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Bruce McGregor

Bruce McGregor

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
25
Citations
2608
World Ranking
2953
National Ranking
154

Bruce McGregor 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 Bruce McGregor sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 175 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bruce McGregor 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 Bruce McGregor sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 25 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Bruce McGregor is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and specializes in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research extensively covers aspects of livestock genetics, fiber production, and ruminant nutrition.

Their publication record includes significant contributions to the understanding of wool and mohair production, animal fiber properties, and land care communities. Recent papers authored or coauthored by McGregor include:

  • The science behind the wool industry. The importance and value of wool production from sheep (2021, Animal Frontiers)
  • Relationships between the incidence and degree of medullation with the diameter of alpaca fibers evaluated using a novel device based on artificial intelligence (2022, Journal of the Textile Institute)
  • Communities caring for land and nature in Victoria (2020, Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education)
  • Development and growth of mohair fleeces from birth and relationships between skin follicle populations, mohair physical properties, animal size and fleece value (2020, Small Ruminant Research)
  • Characterization of the growth, productivity and physical fiber properties of indigenous cashmere goats in southern Kyrgyzstan (2023, Small Ruminant Research)

McGregor frequently collaborates with researchers including Emma Doyle, J. W. V. Preston, PI Hynd, Edgar Carlos Quispe Peña, and M.D. Quispe.

Their work has been published mainly in the following venues:

  • Small Ruminant Research
  • Animal Frontiers
  • Journal of the Textile Institute
  • Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education
  • Scientific Reports

McGregor's research covers multiple subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Polymers and Plastics, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Building and Construction.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Textile materials and evaluations
  • Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers
  • Crafts, Textile, and Design
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites

Best Publications

  • Production, attributes and relative value of alpaca fleeces in southern Australia and implications for industry development

    B.A. McGregor

  • Sources of variation in fibre diameter attributes of Australian alpacas and implications for fleece evaluation and animal selection

    B. A. McGregor;K. L. Butler

  • Optimising sampling techniques and estimating sampling variance of fleece quality attributes in alpacas

    J Aylan-Parker;B.A McGregor

  • Comparisons of the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra of cashmere, guard hair, wool and other animal fibres

    B. A. McGregor;X. Liu;X. G. Wang

  • Comparative productivity and grazing behaviour of Huacaya alpacas and Peppin Merino sheep grazed on annual pastures

    B.A McGregor

  • The science behind the wool industry. The importance and value of wool production from sheep.

    Emma K Doyle;James W V Preston;Bruce A McGregor;Phil I Hynd

  • Nutrition, management and other environmental influences on the quality and production of mohair and cashmere: A review with particular reference to mediterranean and annual temperate climatic zones

    Bruce A. McGregor

  • Effects of different nutritional regimens on the productivity of Australian cashmere goats and the partitioning of nutrients between cashmere and hair growth

    BA McGregor

  • Contribution of objective and subjective attributes to the variation in commercial value of Australian mohair: implications for mohair production, genetic improvement, and mohair marketing

    Bruce Mcgregor;KL Butler

  • Influence of nutrition, fibre diameter and fibre length on the fibre curvature of cashmere

    B. A. McGregor

  • Growth, development and carcass composition of goats: a review

    B. A. McGregor

  • Physical, chemical, and tensile properties of cashmere, mohair, alpaca, and other rare animal fibers

    Bruce A. McGregor

  • The Effects of Cashmere Attributes on the Efficiency of Dehairing and Dehaired Cashmere Length

    B.A. McGregor;K.L. Butler

  • Relationship of body condition score, live weight, stocking rate and grazing system to the mortality of Angora goats from hypothermia and their use in the assessment of welfare risks.

    BA Mcgregor;KL Butler

  • Incisor development, wear and loss in sheep and their impact on ewe production, longevity and economics: A review

    B.A. McGregor

  • A NOTE ON THE ASSESSMENT OF DOWN PRODUCTION IN AUSTRALIAN 'CASHMERE' GOATS

    R. C. Couchman;B. A. McGregor

  • The allometric relationship between mean fibre diameter of mohair and the fleece-free liveweight of Angora goats over their lifetime

    B. A. McGregor;K. L. Butler;M. B. Ferguson

  • Complementary selection and intake of annual pastures by sheep and goats

    N.K. Gurung;O.A. Jallow;B.A. McGregor;M.J. Watson

  • Influence of stocking rate and mixed grazing of Angora goats and Merino sheep on animal and pasture production in southern Australia. 2. Liveweight, body condition score, carcass yield and mortality

    B. A. McGregor

  • Intake of trichostrongylid larvae by goats and sheep grazing together.

    O. A. Jallow;B. A. McGregor;N. Anderson;J. H. G. Holmes

  • Variation in the softness and fibre curvature of cashmere, alpaca, mohair and other rare animal fibres

    B.A. McGregor

  • Body composition, body condition scores and carcass and organ components of grazing Angora goats.

    B. A. McGregor

Frequent Co-Authors

Kym L. Butler
Kym L. Butler University of Melbourne
Xungai Wang
Xungai Wang Arizona State University
John Mitchell Thompson
John Mitchell Thompson University of New England

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