OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Poultry 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry: an effective approach for predicting broiler chicken body composition	221
Pigeon novel-miR-741 targets OTUD1 to inhibit proliferation and promote apoptosis of crop fibroblasts	145
Synergistic effects of oral inoculation with a recombinant Lactobacillus plantarum NC8 strain co-expressing interleukin-2 and interleukin-17B on the efficacy of the infectious bronchitis vaccine in ch	125
The impact of early-life conditions on visual discrimination abilities in free-ranging laying hens	108
Values shared by journals of learned societies, associations and scientific institutions in animal science	103
Arbutin alleviates Mycoplasma gallinarum-induced damage caused by pulmonary fibrosis via the JAK2/STAT3 pathway	89
Research Note: Morphine influences circulating and tissue concentrations of met-enkephalin and proenkephalin (PENK) expression and plasma concentrations of corticosterone in chickens	85
In vivo pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study and cutoff of florfenicol against Riemerella anatipestifer in ducks	80
Omega-3 fatty acids mitigate histological changes and modulate the expression of ACACA, PFK1 and ET-1 genes in broiler chickens under environmental stress: a pulmonary artery, cardiomyocyte and liver	75
Amino acid digestibility and metabolizable energy of soybean meal of different origins in cecectomized laying hens	74
Effects of salpingitis simulation on the morphology and expression of inflammatory-related genes of oviduct in laying hens	72
Describing the relationships among meat quality traits in domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) populations	66
Transcriptomic and metabolomic-based revelation of the effect of fresh corn extract on meat quality of Jingyuan chicken	64
Whole blood gas and biochemical reference intervals for Lohmann Silver layers	64
Sex identification of ducklings based on acoustic signals	63
Effect of freezing on the quality of breast meat from broilers affected by wooden breast myopathy	61
Detection of CD36 gene polymorphism associated with chicken carcass traits and skin yellowness	61
Role of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway involved in self-renewing and maintaining biological properties of chicken primordial germ cells	61
Research Note: Preliminary results, first detection of Enterococcus cecorum from environmental samples by streaking on X-Gluc containing selective media	60
Characterization of the eukaryotic microbial communities in the chicken ileum in cage-free and conventional commercial housing systems	60
Genome-wide association study and candidate gene analysis of reproductive traits in Yili geese	59
Effects of purple corn anthocyanin on slaughter performance, immune function, the caecal microbiota and the transcriptome in chickens	57
Effects of feeding earthworm or vermicompost on early life performance of broilers under challenging dietary conditions	56
The effect of Limosilactobacillus fermentum 2i3 and 0.6% addition of humic substances on production parameters and the immune system of broilers	56
Corticosterone stage-dependently inhibits progesterone production presumably via impeding the cAMP-StAR cascade in granulosa cells of chicken preovulatory follicles	51

Impact of male-female cohabitation period on behavioral aspects, fertility, hatchability, and hormonal estimates of Japanese quail	51
A succession of pulmonary microbiota in broilers during the growth cycle	50
Influence of Brassica spp. rapeseed and canola meal, and supplementation of bioactive compound (AITC) on growth performance, intestinal-permeability, oocyst shedding, lesion score, histomorphology, an	50
Effect of intramuscular fat level on carcass composition, physicochemical characteristics, texture, and microstructure of breast muscle of broiler chickens	48
An enhancement algorithm for head characteristics of caged chickens detection based on cyclic consistent migration neural network	48
Pharmacokinetics of difloxacin after single intravenous, oral and intramuscular administration in pigeons	48
Management and environmental factors influence the prevalence and abundance of food-borne pathogens and commensal bacteria in peanut hull-based broiler litter	47
Polysaccharide of Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz alleviate lipopolysaccharide-stimulated liver inflammation injury of goslings through miR-223/NLRP3 axis	47
Metabolizable energy and amino acid-deficient diets supplemented with β-mannanase in response to growth performance, intestinal health, and immune response in broilers	47
Effects of adaptation diet and exogenous enzymes on true metabolizable energy and cecal microbial ecology, short-chain fatty acid profile, and enzyme activity in roosters fed barley and rye diets	46
Automated chick gender determination using optical coherence tomography and deep learning	46
Effect of different energy, protein levels and their interaction on productive performance, egg quality, digestibility coefficient of laying Japanese quails	46
Effect of zinc supplementation on growth performance, intestinal development, and intestinal barrier function in Pekin ducks with lipopolysaccharide challenge	46
Investigation of standardized ileal amino acid digestibility of rice protein meal in sexed broilers	46
Optimization of processing parameters of 50 % aged paddy rice replace of corn in feed formula: effects of grinding sieve opening, conditioning temperature and time on the growth performance, meat qual	45
Tolerance and safety evaluation of L-glutamic acid, N,N-diacetic acid as a feed additive in broiler diets	45
Impact of fenbendazole resistance in Ascaridia dissimilis on the economics of production in turkeys	45
Research Note: Methods in detecting signs of life after gaseous stun in broilers	43
Research Note: Longitudinal fecal shedding patterns and characterization of Salmonella enterica and mcr-positive Escherichia coli in meat-type ducks raised in an open-house system	43