OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Elephants in Nepal: Correlating disease, tourism, and welfare	14
Health Status of 'Community Cats' Living in the Tourist Area of the Old Town in Onomichi City, Japan	13
Transportation of Cattle and Pigs between EU Member States 2014–2018 – Can Data from TRACES be used to Create Overview and Inform about Potential Welfare Consequences?	12
The Effects of Choice-Based Design and Management on the Behavior and Space Use of Zoo-Housed Amur Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica)	12
Detailed Assessment of Pet Ownership Rates in Four Underserved Urban and Rural Communities in the United States	11
A Literature Review: Pet Bereavement and Coping Mechanisms	11
Community attitudes and perceptions towards free-roaming dogs in Goa, India	10
Silence is Golden: Auditory Preferences in Zoo-housed Gorillas	9
Community factors and animal shelter outcomes	9
Evaluation of Horses’ Daytime Activity Budget in a Model of Ethological Stable: A Case Study in Italy	9
Public Perceptions of Australian Assistance Dogs: Happier and Better Used Than Companion Dogs	9
A Survey of Broiler Farmers’ Perceptions of Animal Welfare and their Technical Efficiency: A Case Study in Northeast China	8
Factors Contributing to the Satisfaction of Animal Shelter Volunteers: The Importance of Voice	8
Community Programming for Companion Dog Retention: A Survey of Animal Welfare Organizations	8
Environmental Enrichment for Pig welfare during Transport	8
A Quantitative Approach for Using Anticipatory Behavior as a Graded Welfare Assessment	8
Social Dynamics of a Newly Integrated Bachelor Group of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus): Welfare implications	8
Juvenile Nile Tilapia Fish Avoid Red Shelters	7
Make Me a Match: Prevalence and Outcomes Associated with Matching Programs in Dog Adoptions	7
Factors behind the Relinquishment of Dogs and Cats by their Guardians in Portugal	7
Contamination: The Case of Civets, Companionship, COVID, and SARS	7
One Health Animal Disaster Management: An Ethics of Care Approach	7
Zookeepers – The most important animal in the zoo?	6
Influence of full-time housing in vector-protected facilities on equine cortisol levels, heart rate, and behavior during the African horse sickness outbreak in Thailand	5
Nighttime behavior and the length of social relationships in male Asian elephants	5

Provision of Additional Cup Drinkers Mildly Alleviated Moderate Heat Stress Conditions in Broiler Chickens	5
A fast technique to induce and measure anticipatory behavior in bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus )	5
Building Sustainable Habitats for Free-Roaming Cats in Public Spaces: A Systematic Literature Review	5
Assessing Preference in a Paired-Stimulus Arrangement with Captive Vultures (Aegypius Monachus)	5
Health-Based Welfare Indicators and Fear Reaction of Slower Growing Broiler Compared to Faster Growing Broiler Housed in Free Range and Conventional Deep Litter Housing Systems	5
Aquarium Tank Design Is Integral to the Elimination of Mantle Abrasion in the Captive Curled Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa): A Case Study at Macduff Marine Aquarium	5
Belief in Animal Sentience and Affective Owner Attitudes are linked to Positive Working Equid Welfare across Six Countries	4
Demographic Changes in UK Rescue Centre Dog Population between 2014 and 2018	4
Impact of the Sound of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pulse Sequences in Awake Mice	4
A Prospective Study of Growth Rate, Disease Incidence, and Mortality in Kittens Less than 9 Weeks of Age in Shelter and Foster Care	4
Using Anticipatory Behavior to Detect the Change in Interest in an Activity Repeated Several Times and Avoid Habituation in Bottlenose Dolphins ( Tursiops Truncatus )	4
Behavior of Wildlife Species in Urban Areas to Changing Conditions during COVID-19 Lockdowns: A Review	4
Effects of stress-associated odor on ventilation rate and feeding performance in Nile tilapia	4
Online Dog Sale Advertisements Indicate Popularity of Welfare-Compromised Breeds	4
Welfare of broiler chickens in Brazilian free-range versus intensive indoor production systems	4
A Psychological Aversive Condition Does Not Change Individual Zebrafish Preference For Background Color Or Artificial Plant Enrichments	4
The Number of Dogs Entering Shelters in Five States, and Factors that Affect Their Outcomes: A Study of the Sheltering System	4
The impact of deferred intake as part of Capacity for Care (C4C) on shelter cat outcomes	4
Social Stress during the Estrus or Luteal Phase in Sheep	4
Play Behavior in Two Captive Bottlenose Dolphin Calves (Tursiops Truncatus): Ethogram, Ontogeny, and Individual Differences	3
Increasing Dip Net Mesh Size Results in More Fin Splits in Post-Smolt Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )	3
Covid Cats and Pandemic Puppies: The Altered Realm of Veterinary Care for Companion Animals during a Global Pandemic	3
Population Dynamics of Community Cats Living in a Tourist Area of Onomichi City, Japan, before and after the Trap-Test-Vaccinate-Alter-Return-Monitor Event	3
