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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary 39 1282 1186 30 30 176 5858

Sinéad M. Waters publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sinéad M. Waters between 2005 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sinéad M. Waters published across 21 years, from 2005 to 2025, averaging 10.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2018. 25 of the 215 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2018. 2005: 2 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 3 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 26 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 15 publications
2005 2025

215 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sinéad M. Waters: publications per year, 2005 to 2025
Year Publications
2005 2
2006 1
2007 3
2008 2
2009 4
2010 13
2011 10
2012 13
2013 5
2014 10
2015 6
2016 13
2017 14
2018 26
2019 7
2020 16
2021 19
2022 13
2023 13
2024 10
2025 15
Total 215
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Sinéad M. Waters 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 Sinéad M. Waters 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, 174–178 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: 176 publications — 67th percentile

67% 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 63 176
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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Sinéad M. Waters 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 Sinéad M. Waters 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, 39 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: 39 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% 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 39
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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Overview

Sinéad M. Waters is affiliated with Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Ireland. Their research contributions focus primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The subfields of their work include Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The main topics that Waters explores encompass Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Cancer-related Molecular Mechanisms Research, Animal Health and Immunology, and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Among recent scholarly papers authored or coauthored by Sinéad M. Waters are:

  • Seaweed and Seaweed Bioactives for Mitigation of Enteric Methane: Challenges and Opportunities, 2020, Animals
  • Rumen Microbiome Composition Is Altered in Sheep Divergent in Feed Efficiency, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Metabolic Influence of Core Ciliates within the Rumen Microbiome, 2023, The ISME Journal
  • Ecosystem Management Using Livestock: Embracing Diversity and Respecting Ecological Principles, 2023, Animal Frontiers
  • Investigating Temporal Microbial Dynamics in the Rumen of Beef Calves Raised on Two Farms During Early Life, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • D.A. Kenny
  • Paul E. Smith
  • Bernadette Earley
  • Kate Keogh
  • Vincent O'Flaherty

Waters has published extensively in journals such as Animal - Science Proceedings, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal of Animal Science, and Animal. The total number of publications in these venues are 17, 12, 6, 6, and 5 respectively.

In addition to journal articles, Waters has contributed to academic book publications, including a 2023 title entitled Rumen Microbiome: Interacting with Host Genetics, Dietary Nutrients Metabolism, Animal Production, and Environment published by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Addressing global ruminant agricultural challenges through understanding the rumen microbiome: past, present and future

    Sharon A. Huws;Christopher J. Creevey;Linda B. Oyama;Itzhak Mizrahi

  • Effect of phenotypic residual feed intake and dietary forage content on the rumen microbial community of beef cattle.

    Ciara A. Carberry;Ciara A. Carberry;David A. Kenny;Sukkyan Han;Matthew S. McCabe

  • Invited review: Improving feed efficiency of beef cattle - the current state of the art and future challenges.

    D.A. Kenny;C. Fitzsimons;S.M. Waters;M. McGee

  • Seaweed and Seaweed Bioactives for Mitigation of Enteric Methane: Challenges and Opportunities.

    D. Wade Abbott;Inga Marie Aasen;Karen A. Beauchemin;Fredri Grondahl

  • Pregnancy losses in cattle: potential for improvement.

    M G Diskin;S M Waters;M H Parr;D A Kenny

  • Association of bovine leptin polymorphisms with energy output and energy storage traits in progeny tested Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle sires

    Linda Giblin;Stephen T Butler;Breda M Kearney;Breda M Kearney;Sinead M Waters

  • RNA-seq analysis of differential gene expression in liver from lactating dairy cows divergent in negative energy balance

    Matthew McCabe;Sinead M. Waters;Dermot G. Morris;David J Kenny

  • Illumina MiSeq Phylogenetic Amplicon Sequencing Shows a Large Reduction of an Uncharacterised Succinivibrionaceae and an Increase of the Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii Clade in Feed Restricted Cattle.

    Matthew Sean McCabe;Paul Cormican;Kate Keogh;Aaron O’Connor

  • Effect of level and duration of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on the transcriptional regulation of Delta9-desaturase in muscle of beef cattle.

    S. M. Waters;J. P. Kelly;P. O'Boyle;A. P. Moloney

  • Rumen Methanogenic Genotypes Differ in Abundance According to Host Residual Feed Intake Phenotype and Diet Type

    CIara A. Carberry;Sinead M. Waters;David A. Kenny;Christopher J. Creevey;Christopher J. Creevey

  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1) Gene are Associated with Performance in Holstein-Friesian Dairy Cattle.

