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 Kent A. Weigel sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 246 publications — 83rd percentile
83% 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 Kent A. Weigel sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 69 D-Index — 94th percentile
94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.
Kent A. Weigel mainly investigates Dairy cattle, Genetics, Herd, Animal science and Selection. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Sperm, Milking, Culling and Biotechnology. His studies deal with areas such as Regression analysis and Statistics as well as Genetics.
His studies in Herd integrate themes in fields like Heritability, Ice calving and Sire. His Sire research includes elements of Veterinary medicine and Progeny testing. His study in Animal science is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Fertility, Artificial insemination, Standard error, Pregnancy rate and Insemination.
Kent A. Weigel mainly focuses on Statistics, Dairy cattle, Animal science, Sire and Genetics. Kent A. Weigel interconnects Selection and Econometrics in the investigation of issues within Statistics. Kent A. Weigel has researched Dairy cattle in several fields, including Culling, Herd, Biotechnology, Breed and Algorithm.
The various areas that Kent A. Weigel examines in his Herd study include Milking, Milk yield and Gene–environment interaction. His studies deal with areas such as Feed conversion ratio, Residual feed intake and Ice calving, Lactation as well as Animal science. His Sire study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Fertility, Progeny testing and Heritability.
His primary areas of investigation include Dairy cattle, Animal science, Residual feed intake, Feed conversion ratio and Biotechnology. He interconnects Statistics, Genome, Selection and Genotype in the investigation of issues within Dairy cattle. His Selection study incorporates themes from Quantitative genetics and Linear model.
His Animal science research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Genomic selection, Ice calving, Lactation and Heritability. His Heritability research includes themes of Single-nucleotide polymorphism and Genetic correlation. His work is dedicated to discovering how Residual feed intake, Genetics are connected with Covariate and other disciplines.
His primary areas of study are Dairy cattle, Residual feed intake, Feed conversion ratio, Heritability and Animal science. His studies in Dairy cattle integrate themes in fields like Population genetics, Quantitative genetics, Biotechnology, Linear model and Selection. Residual feed intake and Genetics are commonly linked in his work.
His research integrates issues of Regression analysis, Machine learning and Artificial intelligence in his study of Genetics. His Heritability research incorporates elements of Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Genotype and Econometrics. The Animal science study combines topics in areas such as Ice calving and Lactation.
Gustavo de los Campos;Hugo Naya;Daniel Gianola;José Crossa
Juan Burgueño;Gustavo de los Campos;Kent Weigel;José Crossa
Gustavo De Los Campos;Daniel Gianola;Guilherme J. M. Rosa;Kent A. Weigel
D.Z. Caraviello;K.A. Weigel;P.M. Fricke;M.C. Wiltbank
Paul M VanRaden;Jeffrey R O'Connell;George R Wiggans;Kent A Weigel
N.R. Zwald;K.A. Weigel;Y.M. Chang;R.D. Welper
D.W. Bjelland;K.A. Weigel;N. Vukasinovic;J.D. Nkrumah
Daniel Gianola;Hayrettin Okut;Kent A Weigel;Guilherme Jm Rosa
K.A. Weigel
P.M. Fricke;D.Z. Caraviello;K.A. Weigel;M.L. Welle
M.J. VandeHaar;L.E. Armentano;K. Weigel;D.M. Spurlock
K.A. Weigel
N. Long;D. Gianola;G.J.M. Rosa;K.A. Weigel
Alison L. Van Eenennaam;Kent A. Weigel;Amy E. Young;Matthew A. Cleveland
K.A. Weigel;R.W. Palmer;D.Z. Caraviello
N.R. Zwald;K.A. Weigel;Y.M. Chang;R.D. Welper
K.A. Weigel;G. de los Campos;O. González-Recio;H. Naya
Donagh P. Berry;M.P. Coffey;J.E. Pryce;Y. De Haas
Jonathan M. Schefers;Kent A. Weigel
N.R. Zwald;K.A. Weigel;W.F. Fikse;R. Rekaya
A. I. Vazquez;D. M. Bates;G. J. M. Rosa;D. Gianola
Saleh Shahinfar;David Page;Jerry Guenther;Victor Cabrera
K.A. Weigel;R. Rekaya
Kent A. Weigel
D.Z. Caraviello;K.A. Weigel;M. Craven;D. Gianola
J. Cruickshank;K.A. Weigel;M.R. Dentine;B.W. Kirkpatrick
K.A. Weigel;R. Rekaya
D.Z. Caraviello;K.A. Weigel;G.E. Shook;P.L. Ruegg
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