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Gary A. Rohrer publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary A. Rohrer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 236 publications — 63rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Gary A. Rohrer D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary A. Rohrer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Gary A. Rohrer is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences, veterinary science, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to animal science and livestock studies.

Their work has a strong focus on animal science and zoology, particularly concerning small animals and genetics. They have contributed significantly to subfields such as molecular biology and agronomy and crop science, indicating a broad interest in both genetics and environmental factors affecting livestock.

Key research topics addressed by Gary A. Rohrer include:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection

Gary A. Rohrer's frequent collaborators include:

  • T. M. Brown-Brandl
  • Brittney N. Keel
  • Dan Nonneman
  • C. A. Lents
  • Sudhendu Raj Sharma

Their research has been published extensively in several scientific venues. The most common publication venues are:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Animal - Science Proceedings
  • Animals
  • Translational Animal Science
  • Biosystems Engineering

Among their recent papers are:

  • "An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research," 2020, GigaScience
  • "A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues," 2024, Nature Genetics
  • "Feeding behavior of grow-finish swine and the impacts of heat stress," 2020, Translational Animal Science
  • "PigSense: Structural Vibration-based Activity and Health Monitoring System for Pigs," 2023, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
  • "Using SNP Weights Derived From Gene Expression Modules to Improve GWAS Power for Feed Efficiency in Pigs," 2020, Frontiers in Genetics

Best Publications

  • Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

    Martien A. M. Groenen;Alan L. Archibald;Hirohide Uenishi;Christopher K. Tuggle

  • Design of a High Density SNP Genotyping Assay in the Pig Using SNPs Identified and Characterized by Next Generation Sequencing Technology

    António M Ramos;Richard P M A Crooijmans;Nabeel A Affara;Andreia J. Amaral

  • A comprehensive map of the porcine genome.

    Gary A. Rohrer;Leeson J. Alexander;Zhiliang Hu;Timothy P L Smith

  • A microsatellite linkage map of the porcine genome.

    Gary A. Rohrer;Leeson J. Alexander;John W. Keele;Tim P. Smith

  • An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research

    Amanda Warr;Nabeel Affara;Bronwen Aken;Hamid Beiki

  • Coordinated international action to accelerate genome-to-phenome with FAANG, the Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes project

    Leif Andersson;Leif Andersson;Alan L. Archibald;Cynthia D. Bottema;Rudiger Brauning

  • Heritabilities and phenotypic and genetic correlations for bovine postrigor calpastatin activity, intramuscular fat content, Warner-Bratzler shear force, retail product yield, and growth rate

    S. D. Shackelford;M. Koohmaraie;L. V. Cundiff;K. E. Gregory

  • Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting carcass composition in swine: I. Fat deposition traits.

    G A Rohrer;J W Keele

  • Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting reproduction in pigs.

    J. P. Cassady;R. K. Johnson;D. Pomp;G. A. Rohrer

  • Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting female reproductive traits in a multigeneration Meishan-White composite swine population.

    G A Rohrer;J J Ford;T H Wise;J L Vallet

  • Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting birth characters and accumulation of backfat and weight in a Meishan-White Composite resource population.

    G A Rohrer

  • A high utility integrated map of the pig genome

    Sean J Humphray;Carol E Scott;Richard Clark;Brandy Marron

  • Evidence for quantitative trait loci affecting ovulation rate in pigs.

    Thomas A. Rathje;G. A. Rohrer;R. K. Johnson

  • Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting carcass composition in swine: II. Muscling and wholesale product yield traits.

    G A Rohrer;J W Keele

  • A genome scan for loci affecting pork quality in a Duroc–Landrace F2 population

    G. A. Rohrer;R. M. Thallman;S. Shackelford;T. Wheeler

  • Perspectives for artificial insemination and genomics to improve global swine populations

    Roger J. Gerrits;Joan K. Lunney;Lawrence A. Johnson;Vernon G. Pursel

  • Interval mapping of growth in divergent swine cross

    A. Albert Paszek;Patricia J. Wilkie;Gail H. Flickinger;Gary A. Rohrer

  • Sequence Evaluation of Four Pooled-Tissue Normalized Bovine cDNA Libraries and Construction of a Gene Index for Cattle

    Timothy P.L. Smith;William M. Grosse;Brad A. Freking;Andrew J. Roberts

  • Swine Genome Sequencing Consortium (SGSC): a strategic roadmap for sequencing the pig genome

    Lawrence B. Schook;Jonathan E. Beever;Jane Rogers;Sean Humphray

  • Annotation of the Affymetrix porcine genome microarray.

    S. Tsai;J. P. Cassady;B. A. Freking;D. J. Nonneman

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence B. Schook
Lawrence B. Schook University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Timothy P. L. Smith
Timothy P. L. Smith Agricultural Research Service
Tami M. Brown-Brandl
Tami M. Brown-Brandl University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Alan Archibald
Alan Archibald University of Edinburgh
Craig W. Beattie
Craig W. Beattie University of Illinois at Chicago
John W. Keele
John W. Keele Agricultural Research Service
Steven D. Shackelford
Steven D. Shackelford Agricultural Research Service
Martien A. M. Groenen
Martien A. M. Groenen Wageningen University & Research
Christopher K. Tuggle
Christopher K. Tuggle Iowa State University
Sean Humphray
Sean Humphray Illumina (United States)

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