchins (Sapajus spp.) at Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary, South Africa5
Monitoring the population and distribution of the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) in the Klias Peninsula, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia: insights from an 18-year study5
Multiparous and primiparous mothers partially differ in how they allocate maternal behaviour in captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)4
From stones to sketches: investigating tracing behaviours in Japanese macaques4
More than a simple fixed action pattern: Yawning in drills4
Activity budget and feeding strategies of the San Martin titi monkey (Plecturocebus oenanthe) in large and small forest fragments4
Searching for evolutionary perspectives of human sociality through the eyes of gorillas4
A new southern limit for the distribution of African great apes: sympatric western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and central chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) confirmed in Mayombe N4
Activity budget and diet of the two groups of olive baboons (Papio anubis) in Chato Natural forest, western Ethiopia4
First observation of a leucistic bearded capuchin monkey (Sapajus libidinosus)4
First record of an adult female ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) making a male-specific howl vocalization4
The perineal organ of male red colobus: its structure and possible social function as a mimic of female genitalia4
Variation in diurnal primate biomass at different altitudinal levels in the Eastern Andes of Colombia: the role of fruit productivity4
Seed dispersal by monk sakis (Pithecia monachus)4
Publisher Correction: Retesting reverse-reward performance in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella) after 16 years: evidence of aging-related decline4
Primate carcass ecology in the Urema Rift, Mozambique4
Good case studies reveal something important3
The Primates 2023 Social Impact Award3
Greater occupancy of invasive hybrid marmosets compared to a threatened native species in the fragmented Atlantic Forest: implications for conservation3
Conservation and evolution: Inbreeding, small populations, and sex differences in life history3
My life with primates3
Urinary health indicators in folivorous-frugivorous primates with and without food supplementation3
Assessing the effects of survey-inherent disturbance on primate detectability: Recommendations for line transect distance sampling3
Correction: Population genetics of captive spider monkeys in Japan for ex situ conservation3
On the 100th anniversary of Jun’ichirō Itani’s birth3
Leopard predation on wild Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys3
A cooperation experiment with white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar)3
Get over here: black capuchin monkeys use long-range vocalizations to adjust the distance between individuals3
Fragmented forest affects the southern black-horned capuchin (Sapajus nigritus cucullatus) in the Argentinean Atlantic Forest3
A three-dimensional kinematic analysis of bipedal walking in a white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) on a horizontal pole and flat surface3
Less bins, less baboons: reducing access to anthropogenic food effectively decreases the urban foraging behavior of a troop of chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) in a peri-urban area3
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Domestic chicken predation and prey sharing by urban capuchin monkeys (Sapajus sp.)2
Correction: Walking with Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet, by Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka2
What fieldwork makes possible: perspectives from Japanese primatology in a technological era2
Bipedality in chacma baboons (Papio ursinus griseipes) in Gorongosa National Park: a multi-contextual, socially-relevant and demographically-structured behavior2
Carrying the dead: behavior of a primiparous capuchin monkey mother and other individuals towards a dead infant2
Hierarchical object combination and tool use in the great apes and human children2
My journey into primatology2
Food preferences and nutrient composition in captive Southern brown howler monkeys, Alouatta guariba clamitans2
Chimpanzees employ context-specific behavioral strategies within fission–fusion societies2
Death of a one-armed blackback male due to severe injuries in a group of wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon2
Spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) are vocally active throughout the night in a human-modified habitat2
Characterizing group and individual engagement in intergroup encounters between small groups of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) on St. Catherines Island, USA2
Monkey memoirs: wild life in an Amazon wilderness, Thomas R. Defler2
Predation of Macaca cyclopis on flying bees2
Mantled howler monkeys avoid humans in response to both worker presence and noise intensity in an agroforestry system2
Reduction of bitter taste receptor gene family in folivorous colobine primates relative to omnivorous cercopithecine primates2
Nest raiding by bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) and the response of nest guarding birds in a suburban habitat2
Extending the conservation impact of great ape research: Flagship species sites facilitate biodiversity assessments and land preservation2
Filling, color, and shape: individuality in chimpanzee drawings2
A simple suitability index to guide site selection for primate translocations: an example from northeastern Brazil2
Predatory attack on a bearded capuchin monkey by a Boa constrictor2
