OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Anthrozoos is 1. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Introduction to Human–Animal Interaction: Insights from Social and Life Sciences	29
Mapping Human–Animal Interaction Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis	28
Livestock and Pets: Validation of 72 Pairs of Photographs Depicting Dogs, Cats, Miniature Rabbits, Pigs, and Cattle	22
Understanding and Conceptualizing Childhood Animal Harm: A Meta-Narrative Systematic Review	17
Companionship and Worries in Uncertain Times: Australian Parents’ Experiences of Children and Pets During COVID-19	16
Working Like a Dog: A Mixed-Method Study of Public Support for Police Dogs and Their Utilities	15
“A Love–Hate Relationship with What I Do”: Protecting the Mental Health of Animal Care Workers	15
“Commenting” on Animal Cruelty: A Content Analysis of Social Media Discourse on Animal Law Enforcement in Australia	13
Moral Disengagement From Animal Harms Among Incarcerated Men, and Change Through Human–Animal Relationships in a Prison-Dog Program	13
Applying the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) and BIAS Map to Understand Attitudinal and Behavioral Tendencies Toward the Conservation of Sharks	12
Children’s Comfort From Pets During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Attachment and Children’s Treatment of Pets	12
Non-Human Humanitarians: Animal Interventions in Global Politics	12
The Magic, Science, and Religion of Pet Cloning: An Homage to Malinowski	11
Perception of Animal Mind in the Relationship Between Morality and Violence Against Animals: Moral Status Versus Anthropomorphization	10
Effects on Wellbeing of Exposure to Dog Videos Before a Stressor	10
“Has an Ugly Caw”: The Moral Implications of How Hunting Organizations Depict Nonhuman Animals	10
Black Dog Bias in the Courtroom: A Potential Disadvantage?	10
Investigating Factors Associated With Stress in Guardians of Dogs Under 12 Months of Age	10
Identity, Gender, and Tracking: The Reality of Boundaries for Veterinary Students	10
Description and Determinants of At-Risk Interactions for Human Health Between Children and Dogs in an Inuit Village	9
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Cat–Human Relationships in the United States and Japan	9
Efficacy of an Animal-Assisted Therapy Program in the Development of Children With Down Syndrome	9
Charismatic Species and Birdwatching: Advanced Birders Prefer Small, Shy, Dull, and Rare Species	9
Assessment of Detection of Potential Dog-Bite Risks in the Home Using a Real-Time Hazard Perception Test	9
Older Adult Companion Animal-Owner Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploration	9

Exploring the Effects of the Human–Animal Relationship on Care-Farms in the Context of Trauma Histories	9
Decolonising animals	9
Social Support and Wellbeing in Cat and Dog Owners, and the Moderating Influence of Pet–Owner Relationship Quality	9
Humans and Farm Animals in Documentary Film Narratives: A Romantic Perspective on the Problem of Capitalist Meat Production	9
Pets and Prams: Exploring Perceptions of Companion Animals in Relation to Maternal Wellbeing	9
Virtual Human–Animal Interactions: Supporting Learning, Social Connections and Well-Being	8
A Preliminary Assessment of Equine Affect in Equine-Assisted Services	8
Organizational Factors Affecting Burnout in Veterinary Nurses: A Systematic Review	8
The Climate Crisis and Other Animals	8
Unwanted Feeding and Other Interactions Between Passers-By and Horses: Owners’ Views During the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Exploring Maasai Attitudes to, and Willingness to Engage in, Beekeeping	8
Initial Psychometric Evaluation of a Service Dog Attraction Assessment Grid for Youth With ASD and Related Disorders	8
The Gender Gap in Animal Experimentation Support: The Mediating Roles of Empathy and Speciesism	8
Classification of Animals as Pet, Pest, or Profit: Consistency and Associated Variables Among Spanish University Students	7
Trainer Views of Working Marine Mammals; Bonds, Trust, and Welfare: A Qualitative Exploration Using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis	7
Like Music to our Ears: The Complexity of Bird Vocalizations as a Key Factor of Attractiveness	7
“She is Like a Sister to Me”: Children’s Lived Experience With Their Dog	7
Into the Animal Mind: Perceptions of Emotive and Cognitive Traits in Animals	6
A Cross-Species Examination of Pro-White Color Bias Using a Novel Implicit Association Test	6
Differences in General and Specific Attitudes Toward Animals by Diet and Gender	6
