OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Dairy Science is 43. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Replacing soybean meal with microalgae biomass in diets with contrasting carbohydrate profiles can reduce in vitro methane production and improve short-chain fatty acid production	205
Selection of antibiotic-resistant bacterial populations in the dairy cow gut following intramuscular ceftiofur treatment for metritis	103
Effects of systemic or uterine endotoxin challenge in Holstein cows at 5 or 40 days postpartum on clinical responses, uterine and systemic inflammation, and milk yield	99
Effects of offering free-choice hay for the first 5 days postpartum on productivity, serum inflammatory markers, gut permeability, and colon gene expression in fresh dairy cows	98
INTERPRETIVE SUMMARIES, OCTOBER 2024	90
Signatures of selection reveal candidate genes involved in production traits in Chinese crossbred buffaloes	72
Characterization of circulating microRNA profiles of postpartum dairy cows with persistent subclinical endometritis	70
State-level trends in the greenhouse gas emission intensity of US milk production	66
Machine learning methods for genomic prediction of cow behavioral traits measured by automatic milking systems in North American Holstein cattle	63
Taking the diet of cows into consideration in designing payments to reduce enteric methane emissions on dairy farms	61
Describing the decision-making process of Ontario dairy farmers when managing down dairy cattle: A qualitative focus group study	60
Can milk replacer allowance affect animal performance, body development, metabolism, and skeletal muscle hypertrophy in preweaning dairy kids?	60
Evaluation of MYBL1 as the master regulator for pachytene spermatocyte genes dysregulated in interspecific hybrid dzo	58
Energy balance of dairy cows predicted by mid-infrared spectra data of milk using Bayesian approaches	57
Management-related factors in dry cows and their associations with colostrum quantity and quality on a large commercial dairy farm	56
Effects of prepartum supplementation of β-carotene on colostrum and calves	56
Imputation accuracy and carrier frequency of deleterious recessive defects in Australian dairy cattle	55
Longitudinal characterization of the metabolome of dairy cows transitioning from one lactation to the next: Investigations in the liver	55
Effect of feeding fresh forage plantain (Plantago lanceolata) or ryegrass-based pasture on methane emissions, total-tract digestibility, and rumen fermentation of nonlactating dairy cows	54
Potential of 2 northern European brown seaweeds (Fucus serratus and Fucus vesiculosus) as enteric methane inhibitors in dairy cows	54
Metabolic and antioxidant status during transition is associated with changes in the granulosa cell transcriptome in the preovulatory follicle in high-producing dairy cows at the time of breeding	53
Association between genomic daughter pregnancy rates and reproductive parameters in Holstein dairy cattle	53
Sources of variation underlying the production of lactose by dairy cows	52
Quantifying and mapping digital dermatitis–associated bacteria in lesion and nonlesion body sites and dairy farm environment	49
Association of low serum calcium concentration after calving with productive and reproductive performance in multiparous Jersey cows	48

Symposium review: Effects of carbohydrate digestion on feed intake and fuel supply	48
Genomic inbreeding coefficients using imputation genotypes: Assessing the effect of ancestral genotyping in Holstein-Friesian dairy cows	47
Review of equations to predict methane emissions in dairy cows from milk fatty acid profiles and their application to commercial dairy farms	47
Genomic characterization of autozygosity and recent inbreeding trends in all major breeds of US dairy cattle	47
The effect of twice daily 3-nitroxypropanol supplementation on enteric methane emissions in grazing dairy cows	46
Evaluation of a test-and-cull strategy to control bovine paratuberculosis based on the detection of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis DNA using the high-throughput Johne's fecal polymerase cha	46
Promoting farm advisor engagement and action toward the improvement of dairy cattle lameness	46
Association of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis serostatus with age at first calving, calving interval, and milk production in dairy cows	45
Positive regulation of the DLT operon by TCSR7 enhances acid tolerance of Lactococcus lactis F44	45
Genetic parameters of sole lesion recovery in Holstein cows	44
Milk production and methane emissions in dairy cows on production or exercise pastures with an automatic milking system	44
A transgenerational study on the effect of great-granddam birth month on granddaughter EBV for production traits in Italian Simmental cattle	44
Across-countries genomic prediction using national breeding values or multitrait across-countries evaluation breeding values	44
Rapid and sensitive detection of Salmonella in milk based on hybridization chain reaction and graphene oxide fluorescence platform	44
Associations between measures of network centrality and Johne's disease among dairy herds in Ontario, Canada	43
Prevention of osteoporosis in ovariectomized mice with calcium yak caseinate	43
Opportunities for genomic selection of cheese-making traits in Montbéliarde cows	43
Circulating progesterone concentrations and pregnancy outcomes in high-producing lactating dairy cows treated with human chorionic gonadotropin on day 2 of the estrus cycle	43