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Animal Science and Veterinary
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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary 101 17 17 7 7 412 41859

Peter J. Hudson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Peter J. Hudson between 1976 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Peter J. Hudson published across 50 years, from 1976 to 2025, averaging 10.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2020. 16 of the 517 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1976 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2020. 1976: 1 publication 1977: 3 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 2 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 11 publications 1987: 6 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 9 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 12 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 18 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 17 publications 2000: 23 publications 2001: 21 publications 2002: 23 publications 2003: 23 publications 2004: 17 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 21 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 9 publications
1976 2025

517 publications in total across all disciplines

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Peter J. Hudson: publications per year, 1976 to 2025
Year Publications
1976 1
1977 3
1978 0
1979 1
1980 2
1981 3
1982 3
1983 3
1984 6
1985 2
1986 11
1987 6
1988 4
1989 9
1990 6
1991 3
1992 7
1993 4
1994 4
1995 12
1996 8
1997 18
1998 8
1999 17
2000 23
2001 21
2002 23
2003 23
2004 17
2005 13
2006 21
2007 7
2008 21
2009 20
2010 12
2011 8
2012 10
2013 13
2014 9
2015 8
2016 15
2017 11
2018 7
2019 12
2020 25
2021 21
2022 16
2023 4
2024 7
2025 9
Total 517
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Peter J. Hudson publications per year - data summary

  • Peter J. Hudson, a Animal Science and Veterinary scholar from Pennsylvania State University, has 517 publications recorded across 50 years, from 1976 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1976 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 25 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1976 and 1979, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 50 years in the span carries no publications at all (1978).
  • The rate of publication averages 10.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 10.6 per year counting only the 49 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 57 publications, 11% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1976-1992: 70 publications (4.1 per year); 1993-2009: 260 publications (15.3 per year); 2010-2025: 187 publications (11.7 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Peter J. Hudson 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 Peter J. Hudson 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, 409–413 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: 412 publications — 96th percentile

96% 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
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 4 412
414–418 3
419–423 8
424–428 5
429–433 3
434–438 5
439–441 5
442+ 99
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Peter J. Hudson publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,155 Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 84 ranges running from 29–33 to 442+ publications.
  • Peter J. Hudson, a Animal Science and Veterinary scholar from Pennsylvania State University, records 412 publications - the 96th percentile of the discipline.
  • 96% of ranked Animal Science and Veterinary scientists score the same or lower than Peter J. Hudson, and about 4% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 139–143 publications range, and Peter J. Hudson ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 119–123 publications, holding 109 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 47% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 129–133 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 442 publications or more, 99 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Peter J. Hudson 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 Peter J. Hudson 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, 77+ 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: 101 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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
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+ 100 101
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Peter J. Hudson D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,155 Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 20 to 77+ D-Index.
  • Peter J. Hudson, a Animal Science and Veterinary scholar from Pennsylvania State University, records 101 D-Index - the 100th percentile of the discipline.
  • 100% of ranked Animal Science and Veterinary scientists score the same or lower than Peter J. Hudson, and about 0% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 36 D-Index range, and Peter J. Hudson ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 31 D-Index, holding 158 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 43% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 34 D-Index), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Peter J. Hudson is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their work spans multiple disciplines, chiefly within medicine and environmental science, focusing on infectious diseases and ecology.

The scientist's research addresses topics such as:

  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Animal disease management and epidemiology
  • Virology and viral diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Publications by Peter J. Hudson have appeared in several venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Land use-induced spillover: a call to action to safeguard environmental, animal, and human health," 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "Ecology, evolution and spillover of coronaviruses from bats," 2021, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Multiple spillovers from humans and onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Pathogen spillover driven by rapid changes in bat ecology," 2022, Nature
  • "Convalescent plasma anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein ectodomain and receptor-binding domain IgG correlate with virus neutralization," 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Raina K. Plowright
  • Vivek Kapur
  • Isabella M. Cattadori
  • Douglas W. Smith
  • Ellen E. Brandell

Within their main fields of medicine and environmental science, more specific areas of study include infectious diseases, ecology, public health (environmental and occupational health), epidemiology, and agronomy and crop science.

Peter J. Hudson has received several honors over the course of their career, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2010
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2008

Best Publications

  • Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases

    Felicia Keesing;Lisa K. Belden;Peter Daszak;Andrew P. Dobson

  • Seasonality and the dynamics of infectious diseases.

