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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary 50 621 570 17 17 241 8256

Vincent Ducrocq publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Vincent Ducrocq between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Vincent Ducrocq published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 6.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2011. 2 of the 258 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2011. 1984: 2 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 4 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 22 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 1 publication
1984 2025

258 publications in total across all disciplines

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Vincent Ducrocq: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year Publications
1984 2
1985 0
1986 1
1987 0
1988 2
1989 1
1990 4
1991 1
1992 2
1993 5
1994 2
1995 4
1996 4
1997 5
1998 4
1999 6
2000 4
2001 6
2002 4
2003 6
2004 2
2005 9
2006 8
2007 6
2008 7
2009 12
2010 13
2011 22
2012 10
2013 14
2014 11
2015 8
2016 14
2017 11
2018 8
2019 8
2020 2
2021 9
2022 15
2023 4
2024 1
2025 1
Total 258
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Vincent Ducrocq publications per year - data summary

  • Vincent Ducrocq, a Animal Science and Veterinary scholar from University of Paris-Saclay, has 258 publications recorded across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1984 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2011, with 22 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1986, 1989, 1991, 2024 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 42 years in the span carry no publications at all (1985 and 1987).
  • The rate of publication averages 6.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 6.5 per year counting only the 40 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 30 publications, 12% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1984-1997: 33 publications (2.4 per year); 1998-2011: 109 publications (7.8 per year); 2012-2025: 116 publications (8.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Vincent Ducrocq 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 Vincent Ducrocq 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, 239–243 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: 241 publications — 82nd percentile

82% 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 23 241
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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Vincent Ducrocq 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.
  • Vincent Ducrocq, a Animal Science and Veterinary scholar from University of Paris-Saclay, records 241 publications - the 82nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 82% of ranked Animal Science and Veterinary scientists score the same or lower than Vincent Ducrocq, and about 18% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 139–143 publications range, and Vincent Ducrocq 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).

Vincent Ducrocq 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 Vincent Ducrocq 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, 50 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: 50 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% 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 50
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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Vincent Ducrocq 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.
  • Vincent Ducrocq, a Animal Science and Veterinary scholar from University of Paris-Saclay, records 50 D-Index - the 81st percentile of the discipline.
  • 81% of ranked Animal Science and Veterinary scientists score the same or lower than Vincent Ducrocq, and about 19% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 36 D-Index range, and Vincent Ducrocq 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).

Overview

Vincent Ducrocq is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their research spans predominantly in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Ducrocq's work covers several specific subfields including Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science, and Ecology. Their research topics primarily focus on genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, reproductive physiology in livestock, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, livestock management and performance improvement, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, and genetics and plant breeding.

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications in various venues, with frequent appearances in the following journals:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Genetics Selection Evolution
  • animal
  • Tropical Animal Health and Production
  • Italian Journal of Animal Science

Some of the recent papers authored on topics related to dairy science and livestock genetics include:

  • Invited review: Disentangling residual feed intake-Insights and approaches to make it more fit for purpose in the modern context, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Exploring simultaneous perturbation profiles in milk yield and body weight reveals a diversity of animal responses and new opportunities to identify resilience proxies, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Genomic evaluation of milk yield in a smallholder crossbred dairy production system in India, 2021, Genetics Selection Evolution
  • A new method to estimate residual feed intake in dairy cattle using time series data, 2020, animal
  • Semen production and semen quality of indigenous buffalo breeds under hot semiarid climatic conditions in India, 2020, Tropical Animal Health and Production

Vincent Ducrocq has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • N.C. Friggens
  • Pauline Martin
  • Didier Boichard
  • Thierry Tribout
  • Marimuthu Swaminathan

In addition to journal articles, Ducrocq has contributed to book publications. One such work is "Génétique des animaux d'élevage," published by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Effect of Diseases on the Culling of Holstein Dairy Cows in New York State

    Y.T. Gröhn;S.W. Eicker;V. Ducrocq;J.A. Hertl

  • Genetic susceptibility and transmission factors in scrapie: detailed analysis of an epidemic in a closed flock of Romanov

    J.-M. Elsen;Y. Amigues;F. Schelcher;V. Ducrocq

  • A common reference population from four European Holstein populations increases reliability of genomic predictions

    Mogens S. Lund;Adrianus Pw de Roos;Alfred G de Vries;Tom Druet

  • A Bayesian analysis of mixed survival models

    V Ducrocq;G Casella

  • Length of Productive Life of Dairy Cows. 1. Justification of a Weibull Model

    V. Ducrocq;R.L. Quaas;E.J. Pollak;G. Casella

  • Modeling lactation curves and estimation of genetic parameters for first lactation test-day records of French Holstein cows.

