OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Anthrozoos is 5. 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