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Frank W. Nicholas

Frank W. Nicholas

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
37
Citations
7699
World Ranking
1455
National Ranking
86

Frank W. Nicholas 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 Frank W. Nicholas sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 166 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frank W. Nicholas 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 Frank W. Nicholas sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frank W. Nicholas is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans subfields including genetics, molecular biology, neurology, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and philosophy.

The scientist's work covers several key topics such as:

  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Biomedical text mining and ontologies
  • Animal genetics and reproduction
  • Genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals
  • Dental development and anomalies
  • Forensic and genetic research
  • Genomics and rare diseases

Frank W. Nicholas has published in various venues, most frequently contributing to:

  • Genome Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Animal Genetics
  • Mammalian Genome
  • Animals

Among recent papers, notable publications include:

  • "Genome sequencing of 2000 canids by the Dog10K consortium advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture" (2023), published in Genome Biology
  • "Mondo: Unifying diseases for the world, by the world" (2022), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA): a record of advances in animal genetics, freely available on the Internet for 25 years" (2020), published in Animal Genetics
  • "Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA): a genetic resource for vertebrate animals" (2024), published in Mammalian Genome
  • "Equus in Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA)" (2024), published in Animals

Frequent co-authors working alongside Frank W. Nicholas include:

  • Imke Tammen
  • Tosso Leeb
  • Marius Mather
  • Jennifer R. S. Meadows
  • Guodong Wang

Best Publications

  • The Genome Sequence of Taurine Cattle: A Window to Ruminant Biology and Evolution

    Christine G. Elsik;Christine G. Elsik;Christine G. Elsik;Ross L. Tellam;Kim C. Worley;Kim C. Worley;Richard A. Gibbs

  • The sheep genome illuminates biology of the rumen and lipid metabolism

    Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Min Xie;Wenbin Chen;Richard Talbot

  • Increased rates of genetic change in dairy cattle by embryo transfer and splitting

    F. W. Nicholas;C. Smith

  • A genome wide survey of SNP variation reveals the genetic structure of sheep breeds.

    James W. Kijas;David Townley;Brian P. Dalrymple;Michael P. Heaton

  • Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals

    Stephen Bishop;R. F. E. Axford;F. W. Nicholas;J. B. Owen

  • Extent of genome-wide linkage disequilibrium in Australian Holstein-Friesian cattle based on a high-density SNP panel

    Mehar S. Khatkar;Frank W. Nicholas;Andrew R. Collins;Kyall R. Zenger

  • Genetic improvement through reproductive technology

    F.W. Nicholas

  • Using comparative genomics to reorder the human genome sequence into a virtual sheep genome.

    Brian P Dalrymple;Ewen F Kirkness;Mikhail Nefedov;Sean McWilliam

  • A Primary Assembly of a Bovine Haplotype Block Map Based on a 15,036-Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Panel Genotyped in Holstein-Friesian Cattle

    Mehar S. Khatkar;Kyall R. Zenger;Matthew Hobbs;Rachel J. Hawken

  • Genome sequencing of 2000 canids by the Dog10K consortium advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture

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  • A physical map of the bovine genome.

    Warren M Snelling;Readman Chiu;Jacqueline E Schein;Matthew Hobbs

  • Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA): a comparative knowledgebase of genetic disorders and other familial traits in non-laboratory animals.

    Frank W. Nicholas

  • Bulldog dwarfism in Dexter cattle is caused by mutations in ACAN.

    Julie A. L. Cavanagh;Imke Tammen;Peter A. Windsor;John F. Bateman;John F. Bateman

  • OMIA (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals): an enhanced platform and integration into the Entrez search interface at NCBI

    Johann Lenffer;Frank W. Nicholas;Kao Castle;Arjun Rao

  • The relationships among ecto- and endoparasite levels, class I antigens of the bovine major histocompatibility system, immunoglobulin E levels and weight gain

    M. J. Stear;D. J S Hetzel;S. C. Brown;Laurel J Gershwin

  • Some Practical Solutions to Welfare Problems in Dog Breeding

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  • Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals (2nd edition)

    R F E Axford;S C Bishop;F W Nicholas;J B Owen

  • ESTIMATION OF HERITABILITY BY BOTH REGRESSION OF OFFSPRING ON PARENT AND INTRA-CLASS CORRELATION OF SIBS IN ONE EXPERIMENT

    W. G. Hill;F. W. Nicholas

  • Genome sequence of an Australian kangaroo, Macropus eugenii, provides insight into the evolution of mammalian reproduction and development (vol 12, pg R81, 2011)

    MB Renfree;AT Papenfuss;JE Deakin;J Lindsay

  • Mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) in sheep. I. A new male framework linkage map and QTL for growth rate and body weight

    Herman W Raadsma;Peter C Thomson;Kyall R Zenger;Colin Cavanagh;Colin Cavanagh

  • Detection and mapping of quantitative trait loci in farm animals

    H. Bovenhuis;J. A. M. van Arendonk;G. Davis;J.-M. Elsen

  • A genealogical survey of Australian registered dog breeds.

    Mohammad R. Shariflou;John W. James;Frank W. Nicholas;Claire M. Wade

  • BoLA antigens are associated with increased frequency of persistent lymphocytosis in bovine leukaemia virus infected cattle and with increased incidence of antibodies to bovine leukaemia virus.

    M. J. Stear;C. K. Dimmock;M. J. Newman;F. W. Nicholas

  • A first-generation metric linkage disequilibrium map of bovine chromosome 6.

    Mehar S. Khatkar;Andrew Collins;Julie A. L. Cavanagh;Rachel J. Hawken

  • Mutation discovery for Mendelian traits in non-laboratory animals: a review of achievements up to 2012.

    Frank W Nicholas;Matthew Hobbs

Frequent Co-Authors

Herman W. Raadsma
Herman W. Raadsma University of Sydney
Peter C. Thomson
Peter C. Thomson University of Sydney
Chris Moran
Chris Moran Curtin University
Claire M. Wade
Claire M. Wade University of Sydney
Michael J. Stear
Michael J. Stear La Trobe University
Stephen Bishop
Stephen Bishop University of Edinburgh
Brian P. Dalrymple
Brian P. Dalrymple University of Western Australia
Jennifer A. Marshall Graves
Jennifer A. Marshall Graves La Trobe University
John C. McEwan
John C. McEwan AgResearch
Janine E. Deakin
Janine E. Deakin University of Canberra

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