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Animal Science and Veterinary
UK
2023

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
73
Citations
26646
World Ranking
126
National Ranking
14

J. D. Wood 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 J. D. Wood sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 238 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

J. D. Wood 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 J. D. Wood sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

J. D. Wood is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several interconnected subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Wood's research primarily focuses on topics related to Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Tree-ring climate responses, Fire effects on ecosystems, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing.

Their publication record includes papers in notable scientific venues, with frequent contributions to Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, where they have published eight papers. Additional venues include the Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Global Change Biology.

Recent notable publications by Wood include:

  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites (2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
  • Detecting forest response to droughts with global observations of vegetation water content (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Confronting the water potential information gap (2022, Nature Geoscience)
  • Mild water and salt stress improve water use efficiency by decreasing stomatal conductance via osmotic adjustment in field maize (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Unpacking the drivers of diurnal dynamics of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF): Canopy structure, plant physiology, instrument configuration and retrieval methods (2021, Remote Sensing of Environment)

Wood has collaborated frequently with several researchers including Lianhong Gu, Timothy J. Griffis, Christian Frankenberg, Kimberly A. Novick, and Peter D. Blanken. Their collaborations reflect interdisciplinary approaches across environmental and plant sciences.

Best Publications

  • Fat deposition, fatty acid composition and meat quality: A review

    JD Wood;MB Enser;AV Fisher;GR Nute

  • Effects of fatty acids on meat quality: a review

    JD Wood;RI Richardson;GR Nute;AV Fisher

  • Flavour perception of oxidation in beef

    MM Campo;GR Nute;SI Hughes;MB Enser

  • Factors influencing fatty acids in meat and the role of antioxidants in improving meat quality

    J. D. Wood;M. Enser

  • Fatty acid content and composition of english beef, lamb and pork at retail.

    M. Enser;K. Hallett;B. Hewitt;G.A.J. Fursey

  • Fatty acid content and composition of UK beef and lamb muscle in relation to production system and implications for human nutrition.

    M. Enser;K.G. Hallett;B. Hewett;G.A.J. Fursey

  • Manipulating the fatty acid composition of muscle and adipose tissue in beef cattle

    Nigel D. Scollan;Nag-Jin Choi;Esra Kurt;Alan V. Fisher

  • Effect of a grass-based and a concentrate feeding system on meat quality characteristics and fatty acid composition of longissimus muscle in different cattle breeds

    Karin Nuernberg;D. Dannenberger;G. Nuernberg;K. Ender

  • EFFECTS OF BREED, DIET AND MUSCLE ON FAT DEPOSITION AND EATING QUALITY IN PIGS

    J.D Wood;G.R Nute;R.I Richardson;F.M Whittington

  • Manipulating meat quality and composition.

    J. D. Wood;M. Enser;A. V. Fisher;G. R. Nute

  • Effect of the polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of beef muscle on the profile of aroma volatiles.

    J S Elmore;D S Mottram;M Enser;J D Wood

  • Fatty acid composition and sensory characteristics of lamb carcasses from Britain and Spain.

    C. Sañudo;M.E. Enser;M.M. Campo;G.R. Nute

  • Fatty acid composition and eating quality of lamb types derived from four diverse breed production systems

    A.V. Fisher;M. Enser;R.I. Richardson;J.D. Wood

  • Effect of a high-linolenic acid diet on lipogenic enzyme activities, fatty acid composition, and meat quality in the growing pig.

    M. Kouba;M. Enser;F. M. Whittington;G. R. Nute

  • Feeding linseed to increase the n-3 PUFA of pork: fatty acid composition of muscle, adipose tissue, liver and sausages.

    M. Enser;R.I. Richardson;J.D. Wood;B.P. Gill

  • Influence of dietary oils and protein level on pork quality. 1. Effects on muscle fatty acid composition, carcass, meat and eating quality

    G.A. Teye;P.R. Sheard;F.M. Whittington;G.R. Nute

  • Genotype with nutrition interaction on fatty acid composition of intramuscular fat and the relationship with flavour of pig meat

    N.D Cameron;M Enser;G.R Nute;F.M Whittington

  • Effects of breed and a concentrate or grass silage diet on beef quality in cattle of 3 ages. I. Animal performance, carcass quality and muscle fatty acid composition

    H. E. Warren;Nigel David Scollan;M. Enser;S. I. Hughes

  • Relationships of myosin heavy chain fibre types to meat quality traits in traditional and modern pigs.

    K.C Chang;N da Costa;R Blackley;O Southwood

  • Dietary manipulation of fatty acid composition in lamb meat and its effect on the volatile aroma compounds of grilled lamb

    J. Stephen Elmore;Sarah L. Cooper;Michael Enser;Donald S. Mottram

  • Effects of dietary fat source and breed on the carcass composition, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid and conjugated linoleic acid content of sheep meat and adipose tissue.

    A. M. Wachira;L. A. Sinclair;R. G. Wilkinson;M. Enser

  • Manipulation of the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content of muscle and adipose tissue in lambs

    SL Cooper;LA Sinclair;RG Wilkinson;KG Hallett

  • Shelf life and quality of pork and pork products with raised n-3 PUFA.

    P.R Sheard;M Enser;J.D Wood;G.R Nute

  • Water-soluble precursors of beef flavour. Part II: effect of post-mortem conditioning

    G. Koutsidis;J.S. Elmore;M.J. Oruna-Concha;M.M. Campo

  • Effects of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, breed and dietary vitamin E on the fatty acids of lamb muscle, liver and adipose tissue.

    G. Demirel;A. M. Wachira;L. A. Sinclair;R. G. Wilkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

G.R. Nute
G.R. Nute University of Bristol
R. I. Richardson
R. I. Richardson University of Bristol
Nigel D. Scollan
Nigel D. Scollan Queen's University Belfast
Liam A. Sinclair
Liam A. Sinclair Harper Adams University
M.M. Campo
M.M. Campo University of Zaragoza
Donald S. Mottram
Donald S. Mottram University of Reading
Owain Jones
Owain Jones The Open University
John L. Williams
John L. Williams University of Adelaide
Julian Wiseman
Julian Wiseman University of Nottingham
Carlos Sañudo
Carlos Sañudo University of Zaragoza

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