OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Primatology is 2. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The Current Status of the World’s Primates: Mapping Threats to Understand Priorities for Primate Conservation	31
A National-Level Assessment of Lemur Hunting Pressure in Madagascar	21
Lethal Coalitionary Aggression Associated with a Community Fission in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda	20
Principal Drivers and Conservation Solutions to the Impending Primate Extinction Crisis: Introduction to the Special Issue	20
Noninvasive Technologies for Primate Conservation in the 21st Century	20
Decolonizing Primate Conservation Practice: A Case Study from North Morocco	18
No Planet for Apes? Assessing Global Priority Areas and Species Affected by Linear Infrastructures	15
Compositionality in Primate Gestural Communication and Multicomponent Signal Displays	15
Advocacy and Activism as Essential Tools in Primate Conservation	14
Whom Do Primate Names Honor? Rethinking Primate Eponyms	13
Influences of Forest Structure on the Density and Habitat Preference of Two Sympatric Gibbons (Symphalangus syndactylus and Hylobates lar)	13
Climate Change Estimates Surpass Rates of Climatic Niche Evolution in Primates	13
Comparative Analysis of the Vocal Repertoires of the Indri (Indri indri) and the Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema)	13
The Relationship Between GPS Sampling Interval and Estimated Daily Travel Distances in Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus)	12
Activity Patterns, Diet and Home Range of Night Monkeys (Aotus griseimembra and Aotus lemurinus) in Tropical Lowland and Mountain Forests of Central Colombia	12
Toward Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Lemurs: Using an Affordable Open-Source System to Monitor Phaner Vocal Activity and Density	11
Dominance or Tolerance? Causes and consequences of a period of increased intercommunity encounters among bonobos (Pan paniscus) at LuiKotale	11
The Evolution of Vocal Communication: Inertia and Divergence in Two Closely Related Primates	11
Using Utilitarian Plants for Lemur Conservation	11
Social Correlates of and Reasons for Primate Meat Consumption in Central Amazonia	11
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) Density and Environmental Gradients at Their Biogeographical Range Edge	10
Feeding Ecology of the Omo River Guereza (Colobus guereza guereza) in Habitats with Varying Levels of Fragmentation and Disturbance in the Southern Ethiopian Highlands	10
Impact of Electric Shock and Electrocution on Populations of Four Monkey Species in the Suburban Town of Diani, Kenya	10
After the smoke has cleared: Extended low fruit productivity following forest fires decreased gregariousness and social tolerance among wild female Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii)	10
The Critically Endangered Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) Population Increases but not at the Maximum Possible Rate	9

Community-Based Ecotourism and Primate Watching as a Conservation Tool in the Amazon Rainforest	9
Deciding Where to Sleep: Spatial Levels of Nesting Selection in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Living in Savanna at Issa, Tanzania	9
“Spider Monkey Cotton”: Bridging Waiwai and Scientific Ontologies to Characterize Spider Monkey (Ateles paniscus) Filariasis in the Konashen Community Owned Conservation Area, Guyana	9
Socioecology Explains Individual Variation in Urban Space Use in Response to Management in Cape Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus)	9
Reaction to Snakes in Wild Moor Macaques (Macaca maura)	9
The face is central to primate multicomponent signals	9
“Engaging the Enemy”: Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus morio) Conservation in Human Modified Environments in the Kinabatangan floodplain of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo	8
Immature Male Chimpanzees’ (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Social Relationships with Adult Males, but Not Peers, Persist into Adulthood	8
Landscaping the Behavioural Ecology of Primate Stone Tool Use	7
Infant Survival Among Free-Living Bonnet Macaques (Macaca radiata) in South India	7
