Péter Pongrácz - ODT Personal data sheet


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personal data approved: 2023. III. 20.

Personal data

name	Péter Pongrácz
year of birth	1970
name of institution	Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
doctoral school	ELTE Doctoral School of Biology (Core member) Council of the Doctoral School ELTE Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences (Academic staff member Az oktató a doktori iskola doktoranduszai számára oktat tantárgyat, és/vagy a doktori iskola megszavazta, hogy doktoranduszok számára kutatási témát írjon ki. )
accreditation statement submitted to:	Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Contact details
E-mail address	peter.pongraczttk.elte.hu
phone number	+36 1 246-2940
mobile phone number	+36 30 262-1284
	own web page

Academic title
scientific degree, title	Ph.D.
year degree was obtained	2000
discipline to which degree belongs	biology
institution granting the degree	ELTE (to be translated)
scientific degree, title	Habilitation
year degree was obtained	2015
discipline to which degree belongs	biology
institution granting the degree	Eötvös Loránd University

Employment
1999 -	Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest university professor or researcher

Thesis topic supervisor

number of doctoral students supervised until now

number of students who fulfilled course requirements

students who obtained their degrees:

András Péter	PhD	2017	DSB-ELTE
Anna Bálint	PhD	2015	DSB-ELTE
Tamás Faragó	PhD	2012	DSB-ELTE
Csaba Molnár	PhD	2010	DSB-ELTE

completed course requirement:

Muhzina Shajid Pyari	(PhD)	2022/08	DSB-ELTE
Nikolett Czinege	(PhD)	2018/08
Orsolya Torda	(PhD)	2016/08
Rita Lenkei	(PhD)	2021/08	DSB-ELTE

present PhD students:

Kata Vékony

(PhD)

(2024/08)

DSB-ELTE

Thesis topic proposals

Research
research area	Cooperation, communication between dogs and humans. Acoustic communication of dogs. Social learning of dogs. Spatial and abstract problem solving of dogs. Cat cognition. Animal self-representation.
research field in which current research is conducted	biology

Publications

2021

Lenkei Rita, Farago Tamas, Bakos Viktoria, Pongracz Peter: Separation-related behavior of dogs shows association with their reactions to everyday situations that may elicit frustration or fear, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 11: (1) 19207
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 2
language: English
URL

2021

Lenkei Rita, Faragó Tamás, Zsilák Borbála, Pongrácz Péter: Dogs (Canis familiaris) recognize their own body as a physical obstacle, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 11: (1) 2761
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 7
language: English
URL

2020

Lenkei R., Faragó T., Kovács D., Zsilák B., Pongrácz P.: That dog won’t fit: body size awareness in dogs, ANIMAL COGNITION 23: (2) pp. 337-350.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 12
language: English
URL

2018

Pogany A, Torda O, Marinelli L, Lenkei R, Juno V, Pongracz P: The behaviour of overweight dogs shows similarity with personality traits of overweight humans, ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 5: (6) 172398
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 9
language: English
URL

2018

Pongrácz P, Szapu JS: The socio-cognitive relationship between cats and humans – Companion cats (Felis catus) as their owners see them, APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE 207: pp. 57-66.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 20
language: English
URL

2017

Pongrácz Péter: Modeling Evolutionary Changes in the Information Transfer, EUROPEAN PSYCHOLOGIST 22: (4) pp. 219-232.
type of document: Journal paper/Review paper
number of independent citations: 5
language: English
URL

2006

Pongrácz P, Molnár Cs, Miklósi Á: Acoustic parameters of dog barks carry emotional information for humans, APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE 100: (3-4) pp. 228-240.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 97
language: English
URL

2005

Pongrácz Péter, Molnár CS, Miklósi Ádám, Csányi Vilmos: Human listeners are able to classify dog (Canis familiaris) barks recorded in different situations, JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 119: (2) pp. 136-144.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 126
language: English
URL

2003

Pongracz P, Miklosi A, Kubinyi E, Topal J, Csanyi V: Interaction between individual experience and social learning in dogs, ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 65: (3) pp. 595-603.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 61
language: English
URL

2001

Pongracz P, Miklosi A, Kubinyi E, Gurobi K, Topal J, Csanyi V: Social learning in dogs: the effect of a human demonstrator on the performance of dogs in a detour task, ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 62: pp. 1109-1117.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 149
language: English
URL

Number of independent citations to these publications:

488

Scientometric data

list of publications and citations

number of scientific publications that meet accreditation criteria:

165

number of scientific publications:

174

monographs and professional books:

monographs/books in which chapters/sections were contributed:

scientific publications published abroad that meet the accreditation criteria:

138

publications not in Hungarian, published in Hungary, meeting the accreditation criteria:

number of independent citations to scientific publications and creative works:

2049

further relevant information regarding accreditation (in Hungarian)
Principal Investigator in 3 research grants in the past, currently PI in an active research grant. Awarded with Békésy and Bolyai (2x) grants. Editorial board membership: Animals, Biologia Futura Editor in Chief at Applied Animal Behaviour Science (ELSEVIER). Head of the Ethology Doctoral Program (since September 2022)