OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Animal Frontiers is 6. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Protein demand: review of plant and animal proteins used in alternative protein product development and production	198
The Future of the Pig Industry After the Introduction of African Swine Fever into Asia	56
Utilization of by-products and food waste in livestock production systems: a Canadian perspective	48
The role of meat in the human diet: evolutionary aspects and nutritional value	44
Is “cultured meat” a viable alternative to slaughtering animals and a good comprise between animal welfare and human expectations?	35
Livestock sustainability research in Africa with a focus on the environment	30
Livestock provide more than food in smallholder production systems of developing countries	28
The science behind the wool industry. The importance and value of wool production from sheep	27
Intensification of camel farming and milk production with special emphasis on animal health, welfare, and the biotechnology of reproduction	26
Wildlife–livestock interactions in animal production systems: what are the biosecurity and health implications?	26
Meat Industry 4.0: A Distant Future?	25
Fetal programming in ruminant animals: understanding the skeletal muscle development to improve meat quality	25
A 2020 synopsis of the cell-cultured animal industry	24
Livestock across the world: diverse animal species with complex roles in human societies and ecosystem services	24
“Cellular agriculture”: current gaps between facts and claims regarding “cell-based meat”	23
Why Is Production of Animal Source Foods Important for Economic Development in Africa and Asia?	22
Artificial intelligence, sensors, robots, and transportation systems drive an innovative future for poultry broiler and breeder management	21
Red meat—an essential partner to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions	20
Opportunities and Challenges in Animal Protein Industry Sustainability: The Battle Between Science and Consumer Perception	20
Fish domestication in aquaculture: 10 unanswered questions	19
Beef supply chains and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	19
Ecosystem management using livestock: embracing diversity and respecting ecological principles	19
Horse meat production in northern Spain: ecosystem services and sustainability in High Nature Value farmland	19
Origin of the domestic chicken from modern biological and zooarchaeological approaches	19
The domestication of South American camelids: a review	18

Current state of enteric methane and the carbon footprint of beef and dairy cattle in the United States	18
Smallholder poultry production in the context of increasing global food prices: roles in poverty reduction and food security	18
Consequences of maternal heat stress at different stages of embryonic and fetal development on dairy cows’ progeny	15
Impact of COVID-19 on animal production in Ghana	15
Consequence of epigenetic processes on animal health and productivity: is additional level of regulation of relevance?	15
Why Does Animal-Based Food Loss and Waste Matter?	14
Achieving robotic meat cutting	12
Mineral status in camel milk: a critical review	12
Osteoarthritis: a common disease that should be avoided in the athletic horse’s life	12
Epigenetic inheritance of acquired traits through DNA methylation	12
Is the camel conquering the world?	11
Non-communicable disease risk associated with red and processed meat consumption—magnitude, certainty, and contextuality of risk?	11
Of pigs and men: the best-laid plans for prevention and control of swine fevers	11
The edible insect sector in Canada and the United States	10
The origins of the domesticate brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) and its pathways to domestication	10
The impact of COVID-19 on Old World Camelids and their potential role to combat a human pandemic	10
Artificial intelligence-driven automation is how we achieve the next level of efficiency in meat processing	10
Moving online: roadmap and long-term forecast	10
The epigenome of male germ cells and the programming of phenotypes in cattle	10
Sheep and wheat domestication in southwest Asia: a meta-trajectory of intensification and loss	9
Taking the steps toward sustainable livestock: our multidisciplinary global farm platform journey	9
Sustainability of ruminant livestock production in Ireland	9
Slowing pig growth during COVID-19, models for use in future market fluctuations	9
The societal role of meat—what the science says	9
Changes in New Zealand red meat production over the past 30 yr	9
How agricultural rendering supports sustainability and assists livestock’s ability to contribute more than just food	9
Affordability of meat for global consumers and the need to sustain investment capacity for livestock farmers	9
Opportunities for precision livestock management in the face of climate change: a focus on extensive systems	9
Beginning of pig management in Neolithic China: comparison of domestication processes between northern and southern regions	9
Chromatin role in early programming of embryos	9
Smallholder dairy farming contributes to household resilience, food, and nutrition security besides income in rural households	9
Automation in the fish industry	8
Post-weaning diarrhea and use of feedstuffs in pigs	8
Impact of COVID-19 on animal production in the Czech Republic	8
Lessons in automation of meat processing	8
Beyond the genome: a perspective on the use of DNA methylation profiles as a tool for the livestock industry	8
COVID-19 pandemic—how and why animal production suffers?	8
Review of genetic diversity in Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus)	8
Sustainability implications of rising global pork demand	8
Is meat eating morally defensible? Contemporary ethical considerations	8
Can dairy help solve the malnutrition crisis in developing countries? An economic analysis	8
Effects of sperm DNA methylation on domesticated animal performance and perspectives on cross-species epigenetics in animal breeding	8
Impact of COVID-19 on the Australian pork industry	7
Animal transport as regulated in Europe: a work in progress as viewed by an NGO	7
Camel biodiversity—and how to conserve it	7
Examining the extent of environmental contributions toward DNA methylation and phenotypic variation	7
We need to rethink production technology for meat-packers—the old cutting table is being revived	7
Why were New World rabbits not domesticated?	7
Climate change adaptation for livestock production in southern Australia: transdisciplinary approaches for integrated solutions	7
Animal domestication: from distant past to current development and issues	7

How two concurrent pandemics put a spoke in the wheel of intensive pig production	7
Waterscapes domestication: an alternative approach for interactions among humans, animals, and aquatic environments in Amazonia across time	6
Equine exercise physiology—challenges to the respiratory system	6
Dairy cow physiology and production limits	6
The Robotic Workbench and poultry processing 2.0	6
The effects of breeding and selection on lactation in dairy cattle	6
How and why animal welfare concerns evolve in developing countries	6
Epigenetic changes in poultry due to reprogramming of the gut microbiota	6
Management and domestication of cattle (Bos taurus) in Neolithic Southwest Asia	6
Goat lactation research as a gateway for the development of the dairy goat industry	6
Lactose or milk oligosaccharide: which is significant among mammals?	6
Nutritional values and health benefits of dromedary camel meat	6
Farm animal genetic resources and the COVID-19 pandemic	6