Journal Articles (published)
2023
1. Dunn, J. C., Miller, R., Akcay, C., Balasubramaniam, K. N., & Wascher C. (2023). Conceptualization, context, and comparison are key to understanding the evolution of fear. Invited Commentary: Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, E61 doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22001789
(citations = 0, journal h-index = 42, impact factor = 21.237)
2022
2. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Aiempichitkijkarn, N., Kaburu, S. S. K., Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Arlet, M., Bliss-Moreau, E., Atwill, E. A., & McCowan, B. J. (2022). Impact of joint interactions with humans and social interactions with conspecifics on the risk of zooanthroponotic outbreaks among peri-urban wildlife populations. Scientific Reports, 12, 11600. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15713-6 (citations = 3, journal h-index = 206, impact factor = 5.00, Q1)
3. McCowan, B. J., Vandeleest, J., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Hsieh, F., Nathman, A., & Beisner, B. A. (2023). Measuring dominance certainty and assessing its impact on individual and societal health in a nonhuman primate model: A network approach. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 377, 20200438. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0438
(citations = 11, journal h-index = 97, impact factor = 6.67, Q1).
2021
4. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Kaburu, S. S. K., Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Bliss-Moreau, E., Mohan, L., Rattan, S., Ruppert, N., Sah, S. A. M., Kodandaramaiah, U., & McCowan, B. (2021). Implementing social network analysis to understand the socio-ecology of wildlife co-occurrence and joint interactions with humans in anthropogenic environments. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90, 2819-2833, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13584
(citations = 5, journal h-index = 55, impact factor = 5.61, Q1)
5. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Beisner, B. A., McCowan, B., & Bloomsmith, M. (2021). Female social structure influences, and is influenced by, male introduction and integration success among captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Behaviour, 158, 1007-1042, doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10109
(citations = 1, journal h-index = 16, impact factor = 1.67, Q2)
6. Holzner, A., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Ruppert, N., & Widdig. A. (2021). Oil palm cultivation critically affects sociality in an endangered Malaysian primate. Scientific Reports, 11, 10353, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89783-3
(citations = 8, journal h-index = 206, impact factor = 5.00, Q1)
7. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Bliss- Moreau, E., Beisner, B. A., Marty, P. R., Kaburu, S. S. K., & McCowan, B. J. (2021). Addressing the challenges of research on human-wildlife interactions using the concept of Coupled Natural & Human Systems. Biological Conservation, 257, 109095, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109095
(citations = 11, journal h-index = 89, impact factor = 7.5, Q1)
8. Arlet, M., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Saha, R., Beisner, B. A., Marty, P. R., Kaburu, S. S. K., Bliss- Moreau, E., Kodandaramaiah, U., & McCowan, B. J. (2021). Infant survival among free-living bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) in southern India. International Journal of Primatology, 42, 220-236, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00198-3
(citations = 3, journal h-index = 27, impact factor = 2.56, Q1)
9. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Malaivijitnond, S., Kemthong, T., Meesawat, S., Hamada, Y., Jeamsripong, S., Srisamran, J., Kuldee, M., Thaotumpitak, V., McCowan, B., & Atwill, E. (2021). Prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae among wild long-tailed macaques in Thailand. International Journal of Primatology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00209-3
(citations = 5, journal h-index = 27, impact factor = 2.56, Q1))
2020
10. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Marty, P. R., Samartino, S., Sobrino, A., Saha, R., Gill, T., Ismail, M., Beisner, B. A., Kaburu, S. S. K., Bliss-Moreau, E., Arlet, M., Ruppert, N., Ismail, A., Sah, S. A. M., Mohan, L., Rattan, S., Kodandaramaiah, U., & McCowan, B. (2020). Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human-wildlife interactions: A comparative study of three macaque species. Scientific Reports, 10, 21991, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78881-3
(citations = 20, journal h-index = 206, impact factor = 5.00, Q1)
11. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Marty, P. R., Arlet, M. E., Beisner, B. A., Kaburu, S. S. K., Bliss- Moreau, E., Kodandaramaiah, U., & McCowan, B. J. (2020). Impact of anthropogenic factors on affiliative behaviors among bonnet macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 171, 704-717, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24013
(citations = 11, journal h-index = 42, impact factor = 2.96, Q1)
