OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Animal Feed Science and Technology is 25. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Ability of tannins to modulate ruminal lipid metabolism and milk and meat fatty acid profiles	75
Production of leaf protein concentrates in green biorefineries as alternative feed for monogastric animals	63
Exploring microbial community structure and metabolic gene clusters during silage fermentation of paper mulberry, a high-protein woody plant	63
Paenibacillus polymyxa (LM31) as a new feed additive: Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity and its effects on growth, blood biochemistry, and intestinal bacterial populations of growing Japanese qua	62
Evaluation of seaweeds from marine waters in Northwestern Europe for application in animal nutrition	52
Chemical composition, protein quality and nutritive value of commercial soybean meals produced from beans from different countries: A meta-analytical study	44
Plant secondary metabolites as feed additives in calves for antimicrobial stewardship	39
Cactus (Opuntia and Nopalea) nutritive value: A review	39
Size reduction in feed technology and methods for determining, expressing and predicting particle size: A review	38
Screw-pressed fractions from green forages as animal feed: Chemical composition and mass balances	36
The nutritional value of tropical legume forages fed to ruminants as affected by their growth habit and fed form: A systematic review	34
The microbiome and metabolome of Napier grass silages prepared with screened lactic acid bacteria during ensiling and aerobic exposure	32
Bee propolis extract as a phytogenic feed additive to enhance diet digestibility, rumen microbial biosynthesis, mitigating methane formation and health status of late pregnant ewes	31
Effect of a low temperature tolerant lactic acid bacteria inoculant on the fermentation quality and bacterial community of oat round bale silage	31
Dynamics of fermentation profile and bacterial community of silage prepared with alfalfa, whole-plant corn and their mixture	29
Maize-based diets are more conducive to crude protein reductions than wheat-based diets for broiler chickens	28
Biomarkers of gastrointestinal functionality in dogs: A systematic review and meta-analysis	27
The effect of probiotics, phytobiotics and their combination as feed additives in the diet of dairy calves on performance, rumen fermentation and blood metabolites during the preweaning period	27
The effect of Pediococcus acidilactici J17 with high-antioxidant activity on antioxidant, α‑tocopherol, β‑carotene, fatty acids, and fermentation profiles of alfalfa silage ensiled at two different dr	27
(Bio)Technological processing of poultry and pig feed: Impact on the composition, digestibility, anti-nutritional factors and hygiene	26
Evaluation of full-fat Hermetia illucens larvae meal as a fishmeal replacement for weanling piglets: Effects on the growth performance, apparent nutrient digestibility, blood parameters and gut morpho	26
Condensed tannins enhanced antioxidant capacity and hypoxic stress survivability but not growth performance and fatty acid profile of juvenile Japanese seabass (Lateolabrax japonicus)	25
Life-cycle analysis of soybean meal, distiller-dried grains with solubles, and synthetic amino acid-based animal feeds for swine and poultry production	25
Future directions of animal feed technology research to meet the challenges of a changing world	25
Effect of dietary Clostridium autoethanogenum protein on growth, body composition, plasma parameters and hepatic genes expression related to growth and AMPK/TOR/PI3K signaling pathway of the genetical	25

Synergistic effects of Bacillus pumilus and exogenous protease on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) growth, gut microbes, immune response and gene expression fed plant protein diet	25
Alternatives to antibiotics and trace elements (copper and zinc) to improve gut health and zootechnical parameters in piglets: A review	25