Nigel Tomkins

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nigel Tomkins is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel Tomkins has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Nigel Tomkins's work include Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (16 papers), Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds (5 papers) and Pasture and Agricultural Systems (3 papers). Nigel Tomkins is often cited by papers focused on Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (16 papers), Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds (5 papers) and Pasture and Agricultural Systems (3 papers). Nigel Tomkins collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Nigel Tomkins's co-authors include Rocky de Nys, Christopher S. McSweeney, Robert D. Kinley, Stuart E. Denman, Marie Magnusson, Lorenna Machado, Nicholas A. Paul, G. Martı́nez, Matthew J. Vucko and Matthew Tom Harrison and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Nigel Tomkins

19 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mitigating the carbon footprint and improving productivity of ruminant livestock agriculture using a red seaweed

2020 265 citations Robert D. Kinley, Rocky de Nys et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nigel Tomkins Australia	15	1.1k	317	316	304	220	22	1.8k
G. Martı́nez Spain	23	1.0k 1.0×	250 0.8×	84 0.3×	405 1.3×	194 0.9×	60	2.0k
Breanna M. Roque Australia	12	457 0.4×	215 0.7×	140 0.4×	116 0.4×	83 0.4×	18	830
T. Yan United Kingdom	34	2.8k 2.6×	1.0k 3.3×	81 0.3×	330 1.1×	129 0.6×	161	3.8k
Wuttichai Mhuantong Thailand	25	149 0.1×	402 1.3×	49 0.2×	723 2.4×	91 0.4×	88	1.6k
S.R.O. Williams Australia	26	1.6k 1.5×	684 2.2×	32 0.1×	199 0.7×	165 0.8×	78	2.4k
E. Charmley Australia	24	1.3k 1.2×	389 1.2×	30 0.1×	95 0.3×	38 0.2×	93	2.1k
Anne Louise Frydendahl Hellwing Denmark	21	1.1k 1.0×	349 1.1×	57 0.2×	141 0.5×	142 0.6×	67	1.5k
J. Bertilsson Sweden	22	1.4k 1.3×	305 1.0×	9 0.0×	271 0.9×	95 0.4×	158	2.0k
A.F. Brito United States	24	1.3k 1.2×	176 0.6×	66 0.2×	180 0.6×	14 0.1×	103	1.7k
Stéphane Duval Canada	27	2.0k 1.8×	599 1.9×	33 0.1×	298 1.0×	366 1.7×	41	2.4k

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Dent, M. M., et al.. (2025). The effect of bromoform supplementation in Angus cows during late gestation on offspring’s growth performance and maternal greenhouse gas emissions using two devices. Livestock Science. 298. 105720–105720.

Cowley, Frances, et al.. (2025). The effect of Asparagopsis oil supplementation level on tissue residues and meat quality of Merino sheep fed high- or low-quality basal diets. Small Ruminant Research. 254. 107659–107659.

Cowley, Frances, et al.. (2025). Dose-response of Asparagopsis extract and diet quality effects enteric methane emissions for sheep fed high-forage diets. Small Ruminant Research. 246. 107487–107487. 1 indexed citations

Karpe, Avinash V., Stuart E. Denman, Matthew J. Callaghan, et al.. (2025). Biosynthesis of bromoform by Curvularia fungi provides a natural pathway to mitigate enteric methane emissions from ruminants. Biotechnology Reports. 45. e00876–e00876.

