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Biology and Biochemistry

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52
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8434
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16814
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410

Social Sciences and Humanities

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59
Citations
14796
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1553
National Ranking
59

Ruud B.M. Huirne publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ruud B.M. Huirne sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 346 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Ruud B.M. Huirne D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ruud B.M. Huirne sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Statistics
  • Finance

Ruud B.M. Huirne mainly investigates Agriculture, Dairy farming, Sustainability, Environmental resource management and Animal science. His studies deal with areas such as Quality and Risk management as well as Agriculture. The various areas that Ruud B.M. Huirne examines in his Dairy farming study include Nutrient management, Test and Agricultural science.

His work investigates the relationship between Agricultural science and topics such as Food science that intersect with problems in Production. His study in Sustainability is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Intensive farming, Environmental impact assessment and Organic farming. His research in Agricultural policy tackles topics such as Operations management which are related to areas like Food safety.

His most cited work include:

  • Coping with Risk in Agriculture (1018 citations)
  • Evaluation of sustainability of organic, integrated and conventional farming systems: a farm and field-scale analysis (261 citations)
  • Entrepreneurial behaviour of dutch dairy farmers under a milk quota system: goals, objectives and attitudes (187 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agriculture, Agricultural science, Agricultural economics, Production and Actuarial science. His Agriculture research includes elements of Quality, Risk management and Environmental resource management. His study ties his expertise on Questionnaire together with the subject of Risk management.

His Agricultural science research incorporates elements of Herd, Food safety and Operations management. His Production research includes themes of Livestock and Industrial organization. Dairy farming is often connected to Sustainability in his work.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agriculture (17.02%)
  • Agricultural science (16.11%)
  • Agricultural economics (12.16%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2007-2019)?

  • Agricultural science (16.11%)
  • Agricultural economics (12.16%)
  • Agriculture (17.02%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Ruud B.M. Huirne mainly focuses on Agricultural science, Agricultural economics, Agriculture, Control and Public economics. His Agricultural science study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Dairy farming, Biotechnology, Animal feed and Supply chain. His Dairy farming study incorporates themes from Moral hazard and Crop insurance.

His Agricultural economics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Sustainability, Organic farming, Investment and Arable land. His Agriculture study combines topics in areas such as Natural resource economics and Risk management. Ruud B.M. Huirne interconnects Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 and Preference in the investigation of issues within Control.

Between 2007 and 2019, his most popular works were:

  • The Influence of Cow Factors on the Incidence of Clinical Mastitis in Dairy Cows (82 citations)
  • Effect of yield and price risk on conversion from conventional to organic farming (53 citations)
  • Stochastic bio-economic model of bovine intramammary infection (51 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Statistics
  • Finance

Ruud B.M. Huirne mostly deals with Management science, Actuarial science, Risk management, Control and Animal science. His Actuarial science research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Moral hazard and Crop insurance. His research integrates issues of Scarcity, Public economics and Sustainability in his study of Risk management.

His work on Herd, Dairy cattle and Broiler as part of his general Animal science study is frequently connected to Incubation temperature, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science. His study on Agribusiness is covered under Agriculture. His work on Agriculture is being expanded to include thematically relevant topics such as Economic impact analysis.

Best Publications

  • Coping With Risk in Agriculture: Applied Decision Analysis

    J. B Hardaker;Gudbrand Lien;Jock R. Anderson;Ruud B. M. Huirne

  • Coping with Risk in Agriculture

    J.B. Hardaker;R.B.M. Huirne;J.R. Anderson

  • Evaluation of sustainability of organic, integrated and conventional farming systems: a farm and field-scale analysis

    Cesare Pacini;Ada Wossink;Ada Wossink;Gerard Giesen;Concetta Vazzana

  • Risk and risk management: an empirical analysis of Dutch livestock farmers

    M.P.M. Meuwissen;R.B.M. Huirne;J.B. Hardaker;J.B. Hardaker

  • Entrepreneurial behaviour of dutch dairy farmers under a milk quota system: goals, objectives and attitudes

    R.H.M. Bergevoet;C.J.M. Ondersteijn;H.W. Saatkamp;C.M.J. van Woerkum

  • TRACEABILITY AND CERTIFICATION IN MEAT SUPPLY CHAINS

    Miranda P.M. Meuwissen;Annet G.J. Velthuis;Henk Hogeveen;Ruud B.M. Huirne

  • A model to estimate the financial consequences of classical swine fever outbreaks: principles and outcomes.