    Tom Druet;F. Jaffrezic;D. Boichard;V. Ducrocq

  • Effect of Disease on Length of Productive Life of French Holstein Dairy Cows Assessed by Survival Analysis

    F. Beaudeau;V. Ducrocq;C. Fourichon;H. Seegers

  • Heritability, Reliability of Genetic Evaluations and Response to Selection in Proportional Hazard Models

    M.H. Yazdi;P.M. Visscher;V. Ducrocq;R. Thompson

  • Length of Productive Life of Dairy Cows. 2. Variance Component Estimation and Sire Evaluation

    V. Ducrocq;R.L. Quaas;E.J. Pollak;G. Casella

  • Statistical analysis of length of productive life for dairy cows of the Normande breed.

    V. Ducrocq

  • Rainbow trout resistance to bacterial cold-water disease is moderately heritable and is not adversely correlated with growth.

    J. T. Silverstein;R. L. Vallejo;Y. Palti;T. D. Leeds

  • High-density marker imputation accuracy in sixteen French cattle breeds

    Chris Hozé;Chris Hozé;Marie-Noëlle Fouilloux;Eric Venot;Eric Venot;François Guillaume;François Guillaume

  • Genomic selection in French dairy cattle

    Didier Boichard;Francois Guillaume;A. Baur;Pascal Croiseau

  • Evidence of biases in genetic evaluations due to genomic preselection in dairy cattle

    C. Patry;V. Ducrocq

  • Relationships between type and longevity in the Holstein breed.

    Hélène Larroque;Vincent Ducrocq

  • Analysis of Survival in Dairy Cows with Supplementary Data on Type Scores and Housing Systems from a Region of Northwest Germany

    A. Buenger;V. Ducrocq;H.H. Swalve

  • Effect of imputing markers from a low-density chip on the reliability of genomic breeding values in Holstein populations

    Romain Dassonneville;R.F. Brøndum;T. Druet;Sébastien Fritz

  • Effect of health disorders on culling in dairy cows: a review and a critical discussion

    François Beaudeau;Henri Seegers;Vincent Ducrocq;Christine Fourichon

  • Genetic Analysis of Herd Life in Canadian Dairy Cattle on a Lactation Basis Using a Weibull Proportional Hazards Model

    A. Sewalem;A. Sewalem;G.J. Kistemaker;V. Ducrocq;B.J. Van Doormaal

  • Computational strategies for national integration of phenotypic, genomic, and pedigree data in a single-step best linear unbiased prediction.

    A. Legarra;V. Ducrocq

  • Survival analysis of longevity in dairy cattle on a lactation basis

    Anki Roxström;Vincent Ducrocq;Erling Strandberg

  • Estimation of genetic parameters for test day records of dairy traits in the first three lactations

    Tom Druet;Florence Jaffrézic;Vincent Ducrocq

  • Efficiency of multi-breed genomic selection for dairy cattle breeds with different sizes of reference population

    C. Hozé;Sébastien Fritz;Florence Phocas;Didier Boichard

  • Genetic characteristics and evolution of semen production of young Normande bulls

    V. Ducrocq;P. Humblot

  • Female fertility in French dairy breeds: current situation and strategies for improvement.

    Anne Barbat;Pascale Le Mézec;Vincent Ducrocq;Sophie Mattalia

  • Implementation of a routine breeding value evaluation for longevity of dairy cows using survival analysis techniques.

    Vincent Ducrocq;Johann Sölkner

  • Accounting for genomic pre-selection in national BLUP evaluations in dairy cattle

    Clotilde Patry;Vincent Ducrocq

  • Genetic parameters of type appraisal in Saanen and Alpine goats

    E. Manfredi;A. Piacere;P. Lahaye;V. Ducrocq

  • Genomic selection in domestic animals: Principles, applications and perspectives.

    Didier Boichard;Vincent Ducrocq;Pascal Croiseau;Sébastien Fritz

  • Genomic Selection In French Dairy Cattle

    Didier Boichard;Francois Guillaume;A. Baur;Pascal Croiseau

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Boichard
Didier Boichard University of Paris-Saclay
Esa Mäntysaari
Esa Mäntysaari Natural Resources Institute Finland
Johann Sölkner
Johann Sölkner BOKU University
Luc Delaby
Luc Delaby Institut Agro, France
Karin Meyer
Karin Meyer University of New England
Andres Legarra
Andres Legarra University of Georgia
Guosheng Su
Guosheng Su Aarhus University
Catherine Larzul
Catherine Larzul Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Nicolas Gengler
Nicolas Gengler Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
J.B. van Wyk
J.B. van Wyk University of Johannesburg

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