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Animal Science and Veterinary
Sweden
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
68
Citations
15636
World Ranking
199
National Ranking
3

Harry J. Blokhuis 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 Harry J. Blokhuis sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 164 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.

Harry J. Blokhuis 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 Harry J. Blokhuis sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 5 scientists 21 D-Index: 22 scientists 22 D-Index: 31 scientists 23 D-Index: 44 scientists 24 D-Index: 53 scientists 25 D-Index: 66 scientists 26 D-Index: 80 scientists 27 D-Index: 101 scientists 28 D-Index: 106 scientists 29 D-Index: 116 scientists 30 D-Index: 154 scientists 31 D-Index: 158 scientists 32 D-Index: 143 scientists 33 D-Index: 137 scientists 34 D-Index: 126 scientists 35 D-Index: 134 scientists 36 D-Index: 112 scientists 37 D-Index: 115 scientists 38 D-Index: 105 scientists 39 D-Index: 111 scientists 40 D-Index: 107 scientists 41 D-Index: 87 scientists 42 D-Index: 74 scientists 43 D-Index: 62 scientists 44 D-Index: 61 scientists 45 D-Index: 41 scientists 46 D-Index: 51 scientists 47 D-Index: 43 scientists 48 D-Index: 28 scientists 49 D-Index: 47 scientists 50 D-Index: 40 scientists 51 D-Index: 34 scientists 52 D-Index: 33 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 16 scientists 55 D-Index: 32 scientists 56 D-Index: 21 scientists 57 D-Index: 18 scientists 58 D-Index: 28 scientists 59 D-Index: 33 scientists 60 D-Index: 17 scientists 61 D-Index: 21 scientists 62 D-Index: 18 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 9 scientists 65 D-Index: 20 scientists 66 D-Index: 11 scientists 67 D-Index: 16 scientists 68 D-Index: 12 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 13 scientists 71 D-Index: 15 scientists 72 D-Index: 11 scientists 73 D-Index: 11 scientists 74 D-Index: 14 scientists 75 D-Index: 5 scientists 76 D-Index: 6 scientists 77+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Internal medicine
  • Law
  • Endocrinology

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Corticosterone, Glucocorticoid and Animal science. His Endocrinology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Stressor and Broiler. Harry J. Blokhuis has researched Corticosterone in several fields, including Catecholamine and Feather pecking, Feather.

His Animal science research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Treadmill and Salivary cortisol. His research in Salivary cortisol tackles topics such as Personality psychology which are related to areas like Aggression and Developmental psychology. His Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Coping and Boldness.

His most cited work include:

  • Coping styles in animals: current status in behavior and stress-physiology. (2045 citations)
  • Review of the Community Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic agents and Antimicrobial Resistance in the European Union in 2005 (309 citations)
  • Housing familiar male wildtype rats together reduces the long-term adverse behavioural and physiological effects of social defeat (250 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Harry J. Blokhuis spends much of his time researching Welfare, Animal science, Internal medicine, Public economics and Endocrinology. His research in Welfare intersects with topics in Quality, Production, Legislation, Veterinary medicine and Animal Welfare. He focuses mostly in the field of Veterinary medicine, narrowing it down to matters related to Animal husbandry and, in some cases, Agricultural economics.

Harry J. Blokhuis has included themes like Feather pecking and Salivary cortisol in his Animal science study. His work carried out in the field of Internal medicine brings together such families of science as Dairy cattle, Stressor and Animal-assisted therapy. The Glucocorticoid study combines topics in areas such as Adrenocorticotropic hormone and Circadian rhythm.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Welfare (33.55%)
  • Animal science (25.16%)
  • Internal medicine (18.06%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2021)?

  • Welfare (33.55%)
  • Public economics (18.71%)
  • Animal Welfare (15.48%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Welfare, Public economics, Animal Welfare, Veterinary medicine and Broiler. In the subject of general Welfare, his work in Animal welfare science is often linked to Protocol, thereby combining diverse domains of study. His Public economics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Quality, Production, Legislation, Livestock farming and Certification.

His Veterinary medicine research includes themes of Animal husbandry, Affect and Agricultural science. His study on Broiler is covered under Animal science. He combines subjects such as Gait, Body weight and Baseline level with his study of Animal science.

Between 2010 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Potential risk factors associated with contact dermatitis, lameness, negative emotional state, and fear of humans in broiler chicken flocks (48 citations)
  • Equine stereotypic behaviors: Causation, occurrence, and prevention (42 citations)
  • Improving farm animal welfare : science and society working together: the welfare quality approach (41 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Law
  • Endocrinology

Harry J. Blokhuis mainly focuses on Public economics, Welfare, Animal welfare science, Production and Developmental psychology. His research in Public economics is mostly concerned with Animal Welfare. His Animal Welfare study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Quality, Legislation, Certification and Best practice.