    Miranda P.M Meuwissen;Suzan H Horst;Ruud B.M Huirne;Aalt A Dijkhuizen

  • Identifying and ranking attributes that determine sustainability in Dutch dairy farming

    Klaas J. Van Calker;Paul B. M. Berentsen;Gerard W. J. Giesen;Ruud B. M. Huirne

  • How to define and study farmers' management capacity: theory and use in agricultural economics

    Carin W. Rougoor;Ger Trip;Ruud B.M. Huirne;Jan A. Renkema

  • Development and application of a multi-attribute sustainability function for Dutch dairy farming systems

    K.J. van Calker;P.B.M. Berentsen;C. Romero;G.W.J. Giesen

  • An LP-model to analyse economic and ecological sustainability on Dutch dairy farms: model presentation and application for experimental farm "de Marke"

    K.J. van Calker;P.B.M. Berentsen;I.M.J. de Boer;G.W.J. Giesen

  • The Influence of Cow Factors on the Incidence of Clinical Mastitis in Dairy Cows

    W. Steeneveld;H. Hogeveen;H. Hogeveen;H.W. Barkema;J. van den Broek

  • Economic analysis of animal diseases and their control.

    A.A. Dijkhuizen;R.B.M. Huirne;A.W. Jalvingh

  • Income Insurance in European Agriculture

    Miranda P. M. Meuwissen;Ruud B. M. Huirne;Jerry R. Skees

  • The Dutch Mineral Accounting System and the European Nitrate Directive: implications for N and P management and farm performance

    C.J.M. Ondersteijn;A.C.G. Beldman;C.H.G. Daatselaar;G.W.J. Giesen

  • Identification of farmer characteristics and farm strategies explaining changes in environmental management and environmental and economic performance of dairy farms

    C.J.M. Ondersteijn;C.J.M. Ondersteijn;G.W.J. Giesen;R.B.M. Huirne

  • Optimal replacement of mastitic cows determined by a hierarchic Markov process

    Eric H.P. Houben;Ruud B.M. Huirne;Aalt A. Dijkhuizen;Anders R. Kristensen

  • Evaluation of optimal age at first conception in gilts from data collected in commercial swine herds

    Y. H. Schukken;J. Buurman;R.B.M. Huirne;A. H. Willemse

  • Quantifying the agri-food supply chain

    Christien J.M Ondersteijn;Jo H.M Wijnands;Ruud B.M Huirne;Olaf Van Kooten

  • Ecological-economic modelling to support multi-objective policy making: a farming systems approach implemented for Tuscany

    Cesare Pacini;Ada Wossink;Ada Wossink;Gerard Giesen;Ruud Huirne

  • Vertical cooperation in agricultural production-marketing chains, with special reference to product differentiation in pork

    M. den Ouden;Aalt A. Dijkhuizen;Ruud B.M. Huirne;Peter J.P. Zuurbier

Frequent Co-Authors

Henk Hogeveen
Henk Hogeveen Wageningen University & Research
Alfons Oude Lansink
Alfons Oude Lansink Wageningen University & Research
Mirjam Nielen
Mirjam Nielen Utrecht University
G. van Schaik
G. van Schaik Utrecht University
Ynte H. Schukken
Ynte H. Schukken Wageningen University & Research
Esther Hartman
Esther Hartman University Medical Center Groningen
Rony Geers
Rony Geers KU Leuven
Jock R. Anderson
Jock R. Anderson University of New England
Tariq Hisham Beshara Halasa
Tariq Hisham Beshara Halasa University of Copenhagen
Klaas Frankena
Klaas Frankena Wageningen University & Research

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