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John C. McEwan

John C. McEwan

AgResearch
New Zealand

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
16394
World Ranking
11776
National Ranking
31

John C. McEwan publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 268 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

John C. McEwan D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John C. McEwan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

John C. McEwan is affiliated with AgResearch in New Zealand, contributing extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans key subfields including genetics, agronomy and crop science, animal science and zoology, cancer research, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research centers on several main topics, primarily genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genetic diversity and population structure, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, reproductive physiology in livestock, and bioenergy crop production and management.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McEwan include K. G. Dodds, Rüdiger Bräuning, Suzanne J. Rowe, S. M. Hickey, and Peter H. Janssen. These partnerships reflect ongoing teamwork in advancing studies in their fields.

John C. McEwan has published research in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Genetics Selection Evolution
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Animals
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Genes

Among recent papers are:

  • On the origin of European sheep as revealed by the diversity of the Balkan breeds and by optimizing population-genetic analysis tools, 2020, Genetics Selection Evolution
  • A restriction enzyme reduced representation sequencing approach for low-cost, high-throughput metagenome profiling, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Genetic parameters for residual feed intake, methane emissions, and body composition in New Zealand maternal sheep, 2022, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Genomic signatures of inbreeding in a critically endangered parrot, the kākāpō, 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Geographical contrasts of Y-chromosomal haplogroups from wild and domestic goats reveal ancient migrations and recent introgressions, 2022, Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • The Genome Sequence of Taurine Cattle: A Window to Ruminant Biology and Evolution

    Christine G. Elsik;Christine G. Elsik;Christine G. Elsik;Ross L. Tellam;Kim C. Worley;Kim C. Worley;Richard A. Gibbs

  • Genome-Wide Survey of SNP Variation Uncovers the Genetic Structure of Cattle Breeds

    Richard A. Gibbs;Jeremy F. Taylor;Curtis P. Van Tassell

  • Genome-wide analysis of the world's sheep breeds reveals high levels of historic mixture and strong recent selection.

    James W. Kijas;Johannes A. Lenstra;Ben Hayes;Simon Boitard

  • Highly Prolific Booroola Sheep Have a Mutation in the Intracellular Kinase Domain of Bone Morphogenetic Protein IB Receptor (ALK-6) That Is Expressed in Both Oocytes and Granulosa Cells

    Theresa Wilson;Xi-Yang Wu;Jennifer L. Juengel;Ian K. Ross

  • The sheep genome illuminates biology of the rumen and lipid metabolism

    Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Min Xie;Wenbin Chen;Richard Talbot

  • Understanding the relationship between the inbreeding coefficient and multilocus heterozygosity: theoretical expectations and empirical data.

    J Slate;P David;K G Dodds;B A Veenvliet

  • Methane yield phenotypes linked to differential gene expression in the sheep rumen microbiome

    Weibing Shi;Christina D. Moon;Sinead C. Leahy;Dongwan Kang;Dongwan Kang

  • A genome wide survey of SNP variation reveals the genetic structure of sheep breeds.

    James W. Kijas;David Townley;Brian P. Dalrymple;Michael P. Heaton

  • Coordinated international action to accelerate genome-to-phenome with FAANG, the Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes project

    Leif Andersson;Leif Andersson;Alan L. Archibald;Cynthia D. Bottema;Rudiger Brauning

  • Two different bacterial community types are linked with the low-methane emission trait in sheep.

    Sandra Kittelmann;Cesar S. Pinares-Patiño;Henning Seedorf;Michelle R. Kirk

  • Resolving the evolution of extant and extinct ruminants with high-throughput phylogenomics

    Jared E. Decker;J. Chris Pires;Gavin C. Conant;Stephanie D. McKay

  • Genomic scan of selective sweeps in thin and fat tail sheep breeds for identifying of candidate regions associated with fat deposition.

    Mohammad Hossein Moradi;Ardeshir Nejati-Javaremi;Mohammad Moradi-Shahrbabak;Ken G Dodds

  • Evidence for the Presence of a Major Gene Influencing Ovulation Rate on the X Chromosome of Sheep

    G H Davis;J C McEwan;P F Fennessy;K G Dodds

  • Genome-wide association mapping identifies the genetic basis of discrete and quantitative variation in sexual weaponry in a wild sheep population.

    Susan E. Johnston;John C. McEWAN;Natalie K. Pickering;James W. Kijas

  • Heritability estimates of methane emissions from sheep

    C. S. Pinares-Patiño;S. M. Hickey;E. A. Young;K. G. Dodds

  • The sheep genome reference sequence: a work in progress

    A. L. Archibald;N. E. Cockett;B. P. Dalrymple

  • Linkage disequilibrium in domestic sheep.

    A F McRae;J C McEwan;K G Dodds;T Wilson

  • Fatty acid synthase effects on bovine adipose fat and milk fat

    Chris A. Morris;Neil G. Cullen;Belinda C. Glass;Dianne L. Hyndman

  • Neural control of the sequence of expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms in foetal mammalian muscles.

    A.J. Harris;R.B. Fitzsimons;J.C. McEwan

  • Infertility due to bilateral ovarian hypoplasia in sheep homozygous (FecXI FecXI) for the Inverdale prolificacy gene located on the X chromosome.

    G H Davis;J C McEwan;P F Fennessy;K G Dodds

Frequent Co-Authors

C. S. Pinares-Patiño
C. S. Pinares-Patiño AgResearch
Brian P. Dalrymple
Brian P. Dalrymple University of Western Australia
Peter H. Janssen
Peter H. Janssen AgResearch
Ben J. Hayes
Ben J. Hayes University of Queensland
Michael E. Goddard
Michael E. Goddard University of Melbourne
Tad S. Sonstegard
Tad S. Sonstegard Recombinetics (United States)
Stephen P. Miller
Stephen P. Miller University of New England
Curtis P. Van Tassell
Curtis P. Van Tassell Agricultural Research Service
Flavio S Schenkel
Flavio S Schenkel University of Guelph
Frank W. Nicholas
Frank W. Nicholas University of Sydney

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