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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary 48 697 642 20 20 184 7804

Jürgen Hummel publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jürgen Hummel between 2004 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jürgen Hummel published across 22 years, from 2004 to 2025, averaging 8.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2006. 8 of the 195 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2004 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2006. 2004: 1 publication 2005: 7 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 3 publications
2004 2025

195 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jürgen Hummel: publications per year, 2004 to 2025
Year Publications
2004 1
2005 7
2006 18
2007 10
2008 12
2009 13
2010 12
2011 18
2012 4
2013 9
2014 5
2015 7
2016 2
2017 9
2018 7
2019 10
2020 13
2021 15
2022 7
2023 8
2024 5
2025 3
Total 195
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Jürgen Hummel publications per year - data summary

  • Jürgen Hummel, a Animal Science and Veterinary scholar from University of Göttingen, has 195 publications recorded across 22 years, from 2004 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2004 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2006 and 2011, with 18 publications each.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2004, with 1 publication.
  • The rate of publication averages 8.9 papers per year over the whole span, or 8.9 per year counting only the 22 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 38 publications, 19% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2004-2011: 91 publications (11.4 per year); 2012-2019: 53 publications (6.6 per year); 2020-2025: 51 publications (8.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is declining.

Jürgen Hummel 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 Jürgen Hummel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 84 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 29–33 to 442+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 109. Most scientists, 109, have 119–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 184–188 publications, is where this scientist sits. 29–33 publications: 1 scientist 34–38 publications: 6 scientists 39–43 publications: 17 scientists 44–48 publications: 23 scientists 49–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–58 publications: 44 scientists 59–63 publications: 66 scientists 64–68 publications: 75 scientists 69–73 publications: 71 scientists 74–78 publications: 85 scientists 79–83 publications: 108 scientists 84–88 publications: 105 scientists 89–93 publications: 84 scientists 94–98 publications: 103 scientists 99–103 publications: 97 scientists 104–108 publications: 95 scientists 109–113 publications: 89 scientists 114–118 publications: 88 scientists 119–123 publications: 109 scientists 124–128 publications: 93 scientists 129–133 publications: 89 scientists 134–138 publications: 95 scientists 139–143 publications: 92 scientists 144–148 publications: 80 scientists 149–153 publications: 75 scientists 154–158 publications: 74 scientists 159–163 publications: 67 scientists 164–168 publications: 53 scientists 169–173 publications: 62 scientists 174–178 publications: 63 scientists 179–183 publications: 50 scientists 184–188 publications: 55 scientists 189–193 publications: 50 scientists 194–198 publications: 27 scientists 199–203 publications: 44 scientists 204–208 publications: 31 scientists 209–213 publications: 28 scientists 214–218 publications: 38 scientists 219–223 publications: 33 scientists 224–228 publications: 36 scientists 229–233 publications: 29 scientists 234–238 publications: 35 scientists 239–243 publications: 23 scientists 244–248 publications: 24 scientists 249–253 publications: 29 scientists 254–258 publications: 28 scientists 259–263 publications: 21 scientists 264–268 publications: 25 scientists 269–273 publications: 11 scientists 274–278 publications: 18 scientists 279–283 publications: 13 scientists 284–288 publications: 18 scientists 289–293 publications: 10 scientists 294–298 publications: 12 scientists 299–303 publications: 11 scientists 304–308 publications: 15 scientists 309–313 publications: 14 scientists 314–318 publications: 14 scientists 319–323 publications: 8 scientists 324–328 publications: 8 scientists 329–333 publications: 13 scientists 334–338 publications: 14 scientists 339–343 publications: 13 scientists 344–348 publications: 10 scientists 349–353 publications: 11 scientists 354–358 publications: 5 scientists 359–363 publications: 8 scientists 364–368 publications: 8 scientists 369–373 publications: 6 scientists 374–378 publications: 7 scientists 379–383 publications: 8 scientists 384–388 publications: 3 scientists 389–393 publications: 4 scientists 394–398 publications: 5 scientists 399–403 publications: 8 scientists 404–408 publications: 5 scientists 409–413 publications: 4 scientists 414–418 publications: 3 scientists 419–423 publications: 8 scientists 424–428 publications: 5 scientists 429–433 publications: 3 scientists 434–438 publications: 5 scientists 439–441 publications: 5 scientists 442+ publications: 99 scientists
29–33 publications 442+

