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D-Index
33
Citations
4808
World Ranking
1965
National Ranking
22

Susanne Waiblinger 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 Susanne Waiblinger sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 115 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susanne Waiblinger 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 Susanne Waiblinger sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Susanne Waiblinger is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on veterinary science, agricultural and biological sciences, and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology.

They have contributed to several subfields, including small animals, animal science and zoology, genetics, equine studies, and social psychology.

The core topics of their work include:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Veterinary Equine Medical Research
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Waiblinger has published in several venues, most frequently in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, followed by Animals, Journal of Dairy Research, Journal of Veterinary Behavior, and Frontiers in Veterinary Science.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Play and social behaviour of calves with or without access to their dam and other cows, 2020, Journal of Dairy Research
  • The Power of a Positive Human-Animal Relationship for Animal Welfare, 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Methodological terminology and definitions for research and discussion of cow-calf contact systems, 2020, Journal of Dairy Research
  • Salivary oxytocin in pigs, cattle, and goats during positive human-animal interactions, 2020, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Welfare of calves, 2023, EFSA Journal

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Kerstin Barth
  • Jean-Loup Rault
  • Stephanie Lürzel
  • Ines Windschnurer
  • Andreas Futschik

Best Publications

  • Assessing the human-animal relationship in farmed species: a critical review

    Susanne Waiblinger;Xavier Boivin;Vivi Pedersen;Maria-Vittoria Tosi

  • The relationship between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople and subsequent behaviour and production of dairy cows

    S Waiblinger;C Menke;Grahame J Coleman

  • Influences on the avoidance and approach behaviour of dairy cows towards humans on 35 farms

    S Waiblinger;C Menke;D.W Fölsch

  • Previous handling and gentle interactions affect behaviour and heart rate of dairy cows during a veterinary procedure

    S Waiblinger;C Menke;J Korff;A Bucher

  • The Power of a Positive Human-Animal Relationship for Animal Welfare.

    Jean-Loup Rault;Susanne Waiblinger;Xavier Boivin;Paul Hemsworth

  • Heart rate variability in dairy cows—influences of breed and milking system

    K. Hagen;J. Langbein;C. Schmied;D. Lexer

  • Stroking of different body regions by a human: Effects on behaviour and heart rate of dairy cows

    Claudia Schmied;Susanne Waiblinger;Theresa Scharl;Friedrich Leisch

  • Stroking Different Body Regions of Dairy Cows: Effects on Avoidance and Approach Behavior Toward Humans

    C. Schmied;X. Boivin;S. Waiblinger

  • Selection of parameters for on-farm welfare-assessment protocols in cattle and buffalo

    C. Winckler;J. Capdeville;G. Gebresenbet;B. Horning

  • Integration into the dairy cow herd: long-term effects of mother contact during the first twelve weeks of life

    Kathrin Wagner;Kerstin Barth;Rupert Palme;Andreas Futschik

  • Reliability and inter-test relationship of tests for on-farm assessment of dairy cows’ relationship to humans

    Ines Windschnurer;Claudia Schmied;Xavier Boivin;Susanne Waiblinger

  • Effect of human-animal relationship and management on udder health in Swiss dairy herds.

    Silvia Ivemeyer;Ute Knierim;Susanne Waiblinger

  • Evaluation of on-farm methods for testing the human–animal relationship in dairy herds with cubicle loose housing systems—test–retest and inter-observer reliability and consistency to familiarity of test person

    T Rousing;S Waiblinger

  • Relative importance of factors influencing the prevalence of lameness in Austrian cubicle loose-housed dairy cows.

    Cornelia Rouha-Mülleder;Christine Iben;Elisabeth Wagner;Gregor Laaha

  • Methodological terminology and definitions for research and discussion of cow-calf contact systems.

    Janja Sirovnik;Kerstin Barth;Daiana de Oliveira;Sabine Ferneborg

  • Reliability of an avoidance distance test for the assessment of animals' responsiveness to humans and a preliminary investigation of its association with farmers' attitudes on bull fattening farms

    Ines Windschnurer;Xavier Boivin;Susanne Waiblinger

  • Milking of Brown Swiss and Austrian Simmental cows in a herringbone parlour or an automatic milking unit

    K Hagen;D Lexer;R Palme;J Troxler

  • Influence of Herd Size on Human—Cow Relationships

    Susanne Waiblinger;Christoph Menke

  • Salivary oxytocin in pigs, cattle, and goats during positive human-animal interactions

    Stephanie Lürzel;Laura Bückendorf;Susanne Waiblinger;Jean-Loup Rault

  • Mother rearing of dairy calves: Reactions to isolation and to confrontation with an unfamiliar conspecific in a new environment

    Kathrin Wagner;Kerstin Barth;Edna Hillmann;Rupert Palme

  • Validation of tests for on-farm assessment of the hen–human relationship in non-cage systems

    Christine Graml;Susanne Waiblinger;Knut Niebuhr

Frequent Co-Authors

Rupert Palme
Rupert Palme University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Edna Hillmann
Edna Hillmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Xavier Boivin
Xavier Boivin University of Clermont Auvergne
Christoph Winckler
Christoph Winckler BOKU University
Elisabetta Canali
Elisabetta Canali University of Milan
Grahame J Coleman
Grahame J Coleman University of Melbourne
Clive J. C. Phillips
Clive J. C. Phillips Curtin University
Margit Bak Jensen
Margit Bak Jensen Aarhus University
Isabelle Veissier
Isabelle Veissier University of Rennes
Mette Vaarst
Mette Vaarst Aarhus University

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