The Running Centaur: Horse-Racing in Global-Historical Perspective	6
Skilled Decisions and Animals Used for Human Purposes: Results From Convenience and Representative US Samples	6
Between Freedom and Abandonment: Social Representations of Free-Roaming Donkeys in the Brazilian Northeast	6
Peticide: An Analysis of Online News Media Articles of Human Suicide Involving Pet Animals	5
Assessing Attendance Frequency and Duration at a Drop-In Animal Visitation Program Among First-Semester University Students Separated From Their Pets	5
Encountering Animals Cultivates Meaningful Shared Experiences Between Children and Parents	5
Benefits and Challenges of Having a Service Dog Among Veterans in Recovery from Substance Use Harms	5
Emotional Support Animal Partnerships: Behavior, Welfare, and Clinical Involvement	5
The Difference is in the Details: Attachment and Cross-Species Parenting in the United States and India	5
An Exploration of Type of Animal Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence	5
Nature’s Best Friend: Viewing Pets as Having Greater Emotional Experience Increases Ecological Concern	5
Do Dogs Really Influence How People Evaluate Psychotherapists? A Conceptual Replication Attempt	5
Do Canine and Human Personality Assessments Predict Successful Adoptions?	5
Examining the Human–Horse Bond From the Human Perspective	4
Evaluation of the Animal Guardians Program: An Intervention for Children Who Have Harmed Animals	4
Punitive Penalties for the Maltreatment of Animals: A Case Study of People’s Perceptions	4
Cages or Conservation? Providing Information Improves Public Perceptions of Zoos	4
The Parrot–Owner Relationship and Problem Behaviors in Parrots	4
Training Dogs with Science or with Nature? An Exploration of Trainers’ Word Use, Gender, and Certification Across Dog-Training Methods	4
The Effect of Dog Videos on Subjective and Physiological Responses to Stress	4
Exploring Myths and Misconceptions About Dog Behavior in a Spanish Population Sample	4
Dreaming of Pegasus: Equine Imaginings	4
Dogs Can Enhance Social Perceptions: The Influence of Dogs on Women’s Perceptions of Safety in Emotional Contexts	4
Using the Implicit Association Test to Evaluate Subconscious Attitudes Toward Snakes	4
Investigating Attitudes Toward Sharks in Australia	4
Heroes and Villains: Message Frames, Gender, and Meat Attachment as Predictors of Meat Reduction Intentions	4
Portrayals of Animals in COVID-19 News Media	4
Gendered Meat? Cognitive Dissonance and Individual Differences in Meat Eaters	4
Assessing the Visitor and Animal Outcomes of a Zoo Encounter and Guided Tour Program with Ambassador Cheetahs	3
The Good, the Bad, the Helpful: Qualitative Exploration of the Australian Puppy-Raising Experience Through Longitudinal Surveys	3

The Relation Between Pet Ownership, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life: Propensity Score Matched Analyses	3
Virtual Canine Comfort: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of a Canine-Assisted Intervention Supporting Undergraduate Wellbeing	3
Unleashing the Personality Divide: Resilience in Dog Owners, Neuroticism in Cat Owners	3
How Do We Perceive Our Relations With Animals? The Predominance of Relational Nature and Physical Capacity	3
Psychometric Evaluation of the Comfort from Companion Animals Scale in a Sexual and Gender Minority Sample	3
“He’d Be Happier if He Wasn’t Chonky” – Qualitatively Exploring Canine Obesity Perceptions Using YouTube^™and Discussion Fora	3
Development and Validation of an Index to Measure and Quantify Pet-Related Barriers to Healthcare Access and Utilization	3
Presence of Animals in Primary School and Preschool Classrooms: Teachers’ Preferences Through Discrete Choice Models	3
The Moral Divide Between High- and Low-Status Animals: The Role of Human Supremacy Beliefs	3
I am Homo Sapien: Perceptions of Evolutionary Theory, Animal Identity, and Human–Animal Relationships Among US Law and Policy Students	3
University Cats? Predictors of Staff and Student Responsiveness Toward On-Campus Cat Visitations	3
Pet Attachment and Maintenance of Physical and Cognitive Function in Community-Residing Older Adults: Evidence From the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA)	3
Shaving the Beasts: Wild Horses and Ritual in Spain	3
Love in Cold Blood: Are Reptile Owners Emotionally Attached to Their Pets?	3
Recreational Horseback Riding and Its Association with Physical, Mental, and Social Wellbeing and Perceived Health	3
Addressing Barriers to Action: Increasing Cat Guardians’ Compliance with Professional Environmental Enrichment Advice	2