This scientist: 184 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,155 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
29–33 1
34–38 6
39–43 17
44–48 23
49–53 28
54–58 44
59–63 66
64–68 75
69–73 71
74–78 85
79–83 108
84–88 105
89–93 84
94–98 103
99–103 97
104–108 95
109–113 89
114–118 88
119–123 109
124–128 93
129–133 89
134–138 95
139–143 92
144–148 80
149–153 75
154–158 74
159–163 67
164–168 53
169–173 62
174–178 63
179–183 50
184–188 55 184
189–193 50
194–198 27
199–203 44
204–208 31
209–213 28
214–218 38
219–223 33
224–228 36
229–233 29
234–238 35
239–243 23
244–248 24
249–253 29
254–258 28
259–263 21
264–268 25
269–273 11
274–278 18
279–283 13
284–288 18
289–293 10
294–298 12
299–303 11
304–308 15
309–313 14
314–318 14
319–323 8
324–328 8
329–333 13
334–338 14
339–343 13
344–348 10
349–353 11
354–358 5
359–363 8
364–368 8
369–373 6
374–378 7
379–383 8
384–388 3
389–393 4
394–398 5
399–403 8
404–408 5
409–413 4
414–418 3
419–423 8
424–428 5
429–433 3
434–438 5
439–441 5
442+ 99
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Jürgen Hummel publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,155 Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 84 ranges running from 29–33 to 442+ publications.
  • Jürgen Hummel, a Animal Science and Veterinary scholar from University of Göttingen, records 184 publications - the 70th percentile of the discipline.
  • 70% of ranked Animal Science and Veterinary scientists score the same or lower than Jürgen Hummel, and about 30% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 139–143 publications range, and Jürgen Hummel ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 119–123 publications, holding 109 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 47% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 129–133 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 442 publications or more, 99 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Jürgen Hummel 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 Jürgen Hummel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 77+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 158. Most scientists, 158, have 31 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 48 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

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Number of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,155 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 5
21 22
22 31
23 44
24 53
25 66
26 80
27 101
28 106
29 116
30 154
31 158
32 143
33 137
34 126
35 134
36 112
37 115
38 105
39 111
40 107
41 87
42 74
43 62
44 61
45 41
46 51
47 43
48 28 48
49 47
50 40
51 34
52 33
53 43
54 16
55 32
56 21
57 18
58 28
59 33
60 17
61 21
62 18
63 21
64 9
65 20
66 11
67 16
68 12
69 17
70 13
71 15
72 11
73 11
74 14
75 5
76 6
77+ 100
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Jürgen Hummel D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,155 Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 20 to 77+ D-Index.
  • Jürgen Hummel, a Animal Science and Veterinary scholar from University of Göttingen, records 48 D-Index - the 78th percentile of the discipline.
  • 78% of ranked Animal Science and Veterinary scientists score the same or lower than Jürgen Hummel, and about 22% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 36 D-Index range, and Jürgen Hummel ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 31 D-Index, holding 158 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 43% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 34 D-Index), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Overview

Jürgen Hummel is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Ecology, and Anthropology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, as well as nutrition, reproduction, and health in rabbits.

Jürgen Hummel has been involved in numerous publications across several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Animals
  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Jürgen Hummel illustrate the range of subjects addressed in their research:

  • The turnover of dental microwear texture: Testing the" last supper" effect in small mammals in a controlled feeding experiment, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Everything matters: Molar microwear texture in goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) fed diets of different abrasiveness, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Mesowear represents a lifetime signal in sheep (Ovis aries) within a long-term feeding experiment, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Dental wear at macro- and microscopic scale in rabbits fed diets of different abrasiveness: A pilot investigation, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Growth Performance of Local Chicken Breeds, a High-Performance Genotype and Their Crosses Fed with Regional Faba Beans to Replace Soy, 2020, Animals

Collaboration is evident through frequent co-authors involved in their work, including:

  • Marcus Clauß
  • Daryl Codron
  • Jean-Michel Hatt
  • Louise F. Martin
  • Ellen Kienzle

Best Publications

  • Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism.

    P. Martin Sander;Andreas Christian;Marcus Clauss;Regina Fechner

  • Evolutionary adaptations of ruminants and their potential relevance for modern production systems.

