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D-Index
47
Citations
7961
World Ranking
730
National Ranking
75

Michael R. F. Lee 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 Michael R. F. Lee sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 168 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael R. F. Lee 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 Michael R. F. Lee sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael R. F. Lee is affiliated with Harper Adams University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on the subfields of Ecology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Environmental Chemistry, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The main topics covered in their work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, and Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Animal Frontiers
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • animal
  • Scientific Reports
  • Animal - science proceedings

Michael R. F. Lee has collaborated extensively with several researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • M. Jordana Rivero
  • Taro Takahashi
  • Graham A. McAuliffe
  • Andrew S. Cooke
  • Paul Harris

Among their recent publications are:

  • Factors Affecting Site Use Preference of Grazing Cattle Studied from 2000 to 2020 through GPS Tracking: A Review, 2021, Sensors
  • Protein quality as a complementary functional unit in life cycle assessment (LCA), 2022, The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
  • A perspective on animal welfare of grazing ruminants and its relationship with sustainability, 2022, Animal Production Science
  • Nutritional value of suckler beef from temperate pasture systems, 2021, animal
  • Elucidating three-way interactions between soil, pasture and animals that regulate nitrous oxide emissions from temperate grazing systems, 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Best Publications

  • Increasing the concentrations of beneficial polyunsaturated fatty acids in milk produced by dairy cows in high-forage systems

    Richard J. Dewhurst;K. J. Shingfield;Michael R. F. Lee;Nigel D. Scollan

  • Agriculture: Steps to sustainable livestock

    Mark C. Eisler;Michael R. F. Lee;Michael R. F. Lee;John F. Tarlton;Graeme B. Martin

  • China's livestock transition: Driving forces, impacts, and consequences

    Zhaohai Bai;Zhaohai Bai;Wenqi Ma;Lin Ma;Gerard L. Velthof

  • As yet uncultured bacteria phylogenetically classified as Prevotella, Lachnospiraceae incertae sedis and unclassified Bacteroidales, Clostridiales and Ruminococcaceae may play a predominant role in ruminal biohydrogenation

    Sharon A. Huws;Eun J. Kim;Michael R. F. Lee;Mark B. Scott

  • Forage breeding and management to increase the beneficial fatty acid content of ruminant products

    Richard J. Dewhurst;Nigel D. Scollan;Michael R. F. Lee;Helen J. Ougham

  • Effects of high-sugar ryegrass silage and mixtures with red clover silage on ruminant digestion. 1. In vitro and in vivo studies of nitrogen utilization.

    Roger J. Merry;Michael R. F. Lee;David R. Davies;Richard J. Dewhurst

  • Review: Use of human-edible animal feeds by ruminant livestock.

    J. M. Wilkinson;M. R.F. Lee

  • Fish Oil Increases the Duodenal Flow of Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and trans-11 18:1 and Decreases 18:0 in Steers via Changes in the Rumen Bacterial Community

    Eun Joong Kim;Sharon Ann Huws;Michael Richard Lee;Jeff D. Wood

  • Forage type and fish oil cause shifts in rumen bacterial diversity.

    Sharon A. Huws;Michael R.F. Lee;Stefan M. Muetzel;Mark B. Scott

  • Rumen metabolism and nitrogen flow to the small intestine in steers offered Lolium perenne containing different levels of water-soluble carbohydrate

    Michael Rf Lee;LJ Harris;JM Moorby;MO Humphreys

  • Effect of increasing availability of water-soluble carbohydrates on in vitro rumen fermentation

    Michael R. F. Lee;Roger J. Merry;David R. Davies;Jon M. Moorby

  • The effect of clover silages on long chain fatty acid rumen transformations and digestion in beef steers

    M. R. F. Lee;L. J. Harris;R. J. Dewhurst;R. J. Merry

  • Production responses from lambs grazed on Lolium perenne selected for an elevated water-soluble carbohydrate concentration

    Michael R. F. Lee;Evan L. Jones;Jonathan M. Moorby;Mervyn O. Humphreys

  • Some challenges and opportunities for grazing dairy cows on temperate pastures

    J. Michael Wilkinson;Michael R. F. Lee;Michael R. F. Lee;M. Jordana Rivero;A. Thomas Chamberlain

  • Microbial pathogen control in the beef chain: recent research advances.

    Sava Buncic;George-John Nychas;Michael R.F. Lee;Kostas Koutsoumanis

  • Assessment of dietary ratios of red clover and grass silages on milk production and milk quality in dairy cows

    J.M. Moorby;M.R.F. Lee;D.R. Davies;E.J. Kim

  • Effects of polyphenol oxidase on lipolysis and proteolysis of red clover silage with and without a silage inoculant (Lactobacillus plantarum L54)

    Michael Rf Lee;M. B. Scott;J. K. S. Tweed;F. R. Minchin

  • Forage polyphenol oxidase and ruminant livestock nutrition

    Michael R. F. Lee

  • The influence of plant polyphenols on lipolysis and biohydrogenation in dried forages at different phenological stages: in vitro study

    Andrea Cabiddu;Lorenzo Salis;John K. S. Tweed;Giovanni Molle

  • The effects of fish oil supplementation on rumen metabolism and the biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids in beef steers given diets containing sunflower oil

    Michael R. F. Lee;John K. S. Tweed;Adrian P. Moloney;Nigel D. Scollan

  • Advances in microbial ecosystem concepts and their consequences for ruminant agriculture.

    Joan Elizabeth Edwards;S A Huws;Eun J Kim;M R F Lee

  • Effect of replacing grass silage with red clover silage on nutrient digestion, nitrogen metabolism, and milk fat composition in lactating cows fed diets containing a 60:40 forage-to-concentrate ratio

    A. Halmemies-Beauchet-Filleau;A. Vanhatalo;V. Toivonen;T. Heikkila

  • Red clover polyphenol oxidase: Activation, activity and efficacy under grazing

    Michael R.F. Lee;John K.S. Tweed;Frank R. Minchin;Ana L. Winters

  • Genotyping by RAD sequencing enables mapping of fatty acid composition traits in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne (L.)).

    Matthew John Hegarty;Rattan Singh Yadav;Michael Richard Lee;Ian Peter Armstead

  • Dietary transformation of lipid in the rumen microbial ecosystem

    Eun Joong Kim;Sharon A. Huws;Michael R.F. Lee;Nigel D. Scollan

  • Global environmental costs of China's thirst for milk

    Zhaohai Bai;Zhaohai Bai;Michael R. F. Lee;Michael R. F. Lee;Lin Ma;Stewart Ledgard

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel D. Scollan
Nigel D. Scollan Queen's University Belfast
Laura M. Cardenas
Laura M. Cardenas Rothamsted Research
Michael K. Theodorou
Michael K. Theodorou Aberystwyth University
Kevin J. Shingfield
Kevin J. Shingfield Aberystwyth University
Richard J. Dewhurst
Richard J. Dewhurst Scotland's Rural College
Jon M. Moorby
Jon M. Moorby Aberystwyth University
Mark C Eisler
Mark C Eisler University of Bristol
Jennifer A.J. Dungait
Jennifer A.J. Dungait University of Exeter
Mervyn O. Humphreys
Mervyn O. Humphreys Aberystwyth University
Tom Misselbrook
Tom Misselbrook Rothamsted Research

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