Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry / Animal Science Highly Cited Researchers 87 Scientists Citation in Australia Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rumen and gut microbiology
ruminant nutrition
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,791
7,723
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Animal Health and Welfare
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,154
2,081
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Animal behaviour and welfare
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,629
3,410
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
meat quality
animal welfare
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,380
1,859
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Animal Production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,616
1,512
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marine ecology
Climate
Ecological forecasting
Fisheries oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,437
3,361
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
livestock production
remote monitoring
behavior
welfare
modelling
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,304
2,366
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
livestock genetics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,355
1,421
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Coastal management and monitoring
Spatial ecology
Fish ecology and fisheries
Ecological
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,162
2,627
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Animal Genetics/Genomics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,904
1,113
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Animal Physiological Ecology
Thermoregulation
Metabolic Rate
Life history Trade-offs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,749
1,094
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
animal behaviour
movement ecology
conservation biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,579
1,654
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Animal behaviour and welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,278
850
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
livestock production and health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,229
1,389
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ruminant Nutrition
Rumen Microbiology
Feed efficiency livestock
Early life intervention livestock
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,046
1,390
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Equine Internal Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,029
1,180
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Animal Behaviour
Navigation
Tracking
Cooperative breeding
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,953
663
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Functional Ecology
Spatial Ecology
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,903
1,756
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
ruminant nutrition
livestock production systems
research for development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,876
1,547
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
livestock behaviour and welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,572
1,201
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Animal Health
Epidemiology
Metagenomics
Virome
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,469
994
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Animal genomics
Disease ecology
Evolution
Molecular biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,341
697
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Animal
Equine
Equitation
Science
Welfare
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,224
705
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Animal nutrition
Methane production
Greenhouse gases
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,133
873
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Animal Cognition
Animal Behaviour
Cognitive Ecology
Navigation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,045
623
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,175
1,893
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christopher Simon Mcsweeney
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,791
7,723
0.390
Rumen and gut microbiology
ruminant nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,152
6,722
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ig Colditz
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,154
2,081
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,497
8,527
339
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Caroline Lee
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,629
3,410
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,949
8,876
350
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Drewe Ferguson
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,380
1,859
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,751
10,212
380
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Philip Vercoe
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,616
1,512
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,244
10,551
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kylie L Scales|Kylie L. Scales
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,437
3,361
0.757
Marine ecology
Climate
Ecological forecasting
Fisheries oceanography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,948
10,834
744
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Luciano Adrian Gonzalez
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,304
2,366
0.550
livestock production
remote monitoring
behavior
welfare
modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,042
13,201
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andrew A Swan
University of New England Australia
Armidale, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,355
1,421
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,190
13,794
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ben Gilby
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Australia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,162
2,627
0.831
Coastal management and monitoring
Spatial ecology
Fish ecology and fisheries
Ecological
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,984
14,691
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sameer Pant
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,904
1,113
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,385
15,250
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christopher Turbill
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,749
1,094
0.398
Animal Physiological Ecology
Thermoregulation
Metabolic Rate
Life history Trade-offs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,560
15,921
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ross G Dwyer
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,579
1,654
0.641
animal behaviour
movement ecology
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,212
17,211
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rafael Freire
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,278
850
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,828
17,433
1,171
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Russell Bush
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,229
1,389
0.623
livestock production and health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
441,598
18,384
809
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gonzalo Martinez-Fernandez
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,046
1,390
0.679
Ruminant Nutrition
Rumen Microbiology
Feed efficiency livestock
Early life intervention livestock
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,175
18,468
1,396
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ben Sykes
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,029
1,180
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
456,487
18,900
337
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jessica Meade
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,953
663
0.339
Animal Behaviour
Navigation
Tracking
Cooperative breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
464,719
19,184
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Christopher J Henderson
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,903
1,756
0.923
Functional Ecology
Spatial Ecology
Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,295
19,345
849
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dianne Mayberry
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,876
1,547
0.825
ruminant nutrition
livestock production systems
research for development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
528,463
21,409
1,410
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sabrina Lomax
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,572
1,201
0.764
livestock behaviour and welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,583
22,174
576
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Barbara Brito Rodriguez
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,469
994
0.677
Animal Health
Epidemiology
Metagenomics
Virome
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
583,364
23,191
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniel Powell
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,341
697
0.520
Animal genomics
Disease ecology
Evolution
Molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
615,517
24,168
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hayley Randle
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,224
705
0.576
Animal
Equine
Equitation
Science
Welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
643,302
25,011
394
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lorenna Machado
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,133
873
0.771
Animal nutrition
Methane production
Greenhouse gases
Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
672,342
25,835
711
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cody A Freas
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,045
623
0.596
Animal Cognition
Animal Behaviour
Cognitive Ecology
Navigation