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Mogens Vestergaard

Mogens Vestergaard

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Denmark
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary 24 3026 2734 69 63 108 2171

Mogens Vestergaard publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Mogens Vestergaard between 1993 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Mogens Vestergaard published across 33 years, from 1993 to 2025, averaging 6.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2014. 11 of the 216 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2014. 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 3 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 4 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 4 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 26 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 4 publications
1993 2025

216 publications in total across all disciplines

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Mogens Vestergaard: publications per year, 1993 to 2025
Year Publications
1993 2
1994 2
1995 0
1996 1
1997 0
1998 1
1999 2
2000 3
2001 0
2002 4
2003 1
2004 3
2005 1
2006 4
2007 7
2008 0
2009 1
2010 4
2011 7
2012 12
2013 12
2014 26
2015 20
2016 16
2017 11
2018 9
2019 15
2020 4
2021 9
2022 8
2023 20
2024 7
2025 4
Total 216
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Mogens Vestergaard 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 Mogens Vestergaard sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 84 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 29–33 to 442+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 109. Most scientists, 109, have 119–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 104–108 publications, is where this scientist sits. 29–33 publications: 1 scientist 34–38 publications: 6 scientists 39–43 publications: 17 scientists 44–48 publications: 23 scientists 49–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–58 publications: 44 scientists 59–63 publications: 66 scientists 64–68 publications: 75 scientists 69–73 publications: 71 scientists 74–78 publications: 85 scientists 79–83 publications: 108 scientists 84–88 publications: 105 scientists 89–93 publications: 84 scientists 94–98 publications: 103 scientists 99–103 publications: 97 scientists 104–108 publications: 95 scientists 109–113 publications: 89 scientists 114–118 publications: 88 scientists 119–123 publications: 109 scientists 124–128 publications: 93 scientists 129–133 publications: 89 scientists 134–138 publications: 95 scientists 139–143 publications: 92 scientists 144–148 publications: 80 scientists 149–153 publications: 75 scientists 154–158 publications: 74 scientists 159–163 publications: 67 scientists 164–168 publications: 53 scientists 169–173 publications: 62 scientists 174–178 publications: 63 scientists 179–183 publications: 50 scientists 184–188 publications: 55 scientists 189–193 publications: 50 scientists 194–198 publications: 27 scientists 199–203 publications: 44 scientists 204–208 publications: 31 scientists 209–213 publications: 28 scientists 214–218 publications: 38 scientists 219–223 publications: 33 scientists 224–228 publications: 36 scientists 229–233 publications: 29 scientists 234–238 publications: 35 scientists 239–243 publications: 23 scientists 244–248 publications: 24 scientists 249–253 publications: 29 scientists 254–258 publications: 28 scientists 259–263 publications: 21 scientists 264–268 publications: 25 scientists 269–273 publications: 11 scientists 274–278 publications: 18 scientists 279–283 publications: 13 scientists 284–288 publications: 18 scientists 289–293 publications: 10 scientists 294–298 publications: 12 scientists 299–303 publications: 11 scientists 304–308 publications: 15 scientists 309–313 publications: 14 scientists 314–318 publications: 14 scientists 319–323 publications: 8 scientists 324–328 publications: 8 scientists 329–333 publications: 13 scientists 334–338 publications: 14 scientists 339–343 publications: 13 scientists 344–348 publications: 10 scientists 349–353 publications: 11 scientists 354–358 publications: 5 scientists 359–363 publications: 8 scientists 364–368 publications: 8 scientists 369–373 publications: 6 scientists 374–378 publications: 7 scientists 379–383 publications: 8 scientists 384–388 publications: 3 scientists 389–393 publications: 4 scientists 394–398 publications: 5 scientists 399–403 publications: 8 scientists 404–408 publications: 5 scientists 409–413 publications: 4 scientists 414–418 publications: 3 scientists 419–423 publications: 8 scientists 424–428 publications: 5 scientists 429–433 publications: 3 scientists 434–438 publications: 5 scientists 439–441 publications: 5 scientists 442+ publications: 99 scientists
29–33 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.