Uncertainty Regarding Species Delimitation, Geographic Distribution, and the Evolutionary History of South-Central Amazonian Titi Monkey Species (Plecturocebus, Pitheciidae)	7
Understanding the Phylogenetics of Indian Hoolock Gibbons: Hoolock hoolock and H. leuconedys	7
Human Activity and Forest Degradation Threaten Populations of the Nigeria–Cameroon Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) in Western Cameroon	7
A Mathematical Modelling Approach to Functionally Defining Forest Edge and Its Utility for Primate Behavioural Edge Effects	6
Compositionality in Different Modalities: A View from Usage-Based Linguistics	6
Operationalizing Intentionality in Primate Communication: Social and Ecological Considerations	6
Working from the Inside Out: Fostering Intrinsic Motivation and Expanding Our Criteria for Conservation Success	6
A 24-Year Record of Female Reproductive Dynamics in Two Sympatric Mouse Lemur Species in Northwestern Madagascar	6
Cold Discomfort: A Model to Explain Repetitive Linear Enamel Hypoplasia Among Pan troglodytes and Pan paniscus	5
Gut Microbial Diversity and Ecological Specialization in Four Sympatric Lemur Species Under Lean Conditions	5
A Reassessment of the Population Size, Demography, and Status of Tanzania’s Endemic Kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji 13 Years on: Demonstrating Conservation Success	5
Sleep Patterns of Aging Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)	5
People, Lemurs and Utilitarian Plants of the Littoral Forests in Southeast Madagascar	5
The evolution of combinatoriality and compositionality in hominid tool use: a comparative perspective	5
Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) Habituate to Anthropogenic Pressure in a Low-Impact Tourism Area: Insights from a Multi-Method Approach	5
Limited Evidence for Individual Signatures or Site-Level Patterns of Variation in Male Northern Gray Gibbon (Hylobates funereus) Duet Codas	5
The Role of Landscape Structure in Primate Crop Feeding: Insights from Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) in Northern India	5
Vertebrate Predation and Tool-Aided Capture of Prey by Savannah Wild Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus)	5
An Approaching Motor Boat Induces Stress-Related Behaviors in Proboscis Monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) Living in a Riparian Area	5
Communication Network Reflects Social Instability in a Wild Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) Population	5
Validation of a Fecal T3 Metabolite Assay for Measuring Energetics in Wild Golden Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)	5
A Coupled Humanitarian and Biodiversity Crisis in Western Madagascar	5
The Density of Callicebus coimbrai is Better Predicted by Vegetation Structure Variables than by Surrounding Landscape	5
Environmental Factors Are Stronger Predictors of Primate Species’ Distributions Than Basic Biological Traits	4
Tourist Behavior Predicts Reactions of Macaques (Macaca fascicularis and M. nemestrina) at Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre, Sabah, Malaysia	4
Seasonal Variations in Lemur Edge Proximity in South-Eastern Madagascar	4
The Influence of Target Animacy and Social Rank on Hand Preference in Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus)	4
Farmers’ Perceptions of White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus imitator) and Human–Primate Coexistence in Rural Communities of Renacimiento District, Chiriquí Province, Panama	4
Go for Lipids! Food Preferences and Nutrient Composition in Zoo-Housed White-Faced Sakis, Pithecia pithecia	4
Narratives of Positionality in Primatology: Foreign/Range–Country Collaborator Perspectives from Africa and South America	4
Reproductive Parameters of Captive Female Northern White-Cheeked (Nomascus leucogenys) and Yellow-Cheeked (Nomascus gabriellae) Gibbons	4
Novel mtDNA haplotypes represented in the European captive population of the Endangered François’ langur (Trachypithecus francoisi)	4
Viki’s First Words: A Comparative Phonetics Case Study	4
Investigating the Relationship Between Sociality and Reproductive Success in Wild Female Crested Macaques, Macaca nigra	4
The Risks of Yellow Fever to Asian Primates	4
