Dirk Lebelt

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 866 citations indexed

About

Dirk Lebelt is a scholar working on Equine, Small Animals and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Lebelt has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 866 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Equine, 10 papers in Small Animals and 6 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Dirk Lebelt's work include Veterinary Equine Medical Research (11 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (7 papers) and Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia (6 papers). Dirk Lebelt is often cited by papers focused on Veterinary Equine Medical Research (11 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (7 papers) and Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia (6 papers). Dirk Lebelt collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Dirk Lebelt's co-authors include Diana Stucke, Emanuela Dalla Costa, Michela Minero, Matthew C. Leach, Elisabetta Canali, Francesca Dai, Adroaldo José Zanella, Jürgen Unshelm, AJ Zanella and S. Barbieri and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied Animal Behaviour Science and Veterinary Record.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Lebelt

13 papers receiving 828 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.

Development of the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS) as a Pain Assessment Tool in Horses Undergoing Routine Castration

2014 393 citations Emanuela Dalla Costa, Michela Minero et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Lebelt Italy	12	648	571	238	171	127	13	866
Diana Stucke Italy	7	505 0.8×	403 0.7×	180 0.8×	115 0.7×	90 0.7×	10	656
Francesca Dai Italy	15	619 1.0×	519 0.9×	298 1.3×	214 1.3×	162 1.3×	38	789
Carol Hall United Kingdom	17	524 0.8×	638 1.1×	303 1.3×	211 1.2×	121 1.0×	35	994
Machteld C. Van Dierendonck Netherlands	15	431 0.7×	544 1.0×	164 0.7×	105 0.6×	66 0.5×	19	767
Johannes P.A.M. van Loon Netherlands	19	583 0.9×	594 1.0×	83 0.3×	104 0.6×	109 0.9×	38	828
RN WARD New Zealand	22	1.2k 1.9×	570 1.0×	201 0.8×	483 2.8×	72 0.6×	30	1.4k
Karina Bech Gleerup Denmark	8	446 0.7×	323 0.6×	148 0.6×	114 0.7×	58 0.5×	12	533
AJ Zanella United States	15	515 0.8×	365 0.6×	221 0.9×	294 1.7×	52 0.4×	19	757
Emanuela Dalla Costa Italy	22	1.2k 1.9×	817 1.4×	642 2.7×	496 2.9×	235 1.9×	69	1.8k
RA BRUCE New Zealand	20	874 1.3×	434 0.8×	137 0.6×	366 2.1×	60 0.5×	24	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Lebelt

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13 of 13 papers shown

Costa, Emanuela Dalla, Francesca Dai, Cristina Lecchi, et al.. (2021). Towards an improved pain assessment in castrated horses using facial expressions (HGS) and circulating miRNAs. Veterinary Record. 188(9). e82–e82. 7 indexed citations

Costa, Emanuela Dalla, Riccardo Pascuzzo, Matthew C. Leach, et al.. (2018). Can grimace scales estimate the pain status in horses and mice? A statistical approach to identify a classifier. PLoS ONE. 13(8). e0200339–e0200339. 45 indexed citations

Lecchi, Cristina, Emanuela Dalla Costa, Dirk Lebelt, et al.. (2017). Circulating miR-23b-3p, miR-145-5p and miR-200b-3p are potential biomarkers to monitor acute pain associated with laminitis in horses. animal. 12(2). 366–375. 21 indexed citations

Costa, Emanuela Dalla, et al.. (2017). Do Different Emotional States Affect the Horse Grimace Scale Score? A Pilot Study. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 54. 114–117. 37 indexed citations

Costa, Emanuela Dalla, Francesca Dai, Dirk Lebelt, et al.. (2016). Initial outcomes of a harmonized approach to collect welfare data in sport and leisure horses. animal. 11(2). 254–260. 26 indexed citations

Costa, Emanuela Dalla, Diana Stucke, Francesca Dai, et al.. (2016). Using the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS) to Assess Pain Associated with Acute Laminitis in Horses (Equus caballus). Animals. 6(8). 47–47. 89 indexed citations

Costa, Emanuela Dalla, Francesca Dai, Dirk Lebelt, et al.. (2016). Welfare assessment of horses: the AWIN approach. Animal Welfare. 25(4). 481–488. 59 indexed citations

Stucke, Diana, et al.. (2015). Simultaneous detection and quantification of six equine cytokines in plasma using a fluorescent microsphere immunoassay (FMIA). MethodsX. 2. 241–248. 15 indexed citations

Stucke, Diana, et al.. (2015). Measuring heart rate variability in horses to investigate the autonomic nervous system activity – Pros and cons of different methods. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 166. 1–10. 74 indexed citations

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Costa, Emanuela Dalla, Michela Minero, Dirk Lebelt, et al.. (2014). Development of the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS) as a Pain Assessment Tool in Horses Undergoing Routine Castration. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92281–e92281. 393 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lebelt, Dirk, Adroaldo José Zanella, & Jürgen Unshelm. (1998). Physiological correlates associated with cribbing behaviour in horses: changes in thermal threshold, heart rate, plasma β‐endorphin and serotonin. Equine Veterinary Journal. 30(S27). 21–27. 59 indexed citations

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Ferrante, V., et al.. (1996). Plasma levels of b-endorphin and in vitro lymphocyte proliferation as indicator of welfare in horses in normal or restrained conditions. Pferdeheilkunde Equine Medicine. 12(4). 415–418. 17 indexed citations

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Lebelt, Dirk, et al.. (1996). Salivary cortisol in stallions: the relationship with plasma levels, daytime profile and changes in response to semen sollection. Pferdeheilkunde Equine Medicine. 12(4). 411–414. 24 indexed citations

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