Bai, Mei, J. Velazco, Trevor Coates, et al.. (2021). Beef cattle methane emissions measured with tracer-ratio and inverse dispersion modelling techniques. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(5). 3469–3479. 10 indexed citations

Tomkins, Nigel, Matthew Tom Harrison, Christopher S. McSweeney, et al.. (2019). Greenhouse gas implications of leucaena-based pastures. Can we develop an emissions reduction methodology for the beef industry?. Tropical Grasslands - Forrajes Tropicales. 7(4). 267–272. 11 indexed citations

Machado, Lorenna, Nigel Tomkins, Marie Magnusson, et al.. (2017). In Vitro Response of Rumen Microbiota to the Antimethanogenic Red Macroalga Asparagopsis taxiformis. Microbial Ecology. 75(3). 811–818. 55 indexed citations

Kinley, Robert D., Rocky de Nys, Matthew J. Vucko, Lorenna Machado, & Nigel Tomkins. (2016). The red macroalgae Asparagopsis taxiformis is a potent natural antimethanogenic that reduces methane production during in vitro fermentation with rumen fluid. Animal Production Science. 56(3). 282–289. 146 indexed citations

Harrison, Matthew Tom, et al.. (2016). The concordance between greenhouse gas emissions, livestock production and profitability of extensive beef farming systems. Animal Production Science. 56(3). 370–384. 53 indexed citations

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Kinley, Robert D., Matthew J. Vucko, Lorenna Machado, & Nigel Tomkins. (2016). <i>In Vitro</i> Evaluation of the Antimethanogenic Potency and Effects on Fermentation of Individual and Combinations of Marine Macroalgae. American Journal of Plant Sciences. 7(14). 2038–2054. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Xixi, Hayley C. Norman, Robert D. Kinley, et al.. (2016). Asparagopsis taxiformis decreases enteric methane production from sheep. Animal Production Science. 58(4). 681–688. 169 indexed citations

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Machado, Lorenna, Marie Magnusson, Nicholas A. Paul, et al.. (2016). Identification of bioactives from the red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis that promote antimethanogenic activity in vitro. Journal of Applied Phycology. 28(5). 3117–3126. 147 indexed citations

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Harrison, Matthew Tom, Christopher S. McSweeney, Nigel Tomkins, & Richard Eckard. (2015). Improving greenhouse gas emissions intensities of subtropical and tropical beef farming systems using Leucaena leucocephala. Agricultural Systems. 136. 138–146. 52 indexed citations

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Machado, Lorenna, Marie Magnusson, Nicholas A. Paul, et al.. (2015). Dose-response effects of Asparagopsis taxiformis and Oedogonium sp. on in vitro fermentation and methane production. Journal of Applied Phycology. 28(2). 1443–1452. 109 indexed citations

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Machado, Lorenna, Marie Magnusson, Nicholas A. Paul, Rocky de Nys, & Nigel Tomkins. (2014). Effects of Marine and Freshwater Macroalgae on In Vitro Total Gas and Methane Production. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e85289–e85289. 175 indexed citations

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Machado, Lorenna, Robert D. Kinley, Marie Magnusson, Rocky de Nys, & Nigel Tomkins. (2014). The potential of macroalgae for beef production systems in Northern Australia. Journal of Applied Phycology. 27(5). 2001–2005. 35 indexed citations

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Tomkins, Nigel, Stuart E. Denman, Ruangyote Pilajun, et al.. (2014). Manipulating rumen fermentation and methanogenesis using an essential oil and monensin in beef cattle fed a tropical grass hay. Animal Feed Science and Technology. 200. 25–34. 60 indexed citations

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Tomkins, Nigel, et al.. (2013). Effect of Tropical Algae as Additives on Rumen <i>in Vitro</i> Gas Production and Fermentation Characteristics. American Journal of Plant Sciences. 4(12). 34–43. 46 indexed citations

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Rosewarne, Carly P., Wendy Smith, Paul N. Evans, et al.. (2012). Draft Genome Sequence of Treponema sp. Strain JC4, a Novel Spirochete Isolated from the Bovine Rumen. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(15). 4130–4130. 22 indexed citations

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Denman, Stuart E., Nigel Tomkins, & Christopher S. McSweeney. (2007). Quantitation and diversity analysis of ruminal methanogenic populations in response to the antimethanogenic compound bromochloromethane. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 62(3). 313–322. 422 indexed citations

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