    Sonia Altizer;Andrew Dobson;Parviez Hosseini;Peter Hudson

  • Multi-subunit proteins on the surface of filamentous phage: methodologies for displaying antibody (Fab) heavy and light chains

    Hennie R. Hoogenboom;Andrew D. Griffiths;Kevin S. Johnson;David J. Chiswell

  • Pathways to zoonotic spillover

    Raina K. Plowright;Colin R. Parrish;Hamish McCallum;Peter J. Hudson

  • Is a healthy ecosystem one that is rich in parasites

    Peter John Hudson;Andrew P. Dobson;Kevin D. Lafferty

  • Prevention of Population Cycles by Parasite Removal

    Peter J. Hudson;Andrew P. Dobson;Dave Newborn

  • The ecology of wildlife diseases

    Peter J. Hudson

  • Parathyroid hormone-related protein purified from a human lung cancer cell line

    J M Moseley;M Kubota;H Diefenbach-Jagger;R E Wettenhall

  • Ecology of wildlife diseases

    P.J. Hudson;A.P. Rizzoli;B.T. Grenfell;J.A.P. Heesterbeek

  • Epidemic dynamics at the human-animal interface

    James O. Lloyd-Smith;James O. Lloyd-Smith;Dylan George;Dylan George;Kim M. Pepin;Virginia E. Pitzer;Virginia E. Pitzer

  • Emerging human infectious diseases and the links to global food production

    Jason R. Rohr;Jason R. Rohr;Christopher B. Barrett;David J. Civitello;Meggan E. Craft

  • Filling key gaps in population and community ecology

    Anurag A. Agrawal;David D. Ackerly;Fred Adler;A. Elizabeth Arnold

  • Do parasites make prey vulnerable to predation? Red grouse and parasites

    Peter J. Hudson;Andrew P. Dobson;David Newborn

  • Ecological dynamics of emerging bat virus spillover

    Raina K. Plowright;Raina K. Plowright;Peggy Eby;Peter J. Hudson;Ina L. Smith

  • Keeping the herds healthy and alert: implications of predator control for infectious disease

    Craig Packer;Robert D. Holt;Peter J. Hudson;Kevin D. Lafferty

  • Genomic structure of tbe large RNA segment of infectious bursal disease virus

    Peter J. Hudson;Neil M. McKern;Barbara E. Power;Ahmed A. Azad

  • Design and application of diabodies, triabodies and tetrabodies for cancer targeting

    Aneta Todorovska;Rob C. Roovers;Olan Dolezal;Alexander A. Kortt

  • Negative effects of changing temperature on amphibian immunity under field conditions

    T. R. Raffel;J. R. Rohr;J. M. Kiesecker;P. J. Hudson

  • Regulation and stability of a free-living host - parasite system : Trichostrongylus tenuis in red grouse. II: Population models

    Andrew P. Dobson;Peter J. Hudson

  • Competition mediated by parasites: biological and theoretical progress

    Peter John Hudson;Jon Greenman

  • Parasites, disease and the structure of ecological communities

    A. P. Dobson;Peter John Hudson

  • Deletion mapping and expression in Escherichia coli of the large genomic segment of a birnavirus.

    Ahmed A. Azad;Mittur N. Jagadish;Melissa A. Brown;Peter J. Hudson

  • Competition and mutualism among the gut helminths of a mammalian host

    Joanne Lello;Brian Boag;Andrew Fenton;Ian R. Stevenson

  • Evaluating the links between climate, disease spread, and amphibian declines

    Jason R. Rohr;Thomas R. Raffel;John M. Romansic;Hamish McCallum

  • Regulation and stability of a free-living host-parasite system : Trichostrongylus tenuis in red grouse. I. Monitoring and parasite reduction experiments

    Peter J. Hudson;David Newborn;Andrew P. Dobson

  • Does biodiversity protect humans against infectious disease

    Chelsea L. Wood;Chelsea L. Wood;Kevin D. Lafferty;Giulio DeLeo;Giulio DeLeo;Hillary S. Young;Hillary S. Young

  • Land use-induced spillover: a call to action to safeguard environmental, animal, and human health.

    Raina K Plowright;Jamie K Reaser;Harvey Locke;Stephen J Woodley

  • The effect of a parasitic nematode on the breeding production of red grouse

    Peter J. Hudson

  • Empirical evidence for key hosts in persistence of a tick-borne disease.

    Sarah E. Perkins;Isabella M. Cattadori;Valentina Tagliapietra;Annapaola P. Rizzoli

  • UNDERSTANDING THE NET EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON AMPHIBIAN TREMATODE INFECTIONS

    Jason R. Rohr;Thomas R. Raffel;Stanley K. Sessions;Peter J. Hudson

  • The Moran effect: a cause of population synchrony

    Peter J Hudson;Isabella M Cattadori

  • system: Trichostrongylus tenuis in red grouse. II. Population models

    Andrew P. Dobson;Peter J. Hudson

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew P. Dobson
Andrew P. Dobson Princeton University
Paul C. Cross
Paul C. Cross United States Geological Survey
Jason R. Rohr
Jason R. Rohr University of Notre Dame
Annapaola Rizzoli
Annapaola Rizzoli Fondazione Edmund Mach
David Ames
David Ames University of Melbourne
Ottar N. Bjørnstad
Ottar N. Bjørnstad Pennsylvania State University
Ralph N. Martins
Ralph N. Martins Edith Cowan University
Andy Fenton
Andy Fenton University of Liverpool
Daniel M. Tompkins
Daniel M. Tompkins Landcare Research
Douglas W. Smith
Douglas W. Smith National Park Service

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