Speciation by Sensory Drive in the Paragalago zanzibaricus Species Complex	4
Feeding Ecology and Regurgitation–Reingestion Behavior of the Critically Endangered Indri indri in the Maromizaha Protected Area, Eastern Madagascar	4
The Effects of Social Factors and Kinship on Co-sleeping of Black-and-Gold Howler Monkeys (Alouatta caraya)	4
Direct Stacked Investment Is a Flexible Reproductive Strategy for Female Colobus vellerosus	4
Population Status of the Critically Endangered Preuss’s Red Colobus Monkey (Piliocolobus preussi Matschie 1900) and Recommendations for Its Conservation	4

What Works and What Doesn’t Work? The Challenges of Doing Effective Applied Conservation Research in Human-Modified Habitats	4
Pulp Fiction: Why Some Populations of Ripe-Fruit Specialists Ateles chamek and A. marginatus Prefer Insect-Infested Foods	4
Failure is the Greatest Teacher: Embracing the Positives of Failure in Primate Conservation	4
Temporal calling patterns of a captive group of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)	4
The Ontogeny of Vocal Sequences: Insights from a Newborn Wild Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)	3
On the occurrence of the Critically Endangered blond titi (Callicebus barbarabrownae): reassessment of occupied areas and minimum population size	3
Ten Years of Positive Impact of a Conservation Education Program on Children's Knowledge and Behaviour Toward Crested Macaques (Macaca nigra) in the Greater Tangkoko Area, North Sulawesi, Indonesia	3
Measuring the Impact of Forest Edges on the Highly Arboreal Sahamalaza Sportive Lemur, Lepilemur Sahamalaza, in North-Western Madagascar	3
Seasonal Differences in the Encounter Rate of the Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) in the Transitional Forests of Northwest Madagascar: Implications for Reliable Population Density Assessm	3
Viability meets suitability: distribution of the extinction risk of an imperiled titi monkey (Callicebus barbarabrownae) under multiple threats	3
Testing Hypotheses for the Emergence of Gestural Communication in Great and Small Apes (Pan troglodytes, Pongo abelii, Symphalangus syndactylus)	3
Diet and Feeding Ecology of the Critically Endangered San Martín Titi Monkey (Plecturocebus oenanthe) in Peru	3
Genetic Diversity and Insights into the Distribution of Brown Howler Monkeys (Alouatta guariba Group) (Atelidae, Alouattinae)	3
Craniodental Sexual Dimorphism Among Hylobatids	3
Citizen’s Perceptions of Urban Black Howler Monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in the City of Palenque (Mexico): A Case Study to Aid Policy Decisions	3
Climate, Temporal Abundance of Key Food Sources and Home Ranges of Crested Macaques (Macaca nigra) in Sulawesi, Indonesia: A Longitudinal Phenological Study	3
Validation of a Dehydroepiandrosterone-Sulfate Assay in Three Platyrrhine Primates (Alouatta caraya, Aotus azarae infulatus, and Sapajus apella)	3
Is Yuan in China’s Three Gorges a Gibbon or a Langur?	3
Ape Vowel-like Sounds Remain Elusive: A Comment on Grawunder et al. (2022)	3
Foraging Strategies of Invasive Macaca fascicularis may Promote Plant Invasion in Mauritius	3
Primate–Predator Interactions: Is There a Mismatch Between Laboratory and Ecological Evidence?	3
Honest signaling in mouse lemur vocalizations?	3
Introduction to the Special Issue on Savanna Chimpanzees	3
The Challenge of Coexistence: Changes in Activity Budget and Ranging Behaviour of Brown Howler Monkeys in Response to the Presence of Conspecifics and Heterospecifics	3
Is Malaysia’s “mystery monkey” a hybrid between Nasalis larvatus and Trachypithecus cristatus? An assessment of photographs	3
Interactions Between Humans and Panamanian White-Faced Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus imitator)	3
The Habituation Process in Two Groups of Wild Moor Macaques (Macaca maura)	3
Assessing Ecological Divergence and Speciation Scenarios of the Paragalago zanzibaricus Species Complex Through Climatic Niche Modeling	2
Factors Influencing Density and Distribution of Great Ape Nests in the Absence of Human Activities	2
Evidence of psychological essentialism in a symbol-trained bonobo (Pan paniscus)	2