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Number of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,155 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
29–33 1
34–38 6
39–43 17
44–48 23
49–53 28
54–58 44
59–63 66
64–68 75
69–73 71
74–78 85
79–83 108
84–88 105
89–93 84
94–98 103
99–103 97
104–108 95 108
109–113 89
114–118 88
119–123 109
124–128 93
129–133 89
134–138 95
139–143 92
144–148 80
149–153 75
154–158 74
159–163 67
164–168 53
169–173 62
174–178 63
179–183 50
184–188 55
189–193 50
194–198 27
199–203 44
204–208 31
209–213 28
214–218 38
219–223 33
224–228 36
229–233 29
234–238 35
239–243 23
244–248 24
249–253 29
254–258 28
259–263 21
264–268 25
269–273 11
274–278 18
279–283 13
284–288 18
289–293 10
294–298 12
299–303 11
304–308 15
309–313 14
314–318 14
319–323 8
324–328 8
329–333 13
334–338 14
339–343 13
344–348 10
349–353 11
354–358 5
359–363 8
364–368 8
369–373 6
374–378 7
379–383 8
384–388 3
389–393 4
394–398 5
399–403 8
404–408 5
409–413 4
414–418 3
419–423 8
424–428 5
429–433 3
434–438 5
439–441 5
442+ 99
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Mogens Vestergaard 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 Mogens Vestergaard sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 77+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 158. Most scientists, 158, have 31 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 24 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 61 scientists 45 D-Index: 41 scientists 46 D-Index: 51 scientists 47 D-Index: 43 scientists 48 D-Index: 28 scientists 49 D-Index: 47 scientists 50 D-Index: 40 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: 24 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,155 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 5
21 22
22 31
23 44
24 53 24
25 66
26 80
27 101
28 106
29 116
30 154
31 158
32 143
33 137
34 126
35 134
36 112
37 115
38 105
39 111
40 107
41 87
42 74
43 62
44 61
45 41
46 51
47 43
48 28
49 47
50 40
51 34
52 33
53 43
54 16
55 32
56 21
57 18
58 28
59 33
60 17
61 21
62 18
63 21
64 9
65 20
66 11
67 16
68 12
69 17
70 13
71 15
72 11
73 11
74 14
75 5
76 6
77+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Mogens Vestergaard is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and focuses research primarily in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Small Animals, Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Aquatic Science, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The research interests of Mogens Vestergaard cover a range of topics such as:

  • Animal health and immunology
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Mogens Vestergaard include:

  • Jakob Sehested
  • Milani Bhagya Samarasinghe
  • Lorenzo E. Hernández-Castellano
  • Saman Lashkari
  • Søren Krogh Jensen

Publications by Mogens Vestergaard have appeared predominantly in the Journal of Dairy Science, with six papers, along with contributions to Livestock Science, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A - Animal Science, Animal Feed Science and Technology, and animal.

Selected recent papers include:

  • A descriptive chemical analysis of seaweeds, Ulva sp., Saccharina latissima and Ascophyllum nodosum harvested from Danish and Icelandic waters, 2021, Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • Invited review: Freedom from thirst-Do dairy cows and calves have sufficient access to drinking water?, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Milk supplemented with dried seaweed affects the systemic innate immune response in preweaning dairy calves, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science
  • The effect of milk feeding strategy and restriction of meal patterning on behavior, solid feed intake, and growth performance of male dairy calves fed via computer-controlled milk feeders, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Feeding milk supplemented with Ulva sp., Ascophyllum nodosum, or Saccharina latissima to preweaning dairy calves: Effects on growth, gut microbiota, gut histomorphology, and short-chain fatty acids in digesta, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science

Best Publications

  • Influence of feeding intensity, grazing and finishing feeding on muscle fibre characteristics and meat colour of semitendinosus, longissimus dorsi and supraspinatus muscles of young bulls.

    M Vestergaard;N Oksbjerg;P Henckel

  • Basic principles of muscle development and growth in meat-producing mammals as affected by the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system

    Niels Oksbjerg;Florence Gondret;Mogens Vestergaard

  • High body weight gain and reduced bovine mammary growth: physiological basis and implications for milk yield potential

    K Sejrsen;S Purup;M Vestergaard;J Foldager

  • Influence of feeding intensity, grazing and finishing feeding on meat and eating quality of young bulls and the relationship between muscle fibre characteristics, fibre fragmentation and meat tenderness

    M. Vestergaard;M. Therkildsen;P. Henckel;L.R. Jensen

  • Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccine-related febrile seizures

    Bjarke Feenstra;Björn Pasternak;Frank Geller;Lisbeth Carstensen

  • Long-term changes in performance and meat quality of Danish Landrace pigs: a study on a current compared with an unimproved genotype

    N. Oksbjerg;J. S. Petersen;I. L. Sørensen;P. Henckel

  • Effect of Milk Allowance on Concentrate Intake, Ruminal Environment, and Ruminal Development in Milk-Fed Holstein Calves

    N.B. Kristensen;J. Sehested;S.K. Jensen;M. Vestergaard

  • Milk production, nutrient utilization, and endocrine responses to increased postruminal lysine and methionine supply in dairy cows.

    L. Misciattelli;V.F. Kristensen;M. Vestergaard;M.R. Weisbjerg

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from beef production systems in Denmark and Sweden

    L. Mogensen;T. Kristensen;N.I. Nielsen;P. Spleth

  • Compensatory growth in slaughter pigs—in vitro muscle protein turnover at slaughter, circulating IGF-I, performance and carcass quality

    Margrethe Therkildsen;Mogens Vestergaard;Hans Busk;Mogens T. Jensen

  • Local IGF-I axis in peripubertal ruminant mammary development.

    RM Akers;TB McFadden;S Purup;M Vestergaard

  • Effects of a four-day hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp in early and mid-lactation dairy cows on plasma concentrations of metabolites, hormones, and binding proteins.

    Douglas Mashek;K. L. Ingvartsen;J. B. Andersen;M. Vestergaard

  • Effects of maternal nutrition and porcine growth hormone (pGH) treatment during gestation on endocrine and metabolic factors in sows, fetuses and pigs, skeletal muscle development, and postnatal growth.

