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Robin Dunbar

Active 1971–2025

146
Papers
47,480
Citations
107
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Citations

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,625 citing papers, 25.5% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,478 citing papers, 14.4% of this breakdownGermany: 720 citing papers, 7% of this breakdownCanada: 460 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownItaly: 458 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownChina: 377 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownNetherlands: 366 citing papers, 3.6% of this breakdownFrance: 355 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownAustralia: 339 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 250 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownJapan: 229 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdownSpain: 222 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Psychology32.4%
  • Social Sciences15.7%
  • Neuroscience14.4%
  • Physics and Astronomy7.5%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.2%
  • Computer Science6.7%
  • Other16.1%

Topics

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology6.6%
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior4.9%
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction4%
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation3.1%
  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques3.1%
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence2.7%
  • Other75.6%

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  1. The social brain hypothesis

    Authors: Robin Dunbar - Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews 1998 cited by 2,629

  2. Topography of social touching depends on emotional bonds between humans

    Authors: Juulia T. Suvilehto, Enrico Glerean, Robin Dunbar, Riitta Hari, Lauri Nummenmaa - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2015 cited by 389

  3. Neocortex size as a constraint on group size in primates

    Authors: Robin Dunbar - Journal of Human Evolution 1992 cited by 2,518

  4. The default network of the human brain is associated with perceived social isolation

    Authors: R. Nathan Spreng, Emile Dimas, Laetitia Mwilambwe-Tshilobo, Alain Dagher, Philipp Koellinger, Gideon Nave, Anthony D. Ong, Julius M. Kernbach, Thomas V. Wiecki, Tian Ge, Yue Li, Avram J. Holmes, B.T. Thomas Yeo, Gary R. Turner, Robin Dunbar, Danilo Bzdok - Nature Communications 2020 cited by 249

  5. Microbial transmission in animal social networks and the social microbiome

    Authors: Amar Sarkar, Siobhán Harty, Katerina V.‐A. Johnson, Andrew H. Moeller, Elizabeth A. Archie, Laura D Schell, Rachel N. Carmody, Timothy H. Clutton-Brock, Robin Dunbar, Philip W. J. Burnet - Nature Ecology & Evolution 2020 cited by 248

  6. Social network size in humans

    Authors: Russell A. Hill, Robin Dunbar - Human Nature 2003 cited by 1,099

  7. Social complexity as a proximate and ultimate factor in communicative complexity

    Authors: Todd M. Freeberg, Robin Dunbar, Terry J. Ord - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2012 cited by 587

  8. Music and social bonding: “self-other†merging and neurohormonal mechanisms

    Authors: Bronwyn Tarr, Jacques Launay, Robin Dunbar - Frontiers in Psychology 2014 cited by 518

  9. Cross-cultural similarity in relationship-specific social touching

    Authors: Juulia T. Suvilehto, Lauri Nummenmaa, Tokiko Harada, Robin Dunbar, Riitta Hari, Robert Turner, Norihiro Sadato, Ryo Kitada - Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2019 cited by 123

  10. Coevolution of neocortical size, group size and language in humans

    Authors: Robin Dunbar - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 1993 cited by 2,363

  11. Evolution in the Social Brain

    Authors: Robin Dunbar, Susanne Shultz - Science 2007 cited by 1,536

  12. The social brain hypothesis and its implications for social evolution

    Authors: Robin Dunbar - Annals of Human Biology 2009 cited by 780

  13. Breaking Bread: the Functions of Social Eating

    Authors: Robin Dunbar - Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology 2017 cited by 286

  14. The role of the microbiome in the neurobiology of social behaviour

    Authors: Amar Sarkar, Siobhán Harty, Katerina V.‐A. Johnson, Andrew H. Moeller, Rachel N. Carmody, Soili M. Lehto, Susan E. Erdman, Robin Dunbar, Philip W. J. Burnet - Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 2020 cited by 139

  15. Silent disco: dancing in synchrony leads to elevated pain thresholds and social closeness

    Authors: Bronwyn Tarr, Jacques Launay, Robin Dunbar - Evolution and Human Behavior 2016 cited by 340

  16. Gossip in Evolutionary Perspective

    Authors: Robin Dunbar - Review of General Psychology 2004 cited by 1,045

  17. The Microbiome in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience

    Authors: Amar Sarkar, Siobhán Harty, Soili M. Lehto, Andrew H. Moeller, Timothy G. Dinan, Robin Dunbar, John F. Cryan, Philip W. J. Burnet - Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2018 cited by 235

  18. Fission‐Fusion Dynamics

    Authors: Filippo Aureli, Colleen M. Schaffner, Christophe Boesch, Simon K. Bearder, Josep Call, Colin A. Chapman, Richard C. Connor, Anthony Di Fiore, Robin Dunbar, S. Peter Henzi, Kay E. Holekamp, Amanda H. Korstjens, Robert Layton, Phyllis C. Lee, Julia Lehmann, Joseph H. Manson, Gabriel Ramos‐Fernández, Karen B. Strier, Carel P. van Schaik - Current Anthropology 2008 cited by 1,062

  19. Relationships and the social brain: Integrating psychological and evolutionary perspectives

    Authors: Alistair Sutcliffe, Robin Dunbar, Jens Binder, Holly Arrow - British Journal of Psychology 2011 cited by 416

  20. The social role of touch in humans and primates: Behavioural function and neurobiological mechanisms

    Authors: Robin Dunbar - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 2008 cited by 787

  21. Synchrony and exertion during dance independently raise pain threshold and encourage social bonding

    Authors: Bronwyn Tarr, Jacques Launay, Emma Cohen, Robin Dunbar - Biology Letters 2015 cited by 373

  22. The Anatomy of Friendship

    Authors: Robin Dunbar - Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2017 cited by 362

  23. Human conversational behavior

    Authors: Robin Dunbar, Anna Marriott, Neill Duncan - Human Nature 1997 cited by 402

  24. Sociability in a non-captive macaque population is associated with beneficial gut bacteria

    Authors: Katerina V.‐A. Johnson, Karli Watson, Robin Dunbar, Philip W. J. Burnet - Frontiers in Microbiology 2022 cited by 34