OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Animal Welfare 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Electric shock control of farmed animals: Welfare review and ethical critique	37
A One Welfare approach to identify socioeconomic vulnerability in families during investigations into companion animal abuse in Pinhais, Brazil	20
An assessment of animal welfare impacts in wild Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) management	19
Equipment-related wounds and associated risk factors in working equids of the Oromia national regional state in Ethiopia	14
Physiological and behavioural assessments of stress levels in owls housed at owl cafes	14
Pekin ducks are motivated to lay in their preferred nest substrate	12
A comparison of the welfare of free-ranging native pony herds on common land with those used for conservation grazing in the UK	12
Dogs: Understanding Your Very Best Friend J Bradshaw (2021). Published by Andersen Press, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA, UK. 128 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1839130878). Price £6.15.	11
Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles, Second Edition - Edited by C Warwick, PC Arena and GM Burghart (2023). Published by Springer, Cham, Switzerland. 638 pages eBook (ISBN: 978-3-030-86012-7), Hard	11
Assessment, causes and consequences of short opercula in laboratory-reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)	10
Estimating global numbers of farmed fishes killed for food annually from 1990 to 2019	10
The construction of a measure of behavioural complexity as a potential individual-based welfare indicator and its theoretical validation	10
The relationships between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople on dairy goat farms	10
The Climate Crisis and Other Animals - Richard Twine (2024). Published by Sydney University Press, Sydney, Australia. ISBN (paperback) 9781743328996. Price £19.59 (paperback)	9
Mao's Bestiary: Medicinal Animals and Modern China LPY Chee (2021). Published by Duke University Press, 905 W Main Street, Durham, NC 27701, USA. 288 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1478014041). Price £20.	9
Defending and refining the Birch et al. (2021) precautionary framework for animal sentience	9
Working animal welfare and their multidimensional roles on livelihood improvement in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Welfare of fish now included in EU strategy for aquaculture	8
Perceptions of barriers to providing good cat care in Malaysian clinical practices	7
The cost of research: Lasting effects of capture, surgery and muscle biopsy on brown bear (Ursus arctos) movement and physiology	7
Review of Tail Biting in Pigs – a comprehensive guide to its aetiology, impact and wider significance in pig management - Edited by Keelin O’Driscoll and Anna Valros, Published by Brill \| Wage	7
Determination of static space requirements for finishing bulls based on image analysis	6
Bearing Witness: Ruth Harrison and British Farm Animal Welfare (1920-2000) C Kirchhelle (2021). Published by Palgrave Macmillan, Crinan Street, London N1 9XW, UK. 297 pages Hardback (ISBN: 978-3030627	6
Support for the ‘Pets as Ambassadors’ hypothesis in men: Higher animal empathy in Australian pet-owners vs non-owners and farmers	6
Waste not, want not: Value chain stakeholder attitudes to surplus dairy calf management in Australia	6

Treated Like Animals: Improving the Lives of the Creatures we Own, Eat and Use - By A Simmons (2023). Published by Pelagic Publishing, 20-22 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU, UK. 272 pages Hardback (ISBN:	6
‘No one cares about the animal like me.’ Indian veterinarians’ experiences of improving animal welfare through Continuing Professional Development	6
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians – ERRATUM	6
Public attitudes toward the use of technology to create new types of animals and animal products	6
Using a Delphi method to estimate the relevance of indicators for the assessment of shelter dog welfare	6
The selection, training and welfare of post-racing thoroughbreds and other breeds used in Equine Assisted Services	6
Welfare of extensively managed Swedish Gotland ponies	6
Key Questions in Animal Behaviour and Welfare: A Study and Revision Guide PA Rees (2022). Published by CABI Publishing, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. 256 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-17	6
Contrafreeloading and its influencing factors in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Implications for their feeding and welfare	6
Cattle Welfare in Dairy and Beef Systems: A New Approach to Global Issues - Edited by Marie Haskell (2023). Animal Welfare Series, Volume 23. Published by Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 431 pages. ISBN	6
Understanding the Bird of Prey N Fox (2022). Published by Cambria Publishing, Llandeilo, UK. 554 pages Hardback (ISBN: 9780957679139). Price £120.00.	5
Welfare and management practices of free-ranging yaks (Bos grunniens) in Bhutan	5
One welfare: Linking poverty, equid ownership and equid welfare in the brick kilns of India	5
Is a mounted award ceremony in equestrian sport relevant to animal welfare?	5
Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach – CORRIGENDUM	5
Exercise as a welfare strategy? Insights from horse (Equus caballus) owners in the UK	5
A follow-up study of exercise test results and severity of brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome signs in brachycephalic dogs	5
On the use of body mass measures in severity assessment in laboratory passerine birds	5
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion	5
A survey of handling and transportation of UK farmed deer	5
Is pet ownership associated with values and attitudes towards animals?	5
Attitudes of Turkish veterinary students towards farm animal welfare	5
Review of the evidence of sentience in cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans	5
Unforeseen consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: Increased frequency of kite-string injuries in magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil	5
Less activity means improved welfare? How pair housing influences pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) behaviour	5