12. Marty, P. R., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Kaburu, S. S. K., Hubbard, J., Beisner, B. A., Bliss- Moreau, E., Arlet, M., Ruppert, N., Arlet, M. E., Sah, S. A. M., Ismail, A., Mohan, L., Rattan, S. K., Kodandaramaiah, U., & McCowan, B. J. (2020). Individuals in urban dwelling primate species face unequal benefits associated with living in an anthropogenic environment. Primates, 61, 245-259, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-019-00775-4
(citations = 29, journal h-index = 22, impact factor = 1.78, Q2)
2019
13. Kaburu, S. S. K., Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Bliss- Moreau, E. Arlet, M., Mohan, L., & McCowan, B. J. (2019). Interactions with humans impose time constraints on commensal rhesus macaques. Behaviour, 156, 1255-1282, doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003565
(citations = 17, journal h-index = 16, impact factor = 1.67, Q2)
14. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Beisner, B. A., Hubbard, J., Vandeleest, J., Atwill, E., & McCowan, B. (2019). Affiliation and disease risk: social networks mediate microbial transmission among rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour, 151, 131-143, doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.03.009
(citations = 27, journal h-index = 43, impact factor = 3.04, Q1)
15. Dunayer, E. S., Tyrell, M., Balasubramaniam, K. N., & Berman, C. M. (2019). Time-matching between grooming partners: do distinctions between pauses vs. bout terminations matter? American Journal of Primatology, e22968, doi: 10.1002/ajp.22968
(citations = 1, journal h-index = 30, impact factor = 3.01, Q1)
16. Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Kaburu, S. S. K., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Bliss-Moreau, E., Ruppert, N., Sah, S., Ahmad, I., Arlet, M. E., Atwill, R. A., & McCowan, B. (2019). Time constraints imposed by anthropogenic environments alter social behaviour in long-tailed macaques. Animal Behaviour, 150, 157-165, doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.02.010
(citations = 41, journal h-index = 43, impact factor = 3.04, Q1)
17. Kaburu, S. S. K., Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Bliss- Moreau, E., Kaur, K., Mohan, L., & McCowan, B. (2019). Rates of human-monkey interactions affect grooming behaviour among urban-dwelling rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168, 92-103, doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23722
(citations = 39, journal h-index = 42, impact factor = 2.96, Q1)
2018
18. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Beisner, B. A., Guan, J., Vandeleest, J., Fushing, H., Atwill, E. R., & McCowan, B. J. (2018). Social network community structure and the contact-mediated sharing of commensal E. coli among captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). PeerJ, 6, e4271, doi: 10.7717/peerj.4271 (citations = 11, journal h-index = 84, impact factor = 3.06, Q1)
19. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Beisner, B. A., Berman, C. M., De Marco, A., Duboscq, J., Koirala, S., Majolo, B., MacIntosh, A. J. J., McFarland, R., Molesti, S., Ogawa, H., Petit, O., Schino, G., Sosa, S., Sueur, C., Thierry, B., de Waal, F. B. M., & McCowan, B. J. (2018). The influence of phylogeny, social style, and sociodemographic factors on macaque social network structure. American Journal of Primatology, 80, e227227, doi: 10.1002/ajp.22727 (citations = 99, journal h-index = 30, impact factor = 3.01, Q1)
2017
20. Balasubramaniam, K. N., & Berman, C. M. (2017). Grooming interchange for resource tolerance: biological markets principles within a group of free-ranging rhesus macaques. Behaviour, 154, 1145-1176. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003462
(citations = 11, journal h-index = 206, impact factor = 5.00, Q1)
21. Sosa, S., Beisner, B., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Sueur, C., Zhang, P., & McCowan, B. (2017). A mathematical model to predict hierarchical rank in Macaca mulatta and Macaca Sylvanus. Folia Primatologica, 88, 177-188 (citations = 1, journal h-index = 13, impact factor = 1.38, Q2)
2016
22. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Beisner, B. A., Vandeleest, J., Atwill, E., & McCowan, B. (2016). Social buffering and contact transmission: network connections have beneficial and detrimental effects among captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). PeerJ, 4, e2630, doi: 10.7717/peerj.2630 (citations = 52, journal h-index = 84, impact factor = 3.06, Q1)
23. Beisner, B. A., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Fernandez, K., Heagerty, A., Seil, S. K., Atwill, E. R., Gupta, B. K., Tyagi, P. C., Chauhan, N. P. S., Bonal, B. S., Sinha, P. R., & McCowan, B. (2016). Prevalence of enteric bacterial parasites with respect to anthropogenic factors among commensal rhesus macaques in Deradhun, India. Primates, 57, 459-469, doi:10.1007/s10329-016-0534-2
(citations = 13, journal h-index = 22, impact factor = 1.78, Q2)
2015