Assessment of animal welfare in fattening pig farms certified in good livestock practices	3
Cognitive Group Testing Promotes Affiliative Behaviors in Dolphins	3
Development and initial validation of the Animal Welfare Cultural Competence Inventory (AWCCI) to assess cultural competence in animal welfare	3
Welfare Improvement by Enrichment Programs in Common Marmoset Females Under Social Isolation	3
Can Tail and Ear Postures Be Suitable to Capture the Affective State of Growing Pigs?	3
Compassion, Hunger and Animal Suffering: Scenes from Kerala, South India	3
The Effect of Epicatechin-(4β-8)-Catechin on Some Biomarkers of Fatigue in Packed Donkeys (Equus Asinus) during the Dry Season in Northern Nigeria	3
Does Accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Correlate with Animal Welfare Act Compliance?	3
The Effect of Short-term Classical Music stimulus on Behavior and Tonic Immobility Reaction of Pullets	3
Hormonal-Induced Cervical Relaxation During Diestrus in Ewes: Cervical Transposing Feasibility and Use of hCG for Rescuing Disrupted Luteal Function	3
Associations between Laser Light Pointer Play and Repetitive Behaviors in Companion Cats: Does Participant Recruitment Method Matter?	3
Handling End-of-Life Situations in Small Animal Practice: What Strategies do Veterinarians Contemplate During their Decision-Making Process?	3
Abandonment and rehoming of rabbits and rodents in Madrid (Spain): A retrospective study (2008-2021)	3
Still-face Effect in Dogs (Canis familiaris). A Pilot Study	3
Using Anticipatory Behavior as Preference Test in The Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)	3
Effects of Complex Feeding Enrichment on the Behavior of Captive Malayan Sun Bears (Helarctos malayanus)	3
Spay/neuter laws as a debated approach to stabilizing the populations of dogs and cats: An overview of the European legal framework and remarks	3
‘Obedient, but cheeky’: Human expectations of canine behaviour and companionship	3
Shelter Worker’s Experiences and Perceptions of Capacity for Care (C4C)	3
Sex and Age Differences in Activity Budgets in a Population of Captive African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus)	3
Evaluation of Light Color Manipulation on Behavior and Welfare of Broiler Chickens	3
Predictors of the Use of Enrichment Items in Colony Housed Shelter Cats	2
Modeling Animal Shelter Volunteer Satisfaction: The Importance of Internal Policies	2
Use of proximity loggers to Estimate Affiliative and Agonistic Relationships among Group-housed Holstein calves	2
Effects of Auditory Enrichment on Welfare and Performance of Sows During Pregnancy and Farrowing/lactation Periods	2
Local People Standings on Existing Farm Animal Welfare Legislation in the BRIC Countries and the USA. Comparison with Western European Legislation	2
Quality of Life Assessment: The Value of Longitudinal Data in Making the End-of-Life Care Decision for a Macaque ( Macaca Silenus/Macaca Nemestrina)	2

Understanding Canine ‘Reactivity’: Species-Specific Behaviour or Human Inconvenience?	2
Owner Perspectives of Cat Handling Techniques Used in the Veterinary Clinic	2
Monitoring Blinks And Eyelid Twitches In Horses To Assess Stress During The Samples Collection Process	2
A global survey of companion animal veterinary practitioners on animal welfare teaching – Focus on undergraduate and continuing education, and clients’ sources of information	2
Salmonella sheep abortion: Distribution, diagnosis, and control measures	2
Functional Analysis and Successful Treatment of a Captive Rhesus Macaque’s Disruptive Behavior	2
Hair Cortisol in Service Dogs for Veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Compared to Companion Dogs (Canis Familiaris)	2
Welfare and Management of Civets in Civet Coffee Tourism Plantations	2
Glucocorticoid Production, Activity Levels, And Personality Traits Of Fennec Foxes (Vulpes zerda) Managed For Different Roles In Zoos	2
Training the Environmental Military Police in the State of São Paulo for science-based assessment of animal mistreatment	2
Developmental Programming, Evolution, and Animal Welfare: A Case for Evolutionary Veterinary Science	2
Effects of free farrowing system on the productive performance and welfare of sows and piglets	2
Assessing Extensive Cow-Calf Welfare in Namibia: Feasibility of Adapting a New Zealand Beef Cow Welfare Assessment Protocol	2
The Who, Where, and What of Publications in theJournal of Applied Animal Welfare Sciencefrom 2009 to 2019: A Bibliometric Analysis	2
Attitudes and Behaviours Towards Cats and Barriers to Stray Cat Management in Bulgaria	2
A Behavioral Index for Assessing Bison Stress Level during Handling and Demographic Predictors of Stress Response	2
Field Based Assessment of Clinical Signs of Irreversible Loss of Consciousness and Death Confirmed by Brain Destruction in Juvenile American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)After Penetra	2
The “Second Life” of laboratory rats (Rattus norvegicus): Assessment of social behavior of a colony of rats based on social network analysis	2
