Matthew C. Leach

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Matthew C. Leach is a scholar working on Small Animals, Genetics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew C. Leach has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Small Animals, 20 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Matthew C. Leach's work include Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia (39 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (24 papers) and Human-Animal Interaction Studies (19 papers). Matthew C. Leach is often cited by papers focused on Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia (39 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (24 papers) and Human-Animal Interaction Studies (19 papers). Matthew C. Leach collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Matthew C. Leach's co-authors include Paul Flecknell, Amy L. Miller, Emanuela Dalla Costa, Michela Minero, Lynne U. Sneddon, Diana Stucke, Dirk Lebelt, Robert W. Elwood, Shelley A. Adamo and Elisabetta Canali and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Matthew C. Leach

64 papers receiving 3.0k 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 →
Defining and assessing animal pain

2014 300 citations Matthew C. Leach et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew C. Leach United Kingdom	28	2.4k	935	759	614	395	65	3.2k
Katherine A. Houpt United States	44	2.3k 1.0×	2.3k 2.5×	1.5k 2.0×	840 1.4×	672 1.7×	191	5.3k
Jan Ladewig Denmark	30	1.8k 0.8×	795 0.9×	532 0.7×	1.2k 1.9×	293 0.7×	89	2.5k
Jan Langbein Germany	30	2.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.9×	550 0.7×	1.8k 2.9×	601 1.5×	82	4.0k
Eberhard von Borell Germany	26	1.6k 0.7×	635 0.7×	349 0.5×	1.4k 2.3×	243 0.6×	82	2.6k
Adroaldo José Zanella Brazil	30	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	230 0.3×	884 1.4×	428 1.1×	112	2.5k
Christine Leterrier France	31	1.5k 0.7×	574 0.6×	419 0.6×	2.0k 3.2×	334 0.8×	103	3.4k
Edmond A. Pajor Canada	42	4.3k 1.8×	1.6k 1.7×	195 0.3×	2.9k 4.8×	426 1.1×	146	5.5k
J.N. Marchant United States	32	2.4k 1.0×	974 1.0×	384 0.5×	2.1k 3.4×	320 0.8×	120	3.7k
Michela Minero Italy	27	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	896 1.5×	190 0.5×	101	2.8k
Carole Fureix France	26	1.1k 0.5×	644 0.7×	884 1.2×	308 0.5×	235 0.6×	47	1.6k

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Mehrnezhad, Maryam, et al.. (2023). Security and privacy of pet technologies: actual risks vs user perception. 2.

Mehrnezhad, Maryam, et al.. (2022). Security and Privacy Concerns of Pet Tech Users. 155–162. 1 indexed citations

Miller, Amy L., et al.. (2022). Evaluating Pain and Analgesia Effectiveness Following Routine Castration in Rabbits Using Behavior and Facial Expressions. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 9. 782486–782486. 9 indexed citations

McKeegan, Dorothy, et al.. (2022). Determining Candidate Hypobaric Hypoxia Profiles for Humane Killing of Laboratory Mice. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 9. 834478–834478. 6 indexed citations

Robinson, Lauren M., Natalie Waran, Ian Handel, & Matthew C. Leach. (2021). Happiness, welfare, and personality in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 236. 105268–105268. 9 indexed citations

Leach, Matthew C., et al.. (2020). Negative mood affects the expression of negative but not positive emotions in mice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1933). 9 indexed citations

Dai, Francesca, et al.. (2020). Does Thirty-Minute Standardised Training Improve the Inter-Observer Reliability of the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS)? A Case Study. Animals. 10(5). 781–781. 25 indexed citations

McLennan, Krista M., Amy L. Miller, Emanuela Dalla Costa, et al.. (2019). Conceptual and methodological issues relating to pain assessment in mammals: The development and utilisation of pain facial expression scales. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 217. 1–15. 52 indexed citations

Miller, Amy L., et al.. (2019). Validation of mouse welfare indicators: a Delphi consultation survey. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10249–10249. 26 indexed citations

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Dwyer, Dominic M., et al.. (2018). Handling method alters the hedonic value of reward in laboratory mice. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 2448–2448. 62 indexed citations

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Schoemaker, Nico J., Riccardo Pascuzzo, Matthew C. Leach, et al.. (2017). The composition and initial evaluation of a grimace scale in ferrets after surgical implantation of a telemetry probe. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0187986–e0187986. 55 indexed citations

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Viscardi, Abbie V., et al.. (2017). Development of a Piglet Grimace Scale to Evaluate Piglet Pain Using Facial Expressions Following Castration and Tail Docking: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 4. 51–51. 97 indexed citations

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McLennan, Krista M., Carlos Rebelo, Murray J. Corke, et al.. (2016). Development of a facial expression scale using footrot and mastitis as models of pain in sheep. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 176. 19–26. 137 indexed citations

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Thomas, Aurélie, Amy L. Miller, J. V. Roughan, et al.. (2016). Efficacy of Intrathecal Morphine in a Model of Surgical Pain in Rats. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0163909–e0163909. 17 indexed citations

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Giminiani, Pierpaolo Di, et al.. (2016). The Assessment of Facial Expressions in Piglets Undergoing Tail Docking and Castration: Toward the Development of the Piglet Grimace Scale. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 3. 100–100. 89 indexed citations

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Beausoleil, Ngaio J., et al.. (2016). Coding and quantification of a facial expression for pain in lambs. Behavioural Processes. 132. 49–56. 76 indexed citations

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Miller, Amy L., et al.. (2015). The effect of isoflurane anaesthesia and buprenorphine on the mouse grimace scale and behaviour in CBA and DBA/2 mice. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 172. 58–62. 50 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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Keating, Stephanie, Aurélie Thomas, Paul Flecknell, & Matthew C. Leach. (2012). Evaluation of EMLA Cream for Preventing Pain during Tattooing of Rabbits: Changes in Physiological, Behavioural and Facial Expression Responses. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e44437–e44437. 237 indexed citations

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Leach, Matthew C., et al.. (2009). Behavioural effects of ovariohysterectomy and oral administration of meloxicam in laboratory housed rabbits. Research in Veterinary Science. 87(2). 336–347. 82 indexed citations

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