Richard Eckard

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
132 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Richard Eckard is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology and Forestry. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Eckard has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 56 papers in Ecology and 40 papers in Forestry. Recurrent topics in Richard Eckard's work include Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (78 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (54 papers) and Pasture and Agricultural Systems (38 papers). Richard Eckard is often cited by papers focused on Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (78 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (54 papers) and Pasture and Agricultural Systems (38 papers). Richard Eckard collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Norway and United Kingdom. Richard Eckard's co-authors include C. Grainger, Cecile A. M. de Klein, K. A. Beauchemin, Brendan Cullen, Matthew Tom Harrison, RP Rawnsley, M.C. Hannah, Peter J. Moate, S.R.O. Williams and K Christie and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Richard Eckard

126 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Options for the abatement of methane and nitrous oxide from ruminant production: A review

2010 424 citations Richard Eckard et al. profile →
Review: Fifty years of research on rumen methanogenesis: lessons learned and future challenges for mitigation

2020 361 citations K. A. Beauchemin, Richard Eckard et al. animal profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Richard Eckard	2.5k	1.9k	767	764	748	132	4.8k
S. M. McGinn	4.2k 1.7×	2.1k 1.1×	417 0.5×	524 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	124	7.2k
F.P. O’Mara	3.7k 1.4×	2.1k 1.1×	475 0.6×	553 0.7×	1.0k 1.4×	97	7.1k
C. Alan Rotz	1.6k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	332 0.4×	492 0.6×	458 0.6×	177	4.5k
Michael Blümmel	3.3k 1.3×	903 0.5×	689 0.9×	759 1.0×	912 1.2×	146	6.1k
Cécile Martin	4.7k 1.8×	1.2k 0.6×	353 0.5×	445 0.6×	949 1.3×	168	6.3k
J. Isselstein	1.0k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	643 0.8×	740 1.0×	178 0.2×	289	4.4k
Luc Delaby	3.5k 1.4×	938 0.5×	543 0.7×	452 0.6×	823 1.1×	214	5.0k
V. G. Allen	1.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	523 0.7×	529 0.7×	290 0.4×	101	4.0k
Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho	3.1k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 2.3×	846 1.1×	468 0.6×	301	7.0k
Matt A. Sanderson	4.6k 1.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	643 0.8×	178 0.2×	155	6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Eckard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Eckard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Eckard

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Dunshea, Frank R., et al.. (2025). Harnessing methane proxies to understand and mitigate enteric emissions from ruminant production systems. The Science of The Total Environment. 1012. 181258–181258.

Bai, Mei, Pragna Prathap, Matthew Flavel, et al.. (2025). Polyphenol-Containing Feed Additive Polygain™ Reduces Methane Production and Intensity from Grazing Dairy Cows Measured Using an Inverse-Dispersion Technique. Animals. 15(7). 926–926. 5 indexed citations

Osei-Amponsah, Richard, Pragna Prathap, Frank R. Dunshea, et al.. (2025). Sugarcane Extract (Polygain™) Supplementation Reduces Enteric Methane Emission in Dairy Calves. Animals. 15(6). 781–781. 2 indexed citations

Mwangi, Paul, Richard Eckard, Ilona Gluecks, et al.. (2024). Supplementation of a tropical low-quality forage with Calliandra calothyrsus improves sheep health and performance, and reduces methane emission. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 1 indexed citations

Badgery, Warwick, Guangdi Li, Aaron Simmons, et al.. (2023). Reducing enteric methane of ruminants in Australian grazing systems – a review of the role for temperate legumes and herbs. Crop and Pasture Science. 74(8). 661–679. 15 indexed citations

Badgery, Warwick, Susan Orgill, K.B. Sinclair, et al.. (2023). Grazing management for soil carbon in Australia: A review. Journal of Environmental Management. 347. 119146–119146. 34 indexed citations

Bai, Mei, Zoë Loh, David Griffith, et al.. (2022). Performance of open-path lasers and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic systems in agriculture emissions research. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 15(11). 3593–3610. 13 indexed citations

Harrison, Matthew Tom, Brendan Cullen, Dianne Mayberry, et al.. (2021). Carbon myopia: The urgent need for integrated social, economic and environmental action in the livestock sector. Global Change Biology. 27(22). 5726–5761. 108 indexed citations

Cullen, Brendan, et al.. (2021). The Potential of Deep Roots to Mitigate Impacts of Heatwaves and Declining Rainfall on Pastures in Southeast Australia. Plants. 10(8). 1641–1641. 3 indexed citations

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Garnsworthy, P. C., et al.. (2020). Modified approach to estimating daily methane emissions of dairy cows by measuring filtered eructations during milking. Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham). 4 indexed citations

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Cullen, Brendan, et al.. (2020). Changing patterns of pasture production in south-eastern Australia from 1960 to 2015. Crop and Pasture Science. 71(1). 70–81. 13 indexed citations

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Cullen, Brendan, et al.. (2019). Using Leaf Temperature to Improve Simulation of Heat and Drought Stresses in a Biophysical Model. Plants. 9(1). 8–8. 18 indexed citations

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Darbyshire, Rebecca, et al.. (2018). Advancement of winegrape maturity continuing for winegrowing regions in Australia with variable evidence of compression of the harvest period. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research. 25(1). 101–108. 15 indexed citations

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Christie, K, Andrew P. Smith, RP Rawnsley, Matthew Tom Harrison, & Richard Eckard. (2018). Simulated seasonal responses of grazed dairy pastures to nitrogen fertilizer in SE Australia: Pasture production. Agricultural Systems. 166. 36–47. 47 indexed citations

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Henry, Beverley, Richard Eckard, & K. A. Beauchemin. (2018). Review: Adaptation of ruminant livestock production systems to climate changes. animal. 12(s2). s445–s456. 113 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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Harrison, Matthew Tom, K Christie, RP Rawnsley, & Richard Eckard. (2014). Pasture management and livestock genotype interventions to improve whole farm productivity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensities. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 4 indexed citations

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Deighton, M.H., S.R.O. Williams, M.C. Hannah, et al.. (2014). A modified sulphur hexafluoride tracer technique enables accurate determination of enteric methane emissions from ruminants. Animal Feed Science and Technology. 197. 47–63. 76 indexed citations

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Bell, M. J., et al.. (2011). Effect on nitrogen losses from a sheep grazing system by the randomised distribution of excreta. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 3 indexed citations

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Henry, Beverley & Richard Eckard. (2009). Greenhouse gas emissions in livestock production systems. Tropical grasslands. 43. 17 indexed citations

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