2026 David E. Gerrard: Animal Science and Veterinary Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary	50	632	581	206	176	173	7154

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Animal Science and Veterinary

632

581

206

176

173

7154

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index

Citations

7154

World Ranking

632

National Ranking

206

Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Meats Research Award, American Society of Animal Science

Best Publications

Mechanisms controlling pork quality development: The biochemistry controlling postmortem energy metabolism

T.L. Scheffler;D.E. Gerrard

405
Citations
Myostatin expression in porcine tissues: tissue specificity and developmental and postnatal regulation

Shaoquan Ji;R. L. Losinski;S. G. Cornelius;G. R. Frank

324
Citations
Evaluation of pork color by using computer vision.

J Lu;J Tan;P Shatadal;D.E Gerrard

218
Citations
New Insights in Muscle Biology that Alter Meat Quality.

Sulaiman K Matarneh;Saulo L Silva;David E Gerrard

159
Citations
Beef Marbling and Color Score Determination by Image Processing

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149
Citations
Evidence for three adult fast myosin heavy chain isoforms in type II skeletal muscle fibers in pigs.

L Lefaucheur;R K Hoffman;D E Gerrard;C S Okamura

148
Citations
Molecular signatures of beef tenderness: Underlying mechanisms based on integromics of protein biomarkers from multi-platform proteomics studies.

Mohammed Gagaoua;E.M. Claudia Terlouw;Anne Maria Mullen;Daniel Franco

134
Citations
Pleiotropic effects in Hereford, Limousin, and Piedmontese F2 crossbred calves of genes controlling muscularity including the Piedmontese myostatin allele.

R. E. Short;M. D. MacNeil;M. D. Grosz;D. E. Gerrard

126
Citations
Early postmortem electrical stimulation simulates PSE pork development

J.E Hammelman;B.C Bowker;A.L Grant;J.C Forrest

125
Citations
Myosin heavy chain isoforms account for variation in pork quality.

J.M. Eggert;F.F.S. Depreux;A.P. Schinckel;A.L. Grant

120
Citations
Effects of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling and essential amino acids on mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling and protein synthesis rates in mammary cells.

J.A.D.R.N. Appuhamy;W.A. Nayananjalie;E.M. England;D.E. Gerrard

116
Citations
Muscle metabolism and PSE pork

B. C. Bowker;A. L. Grant;J. C. Forrest;D. E. Gerrard

115
Citations
Collagen stability, testosterone secretion and meat tenderness in growing bulls and steers.

D. E. Gerrard;S. J. Jones;E. D. Aberle;R. P. Lemenager

115
Citations
pH inactivation of phosphofructokinase arrests postmortem glycolysis.

Eric M. England;Sulaiman K. Matarneh;Tracy L. Scheffler;Céline Wachet

114
Citations
The Conversion of Muscle to Meat

Sulaiman K. Matarneh;Eric M. England;Tracy L. Scheffler;David E. Gerrard

113
Citations
Excess glycogen does not resolve high ultimate pH of oxidative muscle.

Eric M. England;Sulaiman K. Matarneh;Emily M. Oliver;Ariel Apaoblaza

112
Citations
Effects of dietary vitamin E and fat supplementation on pork quality.

Q. Guo;B. T. Richert;J. R. Burgess;D. M. Webel

112
Citations
Lessons to learn about postmortem metabolism using the AMPKγ3(R200Q) mutation in the pig.

Tracy L Scheffler;Sungkwon Park;David E Gerrard

107
Citations
Exploring the unknowns involved in the transformation of muscle to meat

E.M. England;T.L. Scheffler;S.C. Kasten;S.K. Matarneh

107
Citations
Regulation of post-mortem glycolysis in ruminant muscle

D. M. Ferguson;D. E. Gerrard

103
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Saulo da Luz e Silva Universidade de São Paulo

Allan P. Schinckel Purdue University West Lafayette

Shihuan Kuang Purdue University West Lafayette

Paulo Roberto Leme Universidade de São Paulo

Júlio Cesar de Carvalho Balieiro Universidade de São Paulo

Massimiliano Petracci University of Bologna

Rami A. Dalloul University of Georgia

Brigitte Picard University of Clermont Auvergne

Susan K. Duckett Clemson University

M. Wes Schilling Mississippi State University

External Links

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