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Lindsay R. Matthews

Lindsay R. Matthews

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Animal Science and Veterinary
New Zealand
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
39
Citations
6236
World Ranking
1264
National Ranking
16

Lindsay R. Matthews 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 Lindsay R. Matthews sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 108 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lindsay R. Matthews 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 Lindsay R. Matthews sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Lindsay R. Matthews is a researcher affiliated with AgResearch in New Zealand. Their work spans multiple disciplines within biological and agricultural sciences, focusing particularly on the interplay between livestock behavior, physiology, and environmental factors.

Their research is represented in notable publication venues, including:

  • Current Biology
  • Animals
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • One Health
  • New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Matthews actively collaborates with several researchers, frequently co-authoring with:

  • Neele Dirksen
  • Jan Langbein
  • Lars Schrader
  • Birger Puppe
  • Douglas Elliffe

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on animal behavior, physiology, and health, including works such as:

  • "Learned control of urinary reflexes in cattle to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions," 2021, Current Biology
  • "How Can Cattle Be Toilet Trained? Incorporating Reflexive Behaviours into a Behavioural Chain," 2020, Animals
  • "Conditionability of 'voluntary' and 'reflexive-like' behaviors, with special reference to elimination behavior in cattle," 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Comparative study on the time trends of antimicrobial resistance at animal and human hospitals in a shared community," 2025, One Health
  • "Enhancing possum capture rates with chain springs on leghold traps," 2024, New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Matthews' research fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broader areas, their work covers subfields such as:

  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Small Animals
  • Genetics
  • Physiology

Their research topics frequently address areas such as:

  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research

Best Publications

  • Behavioural response to humans and the productivity of commercial dairy cows.

    Kate Breuer;Paul H Hemsworth;John L Barnett;Lindsay R Matthews

  • Quantifying behavioural priorities—effects of time constraints on behaviour of dairy cows, Bos taurus

    Lene Munksgaard;Margit B. Jensen;Lene J. Pedersen;Steffen W. Hansen

  • The effects of providing shade to lactating dairy cows in a temperate climate

    P.E. Kendall;P.P. Nielsen;J.R. Webster;G.A. Verkerk

  • Environmental requirements of pigs measured by behavioural demand functions

    Lindsay R. Matthews;Jan Ladewig

  • Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites as a measure of adrenal activity in dairy cattle

    Catherine J. Morrow;Eric S. Kolver;Gwyneth A. Verkerk;Lindsay R. Matthews

  • Effects of shelter and body condition on the behaviour and physiology of dairy cattle in winter

    Cassandra B. Tucker;Andrea R. Rogers;Gwyneth A. Verkerk;Paul E. Kendall

  • Associations Among Body Condition Score, Body Weight, Somatic Cell Count, and Clinical Mastitis in Seasonally Calving Dairy Cattle

    D.P. Berry;J.M. Lee;K.A. Macdonald;K. Stafford

  • The effects of feed restriction and lying deprivation on pituitary–adrenal axis regulation in lactating cows

    A.D Fisher;G.A Verkerk;C.J Morrow;L.R Matthews

  • How important is shade to dairy cattle? Choice between shade or lying following different levels of lying deprivation

    Karin E. Schütz;Neil R. Cox;Lindsay R. Matthews

  • The influence of feeding and handling on the development of the human–animal interactions in young cattle

    Jennifer Jago;Christian C Krohn;L.R. Matthews

  • CONCURRENT SCHEDULE ASSESSMENT OF FOOD PREFERENCE IN COWS

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  • Effects of surgical or banding castration on stress responses and behaviour of bulls.

    A D Fisher;T W Knight;G P Cosgrove;A F Death

  • The welfare of extensively managed dairy cattle: A review

    P.H. Hemsworth;J.L. Barnett;L. Beveridge;L.R. Matthews

  • Calving body condition score affects indicators of health in grazing dairy cows

    J.R. Roche;K.A. Macdonald;K.E. Schütz;L.R. Matthews

  • Best management practices to mitigate faecal contamination by livestock of New Zealand waters

    Rob Collins;Malcolm Mcleod;Mike Hedley;Andrea Donnison

  • Ultradian, circadian and seasonal rhythms in cortisol secretion and adrenal responsiveness to ACTH and yarding in unrestrained red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags

    J R Ingram;J N Crockford;L R Matthews

  • Body condition score at calving affects systemic and hepatic transcriptome indicators of inflammation and nutrient metabolism in grazing dairy cows.

    H. Akbar;T.M. Grala;M. Vailati Riboni;F.C. Cardoso

  • Characterization of milk cortisol concentrations as a measure of short-term stress responses in lactating dairy cows

    G. A. Verkerk;A. M. Phipps;J. F. Carragher;L. R. Matthews

  • The effects of surface type on lying behaviour and stress responses of dairy cows during periodic weather-induced removal from pasture

    A.D Fisher;M Stewart;G.A Verkerk;C.J Morrow

  • Effects of sex, litter size and periconceptional ewe nutrition on offspring behavioural and physiological response to isolation

    CE Hernandez;LR Matthews;Mark Oliver;Francis Bloomfield

  • Social isolation affects the motivation to work for food and straw in pigs as measured by operant conditioning techniques

    Lene Juul Pedersen;Margit Bak Jensen;Steffen W Hansen;Lene Munksgaard

  • The demand for straw and feathers as litter substrates by laying hens

    S Gunnarsson;L.R Matthews;T.M Foster;W Temple

  • Responses to short-term exposure to simulated rain and wind by dairy cattle: time budgets, shelter use, body temperature and feed intake.

    K. E. Schütz;K. V. Clark;N. R. Cox;L. R. Matthews

  • Operant technology applied to solving farm animal problems. An assessment

    R. Kilgour;T.M. Foster;W. Temple;L.R. Matthews

  • A method for measuring the aversiveness of sounds to domestic hens

    T.M. McAdie;T.M. Foster;W. Temple;L.R. Matthews

  • Do different levels of moderate feed deprivation in dairy cows affect feeding motivation

    Karin Schütz;Deborah Davison;Lindsay Matthews

  • Effects of yarding and handling procedures on stress responses of red deer stags (Cervus elaphus)

    John F. Carragher;John R. Ingram;Lindsay R. Matthews

  • Real-Time Physiological Responses of Red Deer to Translocations

    Joseph R. Waas;John R. Ingram;Lindsay R. Matthews

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Ladewig
Jan Ladewig University of Copenhagen
Andrew D. Fisher
Andrew D. Fisher University of Melbourne
Drewe Ferguson
Drewe Ferguson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Lene Munksgaard
Lene Munksgaard Aarhus University
Paul H. Hemsworth
Paul H. Hemsworth University of Melbourne
Jane E. Harding
Jane E. Harding University of Auckland
Margit Bak Jensen
Margit Bak Jensen Aarhus University
Cassandra B. Tucker
Cassandra B. Tucker University of California, Davis
Lene Juul Pedersen
Lene Juul Pedersen Aarhus University

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