    Charlotte Rehfeldt;Pia M. Nissen;Gerda Kuhn;Mogens Vestergaard

  • Effect of growth rate on tenderness development and final tenderness of meat from Friesian calves

    M. Therkildsen;L. Melchior Larsen;H. G. Bang;M. Vestergaard

  • Biological activity of bovine milk on proliferation of human intestinal cells

    Stig Purup;Mogens Vestergaard;Lone O Pedersen;Kris Sejrsen

  • Growth hormone and mammary development.

    K. Sejrsen;S. Purup;M. Vestergaard;M.S. Weber

  • Consequences of two or four months of finishing feeding of culled dry dairy cows on carcass characteristics and technological and sensory meat quality.

    M. Vestergaard;N. T. Madsen;H. B. Bligaard;Lone Bredahl

  • In vitro and in vivo studies of creatine monohydrate supplementation to Duroc and Landrace pigs

    J.F. Young;H.C. Bertram;P.K. Theil;A.-G.D. Petersen

  • Effect of silage type and concentrate level on conjugated linoleic acids, trans-C18 : 1 isomers and fat content in milk from dairy cows

    Tina S Nielsen;Ellen M Straarup;Mogens Vestergaard;Kris Sejrsen

  • Effects of growth hormone and ovariectomy on performance, serum hormones, insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins, and muscle fiber properties of prepubertal Friesian heifers.

    Mogens Vestergaard;Stig Purup;Poul Henckel;E. Tonner

  • Compensatory Growth and its Effect on Muscularity and Technological Meat Quality in Growing Pigs

    Niels Oksbjerg;Martin Tang Sørensen;Mogens Vestergaard

  • Leptin does not act directly on mammary epithelial cells in prepubertal dairy heifers.

    S.R. Thorn;S. Purup;W.S. Cohick;M. Vestergaard

  • The effect of cimaterol on muscle fiber characteristics, capillary supply, and metabolic potentials of longissimus and semitendinosus muscles from young Friesian bulls.

    Vestergaard M;Henckel P;Oksbjerg N;Sejrsen K

  • Review: extended lactation in dairy cattle.

    J. Sehested;C. Gaillard;J.O. Lehmann;G.M. Maciel

  • Simultaneous quantification of purine and pyrimidine bases, nucleosides and their degradation products in bovine blood plasma by high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.

    Charlotte Stentoft;Mogens Vestergaard;Peter Løvendahl;Niels Bastian Kristensen

  • A descriptive chemical analysis of seaweeds, Ulva sp., Saccharina latissima and Ascophyllum nodosum harvested from Danish and Icelandic waters

    M.B. Samarasinghe;M.E. van der Heide;M.R. Weisbjerg;J. Sehested

  • Invited review: Freedom from thirst-Do dairy cows and calves have sufficient access to drinking water?

    Margit Bak Jensen;Mogens Vestergaard

  • Drug-induced mild therapeutic hypothermia obtained by administration of a transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 agonist

    Keld Fosgerau;Uno J Weber;Jacob W Gotfredsen;Magdalena Jayatissa

  • Regulation of local synthesis of insulin-like growth factor-I and binding proteins in mammary tissue

    M.S. Weber;Stig Purup;Mogens Vestergaard;R.M. Akers

  • Additional dietary zinc for weaning piglets is associated with elevated concentrations of serum IGF-I.

    D. Carlson;H. D. Poulsen;M. Vestergaard

  • Performance and carcass quality of crossbred beef x Holstein bull and heifer calves in comparison with purebred Holstein bull calves slaughtered at 17 months of age in an organic production system

    M. Vestergaard;K.F. Jørgensen;C. Çakmakçı;M. Kargo

  • Influence of growth rate and muscle type on muscle fibre type characteristics, protein synthesis capacity and activity of the calpain system in Friesian calves

    M. Therkildsen;L. Melchior Larsen;M. Vestergaard

  • Absorption and intermediary metabolism of purines and pyrimidines in lactating dairy cows.

    Charlotte Stentoft;Betina Amdisen Røjen;Søren Krogh Jensen;Niels B. Kristensen

  • Milk yield and estrous behavior during eight consecutive estruses in Holstein cows fed standardized or high energy diets and grouped according to live weight changes in early lactation

    Charlotte Gaillard;H. Barbu;M.T. Sørensen;J. Sehested

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from beef production systems in Denmark and Sweden

    Lisbeth Mogensen;Troels Kristensen;N I Nielsen;M Henriksson

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Tang Sørensen
Martin Tang Sørensen Aarhus University
Martin Riis Weisbjerg
Martin Riis Weisbjerg Aarhus University
Jørn Olsen
Jørn Olsen Aarhus University
Søren Krogh Jensen
Søren Krogh Jensen Aarhus University
Niels Oksbjerg
Niels Oksbjerg Aarhus University
Niels Bastian Kristensen
Niels Bastian Kristensen Aarhus University
Mads Melbye
Mads Melbye University of Copenhagen
Margit Bak Jensen
Margit Bak Jensen Aarhus University
Torben Larsen
Torben Larsen Aarhus University
Peter Løvendahl
Peter Løvendahl Aarhus University

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