Alistair B Lawrence

17.6k citations

291 papers · 13.5k · 2 hit papers · h-index 59

Impact in

Small Animals top 0.01%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
Animal Science and Zoology top 0.01%
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Meat and Animal Product Quality

Papers in

Small Animals 233
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies 230
Animal Science and Zoology 123
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology 92
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock 36
- Meat and Animal Product Quality 32

Co-authors: Claudia E.M. Terlouw (17 shared papers)Françoise Wemelsfelder (13 shared papers)Marie J. Haskell (33 shared papers)Cathy Dwyer (20 shared papers)S.A. Edwards (24 shared papers)Richard B. D’Eath (18 shared papers)Emma Baxter (16 shared papers)Simon P. Turner (18 shared papers)
Journals: Applied Animal Behaviour Science (62 papers)Animal Science (19 papers)Animal Welfare (16 papers)Animal Behaviour (11 papers)animal (10 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Denmark

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Alistair B Lawrence

281 papers receiving 12.7k citations

Alistair B Lawrence's Hit Papers

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A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare 2025 · 49 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2025 Biology Letters
2007 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1	The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Alistair B Lawrence, Stephen J. Warren, O. Almaini, Alastair C. Edge, Nigel Hambly, Richard F. Jameson, Philip Lucas, Mark M. Casali Hit paper breakdown →	2007	1721
2	The SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey - I. Introduction and description Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Nigel Hambly, Harvey T. MacGillivray, M. A. Read, S. B. Tritton, E. B. Thomson, B. D. Kelly, DAVID H. J. MORGAN, R. C. Smith	2001	423
3	Assessing the ‘whole animal’: a free choice profiling approach Animal Behaviour ·Françoise Wemelsfelder, Tony E.A. Hunter, Michael Mendl, Alistair B Lawrence	2001	300
4	Investigating the behavioural and physiological indicators of neonatal survival in pigs Theriogenology ·Emma Baxter, Suzanne Jarvis, Richard B. D’Eath, Dave W. Ross, Sheena K. Robson, Marianne Farish, I. M. Nevison, Alistair B Lawrence	2008	257
5	The accumulation of skin lesions and their use as a predictor of individual aggressiveness in pigs Applied Animal Behaviour Science ·Simon P. Turner, Mark James Farnworth, Ian M. White, Sue Brotherstone, Pieter W. Knap, P.C. Penny, Alistair B Lawrence +1 other	2005	255
6	The welfare implications of large litter size in the domestic pig I: biological factors Animal Welfare ·Emma Baxter, Richard B. D’Eath, Simon P. Turner, Gareth Arnott, R. Roehe, B. Ask, Peter Sandøe, Vivi Aarestrup Moustsen	2013	244
7	Housing System, Milk Production, and Zero-Grazing Effects on Lameness and Leg Injury in Dairy Cows Journal of Dairy Science ·Marie J. Haskell, L J Rennie, V A Bowell, Matthew Bell, Alistair B Lawrence	2006	239
8	A review of behavioral factors involved in the development and continued performance of stereotypic behaviors in pigs Journal of Animal Science ·Alistair B Lawrence, Claudia E.M. Terlouw	1993	235
9	The spontaneous qualitative assessment of behavioural expressions in pigs: first explorations of a novel methodology for integrative animal welfare measurement Applied Animal Behaviour Science ·Françoise Wemelsfelder, E. Anthony Hunter, Michael Mendl, Alistair B Lawrence	2000	235
10	Food restriction as a cause of stereotypic behaviour in tethered gilts Animal Science ·M. C. Appleby, Alistair B Lawrence	1987	192
11	Influences of feeding level and physical restriction on development of stereotypies in sows Animal Behaviour ·Claudia E.M. Terlouw, Alistair B Lawrence, Andrew W. Illius	1991	191
12	The neuroscience of positive emotions and affect: Implications for cultivating happiness and wellbeing Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews ·Rebecca Alexander, Oriana R. Aragón, Jamila Bookwala, Nicolas Cherbuin, Justine Megan Gatt, Ian J. Kahrilas, Niklas Kästner, Alistair B Lawrence	2020	185
13	The effect of environment on behaviour, plasma cortisol and prolactin in parturient sows Applied Animal Behaviour Science ·Alistair B Lawrence, J. Carol Petherick, K.A. McLean, L.A. Deans, Joan Chirnside, A. Gaughan, Eddie R Clutton, E.M.C. TERLOUW	1994	177
14	The welfare implications of large litter size in the domestic pig II: management factors Animal Welfare ·Emma Baxter, Richard B. D’Eath, Gareth Arnott, Simon P. Turner, Peter Sandøe, VA Moustsen, F. Thorup, S.A. Edwards	2013	162
15	‘Freedom from hunger’ and preventing obesity: the animal welfare implications of reducing food quantity or quality Animal Behaviour ·Richard B. D’Eath, B.J. Tolkamp, Ilias Kyriazakis, Alistair B Lawrence	2008	161
16	Injurious tail biting in pigs: how can it be controlled in existing systems without tail docking? animal ·Richard B. D’Eath, Gareth Arnott, Simon P. Turner, Troels Staehelin Jensen, H.P. Lahrmann, Marie Erika Busch, Jarkko K. Niemi, Alistair B Lawrence	2014	151
17	Ewe–lamb bonding behaviours at birth are affected by maternal undernutrition in pregnancy British Journal Of Nutrition ·Alistair B Lawrence, Stephen Bishop, Mitch Lewis +1 other	2003	140
18	Programming the offspring of the pig by prenatal social stress: Neuroendocrine activity and behaviour Hormones and Behavior ·Susan Jarvis, Christine Moinard, Sheena K. Robson, Emma Baxter, Elisabeth Ormandy, Alison J. Douglas, Jonathan R. Seckl, John A. Russell	2005	135
19	What Is so Positive about Positive Animal Welfare?—A Critical Review of the Literature Animals ·Alistair B Lawrence, Belinda Vigors, Peter Sandøe	2019	135
20	Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of emotionality in pigs Applied Animal Behaviour Science ·Kenny Rutherford, Ramona D. Donald, Alistair B Lawrence, Françoise Wemelsfelder	2012	131

About Alistair B Lawrence

Alistair B Lawrence is a scholar working on Small Animals, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Social Psychology and Agronomy and Crop Science, having authored 291 papers that have together received 13.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (230 papers), Animal Nutrition and Physiology (92 papers), Human-Animal Interaction Studies (71 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (47 papers), Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock (36 papers), Meat and Animal Product Quality (32 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (31 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (28 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Small Animals (8.5k citations), Animal Science and Zoology (5.9k citations), Instrumentation (1000 citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (1.7k citations) and Genetics (4.4k citations). Alistair B Lawrence has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include Claudia E.M. Terlouw, Françoise Wemelsfelder, Marie J. Haskell, Cathy Dwyer, S.A. Edwards, Richard B. D’Eath, Emma Baxter, Simon P. Turner, Michael Mendl and Andrew W. Illius. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Animal Science, Animal Welfare, Animal Behaviour and animal.

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