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2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
72
Citations
18335
World Ranking
138
National Ranking
2

Pierre Mormède 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 Pierre Mormède sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 286 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pierre Mormède 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 Pierre Mormède 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: 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: 72 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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 France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in France Leader Award

Overview

Pierre Mormède is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences with a concentration in several subfields including genetics, animal science and zoology, small animals, immunology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to the effects of environmental stressors on livestock, animal behavior and welfare studies, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, human-animal interaction studies, zoonotic diseases and public health, immune responses and vaccinations, as well as immune cell function and interaction.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pierre Mormède include Alain Boissy, Raphaël R. Guatteo, Alice de Boyer Des Roches, and Catherine Belloc.

Their research appears in various scientific venues, notably:

  • Bulletin de l Académie vétérinaire de France
  • Food Risk Assess Europe
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • animal
  • BMC Immunology

Among recent publications are:

  • "Animal board invited review: Improving animal health and welfare in the transition of livestock farming systems: Towards social acceptability and sustainability" (2024) in animal
  • "Pathogen exposure influences immune parameters around weaning in pigs reared in commercial farms" (2022) in BMC Immunology
  • "Genetic determinism of cortisol levels in pig" (2025) in Frontiers in Genetics
  • "Genetic Variation of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity in Farm Animals and Beyond" (2024) in Neuroendocrinology
  • "Douleurs animales. Les identifier, les comprendre, les limiter chez les animaux d'élevage: Synthèse du rapport d'expertise" (2021) in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Pierre Mormède has contributed to book publications with titles such as Le bien-être des animaux d'élevage, published twice by éditions Quae eBooks in 2020 and 2021, and Understanding, Assessing and Improving Farm Animal Welfare published by CABI eBooks in 2024. These works reflect a sustained interest in animal welfare within livestock production contexts.

Best Publications

  • Exploration of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal function as a tool to evaluate animal welfare

    Pierre Mormède;Stéphane Andanson;Benoit Aupérin;Bonne Beerda

  • Stress and emotionality: a multidimensional and genetic approach.

    André Ramos;Pierre Mormède

  • Stress in farm animals: a need for reevaluation

    Robert Dantzer;Pierre Mormède

  • Corticosterone levels determine individual vulnerability to amphetamine self-administration.

    P V Piazza;S Maccari;J M Deminière;M Le Moal

  • Immunoreactive fibroblast growth factor in cells of peritoneal exudate suggests its identity with macrophage-derived growth factor.

    Andrew Baird;Pierre Mormède;Peter Bőhlen

  • Molecular characterization of fibroblast growth factor: distribution and biological activities in various tissues.

    Andrew Baird;Frederick Esch;Pierre Mormede;Naoto Ueno

  • Genetics of adaptation and domestication in livestock

    Sandrine Mignon-Grasteau;Alain Boissy;Jacques Bouix;Jean-Michel Faure

  • Serotonin and stress.

    Francis Chaouloff;Olivier Berton;Pierre Mormède

  • Anxiety- and activity-related effects of diazepam and chlordiazepoxide in the rat light/dark and dark/light tests

    F. Chaouloff;M. Durand;P. Mormède

  • Behavioural, physiological and immunological consequences of social status and aggression in chronically coexisting resident-intruder dyads of male rats.

    A. Raab;R. Dantzer;B. Michaud;P. Mormede

  • Studies of the nature of the interaction between vasopressin and corticotropin-releasing factor on adrenocorticotropin release in the rat.

    Catherine Rivier;Jean Rivier;Pierre Mormede;Wylie Vale

  • Effects of repeated fluoxetine on anxiety-related behaviours, central serotonergic systems, and the corticotropic axis in SHR and WKY rats

    M. Durand;O. Berton;S. Aguerre;L. Edno

  • Behavioral, neuroendocrine and serotonergic consequences of single social defeat and repeated fluoxetine pretreatment in the Lewis rat strain.

    O. Berton;M. Durand;S. Aguerre;P. Mormède

  • Differential effects of social stress on central serotonergic activity and emotional reactivity in Lewis and spontaneously hypertensive rats

    O Berton;S Aguerre;A Sarrieau;P Mormede

  • Behavioral sensitization to amphetamine is dependent on corticosteroid receptor activation.

    J M Rivet;L Stinus;M LeMoal;P Mormède

  • Modulation of the locomotor response to amphetamine by corticosterone.

    M. Cador;J. Dulluc;P. Morméde

  • Consequences of weaning piglets at 21 and 28 days on growth, behaviour and hormonal responses

    Violaine Colson;Pierre Orgeur;Aline Foury;Pierre Mormède

  • Behavioral reactivity to social and nonsocial stimulations: a multivariate analysis of six inbred rat strains.

    Olivier Berton;André Ramos;André Ramos;Francis Chaouloff;Pierre Mormède

  • Effects of frustration on behaviour and plasma corticosteroid levels in pigs

    Robert Dantzer;M. Arnone;P. Mormede

  • De-arousal properties of stereotyped behaviour: Evidence from pituitary—Adrenal correlates in pigs

    Robert Dantzer;Pierre Mormede

  • Influence of rearing conditions on performance, behavioral, and physiological responses of pigs to preslaughter handling, carcass traits, and meat quality.

    B. Lebret;M. C. Meunier-Salaün;A. Foury;P. Mormède

  • A genetic and multifactorial analysis of anxiety-related behaviours in Lewis and SHR intercrosses

    André Ramos;Yannick Mellerin;Pierre Mormède;Francis Chaouloff

  • Male Fischer 344 and Lewis rats display differences in locomotor reactivity, but not in anxiety-related behaviours: relationship with the hippocampal serotonergic system.

    Francis Chaouloff;Alexander Kulikov;Alexander Kulikov;Alain Sarrieau;Nathalie Castanon

  • Agonistic behavior, plasma stress hormones, and metabolites in response to dyadic encounters in domestic pigs: interrelationships and effect of dominance status.

    Xavier Fernandez;Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün;Pierre Mormede

  • Strain and sex differences in the locomotor response and behavioral sensitization to cocaine in hyperactive rats.

    S Cailhol;P Mormède

  • Behavioral effects of peripheral administration of arginine vasopressin: a review of our search for a mode of action and a hypothesis

    Michel Le Moal;Robert Dantzer;Pierre Mormède;Aude Baduel

  • Feather pecking in chickens is genetically related to behavioural and developmental traits

    Per Jensen;L. Keeling;K. Schutz;L. Andersson;L. Andersson

  • Sex and strain differences in ethanol drinking: effects of gonadectomy.

    Stéphanie Cailhol;Pierre Mormède

  • Multiple neuroendocrine responses to chronic social stress: Interaction between individual characteristics and situational factors

    Pierre Mormède;Valérie Lemaire;Nathalie Castanon;Josette Dulluc

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Dantzer
Robert Dantzer The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün
Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün Institut Agro, France
Jean Pierre Bidanel
Jean Pierre Bidanel University of Paris-Saclay
Patrick Prunet
Patrick Prunet INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
M. Le Moal
M. Le Moal University of Bordeaux
Olivier Berton
Olivier Berton University of Pennsylvania
Nathalie Castanon
Nathalie Castanon University of Bordeaux
Alain Boissy
Alain Boissy INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Catherine Larzul
Catherine Larzul Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Hélène Gilbert
Hélène Gilbert Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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