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Andrew Thompson

Andrew Thompson

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
27
Citations
2888
World Ranking
2799
National Ranking
147

Andrew Thompson 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 Andrew Thompson sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 148 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andrew Thompson 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 Andrew Thompson sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 27 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Andrew Thompson is affiliated with Murdoch University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including ecology, molecular biology, sociology and political science, atmospheric science, and genetics.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of areas such as protist diversity and phylogeny, polar research and ecology, microbial community ecology and physiology, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, marine animal studies, Arctic and Russian policy studies, and identification and quantification in food.

Andrew Thompson has published research in several scientific venues, notably including:

  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Scientific Reports
  • Polar Biology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Microorganisms

Recent papers highlight their contributions to marine and polar ecosystems as well as microbial ecology. These include:

  • Improving metabarcoding taxonomic assignment: A case study of fishes in a large marine ecosystem, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Shotgun metagenomics reveal a diverse assemblage of protists in a model Antarctic soil ecosystem, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • Revenue loss due to whale entanglement mitigation and fishery closures, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Phagotrophic protists (protozoa) in Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems: diversity, distribution, ecology, and best research practices, 2021, Polar Biology
  • Phagotrophic Protists and Their Associates: Evidence for Preferential Grazing in an Abiotically Driven Soil Ecosystem, 2021, Microorganisms

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Andrew Thompson has worked alongside Byron J. Adams on six publications, Jarrod A. Santora and Steven J. Bograd on three publications each, as well as Rachel Seary and Désirée Tommasi on two occasions each.

Best Publications

  • Impacts of spatial patterns in pasture on animal grazing behavior, intake, and performance

    D. F. Chapman;A. J. Parsons;G. P. Cosgrove;D. J. Barker

  • The birthweight and survival of Merino lambs can be predicted from the profile of liveweight change of their mothers during pregnancy

    C. M. Oldham;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson;M. B. Ferguson;D. J. Gordon

  • Breeding ewe lambs successfully to improve lifetime performance

    P.R. Kenyon;A.N. Thompson;A.N. Thompson;S.T. Morris

  • Whole-farm profit and the optimum maternal liveweight profile of Merino ewe flocks lambing in winter and spring are influenced by the effects of ewe nutrition on the progeny's survival and lifetime wool production

    J. M. Young;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson;M. Curnow;C. M. Oldham

  • Selection for superior growth advances the onset of puberty and increases reproductive performance in ewe lambs

    C. A. Rosales Nieto;M. B. Ferguson;C. A. Macleay;J. R. Briegel

  • Effects of grazing method and fertiliser inputs on the productivity and sustainability of phalaris-based pastures in Western Victoria

    D. F. Chapman;M. R. McCaskill;P. E. Quigley;A. N. Thompson

  • The merit of condition score and fat score as alternatives to liveweight for managing the nutrition of ewes

    A. J. van Burgel;C. M. Oldham;R. Behrendt;M. Curnow

  • Bioeconomic modelling to identify the relative importance of a range of critical control points for prime lamb production systems in south-west Victoria

    J. M. Young;A. N. Thompson;A. J. Kennedy

  • Improving the nutrition of Merino ewes during pregnancy and lactation increases weaning weight and survival of progeny but does not affect their mature size

    A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson;M. B. Ferguson;M. B. Ferguson;A. J. D. Campbell;D. J. Gordon

  • The wool production and reproduction of Merino ewes can be predicted from changes in liveweight during pregnancy and lactation

    M. B. Ferguson;M. B. Ferguson;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson;D. J. Gordon;M. W. Hyder

  • On-farm paddock-scale comparisons across southern Australia confirm that increasing the nutrition of Merino ewes improves their production and the lifetime performance of their progeny

    R Behrendt;AJ van Burgel;AN Bailey;P Barber

  • Managing the nutrition of twin-bearing ewes during pregnancy using Lifetimewool recommendations increases production of twin lambs

    J. E. Hocking Edwards;K. J. Copping;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson

  • The critical control points for increasing reproductive performance can be used to inform research priorities

    J. M. Young;J. Trompf;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson

  • Participation in Lifetime Ewe Management results in changes in stocking rate, ewe management and reproductive performance on commercial farms

    J. P. Trompf;D. J. Gordon;R. Behrendt;M. Curnow

  • Triplet lambs and their dams – a review of current knowledge and management systems

    P. R. Kenyon;F. J. Roca Fraga;S. Blumer;A. N. Thompson

  • Ewe lambs with higher breeding values for growth achieve higher reproductive performance when mated at age 8 months

    C.A. Rosales Nieto;C.A. Rosales Nieto;M.B. Ferguson;M.B. Ferguson;C.A. Macleay;J.R. Briegel

  • Successful adoption of new guidelines for the nutritional management of ewes is dependent on the development of appropriate tools and information

    M. Curnow;C. M. Oldham;R. Behrendt;D. J. Gordon

  • Extracellular excystation and development of Cryptosporidium: tracing the fate of oocysts within Pseudomonas aquatic biofilm systems

    Wan Koh;Wan Koh;Andrew Thompson;Hanna Edwards;Paul Monis

  • Improving the nutrition of Merino ewes during pregnancy increases the fleece weight and reduces the fibre diameter of their progeny's wool during their lifetime and these effects can be predicted from the ewe's liveweight profile

    A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson;M. B. Ferguson;M. B. Ferguson;D. J. Gordon;G. A. Kearney

  • Nitrogen fixation in grazed and ungrazed subterranean clover pasture in south-west Australia assessed by the 15N natural abundance technique

    P. Sanford;J.S. Pate;M.J. Unkovich;A.N. Thompson

  • Increasing weight gain during pregnancy results in similar increases in lamb birthweights and weaning weights in Merino and non-Merino ewes regardless of sire type

    B. L. Paganoni;M. B. Ferguson;G. A. Kearney;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson

  • New perspectives on the mineral nutrition of livestock grazing cereal and canola crops

    H. Dove;D. G. Masters;A. N. Thompson

  • Wool growth and fibre diameter changes in young Merino sheep genetically different in staple strength and fed different levels of nutrition

    A. N. Thompson;P. I. Hynd

  • SGS Animal Production Theme: effect of grazing system on animal productivity and sustainability across southern Australia

    J. F. Graham;B. R. Cullen;G. M. Lodge;M. H. Andrew

  • Mineral status of reproducing ewes grazing vegetative cereal crops

    David G. Masters;Serina Hancock;Gordon Refshauge;Susan Robertson

  • Evaluation of the impact of Lifetimewool on sheep producers

    A. Jones;A. J. van Burgel;R. Behrendt;M. Curnow

  • Human giardiasis: genotype-linked differences in clinical symptomatology

    Andrew Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme Martin
Graeme Martin University of Western Australia
J. H. J. van der Werf
J. H. J. van der Werf University of New England
J.A.M. van Arendonk
J.A.M. van Arendonk Wageningen University & Research
Graham E. Gardner
Graham E. Gardner Murdoch University
Shimin Liu
Shimin Liu Pennsylvania State University
Mark P. Hedger
Mark P. Hedger Hudson Institute of Medical Research
P. R. Kenyon
P. R. Kenyon Massey University
Antti Kause
Antti Kause Natural Resources Institute Finland
Murray Unkovich
Murray Unkovich University of Adelaide
Stephanie S. Godfrey
Stephanie S. Godfrey University of Otago

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