OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology is 34. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Dietary protocatechuic acid ameliorates inflammation and up-regulates intestinal tight junction proteins by modulating gut microbiota in LPS-challenged piglets	100
Occurrence of Aflatoxin B1, deoxynivalenol and zearalenone in feeds in China during 2018–2020	96
Medium-chain fatty acids and monoglycerides as feed additives for pig production: towards gut health improvement and feed pathogen mitigation	76
Dietary fiber in poultry nutrition and their effects on nutrient utilization, performance, gut health, and on the environment: a review	74
Lactobacillus reuteri-derived extracellular vesicles maintain intestinal immune homeostasis against lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory responses in broilers	71
Advances in fatty acids nutrition in dairy cows: from gut to cells and effects on performance	70
Microalgal-based feed: promising alternative feedstocks for livestock and poultry production	66
Phenolic compounds as natural feed additives in poultry and swine diets: a review	66
Invited review: Remediation strategies for mycotoxin control in feed	65
Salmonella Typhimurium infection disrupts but continuous feeding of Bacillus based probiotic restores gut microbiota in infected hens	65
Regulation of gene expression in chickens by heat stress	64
Review of the impact of heat stress on reproductive performance of sheep	62
Heat stress on calves and heifers: a review	61
Effects of full replacement of dietary fishmeal with insect meal from Tenebrio molitor on rainbow trout gut and skin microbiota	59
Dietary oregano essential oil supplementation improves intestinal functions and alters gut microbiota in late-phase laying hens	56
Role of nutraceuticals during the transition period of dairy cows: a review	51
Effects of age on immune function in broiler chickens	46
Inhibition of African swine fever virus in liquid and feed by medium-chain fatty acids and glycerol monolaurate	45
Digestibility and metabolism of copper in diets for pigs and influence of dietary copper on growth performance, intestinal health, and overall immune status: a review	44
Resistant starch: Implications of dietary inclusion on gut health and growth in pigs: a review	43
Tannic acid prevents post-weaning diarrhea by improving intestinal barrier integrity and function in weaned piglets	41
Comprehensive evaluation of the metabolic effects of insect meal from Tenebrio molitor L. in growing pigs by transcriptomics, metabolomics and lipidomics	41
Progress of amino acid nutrition for diet protein reduction in poultry	39
Lactobacillus salivarius alleviates inflammation via NF-κB signaling in ETEC K88-induced IPEC-J2 cells	38
Gut health, stress, and immunity in neonatal dairy calves: the host side of host-pathogen interactions	38

Effects of supplemental xylanase and xylooligosaccharides on production performance and gut health variables of broiler chickens	37
Inclusion of purified dietary fiber during gestation improved the reproductive performance of sows	37
Dietary inclusion of a partially defatted black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larva meal in low fishmeal-based diets for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)	36
Rumen microbiome structure and metabolites activity in dairy cows with clinical and subclinical mastitis	35
Estimation of inbreeding and identification of regions under heavy selection based on runs of homozygosity in a Large White pig population	35
Assessing the relationship between the rumen microbiota and feed efficiency in Nellore steers	35
Dietary Bacillus spp. enhanced growth and disease resistance of weaned pigs by modulating intestinal microbiota and systemic immunity	34
Dietary resveratrol attenuation of intestinal inflammation and oxidative damage is linked to the alteration of gut microbiota and butyrate in piglets challenged with deoxynivalenol	34
Poultry gut health – microbiome functions, environmental impacts, microbiome engineering and advancements in characterization technologies	34
Impact of sugar beet pulp and wheat bran on serum biochemical profile, inflammatory responses and gut microbiota in sows during late gestation and lactation	34
Eggshell and environmental bacteria contribute to the intestinal microbiota of growing chickens	34