Barbara Smuts
Psychology · University of Michigan
Established · publishing since 1973
Primate Behavior and EcologyHuman-Animal Interaction StudiesEvolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationGeographies of human-animal interactions
Publications
91
Citations
6,931
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
52
Publishing since 1973
In context
Among 472 established Psychology PIs within our index
Citations: 6,931p25 648 · p75 6,262 · cohort median 2,288
Publications / year (recent): 0.8p25 1.4 · p75 5.8 · cohort median 3
Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 63% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 6 venues
Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.8/year recently
Recent publications
- Un-tabooing empathy
2023
- Looking Up to Animals and Other Beings: What the Fishes Taught Us
2023
- The Connection We Share
2023
- Conventional science will not do justice to nonhuman interests: A fresh approach is required
Animal Sentience · 2020
- Domestic Dogs
Elsevier eBooks · 2018
- Sex and Friendship in Baboons
2017
- Cooperation, Commitment, and Communication in the Evolution of Human Sociality
2017
- Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends
2017
- Benefits of Friendship to the Female
2017
- What Made Friends Special
2017
- Field Work and Data Analysis
2017
- Male–Male Competition for Mates
2017
- Investigating the function of play bows in adult pet dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)
Behavioural Processes · 2016
- Affiliation, dominance and friendship among companion dogs
Behaviour · 2016
- Investigating the Function of Play Bows in Dog and Wolf Puppies (Canis lupus familiaris, Canis lupus occidentalis)
PLoS ONE · 2016
Publishes in
- Behavioural Processes×1
- Behaviour×1
- Science×1
- PLoS ONE×1
- Animal Sentience×1
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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.
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