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Isabelle Veissier

Isabelle Veissier

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Animal Science and Veterinary
France
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
56
Citations
12957
World Ranking
417
National Ranking
5

Isabelle Veissier 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 Isabelle Veissier sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 198 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Isabelle Veissier 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 Isabelle Veissier 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: 56 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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 France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in France Leader Award

Overview

Isabelle Veissier is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and focuses on research within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Small Animals, Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Agriculture and Rural Development Research
  • Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology

The scientist has contributed to various frequently used publication venues, such as:

  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • animal
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Agricultural Systems
  • Journal of Dairy Science

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored are:

  • Animal Welfare Management in a Digital World, 2020, Animals
  • Machine learning to detect behavioural anomalies in dairy cows under subacute ruminal acidosis, 2020, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Digital revolution for the agroecological transition of food systems: A responsible research and innovation perspective, 2022, Agricultural Systems
  • Detection of changes in the circadian rhythm of cattle in relation to disease, stress, and reproductive events, 2020, Methods
  • Seven steps to enhance Open Science practices in animal science, 2022, PNAS Nexus

Frequent collaborators in research include:

  • Alice de Boyer Des Roches (13 co-authored publications)
  • Romain Lardy (11 co-authored publications)
  • Marie-Madeleine Mialon (10 co-authored publications)
  • Valentin Brunet (10 co-authored publications)
  • Raphaëlle Botreau (7 co-authored publications)

Best Publications

  • Assessment of positive emotions in animals to improve their welfare.

    Alain Boissy;Gerhard Manteuffel;Margit Bak Jensen;Randi Oppermann Moe

  • Heart rate variability as a measure of autonomic regulation of cardiac activity for assessing stress and welfare in farm animals -- a review.

    Eberhard von Borell;Jan Langbein;Gérard Després;Sven Hansen

  • Exploration of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal function as a tool to evaluate animal welfare

    Pierre Mormède;Stéphane Andanson;Benoit Aupérin;Bonne Beerda

  • Emotions in farm animals: a new approach to animal welfare in applied ethology.

    Lara Désiré;Alain Boissy;Isabelle Veissier

  • European approaches to ensure good animal welfare

    Isabelle Veissier;Andrew Butterworth;Bettina Bock;Emma Roe

  • Definition of criteria for overall assessment of animal welfare

    R. Botreau;I. Veissier;A. Butterworth;M.B.M. Bracke

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

    HJ Blokhuis;RB Jones;Rony Geers;M Miele

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

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

  • The social behaviour of cattle.

    M. F. Bouissou;A. Boissy;P. le Neindre;I. Veissier

  • Stockmanship and farm animal welfare

    X. Boivin;J. Lensink;C. Tallet;I. Veissier

  • Stress and welfare: Two complementary concepts that are intrinsically related to the animal's point of view

    I. Veissier;A. Boissy

  • Overall assessment of animal welfare: strategy adopted in Welfare Quality®.

    R. Botreau;I. Veissier;P. Perny

  • The influence of farmers' behavior on calves' reactions to transport and quality of veal meat.

    B J Lensink;X Fernandez;G Cozzi;L Florand

  • The impact of gentle contacts on ease of handling, welfare, and growth of calves and on quality of veal meat.

    B J Lensink;X Fernandez;X Boivin;P Pradel

  • Pig's responses to repeated social regrouping and relocation during the growing-finishing period

    Laurence Coutellier;Cécile Arnould;Alain Boissy;Pierre Orgeur

  • Variations in meat pH of beef bulls in relation to conditions of transfer to slaughter and previous history of the animals.

    L. Mounier;H. Dubroeucq;S. Andanson;I. Veissier

  • On the way to assess emotions in animals: do lambs (Ovis aries) evaluate an event through its suddenness, novelty, or unpredictability?

    Lara Désiré;Isabelle Veissier;Gérard Després;Alain Boissy

  • Calves' responses to repeated social regrouping and relocation

    I Veissier;A Boissy;A M dePassillé;J Rushen

  • Reducing veal calves' reactivity to people by providing additional human contact.

    B J Lensink;X Boivin;P Pradel;P Le Neindre

  • Aggregation of measures to produce an overall assessment of animal welfare. Part 1: A review of existing methods

    Raphaëlle Botreau;Marian Bonde;Andy Butterworth;Patrice Perny

  • Aggregation of measures to produce an overall assessment of animal welfare. Part 2: analysis of constraints

    Raphaëlle Botreau;M. B. M. Bracke;Patrice Perny;Andy Butterworth

  • Cognitive sciences to relate ear postures to emotions in sheep. (Special Issue: Knowing animals.)

    Alain Boissy;Arnaud Aubert;Lara Désiré;Lucile Greiveldinger

  • Animal welfare: establishing a dialogue between science and society. (Special Issue: Knowing animals.)

    M. Miele;I. Veissier;A. Evans;R. Botreau

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain Boissy
Alain Boissy INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Linda J. Keeling
Linda J. Keeling Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Harry J. Blokhuis
Harry J. Blokhuis Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Xavier Boivin
Xavier Boivin University of Clermont Auvergne
Marc B.M. Bracke
Marc B.M. Bracke Wageningen University & Research
Christoph Winckler
Christoph Winckler BOKU University
Jeffrey Rushen
Jeffrey Rushen University of British Columbia
C.G. van Reenen
C.G. van Reenen Wageningen University & Research
Bertrand Dumont
Bertrand Dumont University of Clermont Auvergne
Michel Doreau
Michel Doreau INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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