| Multilevel selection 2: estimating the genetic parameters determining inheritance and response to selection P Bijma, WM Muir, ED Ellen, JB Wolf, JAM Van Arendonk Genetics 175 (1), 289-299, 2007 | 264 | 2007 |
| Genetic parameters for claw disorders in Dutch dairy cattle and correlations with conformation traits EH Van der Waaij, M Holzhauer, E Ellen, C Kamphuis, G De Jong Journal of dairy science 88 (10), 3672-3678, 2005 | 216 | 2005 |
| Survival of laying hens: genetic parameters for direct and associative effects in three purebred layer lines ED Ellen, J Visscher, JAM Van Arendonk, P Bijma Poultry science 87 (2), 233-239, 2008 | 145 | 2008 |
| Selection method and early-life history affect behavioural development, feather pecking and cannibalism in laying hens: A review TB Rodenburg, H Komen, ED Ellen, KA Uitdehaag, JAM van Arendonk Applied Animal Behaviour Science 110 (3-4), 217-228, 2008 | 142 | 2008 |
| Effects of genetic group selection against mortality on behavior and peripheral serotonin in domestic laying hens with trimmed and intact beaks JE Bolhuis, ED Ellen, CG Van Reenen, J De Groot, JT Napel, ... Physiology & behavior 97 (3-4), 470-475, 2009 | 127 | 2009 |
| The prospects of selection for social genetic effects to improve welfare and productivity in livestock ED Ellen, TB Rodenburg, GAA Albers, JE Bolhuis, I Camerlink, ... Frontiers in genetics 5, 2014 | 104 | 2014 |
| Genetic improvement of traits affected by interactions among individuals: sib selection schemes ED Ellen, WM Muir, F Teuscher, P Bijma Genetics 176 (1), 489-499, 2007 | 102 | 2007 |
| Group selection and social evolution in domesticated animals MJ Wade, P Bijma, ED Ellen, W Muir Evolutionary Applications 3 (5‐6), 453-465, 2010 | 92 | 2010 |
| A plea to implement robustness into a breeding goal: poultry as an example L Star, ED Ellen, K Uitdehaag, FWA Brom Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 21 (2), 109-125, 2008 | 78 | 2008 |
| The relation between fearfulness in young and stress-response in adult laying hens, on individual and group level EN de Haas, MS Kops, JE Bolhuis, TGG Groothuis, ED Ellen, ... Physiology & behavior 107 (3), 433-439, 2012 | 66 | 2012 |
| The effects of selection on low mortality and brooding by a mother hen on open-field response, feather pecking and cannibalism in laying hens TB Rodenburg, KA Uitdehaag, ED Ellen, J Komen Animal Welfare 18 (4), 427-432, 2009 | 66 | 2009 |
| Breeding amiable animals? Improving farm animal welfare by including social effects in breeding programmes TB Rodenburg, P Bijma, ED Ellen, R Bergsma, S De Vries, JE Bolhuis, ... Anim Welf 19 (Suppl 1), 77-82, 2010 | 65 | 2010 |
| Laying hens selected for low mortality: behaviour in tests of fearfulness, anxiety and cognition RE Nordquist, JLT Heerkens, TB Rodenburg, S Boks, ED Ellen, ... Applied Animal Behaviour Science 131 (3), 110-122, 2011 | 61 | 2011 |
| Laying hens selected for low mortality: Behaviour in tests of fearfulness, anxiety and cognition RE Nordquist, JLT Heerkens, TB Rodenburg, S Boks, ED Ellen, ... Applied Animal Behaviour Science 131 (3), 110-122, 2011 | 61 | 2011 |
| Indirect genetic effects for survival in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus) are magnified in crossbred genotypes and show a parent-of-origin effect K Peeters, TT Eppink, ED Ellen, J Visscher, P Bijma Genetics 192 (2), 705-713, 2012 | 57 | 2012 |
| Maternal care and selection for low mortality affect post-stress corticosterone and peripheral serotonin in laying hens TB Rodenburg, JE Bolhuis, RE Koopmanschap, ED Ellen, E Decuypere Physiology & behavior 98 (5), 519-523, 2009 | 52 | 2009 |
| Review of sensor technologies in animal breeding: Phenotyping behaviors of laying hens to select against feather pecking ED Ellen, M Van Der Sluis, J Siegford, O Guzhva, MJ Toscano, ... Animals 9 (3), 108, 2019 | 51 | 2019 |
| Effects of feather pecking phenotype (severe feather peckers, victims and non-peckers) on serotonergic and dopaminergic activity in four brain areas of laying hens (Gallus … MS Kops, EN de Haas, TB Rodenburg, ED Ellen, GAH Korte-Bouws, ... Physiology & behavior 120, 77-82, 2013 | 46 | 2013 |
| Organoids: a promising new in vitro platform in livestock and veterinary research SK Kar, JM Wells, ED Ellen, MFW Te Pas, O Madsen, MAM Groenen, ... Veterinary Research 52, 1-17, 2021 | 43 | 2021 |
| Estimation of heritability and breeding values for early egg production in laying hens from pooled data F Biscarini, H Bovenhuis, ED Ellen, S Addo, JAM van Arendonk Poultry science 89 (9), 1842-1849, 2010 | 43 | 2010 |
