OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Animal is 32. 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
Review: Trends for meat, milk and egg consumption for the next decades and the role played by livestock systems in the global production of proteins	181
Review: Genetic selection of high-yielding dairy cattle toward sustainable farming systems in a rapidly changing world	127
Review: An overview of beef production from pasture and feedlot globally, as demand for beef and the need for sustainable practices increase	120
Review: Precision Livestock Farming technologies in pasture-based livestock systems	110
Characterization of the rumen microbiota and its relationship with residual feed intake in sheep	88
Review: Factors affecting sheep carcass and meat quality attributes	75
Animal board invited review: Animal source foods in healthy, sustainable, and ethical diets – An argument against drastic limitation of livestock in the food system	74
Review: Precision livestock farming, automats and new technologies: possible applications in extensive dairy sheep farming	69
Review: Production factors affecting poultry carcass and meat quality attributes	62
Review: Mitigating the risks posed by intensification in livestock production: the examples of antimicrobial resistance and zoonoses	59
Review: Pork quality attributes from farm to fork. Part I. Carcass and fresh meat	51
Review: Physiological growth trend of current meat broilers and dietary protein and energy management approaches for sustainable broiler production	50
Review: Chestnut and quebracho tannins in pig nutrition: the effects on performance and intestinal health	49
Selective breeding as a mitigation tool for methane emissions from dairy cattle	49
Review: What are the challenges facing the table egg industry in the next decades and what can be done to address them?	48
Classification of broiler behaviours using triaxial accelerometer and machine learning	43
Milk fatty acids as indicators of negative energy balance of dairy cows in early lactation	42
Review: On-farm and processing factors affecting bovine carcass and meat quality	40
Review: Anticipating alternative trajectories for responsible Agriculture 4.0 innovation in livestock systems	40
Review: Quality of animal-source foods	39
Review: Why and how to regulate animal production and consumption: The case of the European Union	38
Review: Methanogens and methane production in the digestive systems of nonruminant farm animals	37
Effects of cold stress on growth performance, serum biochemistry, intestinal barrier molecules, and adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase in broilers	36
Feeding behaviour and activity as early indicators of disease in pre-weaned dairy calves	35
Review: Improving the nutritional, sensory and market value of meat products from sheep and cattle	35

Bacillus subtilis inhibits intestinal inflammation and oxidative stress by regulating gut flora and related metabolites in laying hens	34
Review: Improving the performance of neonatal piglets	34
Review: Production factors affecting the quality of chicken table eggs and egg products in Europe	33
Review: Livestock disease resilience: from individual to herd level	33
Review: SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks – an overview of current knowledge on occurrence, disease and epidemiology	33
Animal board invited review: Risks of zoonotic disease emergence at the interface of wildlife and livestock systems	33
Exploring the relationship between bacterial genera and lipid metabolism in bovine rumen	32
Nanoencapsulation (in vitro and in vivo) as an efficient technology to boost the potential of garlic essential oil as alternatives for antibiotics in broiler nutrition	32
Review: The development of the gastrointestinal tract microbiota and intervention in neonatal ruminants	32
Review: Managing sheep and goats for sustainable high yield production	32
My pigs are ok, why change? – animal welfare accounts of pig farmers	32