OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Animal is 33. 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
Editorial Board	231
Short communication: Prevalence of deleterious variants causing recessive disorders in Italian Chianina, Marchigiana and Romagnola cattle	167
Effects of lactic acid bacteria-fermented formula milk supplementation on colonic microbiota and mucosal transcriptome profile of weaned piglets	165
Editorial: Animal welfare from a transdisciplinary perspective	158
Whole-genome resequencing reveals genetic structure and introgression in Pudong White pigs	102
Estimation of the genetic parameters of sheep growth traits based on machine vision acquisition	91
Pedigree analysis in the Polish Red cattle population	85
Predicting feed efficiency of Angus steers using the gastrointestinal microbiome	66
Diurnal variation of milk fatty acids in early-lactation Holstein cows with and without hyperketonemia	62
Short communication: Temporal profiles of colostrum and milk haptoglobin and substance P in early lactation multiparous Holstein cows	59
Effects and interaction of dietary calcium and non-phytate phosphorus for slow-growing yellow-feathered broilers during the starter phase	54
Effects of group size on agonistic interactions in dairy cows: a descriptive study	53
Production costs, economic viability, and risks associated with compost bedded pack, freestall, and drylot systems in dairy farms	53
Using dynamic modelling to enhance the assessment of the beef water footprint	50
Resolving and functional analysis of RNA editing sites in sheep ovaries and associations with litter size	50
Novel pathways linked to the expression of temperament in Merino sheep: a genome-wide association study	50
From the biochemical pieces to the nutritional puzzle: using meta-reactions in teaching and research	49
Probing the effects of dietary selenised glucose on the selenium concentration, quality, and antioxidant activity of eggs and production performances of laying hens	48
Thiamine modulates intestinal morphological structure and microbiota under subacute ruminal acidosis induced by a high-concentrate diet in Saanen goats	48
Review: Environment of the ovulatory follicle: modifications and use of biotechnologies to enhance oocyte competence and increase fertility in cattle	47
Animal board invited review: Quantification of resilience in farm animals	45
Early addition of enzyme-treated soybean in the diet improves amino acid absorption and protein digestibility by promoting digestive enzyme activity in broilers	44
Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition	43
Animal Board Invited Review: A Biocultural Perspective of Animal Farming Systems in Europe	43
Review: SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks – an overview of current knowledge on occurrence, disease and epidemiology	41

Review: Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare	40
Predicting feed intake using modelling based on feeding behaviour in finishing beef steers	40
Interactive effects of vitamins A and K3 on laying performance, egg quality, tibia attributes and antioxidative status of aged Roman Pink laying hens	39
Association between the prion protein genotype and animal performance traits in a large multibreed sheep population	39
Associations between behaviour and health outcomes in conventional and slow-growing breeds of broiler chicken	37
Longitudinal pattern of growth performance and feeding behaviour in pigs fed varying dietary crude protein levels and categorized by final feed efficiency	36
Review: Production factors affecting poultry carcass and meat quality attributes	35
Performance, health, and physiological responses of newly received feedlot cattle supplemented with pre- and probiotic ingredients	35
Effect of postweaning feed intake on performance, intestinal morphology, and the probability of diarrhoea in piglets	33