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D-Index
29
Citations
3604
World Ranking
2556
National Ranking
138

D. L. Robinson 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 D. L. Robinson sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 74 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

D. L. Robinson 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 D. L. Robinson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 29 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

D. L. Robinson is affiliated with the University of New England in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Pollution. Other areas of study include Environmental Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers various main topics including:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock

Robinson has published research in several notable venues, including:

  • The Medical Journal of Australia
  • Atmosphere
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Animal Production Science
  • BMJ

The recent papers authored by Robinson reflect a focus on air quality measurement, health impacts of pollution, and livestock methane emissions. Selected works include:

  • Accurate, Low Cost PM2.5 Measurements Demonstrate the Large Spatial Variation in Wood Smoke Pollution in Regional Australia and Improve Modeling and Estimates of Health Costs (2020, Atmosphere)
  • Repeatabilities, heritabilities and correlations of methane and feed intake of sheep in respiration and portable chambers (2020, Animal Production Science)
  • Five Years of Accurate PM2.5 Measurements Demonstrate the Value of Low-Cost PurpleAir Monitors in Areas Affected by Woodsmoke (2023, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • The effects on mortality and the associated financial costs of wood heater pollution in a regional Australian city (2021, The Medical Journal of Australia)
  • Wood heater smoke and mortality in the Australian Capital Territory: a rapid health impact assessment (2023, The Medical Journal of Australia)

Frequent collaborators in Robinson's research include Nigel Goodman, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Fay H. Johnston, Geoffrey Morgan, and Sonja Dominik.

Best Publications

  • Genetic parameters for feed efficiency, fatness, muscle area and feeding behaviour of feedlot finished beef cattle

    D.L. Robinson;D.L. Robinson;V.H. Oddy;V.H. Oddy

  • Cattle temperament: persistence of assessments and associations with productivity, efficiency, carcass and meat quality traits.

    Linda Cafe;Dorothy L Robinson;Drewe Ferguson;Drewe Ferguson;Brooke Louise McIntyre

  • Estimation and interpretation of direct and maternal genetic parameters for weights of Australian Angus cattle

    D.L. Robinson

  • Models which might explain negative correlations between direct and maternal genetic effects

    D.L. Robinson

  • Live animal measurement of carcass traits by ultrasound: assessment and accuracy of sonographers.

    D. L. Robinson;C. A. McDonald;K. Hammond;J. W. Turner

  • Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of animal, carcass, and meat quality traits from temperate and tropically adapted beef breeds. 1. Animal measures

    D. J. Johnston;A. Reverter;H. M. Burrow;V. H. Oddy

  • CRC breeding program design, measurements and database: methods that underpin CRC research results

    W. Upton;H. M. Burrow;A. Dundon;D. L. Robinson

  • Nutritional and flock management options to reduce methane output and methane per unit product from sheep enterprises

    Roger Hegarty;D Alcock;Dorothy L Robinson;John Patrick Goopy

  • Production and processing studies on calpain-system gene markers for tenderness in Brahman cattle: 1. Growth, efficiency, temperament, and carcass characteristics.

    L. M. Cafe;B. L. McIntyre;D. L. Robinson;G. H. Geesink

  • Validation of a short-term methane measurement using portable static chambers to estimate daily methane production in sheep

    J.P. Goopy;R. Woodgate;A. Donaldson;D.L. Robinson

  • Live animal measurement of carcass traits: estimation of genetic parameters for beef cattle.

    D L Robinson;K Hammond;C A McDonald

  • Production and processing studies on calpain-system gene markers for tenderness in Brahman cattle: 2. Objective meat quality.

    L. M. Cafe;B. L. McIntyre;D. L. Robinson;G. H. Geesink

  • Meat Science and Muscle Biology Symposium: developmental programming in cattle: consequences for growth, efficiency, carcass, muscle, and beef quality characteristics.

    D. L. Robinson;L. M. Cafe;P. L. Greenwood

  • Temperament and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function are related and combine to affect growth, efficiency, carcass, and meat quality traits in Brahman steers.

    Linda Cafe;Dorothy L Robinson;Drewe Ferguson;Drewe Ferguson;Geert Geesink

  • Estimates of repeatability and heritability of methane production in sheep using portable accumulation chambers

    John P. Goopy;D.L. Robinson;R.T. Woodgate;A.J. Donaldson

  • Post-weaning growth of cattle in northern New South Wales. 3. Carry-over effects on finishing, carcass characteristics and intramuscular fat

    D. L. Robinson;V. H. Oddy;R. W. Dicker;M. J. McPhee

  • Genetic parameters for visually assessed traits and their relationships to wool production and liveweight in Australian Merino sheep

    Sue I Mortimer;Dorothy L Robinson;K D Atkins;F D Brien

  • Sire and liveweight affect feed intake and methane emissions of sheep confined in respiration chambers.

    D. L. Robinson;J. P. Goopy;A. J. Donaldson;R. T. Woodgate

  • Genetic and environmental influences on beef tenderness

    D. L. Robinson;D. M. Ferguson;V. H. Oddy;D. Perry

  • Sources of variation in mechanical shear force measures of tenderness in beef from tropically adapted genotypes, effects of data editing and their implications for genetic parameter estimation

    D. J. Johnston;A. Reverter;D. L. Robinson;D. M. Ferguson

Frequent Co-Authors

L. M. Cafe
L. M. Cafe University of New England
V. H. Oddy
V. H. Oddy University of New England
Paul L. Greenwood
Paul L. Greenwood University of New England
David W. Pethick
David W. Pethick Murdoch University
Roger Hegarty
Roger Hegarty AgResearch
John Mitchell Thompson
John Mitchell Thompson University of New England
William Barendse
William Barendse Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Drewe Ferguson
Drewe Ferguson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
G. H. Geesink
G. H. Geesink University of New England
Andrew Swan
Andrew Swan University of New England

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