D. L. Thomas

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

D. L. Thomas is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. L. Thomas has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 25 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in D. L. Thomas's work include Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (24 papers), Reproductive Physiology in Livestock (13 papers) and Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (8 papers). D. L. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (24 papers), Reproductive Physiology in Livestock (13 papers) and Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (8 papers). D. L. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Italy. D. L. Thomas's co-authors include Yves Berger, B.C. McKusick, Paz Lavín, María José Milán Sendra, G. Caja, Giuseppe Pulina, Ana Helena Dias Francesconi, Emmanuel Morin, J. Capote and Alexandros Theodoridis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Dairy Science and Biology of Reproduction.

In The Last Decade

D. L. Thomas

47 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Invited review: Current production trends, farm structures, and economics of the dairy sheep and goat sectors

2018 315 citations Giuseppe Pulina, María José Milán Sendra et al. Journal of Dairy Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. L. Thomas United States	17	736	578	323	322	150	50	1.4k
A. Sanz Spain	24	754 1.0×	571 1.0×	94 0.3×	638 2.0×	126 0.8×	99	1.6k
T.A. Gipson United States	20	990 1.3×	760 1.3×	152 0.5×	549 1.7×	85 0.6×	98	1.6k
E. Ezra Israel	28	1.4k 1.9×	1.7k 3.0×	231 0.7×	494 1.5×	179 1.2×	77	2.4k
Steve Hart United States	22	868 1.2×	435 0.8×	163 0.5×	493 1.5×	110 0.7×	58	1.5k
M. H. Poore United States	25	1.5k 2.0×	530 0.9×	97 0.3×	458 1.4×	165 1.1×	113	2.1k
Nicolás DiLorenzo United States	25	1.2k 1.6×	419 0.7×	118 0.4×	499 1.5×	173 1.2×	176	1.8k
J.N. Spain United States	22	862 1.2×	387 0.7×	77 0.2×	621 1.9×	88 0.6×	38	1.5k
A.R. Rabiee Australia	22	1.6k 2.2×	830 1.4×	115 0.4×	481 1.5×	72 0.5×	42	1.9k
C. R. Krehbiel United States	28	1.3k 1.8×	563 1.0×	131 0.4×	766 2.4×	91 0.6×	72	2.0k
F.J. Mulligan Ireland	21	1.4k 1.9×	753 1.3×	82 0.3×	348 1.1×	83 0.6×	76	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. L. Thomas

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Pulina, Giuseppe, María José Milán Sendra, Paz Lavín, et al.. (2018). Invited review: Current production trends, farm structures, and economics of the dairy sheep and goat sectors. Journal of Dairy Science. 101(8). 6715–6729. 315 indexed citations breakdown →

Thomas, D. L., et al.. (2010). Effect of rumen-undegradable protein supplementation and fresh forage composition on nitrogen utilization of dairy ewes. Journal of Dairy Science. 94(1). 416–425. 13 indexed citations

Armentano, L.E., et al.. (2009). Effect of protein degradability on milk production of dairy ewes. Journal of Dairy Science. 92(9). 4507–4513. 16 indexed citations

Iñiguez, L., et al.. (2009). Udder measurements and milk production in two Awassi sheep genotypes and their crosses. Journal of Dairy Science. 92(9). 4613–4620. 34 indexed citations

Thomas, D. L., et al.. (2008). Effects of Supplementation and Stage of Lactation on Performance of Grazing Dairy Ewes. Journal of Dairy Science. 91(4). 1477–1485. 11 indexed citations

Angelis, Francesco De, et al.. (2007). Resin bonding using an all‐etch or self‐etch adhesive to enamel after carbamide peroxide and/or CPP‐ACP treatment. Australian Dental Journal. 52(2). 133–137. 38 indexed citations

Thonney, M. L., Pedro Martı́nez-Hernández, J. B. Taylor, & D. L. Thomas. (2007). Sheep symposium: Biology and management of low-input lambing in easy-care systems1. Journal of Animal Science. 86(suppl_14). E244–E245. 2 indexed citations

McKusick, B.C., D. L. Thomas, & Yves Berger. (2003). Effect of Omission of Machine Stripping on Milk Production and Parlor Throughput in East Friesian Dairy Ewes. Journal of Dairy Science. 86(2). 680–687. 6 indexed citations

Thomas, D. L., D. F. Waldron, Daniel G. Morrical, et al.. (2003). Length of docked tail and the incidence of rectal prolapse in lambs1. Journal of Animal Science. 81(11). 2725–2732. 36 indexed citations

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Jaeggi, J.J., S. Govindasamy-Lucey, Yves Berger, et al.. (2003). Hard Ewe's Milk Cheese Manufactured from Milk of Three Different Groups of Somatic Cell Counts. Journal of Dairy Science. 86(10). 3082–3089. 71 indexed citations

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McKusick, B.C., D. L. Thomas, Yves Berger, & Pierre‐Guy Marnet. (2002). Effect of Milking Interval on Alveolar Versus Cisternal Milk Accumulation and Milk Production and Composition in Dairy Ewes. Journal of Dairy Science. 85(9). 2197–2206. 69 indexed citations

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Vellidis, George, Calvin D. Perry, D. L. Thomas, et al.. (2001). THE PEANUT YIELD MONITORING SYSTEM. Transactions of the ASAE. 44(4). 21 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. L., Yves Berger, & B.C. McKusick. (2001). Effects of breed, management system, and nutrition on milk yield and milk composition of dairy sheep. Journal of Animal Science. 79(E-Suppl). E16–E16. 16 indexed citations

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Wendorff, W.L., et al.. (1998). Seasonal Changes in Protein Composition of Whey from Commercial Manufacture of Caprine and Ovine Specialty Cheeses. Journal of Dairy Science. 81(12). 3117–3122. 51 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. L., et al.. (1997). Genetic analysis of discrete reproductive traits in sheep using linear and nonlinear models: II. Goodness of fit and predictive ability.. Journal of Animal Science. 75(1). 88–88. 63 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. L., et al.. (1993). Performance of hair breeds and prolific wool breeds of sheep in southern Illinois: lamb production of F1 ewe lambs. Journal of Animal Science. 71(8). 2012–2017. 17 indexed citations

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Waldron, D. F., et al.. (1990). Central ram tests in the midwestern United States: III. Relationship between sire's central test performance and progeny performance.. Journal of Animal Science. 68(1). 45–53. 10 indexed citations

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Waldron, D. F., D. L. Thomas, J. M. Stookey, & Rohan L. Fernando. (1986). Relationship between growth of Suffolk rams on central performance test and growth of their progeny.. Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics applied to Livestock Production. 639–644. 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. L., et al.. (1983). Estilosantes cv. Pioneiro uma leguminosa forrageira para os Cerrados. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira. 18(3). 321–322. 3 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. L., et al.. (1983). Estilosantes cv. Bandeirante uma leguminosa forrageira para a região dos Cerrados. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira. 18(3). 319–320. 4 indexed citations

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