    Michael Paul Mullen;Donagh P. Berry;Dawn J. Howard;Michael G. Diskin

  • Negative energy balance and hepatic gene expression patterns in high-yielding dairy cows during the early postpartum period: a global approach

    S. D. McCarthy;S. M. Waters;D. A. Kenny;M. G. Diskin

  • GWAS and eQTL analysis identifies a SNP associated with both residual feed intake and GFRA2 expression in beef cattle.

    Marc G. Higgins;Claire Fitzsimons;Matthew C. McClure;Clare McKenna

  • Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids alter the expression of genes involved in prostaglandin biosynthesis in the bovine uterus.

    G.S. Coyne;D.A. Kenny;S. Childs;S. Childs;J.M. Sreenan

  • Divergent functional isoforms drive niche specialisation for nutrient acquisition and use in rumen microbiome.

    Francesco Rubino;Ciara Carberry;Sinéad M Waters;David Kenny

  • Feed restriction and subsequent realimentation in Holstein Friesian bulls: I. Effect on animal performance; muscle, fat, and linear body measurements; and slaughter characteristics.

    K. Keogh;S. M. Waters;A. K. Kelly;D. A. Kenny

  • Examination of the bovine leukocyte environment using immunogenetic biomarkers to assess immunocompetence following exposure to weaning stress

    Aran O'Loughlin;Mark McGee;Sinéad M Waters;Sean Doyle

  • mRNA expression of genes regulating oxidative phosphorylation in the muscle of beef cattle divergently ranked on residual feed intake

    Alan K. Kelly;Sinead M. Waters;Mark McGee;Rita G. Fonseca

  • Associations between newly discovered polymorphisms in the Bos taurus growth hormone receptor gene and performance traits in Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle.

    S. M. Waters;M. S. McCabe;D. J. Howard;L. Giblin

  • Gastrointestinal tract size, total-tract digestibility, and rumen microflora in different dairy cow genotypes

    Marion Beecher;Frank Buckley;Sinead M. Waters;T. M. Boland

  • Pleiotropic effects of negative energy balance in the postpartum dairy cow on splenic gene expression: repercussions for innate and adaptive immunity

    D. G. Morris;S. M. Waters;S. D. McCarthy;S. D. McCarthy;J. Patton

  • Global gene expression in endometrium of high and low fertility heifers during the mid-luteal phase of the estrous cycle

    Aideen P Killeen;Aideen P Killeen;Dermot G Morris;David A Kenny;Michael P Mullen

  • Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 genes are associated with milk production, body condition score and fertility traits in dairy cows.

    M P Mullen;C O Lynch;S M Waters;D J Howard

  • Transcriptome analyses reveal reduced hepatic lipid synthesis and accumulation in more feed efficient beef cattle

    Robert Mukiibi;Michael Vinsky;Kate A. Keogh;Carolyn Fitzsimmons;Carolyn Fitzsimmons

  • Effect of a butyrate-fortified milk replacer on gastrointestinal microbiota and products of fermentation in artificially reared dairy calves at weaning

    Eóin O'Hara;A K Kelly;Matthew S McCabe;David Anthony Kenny;David Anthony Kenny

  • 16S rRNA Sequencing Reveals Relationship Between Potent Cellulolytic Genera and Feed Efficiency in the Rumen of Bulls

    Emily McGovern;David A. Kenny;David A. Kenny;Matthew S. McCabe;Claire Fitzsimons

  • Genetic merit for fertility traits in Holstein cows: III. Hepatic expression of somatotropic axis genes during pregnancy and lactation

    Sean B Cummins;Sinead M. Waters;A.C.O. Evans;P. Lonergan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark McGee
Mark McGee Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Bernadette Earley
Bernadette Earley Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Donagh P. Berry
Donagh P. Berry Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
David E. MacHugh
David E. MacHugh University College Dublin
Changxi Li
Changxi Li Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Torres Sweeney
Torres Sweeney University College Dublin
Patrick Lonergan
Patrick Lonergan University College Dublin
Paul Stothard
Paul Stothard University of Alberta
Frank Buckley
Frank Buckley University College Cork
R. I. Richardson
R. I. Richardson University of Bristol

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