OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Anthrozoos is 2. 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
“I Can’t Give Up When I Have Them to Care for”: People’s Experiences of Pets and Their Mental Health	28
Homeless People and Their Dogs: Exploring the Nature and Impact of the Human–Companion Animal Bond	21
The Importance of Client–Canine Contact in Canine-Assisted Interventions: A Randomized Controlled Trial	20
Quality of the Human–Animal Bond and Mental Wellbeing During a COVID-19 Lockdown	20
Compassion Fatigue Among Animal Shelter Volunteers: Examining Personal and Organizational Risk Factors	18
Best Friends Come in All Breeds: The Role of Pets in Suicidality	16
The Moral Divide Between High- and Low-Status Animals: The Role of Human Supremacy Beliefs	15
Attitudes Toward Animal Welfare Among Adolescents from Colombia, France, Germany, and India	13
Hidden in Plain Sight: Uncovering the Obesogenic Environment Surrounding the UK’s Leisure Horses	13
The Relation Between Pet Ownership, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life: Propensity Score Matched Analyses	13
Effects of Dolphin-Assisted Therapy on the Social and Communication Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder	12
Understanding the Human–Reptile Bond: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study	11
Coping with Pet Food Insecurity in Low-Income Communities	11
Charismatic Species and Birdwatching: Advanced Birders Prefer Small, Shy, Dull, and Rare Species	10
When the Bond Breaks: Variables Associated with Grief Following Companion Animal Loss	10
Children’s Conversations Reveal In-Depth Learning at the Zoo	10
The Relationship Between Living with Dogs and Social and Emotional Development in Childhood	10
Tattoo Narratives: Insights Into Multispecies Kinship and Griefwork	10
Attitudes Toward Spay/Neuter in the US Population: Urban/Rural, Cat/Dog, and Demographic Differences	9
Companionship and Worries in Uncertain Times: Australian Parents’ Experiences of Children and Pets During COVID-19	9
Older Adult Companion Animal-Owner Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploration	9
Does a Working Knowledge of Learning Theory Relate to Improved Horse Welfare and Rider Safety?	9
Into the Animal Mind: Perceptions of Emotive and Cognitive Traits in Animals	9
The Impact of Pet Ownership on Healthcare-Seeking Behavior in Individuals Experiencing Homelessness	8
Virtual Canine Comfort: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of a Canine-Assisted Intervention Supporting Undergraduate Wellbeing	8

Integrating Facility Dogs into Legal Contexts for Survivors of Sexual and Family Violence: Opportunities and Challenges	8
Understanding and Conceptualizing Childhood Animal Harm: A Meta-Narrative Systematic Review	8
The Anchoring Model as a Tool to Improve Visitors’ Perceptions of Zoos	8
Assessing the Visitor and Animal Outcomes of a Zoo Encounter and Guided Tour Program with Ambassador Cheetahs	8
A Panorama of Human–Animal Interactions Research: Bibliometric Analysis of HAI Articles 1982–2018	8
Personality and Compassion for Animals	8
Sex and Parental Status Impacts Human-to-Pet Attachment and Caregiving Attitudes and Behaviors in a Japanese Sample	7
Understanding Links Between College Students’ Childhood Pet Ownership, Attachment, and Separation Anxiety During the Transition to College	7
Love in Cold Blood: Are Reptile Owners Emotionally Attached to Their Pets?	7
The Effect of a PTSD Service Dog on Military Veterans’ Medication Regimens: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study	7
Portrayals of Animals in COVID-19 News Media	7
“Rabbit Rescuers”: A School-Based Animal Welfare Education Intervention for Young Children	7
Pet Ownership and Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Importance of Resilience and Attachment to Pets	7
Characterization of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder’s Interactions with a Service Dog During Their First Encounter	7
Human Ability to Determine Affective States in Domestic Horse Whinnies	7
Dogs in Schools: Can Spending Time with Dogs Improve Executive Functioning in a Naturalistic Sample of Young Children?	7
Empathy and Burnout in Veterinarians and Veterinary Nurses: Identifying Burnout Protectors	6