Work preferences and Animal Welfare Perception of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science Students in Northeastern Mexico	2
Effect of Topical Spray Containing Lidocaine on Piglet Behaviour Post castration	2
Should Animal Welfare be Included in Educational Programs? Attitudes of Secondary and University Students from Eight EU Countries	2
Low Luminosity Reduces Agonistic Behaviour of Nile Tilapia	2
Rescued Cats Prefer to Scratch Fabrics Commonly Used to Cover Upholstered Furniture	2
Animals as performers or exhibits: A study of their relevance to Portuguese, Spanish, and Greek pre-service teachers	1
Activity Budget and Postural Behaviors in Orangutans on Bukit Merah Orang Utan Island for Assessing Captive Great Ape Welfare	1
Enriched environment during adolescence modulates lipid metabolism and emotion-related behaviors in mice	1
Awareness of Animal Welfare and the Law among Undergraduate Students in a Brazilian Medical School	1
Pasture access and eye temperature in dairy cows	1
New Perspectives In The Objective Evaluation Of Animal Welfare, With Focus On The Domestic Pig	1
Reliability of caretakers’ ratings of captive bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) and finless porpoises’ ( Neophocaena asiaeorientalis	1
The Effect of Long Term Captivity on Stress Levels in Anolis carolinensis Lizards	1
Surgical Castration Changes Struggle Behavior and Vocalizations in Male Piglets	1
Physiological Response, Haematology and Stress Condition of Scavenging Chickens in Cement Production Areas	1
An Estimation of Lameness in Sable Island Horses Using Radiographic Evaluation of the Distal Phalanx and Hoof Capsule	1
Citizens’ Beliefs Regarding Dog Breed-Specific Legislation. The Case of Romania	1
Assessing the Effects of a Cognition-Based Education Program on Attitudes of Villagers Toward Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in Conflict-Prone Areas	1
The Relationship Between the Motor Lateralization and the Concentration of Cortisol and Tyrosine in Dogs Exposed to Stress During Veterinary Activities	1
Ordinal or visual analogue scales for assessing aspects of broiler chicken welfare?	1
Behavior Education and Intervention Program at a Small Shelter I. Effect on Behavior Knowledge and Safety	1
Cross-disciplinary method development for assessing dog welfare in canine-assisted pedagogical work: a pilot study	1
Human-Animal Relationships and Welfare in the Anthropocene: Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Disasters	1
Personality Characteristics Predictive of Social Pairing Outcome in Orange-Winged Amazon Parrots ( Amazona amazonica )	1
Comparison of Three Anaesthetic Options to Reduce Acute Pain Response in Kid Goats	1
How Cat-Behavior Advisors Can Improve Clients’ Willingness to Adopt their Advice: An Investigation of Advice Severity, Advisor Credibility, and Clients’ Self-Identity	1
Visitors’ Self-Reported Knowledge and Attitudes about an Animal-Free Exhibit on Animal Welfare	1
Cat Owners’ Perceptions toward Flea Infestation and Flea-borne Diseases: Impact for Public Health and Community Awareness	1
Good-looking vs. Obedient, Which Would You Rather Take Home? Appearance and Behavioral Predictors Affecting the Adoption of Shelter Dogs in Slovakia	1
Going to the office - What’s in it for the dog?	1
Population Estimates and the Effect of Trap-Neuter Return Program on the Free-Roaming Dog Population in Hong Kong SAR	1
Impact of Visual Barrier Removal on the Behavior of Shelter-Housed Dogs	1
Effects of species-relevant auditory stimuli on stress in cats exposed to novel environment	1
Cross sectional epidemiological study of the severity of buccal ulceration and sharp enamel points in ridden and unridden horses	1
Health evaluation of street dogs in Guarapuava, Brazil	1
A Longitudinal Study of Parenting Conditions on Two Adult, North American River Otters’ (Lontra Canadensis) Repetitive Behavior	1
A Framework for Using Epidemiology in Animal Welfare Science	1
Perception of Brazilian Agricultural Sciences Students on Animal Welfare: A Profile-based Approach	1
The Law and the Pussycat: Public Perceptions of the Use of Municipal Bylaws to Control Free-Roaming Domestic Cats in Canada	1
A mixed-methods analysis of similarities and differences in animal shelter staff, dog behavior professionals, and the public in determining kenneled dog welfare	1
Advice on cat behavior in German veterinary practices:Expectations of cat owners and influencing factors on compliance	1
Behavioral Evaluation ofHerpailurus yagouaroundi(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) in Response to Environmental Enrichment	1
A Survey of Veterinary Medical Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiences with Animal Sexual Abuse	1
Effects of Stocking Density in Group Cages on Egg Production, Profitability, and Aggressive Pecking of Hens	1
A mixed-method analysis of the consistency of intake information reported by shelter staff upon owner surrender of dogs	1
Benefit of Cognitive Environmental Enrichments on Social Tolerance and Play Behavior in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus)	1