Needle-free intradermal vaccination, an opportunity to improve commercial pig welfare	4
Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people	4
A systematic approach to defining and verifying descriptors used in the Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of sows	4
Perceptions of animal welfare and exotic pet ownership in China	4
Behaviour and welfare of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs used in contact wildlife tourism	4
Visitor effects on the welfare of captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) during the pandemic lockdowns	4
Pigs: Welfare in Practice I Camerlink (2020). Published by 5m Publishing, 8 Smithy Wood Drive, Sheffield S35, 1QN, UK. 166 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1789181050). Price £ 14.95.	4
Effect of dog-owner interaction on post-operative pain perception and stress of dogs and variability in their behavioural patterns	4
Welfare indicators for farmed rainbow trout: Tools for assessing fish welfare — FISHWELL handbook	4
Routine handling does not lead to chronic stress in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)	4
Neutralisation techniques used by defendants charged with animal welfare offences in Finland	3
AWF volume 31 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	3
A preliminary survey on the occurrence of barbering in laboratory mice in Germany	3
A review of welfare indicators for sea turtles undergoing rehabilitation, with emphasis on environmental enrichment	3
Welfare concerns associated with captive lions (Panthera leo) and the implications for commercial lion farms in South Africa	3
Advances in Pig Welfare, First Edition Edited by M Špinka (2018). Published by Woodhead Publishing, The Officer's Mess Business Centre, Royston Road, Duxford CB22 4QH, UK. 506 pages Hardback (ISBN: 97	3
Expanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices?	3
Individual variation in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) repertoires of abnormal behaviour	3
Understanding the Behaviour and Improving the Welfare of Chickens - Edited by C Nicol (2020). Published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 82 High Street, Sawston, Cambridge CB22 3HJ, UK. 688 pages	3
Digital Livestock Technologies as boundary objects: Investigating impacts on farm management and animal welfare	3
Living the good life? A systematic review of behavioural signs of affective state in the domestic horse (Equus caballus) and factors relating to quality of life. Part 2: Horse-human interaction	3
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Households with children at greatest risk of relinquishing a cat or dog	3
Cat management in an unregulated shelter environment: Relationship between care provision and cat health in Hong Kong	3
Does tail docking prevent Cochliomyia hominivorax myiasis in sheep? A six-year retrospective cohort study	2
Zoo Studies: Living Collections, Their Animals and Visitors - PA Rees (2023). Published by Cambridge University Press, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8EA, UK. 476 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-11085660	2

Establishing consensus on the best ways to educate children about animal welfare and prevent harm: An online Delphi study	2
The effect of providing a greater freedom of movement through periodic exercise on the welfare and stress physiology of stall-housed gestating sows and	2
Global distribution and gap analysis of equine housing research: The findings so far and where to go next	2
Improving hen welfare on cage-free egg farms in Asia: Egg producers’ perspectives	2
Can an animal welfare risk assessment tool identify livestock at risk of poor welfare outcomes?	2
Predictors of successful diversion of cats and dogs away from animal shelter intake: Analysis of data from a self-rehoming website	2
Evaluation of a commercial electrical stunning method for farmed grower saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) using non-invasive EEG measurements	2
Development of a novel primate welfare assessment tool for research macaques	2
Health and Welfare of Brachycephalic (Flat-faced) Companion Animals, First Edition Edited by RMA Packer and DG O'Neill (2021). Published by CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. 418 pages Paperback (ISBN: 9	2
Using the conditioned place preference paradigm to assess hunger in dairy calves: Preliminary results and methodological issues	2
Cortisol is not enough: A complex stress reaction in tethered goats	2
Practical Canine Behaviour: For Veterinary Nurses and Technicians, Second Edition S Hedges (2021). Published by CABI, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. 312 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1789	2
The effect of animal shelter sound on cat behaviour and welfare	2
Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, Third Edition - Edited by M Dyson, P Jirkof, J Lofgren, E Nunamaker and D Pang (2023). Published by Elsevier, 230 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10169, USA.	2
AWF volume 30 issue 3 Cover and Back matter	2
Non-invasive assessment of positive affective state using infra-red thermography in rats	2
Tamoxifen exacerbates morbidity and mortality in male mice receiving medetomidine anaesthesia	2
Welfare of broiler chickens reared under two different types of housing	2
Evaluation of stress markers in horses during hippotherapy sessions in comparison to being ridden by beginners	2
Misleading Claim by Ben-Ami et al. (2014)	2
AWF volume 31 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	2
Public concern for animal welfare and its correlation with ethical ideologies after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China	2
Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments	2
AWC Opinion on the welfare of cattle kept in different production systems	2
Play and welfare in domestic cats: Current knowledge and future directions	2
Condition of bob veal calves on arrival at an abattoir in Ohio	2
Mental Health and Well-being in Animals, Second Edition Edited by FD McMillan (2019). Published by CABI, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. 384 pages Hardback (ISBN: 9781786393401). Price	2
Contactless body temperature assessment for signalling humane endpoints in a mouse model of sepsis	2
Horses are worthy of care: Horse sector participants’ attitudes towards animal sentience, welfare, and well-being	2