OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology is 36. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Dietary bile acid supplementation in weaned piglets with intrauterine growth retardation improves colonic microbiota, metabolic activity, and epithelial function	138
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Embelin alleviates weaned piglets intestinal inflammation and barrier dysfunction via PCAF/NF-κB signaling pathway in intestinal epithelial cells	87
Dietary supplementation with 0.4% L-arginine between days 14 and 30 of gestation enhances NO and polyamine syntheses and water transport in porcine placentae	83
Harnessing CRISPR-Cas9 for Lactobacillus improvement in silage production: current knowledge and future perspectives	82
Dietary ferulic acid supplementation enhances antioxidant capacity and alleviates hepatocyte pyroptosis in diquat challenged piglets	79
Dietary fibers with low hydration properties exacerbate diarrhea and impair intestinal health and nutrient digestibility in weaned piglets	76
Establishment of a chicken intestinal organoid culture system to assess deoxynivalenol-induced damage of the intestinal barrier function	75
Effect of different sources of selenium supplementation on immune function in pregnant and lactating ewes	67
Pangenome and multi-tissue gene atlas provide new insights into the domestication and highland adaptation of yaks	66
Insights into the interplay between gut microbiota and lipid metabolism in the obesity management of canines and felines	64
Five glutathione S-transferase isozymes played crucial role in the detoxification of aflatoxin B1 in chicken liver	62
Profiling of N6-methyladenosine methylation in porcine longissimus dorsi muscle and unravelling the hub gene ADIPOQ promotes adipogenesis in an m6A-YTHDF1–dependent manner	61
Dietary L-leucine supplementation improves ruminal fermentation parameters and epithelium development in fattening Angus beef cattle	60
Effect of the dietary supplementation with extracts of chestnut wood and grape pomace on performance and jejunum response in female and male broiler chickens at different ages	57
Insights into the role of major bioactive dietary nutrients in lamb meat quality: a review	55
Rumen microbial degradation of bromoform from red seaweed (Asparagopsis taxiformis) and the impact on rumen fermentation and methanogenic archaea	53
Dietary supplemental coated essential oils and organic acids mixture improves growth performance and gut health along with reduces Salmonella load of broiler chickens infected with Salmonella Enteriti	49
Dietary methionine deficiency stunts growth and increases fat deposition via suppression of fatty acids transportation and hepatic catabolism in Pekin ducks	48
Correction: Dietary bile acids supplementation decreases hepatic fat deposition with the involvement of altered gut microbiota and liver bile acids profile in broiler chickens	47
Dietary supplementation of zinc oxide modulates intestinal functionality during the post-weaning period in clinically healthy piglets	47
Correction: Maternal supply of cysteamine alleviates oxidative stress and enhances angiogenesis in porcine placenta	46
Dietary inulin supplementation in early gestation regulates uterine fluid exosomes and angiogenesis to improve embryo implantation in sows	45
Lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation levels determined adipogenesis and fat accumulation in adipose tissue in pigs	44
Improving the accuracy of genomic prediction in dairy cattle using the biologically annotated neural networks framework	43
Effects of dietary L-glutamate and L-aspartate supplementation on growth performance, severity of diarrhea, intestinal barrier integrity, and fecal microbiota of weaned piglets challenged with F18 ent	41

Impacts of zinc caproate supplementation on growth performance, intestinal health, anti-inflammatory activity, and Zn homeostasis in weaned piglets challenged with Escherichia coli K88	40
Enhancement of porcine in vitro embryonic development through luteolin-mediated activation of the Nrf2/Keap1 signaling pathway	39
Interactions between maternal parity and feed additives drive the composition of pig gut microbiomes in the post-weaning period	38
USP9X-triggered ferroptosis mediates follicular atresia via deubiquitinating Beclin1 in chicken	38
β-Hydroxybutyrate-induced mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) release mediated innate inflammatory response in bovine mammary epithelial cells by inhibiting autophagy	37
Porcine jejunal-derived extracellular vesicles participate in the regulation of lipid metabolism	37
Implications of vitamin D for flesh quality of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella): antioxidant ability, nutritional value, sensory quality, and myofiber characteristics	37
Microbial and metabolomic mechanisms mediating the effects of dietary inulin and cellulose supplementation on porcine oocyte and uterine development	37
Taurochenodeoxycholic acid promotes abdominal fat deposition by modulating the crosstalk between bile acid metabolism and intestinal microbiota in broilers	36
Bacillus licheniformis PF9 improves barrier function and alleviates inflammatory responses against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli F4 infection in the porcine intestinal epithelial cells	36
A promising resilience parameter for breeding: the use of weight and feed trajectories in growing pigs	36
Low drying temperature has negligible impact but defatting increases in vitro rumen digestibility of insect meals, with minor changes on fatty acid biohydrogenation	36
Prebiotic galactooligosaccharide improves piglet growth performance and intestinal health associated with alterations of the hindgut microbiota during the peri-weaning period	36
Anethole improves the developmental competence of porcine embryos by reducing oxidative stress via the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway	36
Suitability of Hermetia illucens larvae meal and fat in broiler diets: effects on animal performance, apparent ileal digestibility, gut histology, and microbial metabolites	36