Impacts of Cartoon Animals on Human–Alloanimal Relations	2
Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern British Life Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern British Life , by Jane Hamlett and Julie-Marie Strange, Re	2
Development of the Pet Owner Connectedness Scale (POCS)	2
Companion Dog Routine Inventory: Scale Validation and the Effect of Routine on the Human–Dog Relationship	2
Animals and Society in Brazil from the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries Animals and Society in Brazil from the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries , by Ana Lucia Camphora	2
A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path: Animal Metaphors in an Eastern Indonesian Society	2
Predicting Support for Social Actions and Policies that Enable Pet Ownership Among People Living in Poverty	2
Are Brachycephalic Dogs Really Cute? Evidence from Online Descriptions	2
Affecting Change: The Effect of a Human–Animal Interaction on Donation Giving	2
Vocal Emotion in Pet-Directed and Infant-Directed Speech: Similar Sounds and Functions, but Different Determinants	2
“They Ease Your Mind:” Horses as Co-Agents in Supernurturers’ Self-Care	2
Disputes Over Feeding Resources Provoke Agonistic Interactions Between Capuchins and Humans in Brasília National Park, Brazil	2
“Rabbit Rescuers”: A School-Based Animal Welfare Education Intervention for Young Children	2
Camels in the Bedouin Community of Oman: Beyond the Human–Animal Binary	2
Untangling the Complex Relationships between Horse Welfare, Rider Safety, and Rider Satisfaction	2
Investigating the Motivational Priorities Underlying Equestrians’ Horse-Keeping and Training Practices	2
Implementing Stress-Reducing Veterinary Care: Perceptions of Australian Veterinary Professionals Working with Dogs	2
Animals of Aotearoa: Kaupapa Māori Summaries	1
Characterization of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder’s Interactions with a Service Dog During Their First Encounter	1
Is Your Elephant Happy? Mahout Identification and Description of Elephant Affective States in Nepal	1
Attitudes Toward Nonhuman Animals During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak in China	1
Effects of Essential Animal Visitation Program (AVP) Components on Students’ Salivary α-Amylase and Amylase-to-Cortisol Ratios	1
A Measurement Equivalence Study of the Family Bondedness Scale: Comparison Between Black/African American and White Pet Owners	1
Exploring Professional Riders’ Understanding and Experience of Feel Within the Equestrian Dyad	1
Human–Animal Relations in Bronze Age Crete: A History through Objects	1
“I Saw Her With My Heart”: Supernatural Experiences and Continuing Bonds After the Death of a Dog	1
Animal Abuse Proclivity Among Women: Exploring Callousness, Sadism, and Psychopathy Traits	1
Public Perceptions of Herpetofauna in Zoos	1
Who Lets the Dog In? Differential Effects of a Dog-Training Program for Incarcerated Adults	1
From Puppy Love to Pet Peeve: What Causes Second/Successor Dog Syndrome in Assistance-Dog Handlers and Companion-Dog Owners?	1
Empathy and Burnout in Veterinarians and Veterinary Nurses: Identifying Burnout Protectors	1
Therapy Dogs in the Dialysis Clinic: A Qualitative Study Examining Hemodialysis Patients’ Attitudes Toward an Animal-Assisted Intervention	1
Not-So-Prestigious: Social Status Sensitivity Reduces the Adoptability Ratings of Non-Pedigree Cats in an Online Task	1
Giving to Animal Charities: A Nine-Country Study	1
Effects of a Brief Separation From the Owner While in the Home Environment: Comparison of Fearful and Control Dogs	1
The Effect of Visitor Number on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Macropods	1
Companion Animals: Associations With Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Satisfaction With Life in Portuguese Community-Dwelling Older Adults	1
Individual Differences in Effective Animal Advocacy: Moderating Effects of Gender Identity and Speciesism	1
Environmental Concern and Public Attitudes Toward Marine Life in Coastal China	1
Pet Ownership and Family Involvement in Sports and Other Activities	1
Pet Bereavement Among Pet Owners in Ghana	1
With or Without You: Beneficial and Detrimental Associations Between Companion Dogs and Human Psychological Adjustment During a COVID-19 Lockdown Phase	1
How Is Human Socioeconomic Position Linked With Dog Ownership Practices? A Study From Denmark	1
The Attractiveness of Freshwater Species Correlates Positively With Conservation Support	1
The Emotional Aspects of Dog Fostering: Both Ends of the Leash	1