Who Lets the Dog In? Differential Effects of a Dog-Training Program for Incarcerated Adults	6
Impacts of Cartoon Animals on Human–Alloanimal Relations	6
With or Without You: Beneficial and Detrimental Associations Between Companion Dogs and Human Psychological Adjustment During a COVID-19 Lockdown Phase	6
Predicting Dysfunctional Human–Dog Dyads	6
Attitudes Toward Nonhuman Animals During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak in China	6
Dog-Directed Parenting Styles Mirror Dog Owners’ Orientations Toward Animals	6
Companion Animals and Adolescent Stress and Adaptive Coping During the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Fear of Wolves in Relation to Attacks on People and Livestock in Western Iran	6
Pet Caretaking and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Older US Adults	6
Training Dogs with Science or with Nature? An Exploration of Trainers’ Word Use, Gender, and Certification Across Dog-Training Methods	6
Applying the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) and BIAS Map to Understand Attitudinal and Behavioral Tendencies Toward the Conservation of Sharks	6
From Pets to Pests: Testing the Scope of the “Pets as Ambassadors” Hypothesis	6
The Emotional Aspects of Dog Fostering: Both Ends of the Leash	5
Preliminary Findings of a Ten-Item Scale to Assess the Commitment of Low-Income Owners to Their Companion Animals	5
Psychometric Evaluation of the Comfort from Companion Animals Scale in a Sexual and Gender Minority Sample	5
Human–Animal Interactions and the Promotion of Social and Emotional Competencies: A Scoping Review	5
“A Love–Hate Relationship with What I Do”: Protecting the Mental Health of Animal Care Workers	5
The Effect of Dog Videos on Subjective and Physiological Responses to Stress	5
Engaging Zoo Visitors at Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Exhibits Promotes Positive Attitudes Toward Chimpanzees and Conservation	5
University Cats? Predictors of Staff and Student Responsiveness Toward On-Campus Cat Visitations	5
Animal Abuse Proclivity Among Women: Exploring Callousness, Sadism, and Psychopathy Traits	5
Roaming the Campus: University Stakeholders’ Perceptions of, and Interactions with, Campus Cats and Dogs	5
Companion Dog Routine Inventory: Scale Validation and the Effect of Routine on the Human–Dog Relationship	5
Benefits and Challenges of Having a Service Dog Among Veterans in Recovery from Substance Use Harms	5
The Difference is in the Details: Attachment and Cross-Species Parenting in the United States and India	5
Human–Bat Relationships in Southwestern Nigerian Communities	4
Personality Traits of Brazilian Pet Owners and Nonowners and Their Association with Attachment to Pets	4
Dog-Assisted Physical Activity Intervention in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Feasibility and Efficacy Exploratory Study	4
Addressing Behavior and Policy Around Meat: Associating Factory Farming With Animal Cruelty “Works” Better Than Zoonotic Disease	4
Effect of Anthropomorphizing Food Animals on Intentions to Eat Meat	4
Woeful Walks? Dog Walking Not Associated with Mindfulness or Loneliness in Australians Living Alone During a COVID-19 Lockdown	4
Public Opinion About Punishment for Animal Abuse in Spain: Animal Attributes as Predictors of Attitudes Toward Penalties	4
Owner Sex and Human– Canine Interactions at the Park	4

What We Eat Is Who We Are: The Role of Ethnic Attachment as an Ideological Base of Animal Exploitation	4
Avoidant Attachment Mediates Cultural Differences in Likelihood to Surrender Pets	4
Nature’s Best Friend: Viewing Pets as Having Greater Emotional Experience Increases Ecological Concern	4
The Parrot–Owner Relationship and Problem Behaviors in Parrots	4
Dogs Can Enhance Social Perceptions: The Influence of Dogs on Women’s Perceptions of Safety in Emotional Contexts	4
Environmental Concern and Public Attitudes Toward Marine Life in Coastal China	4
Human–Wildlife Interactions with Different Species in a Brazilian Park: A Naturalistic Approach	4
Canine Comfort: The Protective Effects of Dog Ownership and Support for Victimized Adolescents	4
The Effect of Visitor Number on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Macropods	4
Animals’ Relationships With Caregivers and Conspecifics are Associated With Zoo Visitors’ Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States	3
