OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Alternatives to antibiotics for organic poultry production: types, modes of action and impacts on bird's health and production	146
Phytochemical control of poultry coccidiosis: a review	111
Dietary effect of probiotics and prebiotics on broiler performance, carcass, and immunity	111
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	92
Effects of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis on growth performance, immunity, short chain fatty acid production, antioxidant capacity, and cecal microflora in broilers	86
Dietary supplementation with Bacillus subtilis promotes growth performance of broilers by altering the dominant microbial community	81
Essential oils and their nanoemulsions as green alternatives to antibiotics in poultry nutrition: a comprehensive review	81
The relationship among gut microbiota, short-chain fatty acids, and intestinal morphology of growing and healthy broilers	78
The potential mechanistic insights and future implications for the effect of prebiotics on poultry performance, gut microbiome, and intestinal morphology	70
Heat stress alters muscle protein and amino acid metabolism and accelerates liver gluconeogenesis for energy supply in broilers	68
Necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens: disease characteristics and prevention using organic antibiotic alternatives – a comprehensive review	68
Ways to minimize bacterial infections, with special reference to Escherichia coli, to cope with the first-week mortality in chicks: an updated overview	66
Black soldier fly larvae meal and fat can completely replace soybean cake and oil in diets for laying hens	66
Marine algal polysaccharides alleviate aflatoxin B1-induced bursa of Fabricius injury by regulating redox and apoptotic signaling pathway in broilers	65
Heat stress impacts on broiler performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis	65
Dietary effect of licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) on quail performance, carcass, blood metabolites and intestinal microbiota	65
Effects of environmental conditions (temperature, pH, and glucose) on biofilm formation of Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky and virulence gene expression	64
Chicken embryo development: metabolic and morphological basis for in ovo feeding technology	61
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	57
Centennial Review: Factors affecting the chicken gastrointestinal microbial composition and their association with gut health and productive performance	57
Effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus on the growth performance, immune response, and intestinal barrier function of broiler chickens challenged with Escherichia coli O157	56
A critical review of the mechanisms involved in the occurrence of growth-related abnormalities affecting broiler chicken breast muscles	55
Weight and volume estimation of poultry and products based on computer vision systems: a review	55
Effects of oregano essential oil as an antibiotic growth promoter alternative on growth performance, antioxidant status, and intestinal health of broilers	54
The effects of different doses of curcumin compound on growth performance, antioxidant status, and gut health of broiler chickens challenged with Eimeria species	54

Selenium relieves oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis within spleen of chicken exposed to mercuric chloride	53
The control of poultry salmonellosis using organic agents: an updated overview	53
Influence of dietary Chlorella vulgaris and carbohydrate-active enzymes on growth performance, meat quality and lipid composition of broiler chickens	52
Ochratoxin A: its impact on poultry gut health and microbiota, an overview	51
Salmonella prevalence and persistence in industrialized poultry slaughterhouses	51
Effects of Taraxacum and Astragalus extracts combined with probiotic Bacillus subtilis and Lactobacillus on Escherichia coli–infected broiler chickens	50
The alterations of tracheal microbiota and inflammation caused by different levels of ammonia exposure in broiler chickens	50
Effect of muscle fiber characteristics on meat quality in fast- and slow-growing ducks	49
Evaluation of the efficacy of chlorogenic acid in reducing small intestine injury, oxidative stress, and inflammation in chickens challenged with Clostridium perfringens type A	49
Effects of dietary supplementation of a probiotic (Bacillus subtilis) on bone mass and meat quality of broiler chickens	48
Fatty acid profile, oxidative status, and content of volatile organic compounds in raw and cooked meat of different chicken strains	48
Fiber characteristics and meat quality of different muscular tissues from slow- and fast-growing broilers	48
Algae-derived polysaccharides supplementation ameliorates heat stress-induced impairment of bursa of Fabricius via modulating NF-κB signaling pathway in broilers	48
Comparison of performance and carcass composition of a novel slow-growing crossbred broiler with fast-growing broiler for chicken meat in Australia	46
Effects of novel probiotic strains of Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus subtilis on production, gut health, and immunity of broiler chickens raised under suboptimal conditions	46
Effects of heat stress on performance, blood chemistry, and hypothalamic and pituitary mRNA expression in broiler chickens	46
Effects of Bacillus Coagulans on growth performance, antioxidant capacity, immunity function, and gut health in broilers	46
Avian host defense cathelicidins: structure, expression, biological functions, and potential therapeutic applications	45
Meat quality and Raman spectroscopic characterization of Korat hybrid chicken obtained from various rearing periods	44
Polysaccharides derived from Astragalus membranaceus and Glycyrrhiza uralensis improve growth performance of broilers by enhancing intestinal health and modulating gut microbiota	44
Growth, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and microbial aspects of growing quail fed diets enriched with two different types of probiotics (Bacillus toyonensis and Bifidobacterium bifidum)	44