Alejandro Belanche

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Alejandro Belanche is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Environmental Chemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Belanche has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 12 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Belanche's work include Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (56 papers), Reproductive Physiology in Livestock (10 papers) and Turfgrass Adaptation and Management (10 papers). Alejandro Belanche is often cited by papers focused on Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (56 papers), Reproductive Physiology in Livestock (10 papers) and Turfgrass Adaptation and Management (10 papers). Alejandro Belanche collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and France. Alejandro Belanche's co-authors include C. J. Newbold, Gabriel de la Fuente, E. Ramos‐Morales, Neil McEwan, David R. Yáñez-Ruíz, Eric Pinloche, J. M. Moorby, Joan E. Edwards, Michel Doreau and Alison H. Kingston‐Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Belanche

61 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Role of Ciliate Protozoa in the Rumen

2015 423 citations C. J. Newbold, Gabriel de la Fuente et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alejandro Belanche Spain	22	1.5k	427	288	253	245	63	2.0k
Emilio M. Ungerfeld Chile	27	1.9k 1.2×	413 1.0×	237 0.8×	324 1.3×	132 0.5×	72	2.5k
Nicola Walker United Kingdom	25	1.7k 1.1×	397 0.9×	286 1.0×	415 1.6×	154 0.6×	54	2.3k
Renée M. Petri Austria	24	1.1k 0.7×	662 1.6×	186 0.6×	285 1.1×	126 0.5×	58	1.8k
Hiroki Matsui Japan	17	1.2k 0.8×	736 1.7×	219 0.8×	190 0.8×	153 0.6×	67	2.0k
Elie Jami Israel	16	1.4k 0.9×	965 2.3×	276 1.0×	163 0.6×	151 0.6×	22	2.2k
Joan E. Edwards United Kingdom	25	1.3k 0.8×	880 2.1×	471 1.6×	179 0.7×	218 0.9×	66	2.5k
Leticia Abecia Spain	26	1.1k 0.7×	689 1.6×	240 0.8×	375 1.5×	110 0.4×	81	2.2k
J.A.N. Mills United States	27	1.1k 0.7×	351 0.8×	316 1.1×	268 1.1×	226 0.9×	71	2.2k
María José Ranilla Spain	30	1.9k 1.2×	291 0.7×	361 1.3×	366 1.4×	156 0.6×	107	2.2k
David M. Stevenson United States	21	1.3k 0.9×	872 2.0×	255 0.9×	143 0.6×	193 0.8×	26	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Belanche

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Belanche, Alejandro, et al.. (2025). Can feedlot cattle increase productivity and decrease methane emissions by lowering the straw particle size?. Animal Feed Science and Technology. 323. 116282–116282.

Belanche, Alejandro, et al.. (2025). Unmixed Diet Versus Total Mixed Ration in Beef Cattle Fed High-Concentrate Diets: Effects on Methane Emissions, Animal Performance, and Rumen Fermentation. Animals. 15(5). 723–723. 1 indexed citations

Rubino, Francesco, Christopher J. Creevey, Seppo Ahvenjärvi, et al.. (2024). Integrating microbial abundance time series with fermentation dynamics of the rumen microbiome via mathematical modelling. PLoS ONE. 19(3). e0298930–e0298930. 5 indexed citations

Martínez, Juan Manuel, M.C. Gutiérrez, Miguel Calvo, et al.. (2024). Investigating technological processing supporting the assessment of novel proteins in food and feed risk assessment. EFSA Supporting Publications. 21(11). 1 indexed citations

Durmic, Z., Evert C. Duin, A. Bannink, et al.. (2024). Feed additives for methane mitigation: Recommendations for identification and selection of bioactive compounds to develop antimethanogenic feed additives. Journal of Dairy Science. 108(1). 302–321. 8 indexed citations

Belanche, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Early life supplementation with a natural blend containing turmeric, thymol, and yeast cell wall components to optimize rumen anatomical and microbiological development and productivity in dairy goats. Journal of Dairy Science. 106(7). 4634–4649. 6 indexed citations

Belanche, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Multi-omics in vitro study of the salivary modulation of the goat rumen microbiome. animal. 17(8). 100895–100895. 3 indexed citations

Belanche, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the effect of phenolic compounds as hydrogen acceptors when ruminal methanogenesis is inhibited in vitro – Part 1. Dairy cows. animal. 17(5). 100788–100788. 11 indexed citations

Popova, Milka, et al.. (2022). In Vivo Study of Combining Asparagopsis taxiformis and Phloroglucinol to Reduce MethaneProduction and Improve Rumen Fermentation Efficiency in Goats. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 3 indexed citations

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Jiménez, Elisabeth, Milka Popova, Diego Morgavi, et al.. (2021). Inoculation with rumen fluid in early life accelerates the rumen microbial development and favours the weaning process in goats. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 43 indexed citations

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Belanche, Alejandro, et al.. (2020). Inoculation with rumen fluid in early life as a strategy to optimize the weaning process in intensive dairy goat systems. Journal of Dairy Science. 103(6). 5047–5060. 37 indexed citations

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Belanche, Alejandro, et al.. (2020). A multi-stakeholder participatory study identifies the priorities for the sustainability of the small ruminants farming sector in Europe. animal. 15(2). 100131–100131. 33 indexed citations

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Belanche, Alejandro, et al.. (2018). Short- and long-term effects of conventional and artificial rearing strategies on the health and performance of growing lambs. animal. 13(4). 740–749. 32 indexed citations

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Zaralis, Konstantinos, Laurence Smith, Alejandro Belanche, et al.. (2017). Developing an Assessment Tool to Evaluate the Sustainability of Sheep and Goat Farming Systems in Europe.. CentAUR (University of Reading). 633–641. 5 indexed citations

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Belanche, Alejandro, et al.. (2015). Effects and mode of action of chitosan and ivy fruit saponins on the microbiome, fermentation and methanogenesis in the rumen simulation technique. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 92(1). fiv160–fiv160. 86 indexed citations

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Belanche, Alejandro, Martin Riis Weisbjerg, Gordon Allison, C. J. Newbold, & J. M. Moorby. (2014). Measurement of rumen dry matter and neutral detergent fiber degradability of feeds by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Dairy Science. 97(4). 2361–2375. 19 indexed citations

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Belanche, Alejandro, Martin Riis Weisbjerg, Gordon Allison, C. J. Newbold, & J. M. Moorby. (2013). Estimation of feed crude protein concentration and rumen degradability by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Dairy Science. 96(12). 7867–7880. 15 indexed citations

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Belanche, Alejandro, Michel Doreau, Joan E. Edwards, et al.. (2012). Shifts in the Rumen Microbiota Due to the Type of Carbohydrate and Level of Protein Ingested by Dairy Cattle Are Associated with Changes in Rumen Fermentation. Journal of Nutrition. 142(9). 1684–1692. 223 indexed citations

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Belanche, Alejandro, Leticia Abecia, Grietje Holtrop, et al.. (2011). Study of the effect of presence or absence of protozoa on rumen fermentation and microbial protein contribution to the chyme1. Journal of Animal Science. 89(12). 4163–4174. 40 indexed citations

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Fuente, Gabriel de la, Alejandro Belanche, Leticia Abecia, B. A. Dehority, & M. Fondevila. (2008). Rumen protozoal diversity in the Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica) as compared with domestic goats (Capra hircus). European Journal of Protistology. 45(2). 112–120. 12 indexed citations

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