    Marcus Clauss;I D Hume;J Hummel

  • A case of non-scaling in mammalian physiology? Body size, digestive capacity, food intake, and ingesta passage in mammalian herbivores ☆

    Marcus Clauss;Angela Schwarm;Sylvia Ortmann;W. Jürgen Streich

  • Assessing the Jarman–Bell Principle: Scaling of intake, digestibility, retention time and gut fill with body mass in mammalian herbivores

    Dennis W.H. Müller;Daryl Codron;Carlo Meloro;Adam Munn

  • The Morphophysiological Adaptations of Browsing and Grazing Mammals

    Marcus Clauss;Thomas Kaiser;Jürgen Hummel

  • Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

    Michel Goldberg;Manfred Kirchgessner;Klaus Eder;Nadia Everaert

  • Comparative Chewing Efficiency in Mammalian Herbivores

    Julia Fritz;Jürgen Hummel;Ellen Kienzle;Christian Arnold

  • Forage fermentation patterns and their implications for herbivore ingesta retention times

    J Hummel;K H Südekum;W J Streich;Marcus Clauss

  • Differential effects of monensin and a blend of essential oils on rumen microbiota composition of transition dairy cows

    Melanie Schären;Caroline Drong;K. Kiri;S. Riede

  • The digestive performance of mammalian herbivores: why big may not be that much better

    Marcus Clauss;Jürgen Hummel

  • Evidence for a tradeoff between retention time and chewing efficiency in large mammalian herbivores.

    Marcus Clauss;Charles Lindsay Nunn;Julia Fritz;Jürgen Hummel

  • Another one bites the dust: faecal silica levels in large herbivores correlate with high-crowned teeth

    Jürgen Hummel;Eva Findeisen;Karl-Heinz Südekum;Irina Ruf

  • Growth and wear of incisor and cheek teeth in domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) fed diets of different abrasiveness.

    Jacqueline Müller;Marcus Clauss;Daryl Codron;Ellen Schulz

  • In vitro digestibility of fern and gymnosperm foliage: implications for sauropod feeding ecology and diet selection

    Jürgen Hummel;Carole T Gee;Karl-Heinz Südekum;P. Martin Sander

  • The relationship between forage cell wall content and voluntary food intake in mammalian herbivores

    Kerstin Meyer;Jürgen Hummel;Marcus Clauss

  • Interrelations between the rumen microbiota and production, behavioral, rumen fermentation, metabolic, and immunological attributes of dairy cows.

    M. Schären;J. Frahm;S. Kersten;U. Meyer

  • The relationship of food intake and ingesta passage predicts feeding ecology in two different megaherbivore groups

    Marcus Clauss;W. Jürgen Streich;Angela Schwarm;Sylvia Ortmann

  • The dissociation of the fluid and particle phase in the forestomach as a physiological characteristic of large grazing ruminants: an evaluation of available, comparable ruminant passage data

    Marcus Clauss;Jürgen Hummel;W. Jürgen Streich

  • Convergent evolution in feeding types: salivary gland mass differences in wild ruminant species.

    Reinold R Hofmann;W Jürgen Streich;Joerns Fickel;Jürgen Hummel

  • The intraruminal papillation gradient in wild ruminants of different feeding types: Implications for rumen physiology.

    Marcus Clauss;Reinhold R. Hofmann;Jörns Fickel;W. Jürgen Streich

  • Physical characteristics of rumen contents in four large ruminants of different feeding type, the addax (Addax nasomaculatus), bison (Bison bison), red deer (Cervus elaphus) and moose (Alces alces).

    Marcus Clauss;Julia Fritz;Dorotheea Bayer;Kaarlo Nygrén

  • Differential passage of fluids and different-sized particles in fistulated oxen (Bos primigenius f. taurus), muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and moose (Alces alces): rumen particle size discrimination is independent from contents stratification.

    Isabel Lechner;Perry Barboza;William Collins;Julia Fritz

  • Differences in fecal particle size between free-ranging and captive individuals of two browser species.

    Jürgen Hummel;Julia Fritz;Ellen Kienzle;E. Patricia Medici

  • Intake, selection, digesta retention, digestion and gut fill of two coprophageous species, rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus), on a hay‐only diet

    R Franz;Michael Kreuzer;J Hummel;Jean-Michel Hatt

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus Clauss
Marcus Clauss University of Zurich
Jean-Michel Hatt
Jean-Michel Hatt University of Zurich
Daryl Codron
Daryl Codron University of the Free State
Sylvia Ortmann
Sylvia Ortmann Leibniz Association
Karl-Heinz Südekum
Karl-Heinz Südekum University of Bonn
W. Jürgen Streich
W. Jürgen Streich Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Ellen Kienzle
Ellen Kienzle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Angela Schwarm
Angela Schwarm Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ulrich Meyer
Ulrich Meyer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

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