2026 Guoyao Wu: Animal Science and Veterinary Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary	156	1	1	1	1	833	97642

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
2018 - Morrison Award, American Society of Animal Science
2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2009 - AFIA - FASS New Frontiers in Animal Nutrition Award, American Society of Animal Science
2004 - American Feed Industry Association Award in Nonruminant Nutrition Research, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Guoyao Wu is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work is also concentrated in several subfields including Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, and Aquatic Science.

The main topics addressed in Guoyao Wu's research include muscle metabolism and nutrition, aquaculture nutrition and growth, reproductive physiology in livestock, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, birth, development and health, adipose tissue and metabolism, and diet and metabolism studies.

The scientist has published extensively in a range of journals, with the most frequent venues being:

Amino Acids
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Journal of Animal Science
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
Biology of Reproduction

Guoyao Wu's recent papers include:

Important roles of dietary taurine, creatine, carnosine, anserine and 4-hydroxyproline in human nutrition and health (2020, Amino Acids)
Nutrition and metabolism of glutamate and glutamine in fish (2020, Amino Acids)
Composition of amino acids and related nitrogenous nutrients in feedstuffs for animal diets (2020, Amino Acids)
Amino Acid Metabolism in the Liver: Nutritional and Physiological Significance (2020, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
Nutrition and Functions of Amino Acids in Aquatic Crustaceans (2021, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)

They have also contributed to book publications with Springer Nature, including two editions titled Amino Acids in Nutrition and Health published in 2021.

Throughout their career, Guoyao Wu has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Fuller W. Bazer
Wenliang He
Gregory A. Johnson
Heewon Seo
Claire Stenhouse

Guoyao Wu has received several awards recognizing their work, such as:

Morrison Award, American Society of Animal Science (2018)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2012)
AFIA - FASS New Frontiers in Animal Nutrition Award, American Society of Animal Science (2009)
American Feed Industry Association Award in Nonruminant Nutrition Research, American Society of Animal Science (2004)

Best Publications

Glutathione Metabolism and Its Implications for Health

Guoyao Wu;Yun-Zhong Fang;Sheng Yang;Joanne R. Lupton

4229
Citations
Free radicals, antioxidants, and nutrition.

Yun-Zhong Fang;Sheng Yang;Guoyao Wu

3879
Citations
ARGININE METABOLISM : NITRIC OXIDE AND BEYOND

Guoyao Wu;Sidney M. Morris

3462
Citations
Amino acids: metabolism, functions, and nutrition

Guoyao Wu

3336
Citations
Amino acids and immune function

Peng Li;Yu-Long Yin;Defa Li;Sung Woo Kim

1794
Citations
Arginine metabolism and nutrition in growth, health and disease

Guoyao Wu;Guoyao Wu;Fuller W. Bazer;Teresa A. Davis;Sung Woo Kim

1636
Citations
Board-invited review: intrauterine growth retardation: implications for the animal sciences.

G. Wu;F. W. Bazer;Jacqueline Wallace;T. E. Spencer

1464
Citations
Maternal Nutrition and Fetal Development

Guoyao Wu;Fuller W. Bazer;Timothy A. Cudd;Cynthia J. Meininger

1359
Citations
New developments in fish amino acid nutrition: towards functional and environmentally oriented aquafeeds

Peng Li;Kangsen Mai;Jesse Trushenski;Guoyao Wu

1052
Citations
Intestinal Mucosal Amino Acid Catabolism

Guoyao Wu

1025
Citations
Rapid determination of nitrite by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.

Hui Li;Cynthia J Meininger;Guoyao Wu;Guoyao Wu

963
Citations
Regulatory role for the arginine–nitric oxide pathway in metabolism of energy substrates

Wenjuan Shi Jobgen;Susan K. Fried;Wenjiang J. Fu;Cynthia J. Meininger

885
Citations
Functional Amino Acids in Growth, Reproduction, and Health

Guoyao Wu

859
Citations
Glycine metabolism in animals and humans: implications for nutrition and health

Weiwei Wang;Zhenlong Wu;Zhaolai Dai;Ying Yang;Ying Yang

825
Citations
Functional amino acids in nutrition and health.

Guoyao Wu;Guoyao Wu

816
Citations
Proline and hydroxyproline metabolism: implications for animal and human nutrition

Guoyao Wu;Guoyao Wu;Fuller W. Bazer;Robert C. Burghardt;Gregory A. Johnson

727
Citations
Dietary protein intake and human health

Guoyao Wu

688
Citations
Amino acid metabolism in intestinal bacteria: links between gut ecology and host health.

Zhao-Lai Dai;Guoyao Wu;Wei-Yun Zhu

636
Citations
Amino Acids: Biochemistry and Nutrition

Guoyao Wu

593
Citations
Amino acid nutrition in animals: protein synthesis and beyond.

Guoyao Wu;Fuller W Bazer;Zhaolai Dai;Defa Li

590
Citations
Dietary Arginine Supplementation Increases mTOR Signaling Activity in Skeletal Muscle of Neonatal Pigs

Kang Yao;Yu-Long Yin;Wuyin Chu;Zhiqiang Liu

553
Citations
Roles of dietary glycine, proline, and hydroxyproline in collagen synthesis and animal growth

Peng Li;Guoyao Wu

546
Citations
Dietary glutamine supplementation prevents jejunal atrophy in weaned pigs.

Guoyao Wu;Sabina A. Meier;Darrell A. Knabe

517
Citations
Comparative aspects of implantation

Fuller W Bazer;Thomas E Spencer;Greg A Johnson;Robert C Burghardt

510
Citations
The metabolic basis of arginine nutrition and pharmacotherapy.

N.E Flynn;C.J Meininger;T.E Haynes;G Wu;G Wu

483
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yulong Yin Chinese Academy of Sciences

Fuller W. Bazer Texas A&M University

Yongqing Hou Wuhan Polytechnic University

Thomas E. Spencer University of Missouri

Cynthia J. Meininger Texas A&M University

Robert C. Burghardt Texas A&M University

Xiangfeng Kong Chinese Academy of Sciences

Greg A. Johnson Texas A&M University

Sung Woo Kim North Carolina State University

Ruilin Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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