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D-Index
84
Citations
25045
World Ranking
54
National Ranking
18

Ignacy Misztal 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 Ignacy Misztal sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 396 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ignacy Misztal 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 Ignacy Misztal sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 84 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2008 - The Rockefeller Prentice Memorial Award in Animal Breeding and Genetics, American Society of Animal Science
  • 2002 - J. L. Lush Award in Animal Breeding, American Dairy Science Association

Overview

Ignacy Misztal is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly work encompasses several subfields including Genetics, Plant Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their research topics cover a wide range of areas centered on genetics and livestock, including genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genetics and plant breeding, animal nutrition and physiology, animal behavior and welfare studies, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, and reproductive physiology in livestock.

Misztal's recent published papers include:

  • Current status of genomic evaluation, 2020, Journal of Animal Science
  • Single-Step Genomic Evaluations from Theory to Practice: Using SNP Chips and Sequence Data in BLUPF90, 2020, Genes
  • Changes in genetic trends in US dairy cattle since the implementation of genomic selection, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Changes in genetic parameters for fitness and growth traits in pigs under genomic selection, 2020, Journal of Animal Science
  • Validation of single-step GBLUP genomic predictions from threshold models using the linear regression method: An application in chicken mortality, 2020, Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Misztal include:

  • Daniela Lourenço
  • Matias Bermann
  • S. Tsuruta
  • Jorge Hidalgo
  • Andrés Legarra

Key publication venues where Misztal's work regularly appears are:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Genetics Selection Evolution
  • Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
  • JDS Communications

Throughout their career, Ignacy Misztal has received several awards, including the Rockefeller Prentice Memorial Award in Animal Breeding and Genetics from the American Society of Animal Science in 2008 and the J. L. Lush Award in Animal Breeding from the American Dairy Science Association in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Hot topic: a unified approach to utilize phenotypic, full pedigree, and genomic information for genetic evaluation of Holstein final score.

    I. Aguilar;I. Misztal;D.L. Johnson;Andres Legarra

  • BLUPF90 and related programs (BGF90)

    I. Misztal;S. Tsuruta;T. Strabel;B. Auvray

  • A relationship matrix including full pedigree and genomic information

    A. Legarra;I. Aguilar;I. Misztal

  • Temperature-Humidity Indices as Indicators of Milk Production Losses due to Heat Stress

    J. Bohmanova;I. Misztal;J.B. Cole

  • Computing procedures for genetic evaluation including phenotypic, full pedigree, and genomic information

    I. Misztal;Andres Legarra;Ignacio Aguilar

  • Genetic Component of Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle, Development of Heat Index Function.

    O. Ravagnolo;I. Misztal;G. Hoogenboom

  • Genome-wide association mapping including phenotypes from relatives without genotypes.

    H. Wang;I. Misztal;I. Aguilar;A. Legarra

  • Genetic Component of Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle, Parameter Estimation

    O. Ravagnolo;I. Misztal

  • Bias in genomic predictions for populations under selection.

    Z. G. Vitezica;I. Aguilar;I. Misztal;A. Legarra

  • Different genomic relationship matrices for single-step analysis using phenotypic, pedigree and genomic information

    Selma Forni;Ignacio Aguilar;Ignacy Misztal

  • Single Step, a general approach for genomic selection

    Andres Legarra;Ole Fredslund Christensen;Ignacio Aguilar;Ignacy Misztal

  • Genome-wide association mapping including phenotypes from relatives without genotypes in a single-step (ssGWAS) for 6-week body weight in broiler chickens.

    Huiyu Wang;Ignacy Misztal;Ignacio Aguilar;Andres Legarra

  • Using recursion to compute the inverse of the genomic relationship matrix

    I Misztal;Andres Legarra;I Aguilar

  • Effect of Heat Stress on Production of Mediterranean Dairy Sheep

    R. Finocchiaro;J.B.C.H.M. van Kaam;B. Portolano;I. Misztal

  • Multiple-Trait Estimation of Variance Components of Yield and Type Traits Using an Animal Model

    I. Misztal;T.J. Lawlor;T.H. Short;P.M. VanRaden

  • Efficient computation of the genomic relationship matrix and other matrices used in single-step evaluation.

    I. Aguilar;I. Misztal;Andres Legarra;S. Tsuruta

  • Genetic evaluation using single-step genomic best linear unbiased predictor in American Angus.

    D. A. L. Lourenco;S. Tsuruta;B. O. Fragomeni;Y. Masuda

  • Analyses of growth curves of nellore cattle by multiple-trait and random regression models.

    P. R. C. Nobre;I. Misztal;S. Tsuruta;J. K. Bertrand

  • Reliable computing in estimation of variance components.

    I. Misztal

  • Qxpak: a versatile mixed model application for genetical genomics and QTL analyses

    M. Pérez-Enciso;I. Misztal

Frequent Co-Authors

Andres Legarra
Andres Legarra University of Georgia
Daniela Lourenco
Daniela Lourenco University of Georgia
J. K. Bertrand
J. K. Bertrand Clemson University
Yutaka Masuda
Yutaka Masuda Rakuno Gakuen University
Nicolas Gengler
Nicolas Gengler Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Luis Varona
Luis Varona University of Zaragoza
Romdhane Rekaya
Romdhane Rekaya University of Georgia
William M. Muir
William M. Muir Purdue University West Lafayette
Filippo Miglior
Filippo Miglior University of Guelph
Hélène Soyeurt
Hélène Soyeurt Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

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