His studies in Welfare integrate themes in fields like Litter and Risk factor. His Animal welfare science research integrates issues from Management science and Food security. His Developmental psychology study combines topics in areas such as Causation and Cribbing.

Best Publications

  • Coping styles in animals: current status in behavior and stress-physiology.

    J.M Koolhaas;S.M Korte;S.F De Boer;B.J Van Der Vegt

  • Review of the Community Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic agents and Antimicrobial Resistance in the European Union in 2005

    Bo Algers;Harry Blokhuis;Martin Wierup;A. Osterhaus

  • Heart rate and heart rate variability during a novel object test and a handling test in young horses.

    E.K. Visser;C.G. van Reenen;J.T.N. van der Werf;M.B.H. Schilder

  • Measuring and monitoring animal welfare: Transparency in the food product quality chain

    HJ Blokhuis;RB Jones;Rony Geers;M Miele

  • Feather-pecking in poultry: its relation with ground-pecking

    H.J. Blokhuis

  • Housing familiar male wildtype rats together reduces the long-term adverse behavioural and physiological effects of social defeat

    M.A.W Ruis;J.H.A te Brake;B Buwalda;S.F De Boer

  • Effects of environmental enrichment on behavioral responses to novelty, learning, and memory, and the circadian rhythm in cortisol in growing pigs.

    I C de Jong;I T Prelle;J A van de Burgwal;E Lambooij

  • The Welfare Quality® project and beyond: Safeguarding farm animal well-being

    H. J. Blokhuis;I. Veissier;Mara Miele;B. Jones

  • The circadian rhythm of salivary cortisol in growing pigs : Effects of age, gender, and stress

    M.A.W. Ruis;J.H.A. te Brake;B. Engel;E.D. Ekkel

  • Quantifying aspects of young horses' temperament: consistency of behavioural variables

    E.K Visser;C.G van Reenen;H Hopster;M.B.H Schilder

  • Personalities in female domesticated pigs: behavioural and physiological indications

    Marko A.W Ruis;Joop H.A te Brake;Johan A van de Burgwal;Ingrid C de Jong

  • Effects of restricted feeding on physiological stress parameters in growing broiler breeders

    I.C. De Jong;S. Van Voorst;D.A. Ehlhardt;H.J. Blokhuis

  • Plasma Catecholamine and Corticosterone Levels During Manual Restraint in Chicks from a High and Low Feather Pecking Line of Laying Hens

    S.Mechiel Korte;Gerard Beuving;Wim Ruesink;Harry J Blokhuis

  • The LayWel project: welfare implications of changes in production systems for laying hens

    Harry Blokhuis;T. Fiks Van Niekerk;W. Bessei;A. Elson

  • Some observations on the development of feather-pecking in poultry

    H.J. Blokhuis;J.G. Arkes

  • Responses of calves to acute stress: individual consistency and relations between behavioral and physiological measures.

    Cornelis G. Van Reenen;Niamh E. O'Connell;Jozef T.N. Van der Werf;S. Mechiel Korte

  • Animal welfare's impact on the food chain

    Harry J. Blokhuis;Linda J. Keeling;Andrea Gavinelli;Jordi Serratosa

  • Towards Farm Animal Welfare and Sustainability.

    Henry Buller;Harry Blokhuis;Per Jensen;Linda Keeling

  • Validation of a heart-rate monitor for measuring a stress response in dairy cows

    Hans Hopster;Harry J. Blokhuis

  • Effects of strawbedding on physiological responses to stressors and behavior in growing pigs

    I.C. de Jong;E.D. Ekkel;J.A. van de Burgwal;E. Lambooij

  • Adaptation to social isolation. Acute and long-term stress responses of growing gilts with different coping characteristics.

    Marko A.W. Ruis;Joop H.A. te Brake;Bas Engel;Willem G. Buist

  • Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) on a request from the Commission on porcine brucellosis (Brucella suis)

    B. Algers;H.J. Blokhuis;A. Bøtner;D.M. Broom

Frequent Co-Authors

C.G. van Reenen
C.G. van Reenen Wageningen University & Research
Jaap M. Koolhaas
Jaap M. Koolhaas University of Groningen
Linda J. Keeling
Linda J. Keeling Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Bo Algers
Bo Algers Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Bas Engel
Bas Engel Wageningen University & Research
Isabelle Veissier
Isabelle Veissier University of Rennes
Donald M. Broom
Donald M. Broom University of Cambridge
I.C. de Jong
I.C. de Jong Wageningen University & Research
Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong
Ronald J. Roberts
Ronald J. Roberts University of Idaho

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