Association Between Participation in Dog Agility and Physical Activity of Dog Owners	3
A Preliminary Analysis of Psychiatric Service Dog Placements and Sleep Patterns of Partners of Veterans With PTSD	3
Public Perceptions of Herpetofauna in Zoos	3
Exploring the Effects of the Human–Animal Relationship on Care-Farms in the Context of Trauma Histories	3
A Preliminary Exploration of the Psychological Risk Factors for Childhood Animal Cruelty: The Roles of Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Empathy	3
What is Beneficial in Our Relationships with Pets? Exploring the Psychological Factors Involved in Human–Pet Relations and Their Associations with Human Wellbeing	3
The Elusive “Feel”: Exploring the Quality of the Rider–Horse Relationship	3
Attitudes in China, Japan, and the Netherlands Toward the Use of Animals in Medical Research	3
Using the Implicit Association Test to Evaluate Subconscious Attitudes Toward Snakes	3
Do Canine and Human Personality Assessments Predict Successful Adoptions?	3
Between Freedom and Abandonment: Social Representations of Free-Roaming Donkeys in the Brazilian Northeast	3
Recreational Horseback Riding and Its Association with Physical, Mental, and Social Wellbeing and Perceived Health	3
Description and Determinants of At-Risk Interactions for Human Health Between Children and Dogs in an Inuit Village	3
The Effects of Exposure to Information About Animal Welfare Reforms on Animal Farming Opposition: A Randomized Experiment	3
Predicting Support for Social Actions and Policies that Enable Pet Ownership Among People Living in Poverty	3
Goats in Schools: Parental Attitudes and Perceived Benefits	2
Friend, Foe, or Food: What Influences Students’ Attitudes Toward Animals?	2
Emotional Support Animal Partnerships: Behavior, Welfare, and Clinical Involvement	2
Rare Animals as Cryptids and Supernaturals: The Case of Dugongs on Flores Island	2
Individual Differences in Effective Animal Advocacy: Moderating Effects of Gender Identity and Speciesism	2
The Human–Horse Relationship: Human Direct and Meta Perceptions of Its Importance for Performance and Welfare in Equestrian Sport	2
Pet Bereavement Among Pet Owners in Ghana	2
“Yesterday You Slaughtered Animals, Today You Pity Them”: Ambivalence and Resolution Among Jewish Israeli Slaughterers	2
Ambiguity, Ambivalence, and Affective Encounters: An Ethnographic Account of Medical Detection Dog–Trainer Relationships	2
Examining the Human–Horse Bond From the Human Perspective	2
Camels in the Bedouin Community of Oman: Beyond the Human–Animal Binary	2
Attitudes Toward Dog Relinquishment as Assessed Through a Survey of University Students	2
PAW-sitive for Whom? Examining the Treatment Acceptability of Prison-Animal Programs	2
The Effect of Therapy Dogs on Preoperative Anxiety	2
No Loss of Support if Attached: Attachment Not Pet Type Predicts Grief, Loss Sharing, and Perceived Support	2
Secure Attachment to Mother and Children’s Psychological Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Pet Attachment	2
Development of the Pet Owner Connectedness Scale (POCS)	2
Investigating the Motivational Priorities Underlying Equestrians’ Horse-Keeping and Training Practices	2
Social Support and Wellbeing in Cat and Dog Owners, and the Moderating Influence of Pet–Owner Relationship Quality	2
Are Brachycephalic Dogs Really Cute? Evidence from Online Descriptions	2
The Good, the Bad, the Helpful: Qualitative Exploration of the Australian Puppy-Raising Experience Through Longitudinal Surveys	2
“He’d Be Happier if He Wasn’t Chonky” – Qualitatively Exploring Canine Obesity Perceptions Using YouTube^™and Discussion Fora	2
The Dog as an Unaware Pedagogical Agent in a School Reading Course	2
Examining the Effects of Nature and Animal Videos on Stress	2
Companion Animals and Online Discourse: Victim-Blaming and Animal Evacuation	2
Effects of Essential Animal Visitation Program (AVP) Components on Students’ Salivary α-Amylase and Amylase-to-Cortisol Ratios	2
The Moral Foundations of Care and Authority and the Perception of Animal Mind in Relation to Violence Against Animals	2
Effects on Wellbeing of Exposure to Dog Videos Before a Stressor	2
Perceptions and Practices of Dog Ownership and Rabies Control at a Human–Wildlife–Domestic Animal Interface in South Africa	2