Scotland's Rural College

Research output

Research output per year 1914 1997 2001 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2029

• 6665 Article
• 513 Review article
• 427 Chapter
• 217 Commissioned report
• 1056 More
  • 213 Abstract
  • 174 Conference contribution
  • 143 Paper
  • 74 Poster
  • 56 Letter
  • 47 Research report
  • 40 Policy Brief
  • 39 Short communication
  • 38 Editorial
  • 31 Research brief
  • 31 Comment/debate
  • 30 Book
  • 26 Other contribution
  • 25 Conference article
  • 25 Report/ Case Report
  • 11 Working paper
  • 10 Preprint
  • 7 Technical brief
  • 6 Literature review
  • 6 Briefing note
  • 5 Data article
  • 5 Digital or Visual Products
  • 4 Short survey
  • 3 Featured article
  • 2 Software
  • 1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 1 Foreword/postscript
  • 1 Special issue
  • 1 Doctoral Thesis
  • 1 Master's Thesis

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Capital Investment – 2023 Farmer Intentions Survey Briefing Note

  Glendinning, J., Pate, L. (Contributor), Merrell, I., Glenk, K. (Contributor), Barnes, A. (Contributor), Sutherland, L.-A. (Contributor), Colley, K. (Contributor) & Laure, K. (Contributor), 4 Mar 2025, Edinburgh: Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 9 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  • Life Cycle 100%
  • Investment Decision 100%
  • Socioeconomic Factor 50%
• 2024

  Collecting on-farm biodiversity data with bioacoustics

  Stevens, D. & McCracken, D., 5 Jul 2024, Scotland's Farm Advisory Service.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

• Influences on Land Valuation Formulation: Research Briefing

  Glendinning, J., Merrell, I., Pate, L., Thomson, S. & Nelson, B., 28 Mar 2024, SRUC's Rural Policy Centre. 25 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  • Carbon Capture 100%
  • Carbon Credit 100%
  • Land Value 100%
  • Nature-Based Solutions 66%
  • Net Zero 50%

• Mapping Scottish Landownership: Research Briefing

  Gibson-Poole, S., Merrell, I., Nelson, B., Glendinning, J., Thomson, S. & Sepulveda, I., 30 Apr 2024, SRUC's Rural Policy Centre. 42 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  • Sales 100%
  • Land Use 100%
  • Ownership 75%
  • Case Study 75%
  • Land Use Change 66%

• Technical efficiency and production risk in Scottish Agriculture: Impacts on the arable farming sector.

  Asmare, F., Barnes, A., Thompson, B. & Glenk, K., Dec 2024, Zenodo.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  • Potential Output 100%
  • Production Capacity 100%
  • Productivity Change 100%

• Technical efficiency and production risk in Scottish Agriculture: Impacts on the livestock sector.

  Asmare, F., Barnes, A., Thompson, B. & Glenk, K., Dec 2024, Zenodo.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  • Technical Efficiency 100%
  • Price 22%
  • Farm Income 11%
  • Potential Output 11%
• 2023

  Monitoring veterinary medicines to improve animal performance

  Hayward, A. D., McNeilly, T. N., Duthie, C.-A. & Miller, G. A., 17 Mar 2023, 6 ed. 1 p. (Veterinary Record)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  • Animal Performance 100%
  • Veterinary Medicine 100%
  • Beef Cattle 66%
  • Farm Animal 33%
  • Animal Welfare 33%

• Research briefing: A Rapid Evidence Assessment of Investment Decision-Making for Land

  Glendinning, J., Merrell, I. & Thomson, S., 15 Jun 2023, 7 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  • Decision Making 100%
  • Investment Decision 100%
  • Conceptual Framework 50%
  • Research Report 50%
  • Land Value 50%

• Research Briefing - Assessing land use change: International evidence review

  Merrell, I., Glendinning, J., Pate, L., Vuin, A. & Thomson, S., 15 Jun 2023, 10 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  • Land Use Change 100%
  • Research Report 100%
  • Theory of Change 100%

• Rural Land Values, Sales and Investment Trends: Research Briefing

  Glendinning, J. & Merrell, I., 15 Dec 2023, SRUC's Rural Policy Centre. 25 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  • Land Market 100%
  • Land Value 100%
  • Arable Land 100%
  • Investors 50%
  • Inflation 50%

• SNFP Member Survey Results presentation

  McCarthy, J., Jensen, E. & Rudman, H., 18 Oct 2023, 13 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  • Survey Respondent 100%

• The ‘surplus’ dairy calf: understanding dairy-beef supply chain relationships and the implications for calf welfare

  Haskell, M., Bell, D. & Duthie, C.-A., 14 Sept 2023, SRUC's Rural Policy Centre. 2 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  File

  • Dairy Calves 100%
  69 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  A Good Animal Life: Bringing awareness of animal sentience into farming practice

  Wemelsfelder, F., Vigors, B. & Lawrence, A., 10 May 2022, SRUC's Rural Policy Centre. 2 p. (Research Briefing)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  File

  • Feeds 100%
  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Animal Production 100%
  • Animal Ecology 100%
  199 Downloads (Pure)

• Overcoming deer management challenges

  Pollock, M., Holland, J. & McCracken, D., 28 Mar 2022, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 12 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  File

  • Stalking 100%
  • Impact Assessment 100%
  • Case Study 100%
  • Mountains 25%
  • Contract Law 25%
  382 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Animal health and natural behaviours: how important are they for farm animal well-being?