Sex-Specific Effects of Juvenile Offspring on their Mothers’ Social Relationships with Other Females in Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) on Shodoshima Island	2
Behavior of Mothers after Infant Loss in Bonnet Macaques (Macaca radiata)	2
Marking Versus Overmarking: Spatial and Behavioral Patterns of Scent Marking in Wild Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema)	2
Infant Development and Maternal Care in Wild Verreaux’s Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)	2
Deconstructing Protein in the Diet and Biomass of Colobine Primates	2
Shifting Biogeographic Patterns of Microcebus ravelobensis and M. murinus	2
Syntax-like Structures in Maternal Contact Calls of Chestnut-Crowned Babblers (Pomatostomus ruficeps)	2
Famished Frugivores or Choosy Consumers: A Generalist Frugivore (Wild Bornean Orangutans, Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) Leaves Available Fruit for Nonfruit Foods	2
A Life in Fragments: The Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of the Recently Described Parecis Plateau Titi Monkey (Plecturocebus parecis)	2
Morphology of the Bony Labyrinth Supports the Affinities of Paradolichopithecus with the Papionina	2
Population Dynamics of Nocturnal Lemurs in Littoral Forest Fragments: The Importance of Long-Term Monitoring	2
A Response to “Advocacy and Activism as Essential Tools in Primate Conservation”	2
One Genus or Two? Evaluating Whether Gracile and Robust Capuchin Monkeys are Validly Classified as Separate Genera Based on Craniofacial Shape	2
Prenatal Androgen Effects as a Proximate Mechanism Underpinning Variation in Social Behavior Among Female Nonhuman Primates	2
Effect of Social Dominance and Reproductive State on Adrenal Steroids in Female Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)	2
Sleeping Site and Tree Selection by Bale Monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) at Kokosa Forest Fragment in Southern Ethiopia	2
Flextime: Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata) use Opposing Strategies to Counter Resource Scarcity in Fragmented Habitats	2
Interspecific Encounters Among Diurnal Primates in Danum Valley, Borneo	2
Throat-to-Chest Behavior in Coimbra-Filho’s Titi Monkeys (Callicebus coimbrai) Is Potentially Associated with Olfactory Communication	2
Seasonal Ecological Flexibility of a Threatened Bolivian Endemic: Olalla's Titi Monkey (Plecturocebus olallae)	2
Structure of Microhabitats Used by Microcebus rufus Across a Heterogeneous Landscape	2
Little Evidence to Support the Risk–Disturbance Hypothesis as an Explanation for Responses to Anthropogenic Noise by Pygmy Marmosets (Cebuella niveiventris) at a Tourism site in the Peruvian Amazon	2
Hunting Pressure on Primates in Veun Sai-Siem Pang National Park, Cambodia	2
Cultivating Care: Behaviourally Informed Conservation Strategies to Safeguard the Future of the Sulawesi Crested Black Macaque (Macaca nigra)	2
An Update of the Geographic Distribution of the Red-Mantled Saddle-Back Tamarin, Leontocebus lagonotus (Callitrichidae), in Ecuador	2
Breeding Seasonality in Female Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) Living in an Anthropogenic Landscape	2
Local Ecological Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Sapajus flavius in a Key Area for Primate Conservation	2
Degree of Frugivory Predicts Rates of Food-Related Agonism and Intragroup Proximity in Wild Gray Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha cana)	2
Factors Affecting the Outcome and Intensity of Intergroup Encounters in Crested Macaques (Macaca nigra)	2
Compositionality, Metaphor, and the Evolution of Language	2
Observer effects in a remote population of large-headed capuchins, Sapajus macrocephalus	2
Using a Phylogenetic Framework to Assess the Role of Fruit Size in Food Selection by the Andean Night Monkey (Aotus lemurinus)	2
Bare and Constructional Compositionality	2
Third-party vocal intervention in the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)	2
Individuality in Roars of Black-and-Gold Howler Monkeys (Alouatta caraya)	2
Prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae in Wild Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Thailand	2
Hormones and Color Change in Female White-Cheeked Gibbons, Nomascus leucogenys	2