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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
57
Citations
15227
World Ranking
401
National Ranking
143

Andres Legarra publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andres Legarra sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 317 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Andres Legarra D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andres Legarra sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 5 scientists 21 D-Index: 22 scientists 22 D-Index: 31 scientists 23 D-Index: 44 scientists 24 D-Index: 53 scientists 25 D-Index: 66 scientists 26 D-Index: 80 scientists 27 D-Index: 101 scientists 28 D-Index: 106 scientists 29 D-Index: 116 scientists 30 D-Index: 154 scientists 31 D-Index: 158 scientists 32 D-Index: 143 scientists 33 D-Index: 137 scientists 34 D-Index: 126 scientists 35 D-Index: 134 scientists 36 D-Index: 112 scientists 37 D-Index: 115 scientists 38 D-Index: 105 scientists 39 D-Index: 111 scientists 40 D-Index: 107 scientists 41 D-Index: 87 scientists 42 D-Index: 74 scientists 43 D-Index: 62 scientists 44 D-Index: 61 scientists 45 D-Index: 41 scientists 46 D-Index: 51 scientists 47 D-Index: 43 scientists 48 D-Index: 28 scientists 49 D-Index: 47 scientists 50 D-Index: 40 scientists 51 D-Index: 34 scientists 52 D-Index: 33 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 16 scientists 55 D-Index: 32 scientists 56 D-Index: 21 scientists 57 D-Index: 18 scientists 58 D-Index: 28 scientists 59 D-Index: 33 scientists 60 D-Index: 17 scientists 61 D-Index: 21 scientists 62 D-Index: 18 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 9 scientists 65 D-Index: 20 scientists 66 D-Index: 11 scientists 67 D-Index: 16 scientists 68 D-Index: 12 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 13 scientists 71 D-Index: 15 scientists 72 D-Index: 11 scientists 73 D-Index: 11 scientists 74 D-Index: 14 scientists 75 D-Index: 5 scientists 76 D-Index: 6 scientists 77+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Hot topic: a unified approach to utilize phenotypic, full pedigree, and genomic information for genetic evaluation of Holstein final score.

    I. Aguilar;I. Misztal;D.L. Johnson;Andres Legarra

  • A relationship matrix including full pedigree and genomic information

    A. Legarra;I. Aguilar;I. Misztal

  • Predicting Quantitative Traits With Regression Models for Dense Molecular Markers and Pedigree

    Gustavo de los Campos;Hugo Naya;Daniel Gianola;José Crossa

  • Computing procedures for genetic evaluation including phenotypic, full pedigree, and genomic information

    I. Misztal;Andres Legarra;Ignacio Aguilar

  • Genome-wide association mapping including phenotypes from relatives without genotypes.

    H. Wang;I. Misztal;I. Aguilar;A. Legarra

  • Performance of Genomic Selection in Mice

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  • Bias in genomic predictions for populations under selection.

    Z. G. Vitezica;I. Aguilar;I. Misztal;A. Legarra

  • On the Additive and Dominant Variance and Covariance of Individuals Within the Genomic Selection Scope

    Zulma G. Vitezica;Luis Varona;Andres Legarra

  • Single Step, a general approach for genomic selection

    Andres Legarra;Ole Fredslund Christensen;Ignacio Aguilar;Ignacy Misztal

  • Semi-parametric estimates of population accuracy and bias of predictions of breeding values and future phenotypes using the LR method.

    Andres Legarra;Antonio Reverter

  • Genome-wide association mapping including phenotypes from relatives without genotypes in a single-step (ssGWAS) for 6-week body weight in broiler chickens.

    Huiyu Wang;Ignacy Misztal;Ignacio Aguilar;Andres Legarra

  • Using recursion to compute the inverse of the genomic relationship matrix

    I Misztal;Andres Legarra;I Aguilar

  • Non-additive Effects in Genomic Selection

    Luis Varona;Andres Legarra;Miguel A Toro;Zulma G Vitezica

  • Efficient computation of the genomic relationship matrix and other matrices used in single-step evaluation.

    I. Aguilar;I. Misztal;Andres Legarra;S. Tsuruta

  • Genetic evaluation using single-step genomic best linear unbiased predictor in American Angus.

    D. A. L. Lourenco;S. Tsuruta;B. O. Fragomeni;Y. Masuda

  • Sequence- vs. chip-assisted genomic selection: accurate biological information is advised

    Miguel Pérez-Enciso;Miguel Pérez-Enciso;Juan C Rincón;Juan C Rincón;Andrés Legarra

  • Orthogonal Estimates of Variances for Additive, Dominance, and Epistatic Effects in Populations.

    Zulma G Vitezica;Zulma G Vitezica;Andrés Legarra;Miguel A Toro;Luis Varona

  • Ancestral Relationships Using Metafounders: Finite Ancestral Populations and Across Population Relationships

    Andres Legarra;Ole F Christensen;Zulma G Vitezica;Ignacio Aguilar

  • Improved Lasso for genomic selection.

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  • Frequentist p-values for large-scale-single step genome-wide association, with an application to birth weight in American Angus cattle

    Ignacio Aguilar;Andres Legarra;Fernando Cardoso;Fernando Cardoso;Yutaka Masuda

Frequent Co-Authors

Ignacy Misztal
Ignacy Misztal University of Georgia
Daniela Lourenco
Daniela Lourenco University of Georgia
Yutaka Masuda
Yutaka Masuda Rakuno Gakuen University
Luis Varona
Luis Varona University of Zaragoza
Antonio Reverter
Antonio Reverter Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Miguel Pérez-Enciso
Miguel Pérez-Enciso Autonomous University of Barcelona
Miguel A. Toro
Miguel A. Toro Technical University of Madrid
Hélène Gilbert
Hélène Gilbert Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Vincent Ducrocq
Vincent Ducrocq University of Paris-Saclay
Paul M. VanRaden
Paul M. VanRaden United States Department of Agriculture

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