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Top institutions in the United States for Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology

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Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology?

114 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.2% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 28 countries in the subfield. 60 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of California, Davis has the most (7), followed by University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (5) and The University of Texas at Austin (4). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
114
0.2% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
60
52.6% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 28 countries in Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
Highest-ranked
#2,641
Blumstein, Daniel T.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of California, Davis74#2Stamps, Judy Ann #22,481
2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor52#5Mitani, John C. #61,235
3The University of Texas at Austin43#7Champagne, Frances A. #19,671
4Cornell University42#8Seeley, Thomas Dyer #21,568
5Duke University44#9Meck, Warren H. #32,611
6University of California, Los Angeles31#12Blumstein, Daniel T. #2,641
7Emory University31#13de Waal, Frans B.M. #4,726
8Arizona State University31#19Killeen, Peter Richard #85,544
9The University of New Mexico31#20Numan, Michael #87,299

The top 100 in Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Blumstein, Daniel T.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  2. 2
    de Waal, Frans B.M.
    Emory University
  3. 3
    Bouton, Mark E.
    The University of Vermont
  4. 4
    Wrangham, Richard W.
    Harvard University
  5. 5
    Altmann, Jeanne
    Princeton University
  6. 6
    Carter, C. Sue
    University of Florida College of Medicine
  7. 7
    Champagne, Frances A.
    The University of Texas at Austin
  8. 8
    Seeley, Thomas Dyer
    Cornell University
  9. 9
    Rescorla, Robert A.
    Yale University
  10. 10
    Stamps, Judy Ann
    University of California, Davis
  11. 11
    Silk, Joan B.
    Institute of Human Origins
  12. 12
    Fuentes, Alfredo F.
    University of Notre Dame
  13. 13
    Bell, Alison Marie
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  14. 14
    Hauser, Marc David
    Risk-Eraser, LLC
  15. 15
    Ryan, Michael Joseph
    The University of Texas at Austin
  16. 16
    Maestripieri, Dario
    The University of Chicago
  17. 17
    Gallistel, Charles Randy
    Rutgers University–New Brunswick
  18. 18
    Meck, Warren H.
    Duke University
  19. 19
    Hare, Brian A.
    Duke University
  20. 20
    Seyfarth, Robert M.
    University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
  21. 21
    Marler, Peter R.
    University of California, Davis
  22. 22
    Cheney, Dorothy L.
    University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
  23. 23
    Beauchamp, Gary K.
    Monell Chemical Senses Center
  24. 24
    Cooper, William E.
    Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
  25. 25
    Rachlin, Howard C.
    Stony Brook University
  26. 26
    Alberts, Susan C.
    Duke University
  27. 27
    Schiffman, Susan Stolte
    Duke University Medical Center
  28. 28
    Pusey, Anne E.
    New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  29. 29
    Zuk, Marlene
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  30. 30
    Holland, Peter C.
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  31. 31
    Hopkins, William Donald
    Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research
  32. 32
    Hursh, Steven R.
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  33. 33
    Mitani, John C.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  34. 34
    Watts, David P.
    Yale University
  35. 35
    Zentall, Thomas Robert
    University of Kentucky
  36. 36
    Bekoff, Marc
    University of Colorado Boulder
  37. 37
    Holekamp, Kay E.
    Michigan State University
  38. 38
    Garber, Paul Alan
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  39. 39
    Podos, Jeffrey
    University of Massachusetts Amherst
  40. 40
    BURGHARDT, GORDON M.
    University of Tennessee
  41. 41
    Connor, Richard C.
    Florida International University
  42. 42
    Odum, Amy L.
    Utah State University
  43. 43
    Dickinson, Janis L.
    Cornell University
  44. 44
    Gibbon, John
    Columbia University
  45. 45
    MacLean, Evan L.
    The University of Arizona
  46. 46
    McGraw, Kevin J.
    Michigan State University
  47. 47
    Killeen, Peter Richard
    Arizona State University
  48. 48
    Rossano, Federico
    Department of Cognitive Science
  49. 49
    Stankowich, Theodore
    California State University, Long Beach
  50. 50
    Numan, Michael
    The University of New Mexico
  51. 51
    Sclafani, Anthony
    The City University of New York
  52. 52
    Garner, Joseph Paul
    Stanford University
  53. 53
    Isbell, Lynne A.
    University of California, Davis
  54. 54
    Herzog, Harold A.
    Western Carolina University
  55. 55
    Nowicki, Stephen
    Duke University
  56. 56
    Mench, Joy Ann
    University of California, Davis
  57. 57
    Mann, Janet
    Georgetown University
  58. 58
    Di Fiore, Anthony
    The University of Texas at Austin
  59. 59
    Geary, Nori D.
    Weill Cornell Medicine
  60. 60
    Tibbetts, Elizabeth A.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  61. 61
    Oftedal, Olav T.
    National Zoo
  62. 62
    Dugatkin, Lee Alan
    University of Louisville
  63. 63
    Herrnstein, Richard J.
    Harvard University
  64. 64
    Capitanio, John P.
    California National Primate Research Center
  65. 65
    Higham, James P.
    New York University
  66. 66
    Lonsdorf, Elizabeth V.
    Emory University
  67. 67
    Brown, Janine L.
    Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
  68. 68
    Brosnan, Sarah Frances
    Georgia State University
  69. 69
    Borgia, Gerald
    College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences
  70. 70
    Trainor, Brian C.
    University of California, Davis
  71. 71
    Searcy, William A.
    College of Arts and Sciences
  72. 72
    Sherman, Paul W.
    Cornell University
  73. 73
    Bliss-Moreau, Eliza
    California National Primate Research Center
  74. 74
    Emery Thompson, Melissa
    The University of New Mexico
  75. 75
    Shahan, Timothy A.
    Utah State University
  76. 76
    Braithwaite, Victoria A.
    Pennsylvania State University
  77. 77
    Croft, Darren P.
    Center for Whale Research
  78. 78
    Hennessy, Michael B.
    Wright State University
  79. 79
    Emlen, Stephen T.
    Cornell University
  80. 80
    Gallup, Andrew C.
    Johns Hopkins University
  81. 81
    Wisenden, Brian D.
    Minnesota State University Moorhead
  82. 82
    Pravosudov, Vladimir V.
    University of Nevada, Reno
  83. 83
    Gerhardt, H. Carl
    University of Missouri
  84. 84
    Hunt, Kevin D.
    Indiana University Bloomington
  85. 85
    Green, Leonard
    Washington University in St. Louis
  86. 86
    Pepperberg, Irene Maxine
    Boston University
  87. 87
    Crews, David P.
    The University of Texas at Austin
  88. 88
    Granger, Douglas Alan
    University of California, Irvine
  89. 89
    Pinter-Wollman, Noa M.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  90. 90
    Parker, Karen J.
    Stanford University
  91. 91
    Janson, Charles H.
    University of Montana
  92. 92
    Wynne, Clive David Lawrence
    Arizona State University
  93. 93
    Perry, Susan E.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  94. 94
    Rosati, Alexandra G.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  95. 95
    Bergman, Thore Jon
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  96. 96
    Hauber, Mark E E.
    The Graduate Center
  97. 97
    Horowitz, Alexandra C.
    Barnard College
  98. 98
    Church, Russell M.
    Brown University
  99. 99
    Johnson, Brian R.
    University of California, Davis
  100. 100
    Jacobs, Lucia F.
    University of California, Berkeley

114 listed scientists in Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology in the United States

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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