Life and death of a disabled wild capuchin monkey infant2
A new addition to the toolbox: stone tool use in blonde capuchin monkeys (Sapajus flavius)2
A review of great ape behavioural responses and their outcomes to anthropogenic landscapes2
Mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) alter activity and spatial cohesion across a continuous forest and forest fragment in Costa Rica2
A case of intercommunity lethal aggression by chimpanzees in an open and dry landscape, Issa Valley, western Tanzania2
Advancements in comparative omics analysis of human and non-human primate brains and their implications for the evolution of cognitive functions2
First record of albinism in the black-fronted titi monkey using a dual-sensor drone: an unprecedented case in Neotropical primates2
Primates and elephants in East Asia: from Neolithic to rural depopulation2
Male adoption in the black and gold howler monkey (Alouatta caraya)2
Activity budgets and the effect of weather over a 10 year period in Critically Endangered yellow-tailed woolly monkeys (Lagothrix flavicauda) at El Toro, Peru2
Reflections on connections2
Population densities of black-and-gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in northeastern Argentina and the possible influence of a yellow fever outbreak1
Toxic tasting: how capuchin monkeys avoid grasshoppers’ chemical defenses1
Correction: A case of suspected chimpanzee scavenging in the Issa Valley, Tanzania1
Heterospecific social behavior in primates: insights into the evolutionary roots of pet-keeping1
The effects of early life rearing experiences and age on sociality in captive olive baboons (Papio anubis)1
Water scooping: tool use by a wild bonobo (Pan paniscus) at LuiKotale, a case report1
Detectable call types in short-term passive acoustic monitoring of Atlantic forest and Caatinga primates1
Birth of a wild black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) at an anthropogenic site1
Late bloomers in play: social isolation and playful skills in an adult bonobo1
Owl Monkeys: Biology, Adaptive Radiation, and Behavioral Ecology of the Only Nocturnal Primate in the Americas, edited by Eduardo Fernandez-Duque1
Great apes reach momentary altered mental states by spinning1
Stillbirth of a mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) in the wild: perinatal behaviors and delivery sequences1
Introduction to “Evolutionary origins of human language: Hierarchical complexity and communicative signals”1
The Primates 2023 most-cited paper award1
An unusual association: co-use of mineral licks by howler and spider monkeys (Alouatta sara and Ateles chamek)1
Snapshots: most-cited Primates papers by decade (1950s–2020s)1
Heavy metal ecotoxicology of vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) across field sites in South Africa1
Social network dynamics, infant loss, and gut microbiota composition in female Colobus vellerosus during time periods with alpha male challenges1
Maternal exploitation: impact of maternal food snatching behaviour on the growth of their offspring in Japanese macaques1
Indigenous names matter, too: Tapanuli orangutan names reflect local community perceptions1
Post-mortem infant-directed behaviours in wild Guinea baboons1
Spatial organization of mantled howler monkeys in relation to dog disturbance1
Self-interest precludes prosocial juice provisioning in a free choice group experiment in bonobos1
Infant adoptions in wild bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata)1
No systematic difference in obesity susceptibility between two groups of zoo primates with distinct digestive physiologies: hindgut-fermenting lemurs and foregut-fermenting colobines1
Going forward: perceptual bias for forward-facing motion in chimpanzees1
Seasonal food changes and feeding behaviour adaptations of savanna chimpanzees at Nguye in Ugalla, Tanzania1
Distribution and diversity of primates and threats to their survival in the Awi Zone, northwestern Ethiopia1
News and Perspectives: Words matter in primatology1
Rub-thin-fracture-extract: first records of hermit crab predation and non-tool shell processing by coastal long-tailed Macaques at Wat Takiap, Thailand1
Immunoglobulin heavy constant gamma gene evolution is modulated by both the divergent and birth-and-death evolutionary models1
Savanna chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) crop feeding at Dindefelo, Senegal: challenges and implications for conservation1
Bioacoustic characterization of the black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) vocal repertoire1
Immunohematological features of free-living Alouatta belzebul (Linnaeus, 1766) red-handed howler monkeys in the Eastern Amazon1
Announcement: ownership of Primates transferred to Primate Society of Japan from Japan Monkey Centre1
No food left behind: foraging route choices among free-ranging Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) in a multi-destination array at the Awajishima Monkey Center, Japan1
Monkey-deer rodeo: exploring the mounting behaviours of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) on Sika deer (Cervus nippon)1
Deep learning for automatic facial detection and recognition in Japanese macaques: illuminating social networks1
Parting ways: Pan-Homo divergence revisited1
Sleeping site use of François’ langurs (Trachypithecus francoisi) inhabiting limestone forest of Nonggang, southwest China: the importance of foraging efficiency1
Correction to: Why bonobos show a high reproductive skew towards high-ranking males: analyses for association and mating patterns concerning female sexual states1
Twenty-five years of primate research in the Ndoki forest, Republic of Congo1
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