Matthew C. Leach

Matthew C. Leach 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 Matthew C. Leach sits on this spectrum.

Matthew C. Leach 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 Matthew C. Leach sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Development of the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS) as a pain assessment tool in horses undergoing routine castration.

  Emanuela Dalla Costa;Michela Minero;Dirk Lebelt;Diana Stucke

  658
  Citations

• Defining and assessing animal pain

  Lynne U. Sneddon;Robert W. Elwood;Shelley A. Adamo;Matthew C. Leach

  565
  Citations

• Evaluation of EMLA cream for preventing pain during tattooing of rabbits: changes in physiological, behavioural and facial expression responses.

  Unknown

  462
  Citations

• Environmental enrichment induces optimistic cognitive bias in rats

  Nichola M. Brydges;Matthew Leach;Katie Nicol;Rebecca Wright

  308
  Citations

• Development of a facial expression scale using footrot and mastitis as models of pain in sheep

  Krista M. McLennan;Carlos J.B. Rebelo;Murray J. Corke;Mark A. Holmes

  228
  Citations

• Development of a Piglet Grimace Scale to Evaluate Piglet Pain Using Facial Expressions Following Castration and Tail Docking: A Pilot Study.

  Unknown

  159
  Citations

• The Mouse Grimace Scale: A Clinically Useful Tool?

  Amy L. Miller;Matthew C. Leach

  154
  Citations

• The Assessment of Facial Expressions in Piglets Undergoing Tail Docking and Castration: Toward the Development of the Piglet Grimace Scale.

  Pierpaolo Di Giminiani;Victoria L. M. H. Brierley;Annalisa Scollo;Flaviana Gottardo

  144
  Citations

• Aversion to gaseous euthanasia agents in rats and mice.

  Unknown

  140
  Citations

• Using the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS) to Assess Pain Associated with Acute Laminitis in Horses (Equus caballus)

  Unknown

  130
  Citations

• Coding and quantification of a facial expression for pain in lambs.

  Unknown

  117
  Citations

• Fish sentience denial: Muddying the waters

  Lynne U. Sneddon;Javier Lopez-Luna;David C.C. Wolfenden;Matthew C. Leach

  113
  Citations

• Are We Looking in the Wrong Place? Implications for Behavioural-Based Pain Assessment in Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculi) and Beyond?

  Unknown

  92
  Citations

• Handling method alters the hedonic value of reward in laboratory mice.

  Jasmine M. Clarkson;Dominic M. Dwyer;Paul A. Flecknell;Matthew C. Leach

  81
  Citations

• The composition and initial evaluation of a grimace scale in ferrets after surgical implantation of a telemetry probe.

  Unknown

  80
  Citations

• Conceptual and methodological issues relating to pain assessment in mammals: The development and utilisation of pain facial expression scales

  Krista M. McLennan;Amy L. Miller;Emanuela Dalla Costa;Diana Stucke

  77
  Citations

• Rhesus macaque personality, dominance, behavior, and health.

  Lauren M. Robinson;Kristine Coleman;John P. Capitanio;Daniel H. Gottlieb

  60
  Citations

• Can grimace scales estimate the pain status in horses and mice? A statistical approach to identify a classifier

  Unknown

  54
  Citations

• Chimpanzees with positive welfare are happier, extraverted, and emotionally stable

  Lauren M. Robinson;Drew M. Altschul;Emma K. Wallace;Yulán Úbeda

  41
  Citations

• Characterization of short- and long-term mechanical sensitisation following surgical tail amputation in pigs.

  Pierpaolo Di Giminiani;Sandra A. Edwards;Emma M. Malcolm;Matthew C. Leach

  37
  Citations