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2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
69
Citations
16825
World Ranking
181
National Ranking
9

Marcus Clauss 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 Marcus Clauss sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 582 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marcus Clauss 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 Marcus Clauss sits on this spectrum.

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: 60 scientists 45 D-Index: 40 scientists 46 D-Index: 51 scientists 47 D-Index: 43 scientists 48 D-Index: 28 scientists 49 D-Index: 47 scientists 50 D-Index: 39 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: 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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Marcus Clauss is a researcher affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their work spans across fields primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Ecology, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Small Animals, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Clauss's research covers a variety of topics within these disciplines, including Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, and Health, and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Marcus Clauss include:

  • The turnover of dental microwear texture: Testing the" last supper" effect in small mammals in a controlled feeding experiment (2020), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Dust and grit matter: abrasives of different size lead to opposing dental microwear textures in experimentally fed sheep (Ovis aries) (2020), published in Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Everything matters: Molar microwear texture in goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) fed diets of different abrasiveness (2020), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Review: Comparative methane production in mammalian herbivores (2020), published in animal
  • Nitrogen isotopes in tooth enamel record diet and trophic level enrichment: Results from a controlled feeding experiment (2020), published in Chemical Geology

Frequent co-authors that collaborate with Clauss include Jean-Michel Hatt, Daryl Codron, Jürgen Hummel, Daniela Winkler, and Thomas Tütken.

Clauss's publications often appear in journals such as Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, Zoo Biology, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and PLoS ONE.

In addition to articles, Marcus Clauss has contributed to book publications, including a title released by Econstor titled "Emission von Bioaerosolen aus Tierhaltungsanlagen - Methoden und Ergebnisse verfügbarer Bioaerosoluntersuchungen in und um landwirtschaftliche Nutztierhaltung" published in 2020.

Best Publications

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

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

  • The maximum attainable body size of herbivorous mammals: morphophysiological constraints on foregut, and adaptations of hindgut fermenters

    Marcus Clauss;R Frey;B Kiefer;M Lechner-Doll

  • 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

  • Comparative analyses of longevity and senescence reveal variable survival benefits of living in zoos across mammals

    Morgane Tidière;Jean-Michel Gaillard;Vérane Berger;Dennis W. H. Müller

  • 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

  • Hypsodonty and tooth facet development in relation to diet and habitat in herbivorous ungulates: implications for understanding tooth wear

    Thomas M. Kaiser;Dennis W. H. Müller;Mikael Fortelius;Ellen Schulz

  • 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

  • Dietary abrasiveness is associated with variability of microwear and dental surface texture in rabbits.

    Ellen Schulz;Vanessa Piotrowski;Marcus Clauss;Marcus Mau

  • Ruminant diversification as an adaptation to the physicomechanical characteristics of forage. A reevaluation of an old debate and a new hypothesis

    Marcus Clauss;Matthias Lechner‐Doll;W. Jürgen Streich

  • Factors associated with rifampin resistance in staphylococcal periprosthetic joint infections (PJI): a matched case–control study

    Y. Achermann;K. Eigenmann;B. Ledergerber;L. Derksen

  • Voluntary feed intake and digestibility of four domestic ruminant species as influenced by dietary constituents: A meta-analysis

    M Q Riaz;K-H Südekum;Marcus Clauss;A Jayanegara

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

    Marcus Clauss;Jürgen Hummel

  • Noninvasive monitoring of adrenocortical activity in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) by measurement of fecal cortisol metabolites.

    M Dehnhard;Marcus Clauss;Matthias Lechner-Doll;Hhd Meyer

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

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

  • Bergmann's rule in mammals: a cross-species interspecific pattern

    Marcus Clauss;Marie T. Dittmann;Dennis W. H. Müller;Carlo Meloro

  • 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

  • Differences in selective reticulo-ruminal particle retention as a key factor in ruminant diversification.

    Marcus Clauss;Matthias Lechner-Doll

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

    Kerstin Meyer;Jürgen Hummel;Marcus Clauss

  • Tooth wear in captive wild ruminant species differs from that of free-ranging conspecifics

    Thomas M. Kaiser;Juliane Brasch;Johanna C. Castell;Ellen Schulz

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Michel Hatt
Jean-Michel Hatt University of Zurich
Jürgen Hummel
Jürgen Hummel University of Göttingen
Daryl Codron
Daryl Codron University of the Free State
Sylvia Ortmann
Sylvia Ortmann Leibniz Association
Angela Schwarm
Angela Schwarm Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ellen Kienzle
Ellen Kienzle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
W. Jürgen Streich
W. Jürgen Streich Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Geert Janssens
Geert Janssens Ghent University
Thomas Tütken
Thomas Tütken Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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