Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & ForestryAgriculture & Forestry / Animal Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation in United Kingdom Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Animal and human behaviour
cognition
risk
emotions
animal welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,245
8,823
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
ruminant nutrition
dairy production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,417
5,454
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Livestock
Environment
Grasslands
Climate change mitigation
Forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,411
8,641
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Laboratory Animal Science
ethics
immunology
genetics
animal models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,911
873
0.126
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Livestock Nutrition
Nutrient Use Efficiency
Pollution Mitigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,113
2,114
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Animal Behaviour
Collective Behaviour
Ants
Social Insects
Biometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,412
968
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Animal social learning
Insect cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,575
2,284
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Animal Behaviour
Migration
Navigation
Magnetoreception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,283
1,491
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Animal Behaviour
Animal Communication
Noise Pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,707
1,231
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
equine
sport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
1,260
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Equine Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,046
1,003
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Animal behaviour
Comparative cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,842
1,308
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Animal welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
966
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Animal Behaviour
Animal Communication
Conservation Biology
Behavioural Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,126
633
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
equine nutrition and respiratory health
behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,100
442
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Animal Behaviour
Animal Welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
845
502
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
animal behaviour and welfare
poultry
rabbits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
774
519
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Animal behaviour animal welfare
zoo
bear
dog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
727
636
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Apiculture
Varroa
Behavioural ecology
Hygienic behaviour
Honey bee diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
666
475
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Virology
Microbiology
animal sciences
Health and safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
660
415
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Animal behaviour
Animal welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
649
623
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Animal welfare
animal physiology
animal nutrition
animal behaviour
human-animal interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521
326
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Animal behaviour
conservation biology
animal welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
311
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Animal Welfare
Veterinary epidemiology
Dairy Cattle
Farmer decision making
Cross Compliance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475
382
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Animal Behaviour
Ethology
Horse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
329
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,923
2,702
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Melissa Bateson
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,245
8,823
0.364
Animal and human behaviour
cognition
risk
emotions
animal welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,080
5,898
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Richard J Dewhurst
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,417
5,454
0.406
ruminant nutrition
dairy production
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,122
5,904
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mariana C Rufino
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,411
8,641
0.644
Livestock
Environment
Grasslands
Climate change mitigation
Forests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,266
11,779
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jan-Bas Prins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,911
873
0.126
Laboratory Animal Science
ethics
immunology
genetics
animal models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,409
15,346
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jon Moorby
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,113
2,114
0.413
Livestock Nutrition
Nutrient Use Efficiency
Pollution Mitigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,705
17,331
381
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ana B Sendova-Franks
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,412
968
0.219
Animal Behaviour
Collective Behaviour
Ants
Social Insects
Biometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,307
20,298
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ellouise Leadbeater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,575
2,284
0.639
Animal social learning
Insect cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,480
21,539
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Richard Holland
Bangor University
Noakhali, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,283
1,491
0.454
Animal Behaviour
Migration
Navigation
Magnetoreception
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
350,817
24,528
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hansjoerg Kunc
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,707
1,231
0.455
Animal Behaviour
Animal Communication
Noise Pollution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
352,309
24,609
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Caitlin Hurn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
1,260
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,601
28,997
752
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mark Bowen
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,046
1,003
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
466,942
30,682
522
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,842
1,308
0.710
Animal behaviour
Comparative cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
555,966
35,260
759
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jo Hockenhull
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
966
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
635,899
39,043
437
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rouven Schmidt
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,126
633
0.562
Animal Behaviour
Animal Communication
Conservation Biology
Behavioural Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
644,369
39,470
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Meriel Moore Colyer
Royal Agricultural University
Cirencester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,100
442
0.402
equine nutrition and respiratory health
behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
739,030
43,570
968
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gina Caplen
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
845
502
0.594
Animal Behaviour
Animal Welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
769,749
44,844
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Laura Dixon
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
774
519
0.671
animal behaviour and welfare
poultry
rabbits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
791,373
45,685
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Heather Bacon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
727
636
0.875
Animal behaviour animal welfare
zoo
bear
dog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
821,366
46,810
427
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hasan Al Toufailia
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
666
475
0.713
Apiculture
Varroa
Behavioural ecology
Hygienic behaviour
Honey bee diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
824,568
46,924
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David Selden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
660
415
0.629
Virology
Microbiology
animal sciences
Health and safety
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
829,782
47,086
1,058
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Benjamin Lecorps
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
649
623
0.960
Animal behaviour
Animal welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,942
49,686
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wanda Mccormick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521
326
0.626
Animal welfare
animal physiology
animal nutrition
animal behaviour
human-animal interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
933,861
51,442
1,162
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Irene Voellmy
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
311
0.647
Animal behaviour
conservation biology
animal welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
938,898
51,701
472
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kate Johnson
University of Reading
Reading, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475
382
0.804
Animal Welfare
Veterinary epidemiology
Dairy Cattle
Farmer decision making
Cross Compliance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
960,859
52,829
1,198
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mathilde Valenchon
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
329
0.731
Animal Behaviour
Ethology
Horse