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Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Alexander Hsu
Carnegie Mellon University
2
Zhiyang Zheng
Guangdong Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing
3
ASAB Ethical Committee ABS Animal Care Committee
Unknown
4
Tristan Walter
University of Konstanz
5
Christos Tzanidakis
Agricultural University of Athens
6
Dihua Wu
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
7
Kailin Jiang
University of Science and Technology of China
8
Xingshi Xu
Ministry of Agriculture
9
Helena Russello
Centre for BioSystems Genomics
10
Jerine A.J. van der Eijk
Wageningen University & Research

Papers

1
Publication in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (2024) [44 citations, W4399468520]
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture|2024
44 cit.
2
YOLO-Claw: A fast and accurate method for chicken claw detection
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence|2024
20 cit.
3
Publication in Scientific Reports (2025) [7 citations, W4407832776]
Scientific Reports|2025
7 cit.
4
DCDNet: A deep neural network for dead chicken detection in layer farms
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture|2025
6 cit.
5
Publication in animal (2025) [W4406657383]
animal|2025
0 cit.
6
A Distributed Observer Design for Linear System Synchronization Over Corrupted Graph Communication
International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control|2025
0 cit.
7
Publication in Smart Agricultural Technology (2026) [W7125613126]
Smart Agricultural Technology|2026
0 cit.
8
Publication in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (2026) [W7154130002]
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering|2026
0 cit.
9
Publication in Tropical Animal Health and Production (2026) [W7162680175]
Tropical Animal Health and Production|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2
Miguel González‐Lozano
CNS Research (United States)
3
Johannes Bohacek
University of Zurich
4
Yueju Xue
Shanghai Civil Aviation College
5
Tracey Jones
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
6
Elizabeth Carter
University of New Hampshire
7
E.K. Miller-Cushon
University of Florida
8
Monique Pairis‐Garcia
North Carolina State University
9
Théo Michelot
Dalhousie University
10
Saskia S. Arndt
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

Papers

1
Learnable latent embeddings for joint behavioural and neural analysis
Nature|2023
338 cit.
2
SuperAnimal pretrained pose estimation models for behavioral analysis
Nature Communications|2024
81 cit.
3
A dynamic concept of animal welfare: The role of appetitive and adverse internal and external factors and the animal’s ability to adapt to them
Frontiers in Animal Science|2022
74 cit.
4
Multiomic profiling of the acute stress response in the mouse hippocampus
Nature Communications|2022
73 cit.
5
Flexible hidden Markov models for behaviour-dependent habitat selection
Movement Ecology|2023
48 cit.
6
Spatiotemporal graph convolutional network for automated detection and analysis of social behaviours among pre-weaning piglets
Biosystems Engineering|2022
35 cit.
7
Understanding step selection analysis through numerical integration
Methods in Ecology and Evolution|2023
33 cit.
8
Automated detection and analysis of piglet suckling behaviour using high-accuracy amodal instance segmentation
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture|2022
28 cit.
9
Effects of Social Housing on Dairy Calf Social Bonding
Animals|2022
26 cit.
10
Noradrenaline release from the locus coeruleus shapes stress-induced hippocampal gene expression
eLife|2023
22 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Daniel M. Weary
University of British Columbia
2
M.A.G. von Keyserlingk
University of British Columbia
3
David W. Macdonald
University of Oxford
4
S.A. Edwards
Newcastle University
5
A.B. Lawrence
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency
6
B. Kemp
Wageningen University & Research
7
Laura Green
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8
Christine J Nicol
Royal Veterinary College
9
Georgia Mason
University of Guelph
10
Marco Gamba
University of Turin

Papers

1
<scp>BORIS</scp>: a free, versatile open‐source event‐logging software for video/audio coding and live observations
Methods in Ecology and Evolution|2016
3.4k cit.
2
The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|2007
2.5k cit.
3
Agricultural abandonment in mountain areas of Europe: Environmental consequences and policy response
Journal of Environmental Management|2000
2k cit.
4
The ecology of carnivore social behaviour
Nature|1983
1.2k cit.
5
Does organic farming reduce environmental impacts? – A meta-analysis of European research
Journal of Environmental Management|2012
867 cit.
6
Can't stop, won't stop: is stereotypy a reliable animal welfare indicator?
Animal Welfare|2004
703 cit.
7
The SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey - I. Introduction and description
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|2001
628 cit.
8
Why and how should we use environmental enrichment to tackle stereotypic behaviour?
Applied Animal Behaviour Science|2006
591 cit.
9
The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication
Science|2007
566 cit.
10
The Impact of Clinical Lameness on the Milk Yield of Dairy Cows
Journal of Dairy Science|2002
559 cit.

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