OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Poultry Science is 42. 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 2020-06-01 to 2024-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Alternatives to antibiotics for organic poultry production: types, modes of action and impacts on bird's health and production	116
Dietary effect of probiotics and prebiotics on broiler performance, carcass, and immunity	102
Phytochemical control of poultry coccidiosis: a review	100
Use of lemongrass essential oil as a feed additive in quail's nutrition: its effect on growth, carcass, blood biochemistry, antioxidant and immunological indices, digestive enzymes and intestinal micr	85
Graded Eimeria challenge linearly regulated growth performance, dynamic change of gastrointestinal permeability, apparent ileal digestibility, intestinal morphology, and tight junctions of broiler chi	84
Dietary supplementation with Bacillus subtilis promotes growth performance of broilers by altering the dominant microbial community	77
Black soldier fly larvae oil as an alternative fat source in broiler nutrition	76
Effects of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis on growth performance, immunity, short chain fatty acid production, antioxidant capacity, and cecal microflora in broilers	75
Essential oils and their nanoemulsions as green alternatives to antibiotics in poultry nutrition: a comprehensive review	70
The relationship among gut microbiota, short-chain fatty acids, and intestinal morphology of growing and healthy broilers	68
Necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens: disease characteristics and prevention using organic antibiotic alternatives – a comprehensive review	66
The potential mechanistic insights and future implications for the effect of prebiotics on poultry performance, gut microbiome, and intestinal morphology	65
Marine algal polysaccharides alleviate aflatoxin B1-induced bursa of Fabricius injury by regulating redox and apoptotic signaling pathway in broilers	62
Dietary effect of licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) on quail performance, carcass, blood metabolites and intestinal microbiota	62
Heat stress alters muscle protein and amino acid metabolism and accelerates liver gluconeogenesis for energy supply in broilers	60
Ways to minimize bacterial infections, with special reference to Escherichia coli, to cope with the first-week mortality in chicks: an updated overview	59
Black soldier fly larvae meal and fat can completely replace soybean cake and oil in diets for laying hens	57
Impact of different rearing systems on growth, carcass traits, oxidative stress biomarkers, and humoral immunity of broilers exposed to heat stress	56
Effects of environmental conditions (temperature, pH, and glucose) on biofilm formation of Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky and virulence gene expression	55
Heat stress impacts on broiler performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis	55
Chicken embryo development: metabolic and morphological basis for in ovo feeding technology	54
Effects of licorice extract, probiotic, toxin binder and poultry litter biochar on performance, immune function, blood indices and liver histopathology of broilers exposed to aflatoxin-B1	52
Selenium relieves oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis within spleen of chicken exposed to mercuric chloride	50
The effects of different doses of curcumin compound on growth performance, antioxidant status, and gut health of broiler chickens challenged with Eimeria species	50
The control of poultry salmonellosis using organic agents: an updated overview	50

Combined effects of sous-vide cooking conditions on meat and sensory quality characteristics of chicken breast meat	49
A critical review of the mechanisms involved in the occurrence of growth-related abnormalities affecting broiler chicken breast muscles	48
Weight and volume estimation of poultry and products based on computer vision systems: a review	48
Explanations for keel bone fractures in laying hens: are there explanations in addition to elevated egg production?	47
Centennial Review: Factors affecting the chicken gastrointestinal microbial composition and their association with gut health and productive performance	47
The alterations of tracheal microbiota and inflammation caused by different levels of ammonia exposure in broiler chickens	46
Effects of Taraxacum and Astragalus extracts combined with probiotic Bacillus subtilis and Lactobacillus on Escherichia coli–infected broiler chickens	46
Effects of oregano essential oil as an antibiotic growth promoter alternative on growth performance, antioxidant status, and intestinal health of broilers	46
Effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus on the growth performance, immune response, and intestinal barrier function of broiler chickens challenged with Escherichia coli O157	46
Algae-derived polysaccharides supplementation ameliorates heat stress-induced impairment of bursa of Fabricius via modulating NF-κB signaling pathway in broilers	46
Evaluation of the efficacy of chlorogenic acid in reducing small intestine injury, oxidative stress, and inflammation in chickens challenged with Clostridium perfringens type A	45
Dietary calcium or phosphorus deficiency impairs the bone development by regulating related calcium or phosphorus metabolic utilization parameters of broilers	44
Influence of dietary Chlorella vulgaris and carbohydrate-active enzymes on growth performance, meat quality and lipid composition of broiler chickens	43
Avian host defense cathelicidins: structure, expression, biological functions, and potential therapeutic applications	43
Chitosan oligosaccharide as an effective feed additive to maintain growth performance, meat quality, muscle glycolytic metabolism, and oxidative status in yellow-feather broilers under heat stress	42
Ammonia induce lung tissue injury in broilers by activating NLRP3 inflammasome via Escherichia/Shigella	42
Effect of muscle fiber characteristics on meat quality in fast- and slow-growing ducks	42
Fatty acid profile, oxidative status, and content of volatile organic compounds in raw and cooked meat of different chicken strains	42