  Vigors, B. & Lawrence, A., Mar 2021, (First published) Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 6 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  File
  61 Downloads (Pure)

• Exploring the twitterverse

  Meador, J., Creissen, H. E. & Williams, A., Jul 2021, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 15 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  File

  • Research Project 100%
  • Online Social Networks 100%
  • Farming Community 100%
  • Social Network Analysis 100%
  • Natural Language Processing 100%
  195 Downloads (Pure)

• Happy or healthy? Public perspectives on farm animal health and natural behaviours and opportunities for positive welfare - Research Brief

  Vigors, B. & Lawrence, A., Jun 2021, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 2 p. (Research Briefing)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  File

  • Research 100%
  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Behavior 100%
  • Animal Health 100%
  • Animals 66%
  85 Downloads (Pure)

• How often does intended farm management behaviour match ‘actual’ behaviour? Insights for thirteen farm activities: How often does intended farm management behaviour match ‘actual’ behaviour? Insights for thirteen farm activities

  Thomson, S., Barnes, A., McMillan, J., Hopkins, J., Miller, D., Sutherland, L.-A., Barlagne, C. & Wardell-Johnson, D., 20 Mar 2021, (First published) The James Hutton Institute. 8 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  File

  • Behavior Management 100%
  50 Downloads (Pure)

• Positive Animal Welfare: Similarities and differences between scientific and farmer perspectives - Research Brief

  Vigors, B. & Lawrence, A., Jun 2021, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 2 p. (Research Briefing)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  File
  116 Downloads (Pure)

• Quantifying and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from Scottish aquaculture - Research Brief

  MacLeod, M. & Sposato, M., Mar 2021, 3 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Gas Emission 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas 100%
  • Sheep 100%
  • Salmo salar 100%
  598 Downloads (Pure)

• The impact of body condition in pregnant beef cows for calf welfare and lifetime productivity

  Turner, S., Rutherford, K., Donbavand, J. & Jack, M., Mar 2021, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 2 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief › peer-review

  File

  • Beef Cows 100%
  • Body Condition 100%
  • Feeds 33%
  • Cow 33%
  290 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Sheep sector perspectives on surveillance

  Stephen, K. & Tongue, S., 2020, (Submitted)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

• Views of farmers and vets: BVD

  Stephen, K., Gunn, G. & Baughan, J., 2020, (Submitted)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief
• 2019

  Seasonal Migrant Workers in Scottish Agriculture: an update

  Thomson, S. & McMorran, R., Dec 2019, 10 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  File

  • Agriculture 100%
  • Migrant Workers 100%
  • Migrant Worker 100%
  • Project 33%
  • Agricultural Worker 33%
  90 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Rural Report 2017/18. Infographic 1. Links to the Land-Based Sector

  Thomson, S. & Atterton, J., 2018, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 4 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  File

  • Data Visualization 100%
  27 Downloads (Pure)

• Rural Report 2017/18. Infographic 2. Rural/Urban Businesses

  Thomson, S. & Atterton, J., 2018, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 4 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  File

  • Data Visualization 100%
  29 Downloads (Pure)

• Rural Report 2017/18. Infographic 3. Gender Profiles of Business

  Thomson, S. & Atterton, J., 2018, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 4 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  File

  • Gender 100%
  • Data Visualization 100%
  33 Downloads (Pure)

• Rural Report 2017/18. Infographic 5. Brexit and Business

  Thomson, S. & Atterton, J., 2018, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 4 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  File

  • Brexit 100%
  • Data Visualization 100%
  34 Downloads (Pure)

• SPICe Guest blog – Stopping the rot? The UK seasonal agricultural workers pilot scheme

  Thomson, S., 1 Oct 2018, Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

  • Horticulture 100%
• 2003

  PASTORAL 2003 An introduction to European pastoralism. PASTORAL Project Information Note 1

  Huband, S. & McCracken, D., 2003, 4 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access

• PASTORAL 2003 European pastoralism: farming with nature: PASTORAL Project Information Note 8

  Huband, S. & McCracken, D., 2003, 8 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

  Open Access