Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry / Animal Science Highly Cited Researchers 96 Scientists Citation in United Kingdom 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
Animal and human behaviour
cognition
risk
emotions
animal welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,578
7,545
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Livestock
Environment
Grasslands
Climate change mitigation
Forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,702
7,778
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
ruminant nutrition
dairy production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,646
4,854
0.356
* 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
7,065
837
0.118
* 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
5,198
1,858
0.357
* 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
4,444
823
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Animal social learning
Insect cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,688
2,072
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Animal Behaviour
Migration
Navigation
Magnetoreception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,358
1,366
0.407
* 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
2,762
1,105
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
equine
sport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,749
1,172
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Equine Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,095
876
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Animal behaviour
Comparative cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,896
1,234
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Animal welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,456
897
0.616
* 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
1,150
590
0.513
* 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
1,118
389
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Animal Behaviour
Animal Welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
468
0.539
* 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
786
472
0.601
* 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
757
623
0.823
* 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
685
435
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Animal behaviour
Animal welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
618
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Virology
Microbiology
animal sciences
Health and safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
378
0.559
* 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
535
301
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Animal Welfare
Veterinary epidemiology
Dairy Cattle
Farmer decision making
Cross Compliance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
361
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Animal behaviour
conservation biology
animal welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
264
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Animal Behaviour
Ethology
Horse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
458
294
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,044
2,716
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
24,578
7,545
0.307
Animal and human behaviour
cognition
risk
emotions
animal welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,762
5,888
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mariana C Rufino
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,702
7,778
0.568
Livestock
Environment
Grasslands
Climate change mitigation
Forests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,147
5,918
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard J Dewhurst
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,646
4,854
0.356
ruminant nutrition
dairy production
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,760
11,746
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jan-Bas Prins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,065
837
0.118
Laboratory Animal Science
ethics
immunology
genetics
animal models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,121
15,405
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jon Moorby
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,198
1,858
0.357
Livestock Nutrition
Nutrient Use Efficiency
Pollution Mitigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
233,472
17,495
385
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
4,444
823
0.185
Animal Behaviour
Collective Behaviour
Ants
Social Insects
Biometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,945
20,166
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ellouise Leadbeater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,688
2,072
0.562
Animal social learning
Insect cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,200
21,530
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Richard Holland
Bangor University
Noakhali, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,358
1,366
0.407
Animal Behaviour
Migration
Navigation
Magnetoreception
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,333
24,540
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
2,762
1,105
0.400
Animal Behaviour
Animal Communication
Noise Pollution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
352,666
24,610
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Caitlin Hurn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,749
1,172
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,326
28,942
752
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mark Bowen
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,095
876
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
465,022
30,560
523
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,896
1,234
0.651
Animal behaviour
Comparative cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
553,527
35,120
759
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jo Hockenhull
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,456
897
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
636,724
39,073
438
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rouven Schmidt
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,150
590
0.513
Animal Behaviour
Animal Communication
Conservation Biology
Behavioural Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
646,829
39,570
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
1,118
389
0.348
equine nutrition and respiratory health
behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
737,133
43,468
968
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gina Caplen
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
468
0.539
Animal Behaviour
Animal Welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
772,274
44,882
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Laura Dixon
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
786
472
0.601
animal behaviour and welfare
poultry
rabbits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
785,197
45,415
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Heather Bacon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
757
623
0.823
Animal behaviour animal welfare
zoo
bear
dog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
819,479
46,694
425
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hasan Al Toufailia
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
685
435
0.635
Apiculture
Varroa
Behavioural ecology
Hygienic behaviour
Honey bee diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
821,810
46,767
1,051
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Benjamin Lecorps
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
618
0.909
Animal behaviour
Animal welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
823,960
46,848
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David Selden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
378
0.559
Virology
Microbiology
animal sciences
Health and safety
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
902,365
49,792
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wanda Mccormick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
535
301
0.563
Animal welfare
animal physiology
animal nutrition
animal behaviour
human-animal interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
936,020
51,599
471
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kate Johnson
University of Reading
Reading, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
361
0.734
Animal Welfare
Veterinary epidemiology
Dairy Cattle
Farmer decision making
Cross Compliance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
942,160
51,914
1,177
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Irene Voellmy
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
264
0.544
Animal behaviour
conservation biology
animal welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
965,470
53,127
1,207
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mathilde Valenchon
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
458
294
0.642
Animal Behaviour
Ethology
Horse