OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Animal Science is 22. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The incompletely fulfilled promise of embryo transfer in cattle—why aren’t pregnancy rates greater and what can we do about it?	74
Advancements in sensor technology and decision support intelligent tools to assist smart livestock farming	63
ASAS-NANP SYMPOSIUM: Applications of machine learning for livestock body weight prediction from digital images	43
Considerations and best practices in animal science 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing microbiome studies	42
Effect of feed restriction on dairy cow milk production: a review	40
Maternal periconceptual nutrition, early pregnancy, and developmental outcomes in beef cattle	38
Digestibility and safety of dry black soldier fly larvae meal and black soldier fly larvae oil in dogs	36
Quantification of methane emitted by ruminants: a review of methods	32
Weaning causes a prolonged but transient change in immune gene expression in the intestine of piglets	31
Effects of dietary oregano essential oil supplementation on growth performance, intestinal antioxidative capacity, immunity, and intestinal microbiota in yellow-feathered chickens	31
Postbiotic effects of Lactobacillus fermentate on intestinal health, mucosa-associated microbiota, and growth efficiency of nursery pigs challenged with F18+Escherichia coli	28
Combined effects of 3-nitrooxypropanol and canola oil supplementation on methane emissions, rumen fermentation and biohydrogenation, and total tract digestibility in beef cattle	27
Impacts of shade on cattle well-being in the beef supply chain	27
Identification of the relationship between the gut microbiome and feed efficiency in a commercial pig cohort	25
Vitamin and mineral supplementation and rate of gain during the first trimester of gestation affect concentrations of amino acids in maternal serum and allantoic fluid of beef heifers	24
Effect of long-term feeding of graded levels of deoxynivalenol (DON) on growth performance, nutrient utilization, and organ health in finishing pigs and DON content in biological samples	24
Nutrient digestibility and fecal characteristics, microbiota, and metabolites in dogs fed human-grade foods	23
Dose–response and functional role of whey permeate as a source of lactose and milk oligosaccharides on intestinal health and growth of nursery pigs	23
The efficacy of mycotoxin binders to control mycotoxins in feeds and the potential risk of interactions with nutrient: a review	23
Polyamines protect boar sperm from oxidative stress in vitro	23
Review: Physiology and nutrition of late gestating and transition sows	23
Effects of dietary rosemary extract supplementation on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, antioxidant capacity, intestinal morphology, and microbiota of weaning pigs	23
Effects of α-glycerol monolaurate on intestinal morphology, nutrient digestibility, serum profiles, and gut microbiota in weaned piglets	22
Functional amino acid supplementation, regardless of dietary protein content, improves growth performance and immune status of weaned pigs challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium	22
Relationship between rumen microbial differences and traits among Hu sheep, Tan sheep, and Dorper sheep	22

Optimal feed level during the transition period to achieve faster farrowing and high colostrum yield in sows