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.B. van Wyk sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 95 publications — 24th percentile
24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.
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.B. van Wyk sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 25 D-Index — 7th percentile
7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.
His primary scientific interests are in Animal science, Heritability, Genetic correlation, Reproduction and Weaning. In general Animal science study, his work on Breed often relates to the realm of Weaning weight, thereby connecting several areas of interest. His Heritability study incorporates themes from Litter, Statistics, Variance components and Flock.
His Flock research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Body weight, Dorper sheep and Additive genetic effects. J.B. van Wyk has researched Reproduction in several fields, including Domestic sheep reproduction and Sire. J.B. van Wyk works mostly in the field of Weaning, limiting it down to topics relating to Biotechnology and, in certain cases, Standard error, as a part of the same area of interest.
His primary areas of investigation include Animal science, Heritability, Breed, Genetic correlation and Reproduction. His research in Animal science tackles topics such as Flock which are related to areas like Indirect selection. His study in Heritability is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Statistics, Variance components, Biotechnology and Animal breeding.
His Breed study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Dairy cattle and Inbreeding, Inbreeding depression. The concepts of his Reproduction study are interwoven with issues in Base population and Domestic sheep reproduction. His work focuses on many connections between Weaning and other disciplines, such as Fertility, that overlap with his field of interest in Litter.
J.B. van Wyk mainly investigates Animal science, Heritability, Genetic correlation, Breed and Sire. The Animal science study combines topics in areas such as Ecology, Flock and Reproduction. His Heritability research includes themes of Statistics, Threshold model, Animal breeding and Beef cattle.
His Genetic correlation research incorporates elements of Body weight and Genetic diversity. His work is dedicated to discovering how Breed, Herd are connected with Rump and Dohne Merino and other disciplines. Inbreeding is closely connected to Genetics in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Sire.
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Animal science, Genetic correlation, Heritability, Ecology and Reproduction. His work blends Animal science and Soil indicators studies together. His Genetic correlation research includes elements of Breed and Likelihood-ratio test.
J.B. van Wyk performs integrative study on Heritability and Weaning weight. His Ecology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Genetic distance and Genetic structure. The various areas that J.B. van Wyk examines in his Reproduction study include Base population, Seasonal breeder, Flock, Sire and Additive genetic effects.
Oswald Matika;JB van Wyk;GJ Erasmus;RL Baker
M.A. Snyman;G.J. Erasmus;J.B. van Wyk;J.J. Olivier
F.W.C. Neser;G.J. Erasmus;J.B. van Wyk
J.B. van Wyk;M.D. Fair;S.W.P. Cloete
S Abegaz;JB van Wyk;JJ Olivier
S. W. P. Cloete;A. R. Gilmour;J. J. Olivier;J. B. van Wyk
P.E Strydom;R.T Naude;M.F Smith;M.M Scholtz
J. B. van Wyk;M. D. Fair;S. W. P. Cloete
A.N Maiwashe;M.J Bradfield;H.E Theron;J.B van Wyk
J.B. van Wyk;G.J. Erasmus;K.V. Konstantinov
M.A. Snyman;J.J. Olivier;G.J. Erasmus;J.B. van Wyk
S. Abegaz;J. B. Van Wyk;J. J. Olivier;J. J. Olivier
P. Soma;A. Kotze;J.P. Grobler;J.B. van Wyk
W.J. Olivier;M.A. Snyman;J.J. Olivier;J.B. Van Wyk
O. Matika;S. Nyoni;J.B. van Wyk;G.J. Erasmus
F. W. C. Neser;J. B. van Wyk;M. D. Fair;P. Lubout
B.A. Pico;F.W.C. Neser;J.B. Van Wyk
R.R. Van der Westhuizen;S.J. Schoeman;G.F. Jordaan;J.B. Van Wyk
F.W.C. Neser;G.J. Erasmus;J.B. Van Wyk
MA Snyman;GJ Erasmus;JB van Wyk;JJ Olivier
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INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Publications: 9
INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Publications: 6
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