David Main

6.2k total citations
101 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

David Main is a scholar working on Small Animals, Genetics and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Main has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Small Animals, 30 papers in Genetics and 27 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in David Main's work include Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (64 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (20 papers) and Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock (17 papers). David Main is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (64 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (20 papers) and Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock (17 papers). David Main collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. David Main's co-authors include HR Whay, James Yeates, Laura Green, A.J.F. Webster, K. A. Leach, Siobhan Mullan, N.J. Bell, Z.E. Barker, S.A. Edwards and Joy Pritchard and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

David Main

96 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Main United Kingdom	36	3.4k	1.9k	1.9k	1.0k	506	101	4.7k
Clive Phillips Australia	39	2.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	384 0.8×	351	6.5k
Xavier Manteca Spain	43	3.9k 1.2×	3.3k 1.7×	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	210 0.4×	259	6.7k
Donald M. Broom United Kingdom	50	6.1k 1.8×	4.0k 2.1×	3.0k 1.6×	833 0.8×	274 0.5×	182	9.0k
Kevin J. Stafford New Zealand	34	2.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	250 0.5×	153	4.7k
Isabelle Veissier France	48	6.2k 1.8×	4.2k 2.2×	3.2k 1.7×	937 0.9×	230 0.5×	158	8.1k
J.L. Barnett Australia	42	4.6k 1.4×	3.2k 1.7×	2.5k 1.3×	513 0.5×	244 0.5×	112	5.8k
Catherine M Dwyer United Kingdom	40	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.6×	102 0.2×	145	4.4k
Björn Forkman Denmark	38	4.2k 1.2×	2.7k 1.4×	2.5k 1.3×	299 0.3×	262 0.5×	136	6.2k
Linda Keeling Sweden	51	5.4k 1.6×	4.3k 2.3×	2.4k 1.2×	432 0.4×	337 0.7×	181	8.0k
D. J. Mellor New Zealand	41	2.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	761 0.7×	125 0.2×	113	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David Main

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Main

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Main

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Main, David, et al.. (2023). Calf health veterinary services: Making them work for calves, farmers and veterinarians. Veterinary Record. 193(8). e3051–e3051. 2 indexed citations

Bard, Alison, David Main, Anne M. Haase, Helen R. Whay, & Kristen K. Reyher. (2022). Veterinary communication can influence farmer Change Talk and can be modified following brief Motivational Interviewing training. PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0265586–e0265586. 7 indexed citations

Buller, Henry, et al.. (2020). A participatory, farmer-led approach to changing practices around antimicrobial use on UK farms. Journal of Dairy Science. 104(2). 2212–2230. 46 indexed citations

Bard, Alison, David Main, Emma Roe, et al.. (2019). To change or not to change? Veterinarian and farmer perceptions of relational factors influencing the enactment of veterinary advice on dairy farms in the United Kingdom. Journal of Dairy Science. 102(11). 10379–10394. 62 indexed citations

Lin, Yi‐Chun, Siobhan Mullan, & David Main. (2018). Use of welfare outcome information in three types of dairy farm inspection reports. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences. 31(9). 1525–1534. 7 indexed citations

Main, David, et al.. (2015). Using motivational interviewing in veterinarian-farmer communication: towards improved uptake of veterinary advice. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

Bennett, Richard, Z.E. Barker, David Main, HR Whay, & K. A. Leach. (2013). Investigating the value dairy farmers place on a reduction of lameness in their herds using a willingness to pay approach. The Veterinary Journal. 199(1). 72–75. 20 indexed citations

Main, David, et al.. (2012). Welfare outcomes assessment in dairy farm assurance schemes. Explore Bristol Research. 20. 142–145. 3 indexed citations

Main, David & Siobhan Mullan. (2012). Economic, education, encouragement and enforcement influences within farm assurance schemes. Animal Welfare. 21(1). 107–111. 7 indexed citations

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Main, David, K. A. Leach, Z.E. Barker, et al.. (2012). Evaluating an intervention to reduce lameness in dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science. 95(6). 2946–2954. 52 indexed citations

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Bell, N.J., HR Whay, Elizabeth A. Berry, et al.. (2012). A descriptive review of the peer and non-peer reviewed literature on the treatment and prevention of foot lameness in cattle published between 2000 and 2011. The Veterinary Journal. 193(3). 612–616. 76 indexed citations

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Bell, N.J. & David Main. (2011). Case report: Engaging farm staff in a lameness control programme. 16(3). 33–38. 3 indexed citations

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Main, David, et al.. (2009). Tail-biting: A new perspective. The Veterinary Journal. 186(2). 137–147. 242 indexed citations

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Marley, Christina, et al.. (2009). Aligning health and welfare principles and practice in organic dairy systems: a review. animal. 4(2). 259–271. 21 indexed citations

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Main, David, HR Whay, Christine Leeb, & A.J.F. Webster. (2007). Formal animal-based welfare assessment in UK certification systems. Animal Welfare. 16(2). 233–236. 39 indexed citations

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Yeates, James & David Main. (2007). Assessment of positive welfare: A review. The Veterinary Journal. 175(3). 293–300. 355 indexed citations

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Lascelles, B. Duncan X. & David Main. (2002). Surgical trauma and chronically painful conditions—within our comfort level but beyond theirs?. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 221(2). 215–222. 26 indexed citations

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Pearson, G. R., Michael Day, David Main, & Joya Pawade. (1999). B-cell (CD79a+) Lymphoma Affecting the Tarsal Joint Synovia in a Sheep. Journal of Comparative Pathology. 120(3). 295–299. 8 indexed citations

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Main, David, A.E. Waterman, I.C. Kilpatrick, & Alan J. Jones. (1997). An assessment of the peripheral antinociceptive potential of remoxipride, clonidine and fentanyl in sheep using the forelimb tourniquet. Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 20(3). 220–228. 6 indexed citations

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Main, David, A.E. Waterman, & I.C. Kilpatrick. (1995). Behavioural analysis of changes in nociceptive thresholds produced by remoxipride in sheep and rats. European Journal of Pharmacology. 287(3). 221–231. 14 indexed citations

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