Poultry Science

Papers
(The H4-Index of Poultry Science is 44. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Corticosterone stage-dependently inhibits progesterone production presumably via impeding the cAMP-StAR cascade in granulosa cells of chicken preovulatory follicles209
Organic iron absorption and expression of related transporters in the small intestine of broilers140
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry: an effective approach for predicting broiler chicken body composition117
Pigeon novel-miR-741 targets OTUD1 to inhibit proliferation and promote apoptosis of crop fibroblasts103
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 ch96
The impact of early-life conditions on visual discrimination abilities in free-ranging laying hens91
Values shared by journals of learned societies, associations and scientific institutions in animal science86
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 82
Arbutin alleviates Mycoplasma gallinarum-induced damage caused by pulmonary fibrosis via the JAK2/STAT3 pathway82
Research Note: Morphine influences circulating and tissue concentrations of met-enkephalin and proenkephalin (PENK) expression and plasma concentrations of corticosterone in chickens76
Polysaccharide of Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz alleviate lipopolysaccharide-stimulated liver inflammation injury of goslings through miR-223/NLRP3 axis75
Effect of Gan Cao (Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch) polysaccharide on growth performance, immune function, and gut microflora of broiler chickens69
Novel insights into the regulation of LATS2 kinase in prehierarchical follicle development via the Hippo pathway in hen ovary69
Investigation of standardized ileal amino acid digestibility of rice protein meal in sexed broilers67
New insights into the spleen injury by mitochondrial dysfunction of chicken under polystyrene microplastics stress67
Dietary hawthorn-leaves flavonoids improves ovarian function and liver lipid metabolism in aged breeder hens62
Production performance, egg quality, plasma biochemical constituents and lipid metabolites of aged laying hens supplemented with incomplete degradation products of galactomannan61
Promotion effect of angelica sinensis extract on angiogenesis of chicken preovulatory follicles in vitro60
Whole blood gas and biochemical reference intervals for Lohmann Silver layers60
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 diets58
Effect of different energy, protein levels and their interaction on productive performance, egg quality, digestibility coefficient of laying Japanese quails57
Probiotics and potential applications for alternative poultry production systems56
The physiological role of guanidinoacetic acid and its relationship with arginine in broiler chickens56
Dietary ethylenediamine dihydroiodide mitigated Escherichia coli O78-induced immune and intestinal damage of ducks via suppression of NF-κB signal56
Metabolizable energy and amino acid-deficient diets supplemented with β-mannanase in response to growth performance, intestinal health, and immune response in broilers55
The chicken major histocompatibility complex (MHC-B) and alloantigen systems A, D, E, and I impact resistance to coccidiosis55
Research on Chinese consumers' shell egg consumption preferences and the egg quality of functional eggs54
In vivo pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study and cutoff of florfenicol against Riemerella anatipestifer in ducks54
Biodistribution of 89Zr-DFO-labeled avian pathogenic Escherichia coli outer membrane vesicles by PET imaging in chickens50
The effect of Limosilactobacillus fermentum 2i3 and 0.6% addition of humic substances on production parameters and the immune system of broilers48
Genome-wide association study and candidate gene analysis of reproductive traits in Yili geese47
Effects of purple corn anthocyanin on slaughter performance, immune function, the caecal microbiota and the transcriptome in chickens47
Ovarian transcriptome profile from pre-laying period to broody period of Xupu goose47
Trans-cinnamaldehyde nanoemulsion reduces Salmonella Enteritidis biofilm on steel and plastic surfaces and downregulates expression of biofilm associated genes47
Describing the relationships among meat quality traits in domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) populations46
Interactions between enzyme preparations and trace element sources on growth performance and intestinal health of broiler chicks46
Effects of feeding earthworm or vermicompost on early life performance of broilers under challenging dietary conditions46
Role of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway involved in self-renewing and maintaining biological properties of chicken primordial germ cells45
Effect of intramuscular fat level on carcass composition, physicochemical characteristics, texture, and microstructure of breast muscle of broiler chickens45
Effect of freezing on the quality of breast meat from broilers affected by wooden breast myopathy45
Sex identification of ducklings based on acoustic signals45
Amino acid digestibility and metabolizable energy of soybean meal of different origins in cecectomized laying hens44
Detection of CD36 gene polymorphism associated with chicken carcass traits and skin yellowness44
Characterization of the eukaryotic microbial communities in the chicken ileum in cage-free and conventional commercial housing systems44
Influence of dietary crude protein on growth performance and apparent and standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in corn-soybean meal-based diets fed to broilers44
A succession of pulmonary microbiota in broilers during the growth cycle44
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