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Christopher J. Barnard

Christopher J. Barnard

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
50
Citations
9434
World Ranking
609
National Ranking
66

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
9396
World Ranking
3851
National Ranking
426

Christopher J. Barnard 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 Christopher J. Barnard sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 141 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher J. Barnard 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 Christopher J. Barnard sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christopher J. Barnard was affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom during their academic career.

Their research output does not list any specific recent papers, publications, or contributions to academic venues.

There is no available information on their frequent co-authors or collaboration networks.

Data on the main fields of study, subfields, and main topics of research work by Christopher J. Barnard is not documented in the provided records.

No book publications or details about publishers associated with their work are available.

Information regarding any awards or distinctions received by Christopher J. Barnard has not been recorded.

Christopher J. Barnard has been noted as deceased.

Best Publications

  • Producers and scroungers: A general model and its application to captive flocks of house sparrows

    C.J. Barnard;R.M. Sibly

  • Kleptoparasitism in birds

    H.Jane Brockmann;C.J. Barnard

  • Flock feeding and time budgets in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus L.)

    C.J. Barnard

  • Male crickets increase sperm number in relation to competition and female size

    A. R. Gage;C. J. Barnard

  • Parasitism and Host Behaviour

    C. J. Barnard;Jerzy M. Behnke

  • Risk-sensitive foraging in common shrews ( Sorex araneus L.)

    C. J. Barnard;C. A. J. Brown

  • Understanding chronic nematode infections: evolutionary considerations, current hypotheses and the way forward.

    Jerzy M. Behnke;Christopher J. Barnard;Derek Wakelin

  • The importance of kinship and familiarity in social interactions between mice

    A.M. Kareem;C.J. Barnard

  • Dominance hierarchies and the evolution of "individual recognition".

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  • Prey size selection and competition in the common shrew ( Sorex araneus L.)

    C. J. Barnard;C. A. J. Brown

  • Gulls and Plovers: The Ecology and Behaviour of Mixed-Species Feeding Groups

    Donald A. Ingold;C. J. Barnard;D. B. A. Thompson

  • Producers and Scroungers: Strategies of Exploitation and Parasitism

    C. J. Barnard

  • Housing and welfare in laboratory rats: effects of cage stocking density and behavioural predictors of welfare.

    J.L. Hurst;C.J. Barnard;U. Tolladay;C.M. Nevision

  • Rick-sensitive foraging in common shrews: an interruption model and the effects of mean and variance in reward rate

    C. J. Barnard;C. A. J. Brown;A. I. Houston;J. M. McNamara

  • Welfare by design: the natural selection of welfare criteria

    C. J. Barnard;J. L. Hurst

  • Environmental Enrichment, Immunocompetence, and Resistance to Babesia microti in Male Mice

    Christopher J Barnard;Jerzy M Behnke;Jane Sewell

  • Competition affects risk-sensitivity in foraging shrews

    C. J. Barnard;C. A. J. Brown

  • Do humans prefer altruistic mates? Testing a link between sexual selection and altruism towards non-relatives.

    Tim Phillips;Chris Barnard;Eamonn Ferguson;Tom Reader

  • Variation in the helminth community structure in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from three comparable localities in the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.

    J.M. Behnke;C.J. Barnard;A. Bajer;D. Bray

  • The role of parasite–induced immunodepression, rank and social environment in the modulation of behaviour and hormone concentration in male laboratory mice (Mus musculus)

    C. J. Barnard;J. M. Behnke;A. R. Gage;H. Brown

  • Strain-specific effects of cage enrichment in male laboratory mice ( Mus musculus )

    C. M. Nevison;J. L. Hurst;C. J. Barnard

  • Kin recognition and mate choice in mice: the effects of kinship, familiarity and social interference on intersexual interaction

    C.J. Barnard;J. Fitzsimons

  • The Evolution of Food-Scrounging Strategies within and Between Species

    C. J. Barnard

  • The consequences of inbreeding for recognizing competitors.

    Charlotte M. Nevison;Christopher J. Barnard;Robert J. Beynon;Jane L. Hurst

  • The effects of predation risk from crab spiders on bee foraging behavior

    Tom Reader;Andrew D. Higginson;Christopher J. Barnard;Francis S. Gilbert

  • Social Status and Resistance to Disease in House Mice (Mus musculus): Status-related Modulation of Hormonal Responses in Relation to Immunity Costs in Different Social and Physical Environments

    C. J. Barnard;J. M. Behnke;J. Sewell

  • Animal Behaviour: Mechanism, Development, Function and Evolution

    Chris Barnard

  • Housing and welfare in laboratory rats: welfare implications of isolation and social contact among caged males

    J. L. Hurst;C. J. Barnard;C. M. Nevison;C. D. West

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerzy M. Behnke
Jerzy M. Behnke University of Nottingham
Jane L. Hurst
Jane L. Hurst University of Liverpool
Francis Gilbert
Francis Gilbert University of Nottingham
Peter K. McGregor
Peter K. McGregor Cornwall College
Edward Siński
Edward Siński University of Warsaw
Alan G. McElligott
Alan G. McElligott City University of Hong Kong
David M. Shuker
David M. Shuker University of St Andrews
Robert J. Beynon
Robert J. Beynon University of Liverpool
Jeffrey R. Lucas
Jeffrey R. Lucas Purdue University West Lafayette
H. Jane Brockmann
H. Jane Brockmann University of Florida

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