24. Beisner, B. A., Heagerty, A., Seil, S. K., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Atwill, E. R., Gupta, B. K., Tyagi, P. C., Chauhan, N. P. S., Bonal, B. S., Sinha, P. R., & McCowan, B. (2015). Human-wildlife conflict: proximate predictors of aggression between humans and rhesus macaques in Deradhun, India. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156, 286-294, doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22649
(citations = 43, journal h-index = 42, impact factor = 2.96, Q1)
2014
25. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Dunayer, E. S., Gilhooly, L. J., Rosenfield, K. A. & Berman, C. M. (2014). Group size, contest competition, and social structure in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques. Behaviour, 151, 1759-1798, doi: 10.1163/1568539X-00003216
(citations = 24, journal h-index = 16, impact factor = 1.67, Q2)
2013
26. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Berman, C. M., De Marco, A., Dittmar, K., Majolo, B., Ogawa, H., Thierry, B.& de Vries, H. (2013). Consistency of dominance rank order: A comparison of David’s Scores with I&SI and Bayesian methods across macaques. American Journal of Primatology, 75, 959-971, doi: 10.1002/ajp.22160
(citations = 37, journal h-index = 30, impact factor = 3.01, Q1)
2012
27. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Dittmar, K., Berman, C. M., Butovskaya, M., Cooper, M. A., Majolo, B., Ogawa, H., Schino, G., Thierry, B., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2012). Hierarchical steepness, counter-aggression and macaque social style scale. American Journal of Primatology, 74, 915-925, doi: 10.1002/ajp.22044
(citations = 84, journal h-index = 30, impact factor = 3.01, Q1)
28. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Dittmar, K., Berman, C. M., Butovskaya, M., Cooper, M. A., Majolo, B., Ogawa, H., Schino, G., Thierry, B., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2012). Hierarchical steepness and phylogenetic models: phylogenetic signals in Macaca. Animal Behaviour, 83, 1207-1218, doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.02.012 (citations =79, journal h-index = 43, impact factor = 3.04, Q1) (citations = 11, journal h-index = 206, impact factor = 5.00, Q1)
2011
29. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Berman, C. M., Ogawa, H., & Li, J. (2011). Using biological markets principles to examine patterns of grooming exchange in Macaca Thibetana. American Journal of Primatology, 73, 1269-1279, doi: 10.1002/ajp.20999 (citations = 46, journal h-index = 30, impact factor = 3.01, Q1) (first-author with lead role in all tasks)
30. Saha, P., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Kalyani, J. N., Supriya, K., Anantha Padmanabhan, R., & Gadagkar, R. (2011). Clinging to royalty: Ropalidia marginata queens can employ both pheromones and aggression. Insectes Sociaux, 59, 41-44, doi: 10.1007/s00040-011-0185-7 (citations = 11, journal h-index = 18, impact factor = 1.95, Q2) (co-authorship role in conceptualisation, data collection and writing)
Journal Articles (under review)
31. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Navarrete Macias, I., Islam, S., Sjodin, A., Wells, H., Tubbs, C., Randhawa, N., Rostal, M., Epstein, J., Darpel, K., Horton, D., Islam, A., & Anthony, S. (2023). Deterministic factors that influence the community ecology of picobirnaviruses among wild rhesus macaques in human-impacted environments. Ecology Letters, Under Review. Pre-print available here: https://www.authorea.com/doi/full/10.22541/au.169322652.22742034
32. Chakraborty, B., Kaburu, S. S. K., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Bliss-Moreau, E., Mohan, L., Rattan, S. K., & McCowan, B. (2023). Intragroup sociality drives individual participation in intergroup competition in an urban-dwelling nonhuman primate. Royal Society Open Science, Under Review. Pre-print available here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.06.556573v1.abstract
33. Kaburu, S. S. K., Balasubramaniam. K. N., Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Rattan, S., Mohan, L., Bliss-Moreau, E., Fujii, K., & McCowan, B. J. (2023). Effect of behavioural sampling methods on local and global social network metrics: A case-study of three macaque species. Royal Society Open Science, Under Review.
Book Chapters
1. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Li, J., Ogawa, H., & Berman, C. M. (2020). Tibetan macaque social style: covariant and quasi-independent evolution. In: The Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque (Eds. J. Li, L. Sun, & P. M. Kappeler). Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer, Cham, 141-169.
2. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Huffman, M. A., Sueur, C., & Macintosh, A. J. J. (2020). Primate infectious disease ecology: insights and future directions at the human-macaque interface. In: The Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque (Eds. J. Li, L. Sun, & P. M. Kappeler). Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer, Cham, 249-284.
Book Reviews
Balasubramaniam, K. N. (2017). Noel Rowe and Marc Myers (Eds.): All the World’s Primates. International Journal of Primatology, 38, 609 - 612, doi: 10.1007/s10764-017-9966-9