M. C. Appleby

4.9k citations

62 papers · 3.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 31

Impact in

Small Animals top 0.1%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
Animal Science and Zoology top 0.1%
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Livestock and Poultry Management

Papers in

Animal Science and Zoology 39
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology 35
- Livestock and Poultry Management 19
Small Animals 34
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies 34

Co-authors: B. O. Hughes (15 shared papers)Alistair B Lawrence (6 shared papers)Stuart F. Smith (5 shared papers)Peter Sandøe (2 shared papers)Jonathan J. Cooper (2 shared papers)HAMISH A. MACLEOD (2 shared papers)H.A. Elson (1 shared paper)Edmond Anthony Pajor (3 shared papers)
Journals: British Poultry Science (16 papers)Applied Animal Behaviour Science (8 papers)Animal Welfare (7 papers)Animal Science (5 papers)World s Poultry Science Journal (2 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Czechia

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M. C. Appleby

62 papers receiving 3.4k citations

M. C. Appleby's Hit Papers

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The Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) 2002 · 1.2k 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.

2002 Solar Physics

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1	The Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) Solar Physics ·R. P. Lin, Brian R. Dennis, G. J. Hurford, David M. Smith, Alex Zehnder, Peter R. Harvey, D. W. Curtis, D. Pankow Hit paper breakdown →	2002	1242
2	Food restriction as a cause of stereotypic behaviour in tethered gilts Animal Science ·M. C. Appleby, Alistair B Lawrence	1987	192
3	Welfare of laying hens in cages and alternative systems: environmental, physical and behavioural aspects World s Poultry Science Journal ·M. C. Appleby, B. O. Hughes	1991	174
4	Effect of perches in laying cages on welfare and production of hens British Poultry Science ·E.T. Duncan, M. C. Appleby, B. O. Hughes	1992	121
5	Measuring hunger in the pig using operant conditioning: The effect of food restriction Animal Science ·Alistair B Lawrence, M. C. Appleby, HAMISH A. MACLEOD	1988	104
6	Poultry Production Systems: Behaviour, Management and Welfare OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique) ·M. C. Appleby, B. O. Hughes, H.A. Elson	1992	104
7	Behaviour, health and integument of four hybrids of laying hens in modified and conventional cages British Poultry Science ·Per Abrahamsson, Ragnar Tauson, M. C. Appleby	1996	100
8	Philosophical Debate on the Nature of Well-Being: Implications for Animal Welfare Animal Welfare ·M. C. Appleby, Peter Sandøe	2002	78
9	Individual perching behaviour of laying hens and its effects in cages British Poultry Science ·M. C. Appleby, Stuart F. Smith, B. O. Hughes	1992	73
10	Increase in bone strength of spent laying hens housed in modified cages with perches Veterinary Record ·Bret A. Hughes, M. C. Appleby	1989	67
11	Farm Animal Welfare: The Interaction of Ethical Questions and Animal Welfare Science Animal Welfare ·Peter Sandøe, Stine B. Christiansen, M. C. Appleby	2003	64
12	The Value of Environmental Resources to Domestic Hens: A Comparison of the Work-Rate for Food and for Nests as a Function of Time Animal Welfare ·Jonathan J. Cooper, M. C. Appleby	2003	64
13	What causes crowding? Effects of space, facilities and group size on behaviour, with particular reference to furnished cages for hens Animal Welfare ·M. C. Appleby	2004	64
14	Effects of regular handling and exposure to an outside area on subsequent fearfulness and dispersal in domestic hens Applied Animal Behaviour Science ·P.N. Grigor, B. O. Hughes, M. C. Appleby	1995	61
15	The Edinburgh modified gage for laying hens British Poultry Science ·M. C. Appleby, B. O. Hughes	1995	54
16	Comparison of bone volume and strength as measures of skeletal integrity in caged laying hens with access to perches Research in Veterinary Science ·B. O. Hughes, Sandra Barbour Wilson, M. C. Appleby, Stuart F. Smith	1993	53
17	Individual variation in prelaying behaviour and the incidence of floor eggs British Poultry Science ·Jonathan J. Cooper, M. C. Appleby	1996	53
18	Individual variation in feeding and growth of piglets: effects of increased access to creep food Animal Science ·M. C. Appleby, Edmond Anthony Pajor, David J. Fraser	1992	50
19	Behaviour of laying hens in a deep litter house British Poultry Science ·M. C. Appleby, B. O. Hughes, George Hogarth	1989	47
20	Design of nest boxes for laying cages British Poultry Science ·M. C. Appleby, Stuart F. Smith	1991	46

About M. C. Appleby

M. C. Appleby is a scholar working on Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, Parasitology, Genetics and Ecology, having authored 62 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Animal Nutrition and Physiology (35 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (34 papers), Livestock and Poultry Management (19 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (10 papers), Bird parasitology and diseases (9 papers), Human-Animal Interaction Studies (9 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (4 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Small Animals (1.6k citations), Animal Science and Zoology (1.7k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.2k citations), Parasitology (188 citations) and Developmental Biology (39 citations). M. C. Appleby has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Czechia. Frequent co-authors include B. O. Hughes, Alistair B Lawrence, Stuart F. Smith, Peter Sandøe, Jonathan J. Cooper, HAMISH A. MACLEOD, H.A. Elson, Edmond Anthony Pajor, Bret A. Hughes and Ragnar Tauson. Their work appears in journals such as British Poultry Science, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Animal Welfare, Animal Science and World s Poultry Science Journal.

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