Volker Stefanski

Volker Stefanski 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 Volker Stefanski sits on this spectrum.

Volker Stefanski 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 Volker Stefanski sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Suppression of NK Cell Activity and of Resistance to Metastasis by Stress: A Role for Adrenal Catecholamines and β-Adrenoceptors

  Shamgar Ben-Eliyahu;Guy Shakhar;Gayle G. Page;Volker Stefanski

  270
  Citations

• Social stress in laboratory rats: hormonal responses and immune cell distribution.

  Volker Stefanski

  190
  Citations

• Effects of acute and chronic social stress on blood cellular immunity in rats

  Volker Stefanski;Harald Engler

  162
  Citations

• Effects of social stress on blood leukocyte distribution: the role of α- and β-adrenergic mechanisms

  Harald Engler;Harald Engler;Lutz Dawils;Sabine Hoves;Susanne Kurth

  149
  Citations

• Social confrontation and tumor metastasis in rats: Defeat and β-adrenergic mechanisms

  Volker Stefanski;Shamgar Ben-Eliyahu

  146
  Citations

• Social stress in laboratory rats: behavior, immune function, and tumor metastasis.

  Volker Stefanski

  132
  Citations

• Separating maternal and litter-size effects on early postnatal growth in two species of altricial small mammals.

  Heiko G. Rödel;Geraldine Prager;Volker Stefanski;Dietrich von Holst

  129
  Citations

• Social stress in loser rats: opposite immunological effects in submissive and subdominant males.

  Volker Stefanski

  118
  Citations

• Psychosocial maternal stress during pregnancy affects serum corticosterone, blood immune parameters and anxiety behaviour in adult male rat offspring.

  Alexander A. Götz;Volker Stefanski

  117
  Citations

• Impact of Housing Environment on the Immune System in Chickens: A Review.

  Unknown

  103
  Citations

• Social stress, dominance and blood cellular immunity.

  Volker Stefanski;Harald Engler

  102
  Citations

• Social stress affects migration of blood T cells into lymphoid organs.

  Volker Stefanski;André Peschel;Stefan Reber

  88
  Citations

• Dietary changes in nutritional studies shape the structural and functional composition of the pigs’ fecal microbiome—from days to weeks

  Bruno Tilocca;Katharina Burbach;Charlotte M. E. Heyer;Charlotte M. E. Heyer;Ludwig E. Hoelzle

  86
  Citations

• Long-term colony housing in Long Evans rats: immunological, hormonal, and behavioral consequences

  Volker Stefanski;Gunther Knopf;Silke Schulz

  75
  Citations

• Pre-slaughter conditions influence skatole and androstenone in adipose tissue of boars.

  Unknown

  67
  Citations

• The impact of phosphorus on the immune system and the intestinal microbiota with special focus on the pig.

  Charlotte M.E. Heyer;Eva Weiss;Sonja Schmucker;Markus Rodehutscord

  67
  Citations

• Psychosocial maternal stress during pregnancy: effects on reproduction for F0 and F1 generation laboratory rats.

  Alexander A. Götz;Martin Wolf;Volker Stefanski;Volker Stefanski

  57
  Citations

• Correlates between Feeding Ecology and Mercury Levels in Historical and Modern Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus)

  Natalia Bocharova;Gabriele Treu;Gábor Árpád Czirják;Oliver Krone

  56
  Citations

• Sustainability of Pork Production with Immunocastration in Europe

  Kevin Kress;Sam Millet;Étienne Labussière;Ulrike Weiler

  53
  Citations

• Immune parameters in two different laying hen strains during five production periods.

  Sonja Schmucker;Tanja Hofmann;Vera Sommerfeld;Korinna Huber

  42
  Citations