OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Animal Nutrition is 43. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	241
The crucial role of lysine in the hepatic metabolism of growing Holstein dairy heifers as revealed by LC-MS-based untargeted metabolomics	229
The uniqueness and superiority of energy utilization in yaks compared with cattle in the highlands: A review	101
Targeting gut microbiota and metabolism profiles with coated sodium butyrate to ameliorate high-energy and low-protein diet-induced intestinal barrier dysfunction in laying hens	98
Proteomic identification of ruminal epithelial protein expression profiles in response to starter feed supplementation in pre-weaned lambs	96
Dietary fibre effects and the interplay with exogenous carbohydrases in poultry nutrition	95
Effects of Haematococcus pluvialis on growth performance, hepatopancreatic transcriptome and resistance to ammonia-nitrogen stress of pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)	92
Hericium erinaceus polysaccharides improve eggshell quality by improving uterine health and modulating uterine microbiota in aged hens	89
Total amino acid level affects the results of standardized ileal digestibility assays for feed ingredients for swine	80
Effective protective agents against the organ toxicity of T-2 toxin and corresponding detoxification mechanisms: A narrative review	79
Effects of dietary supplementation of Bacillus subtilis DSM 32315 on growth, immune response and acute ammonia stress tolerance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed with high or low protein die	78
Effects of dietary astaxanthin supplementation on growth performance, antioxidant status, immune response, and intestinal health of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)	77
Integrated analysis of multi-tissues lipidome and gut microbiome reveals microbiota-induced shifts on lipid metabolism in pigs	75
Recent research progress on the effects of microalgae on lipid metabolism in ruminants: A review of the gastrointestinal tract-brain axis	71
Effects of sex on fat deposition through gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acids in weaned pigs	71
Editorial Board	68
Hydroxy-selenomethionine helps cows to overcome heat stress by enhancing antioxidant capacity and alleviating blood-milk barrier damage	64
Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Kluyveromyces marxianus yeast co-cultures modulate the ruminal microbiome and metabolite availability to enhance rumen barrier function and growth performance in weaned la	61
Low rumen degradable starch promotes the growth performance of goats by increasing protein synthesis in skeletal muscle via the AMPK-mTOR pathway	60
Evaluating the efficacy of compound probiotics as an antibiotic alternative: A comprehensive analysis of growth performance and intestinal health via feed and water routes	60
Nano-chromium picolinate and heat stress enhance insulin sensitivity in cross-bred sheep	58
Attrition of amino acids in the life span of broiler chickens	57
Organic acid blends improve intestinal integrity, modulate short-chain fatty acids profiles and alter microbiota of broilers under necrotic enteritis challenge	57
Transcriptome analysis reveals modulations in glycosylation profiles of the mucosal barrier and their potential interaction with gut microbiota in weaned piglets	56
Serum metabolomics analysis reveals a novel association between maternal metabolism and fetal survival in sows fed diets containing differing methionine levels and sources	55

Dietary sodium acetate and sodium butyrate attenuate intestinal damage and improve lipid metabolism in juvenile largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) fed a high carbohydrate diet by reducing endopla	54
Monascus purpureus M-32 fermented soybean meal improves the growth, immunity parameters, intestinal morphology, disease resistance, intestinal microbiota and metabolome in Pacific white shrimp (Litope	54
Enhancing growth, liver health, and bile acid metabolism of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) through combined cholesterol and bile acid supplementation in plant-based diets	53
18β-Glycyrrhetinic acid mitigates adverse effects of high fat diet on liver fibrosis in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) by reducing mitochondrial Ca2+ level	52
Milk selenium content and speciation in response to supranutritional selenium yeast supplementation in cows	52
Dietary supplementation of ferrous glycinate improves intestinal barrier function by modulating microbiota composition in Cherry Valley ducks	52
Corrigendum to “Point-of-care testing for lysine concentration in swine serum via blue-emissive carbon dots entrapped microfluidic chip” [Animal Nutrition 12 (2023) 236–244]	51
Supplementation with Lycium barbarum byproducts improves energy and nitrogen metabolism, and reduces methane emissions in sheep grazing alfalfa/tall fescue pastures	50
Calcium overload and reactive oxygen species accumulation induced by selenium deficiency promote autophagy in swine small intestine	49
Influence of previous plane of nutrition on molecular mechanisms regulating the expression of urea and water metabolism related genes in the rumen and kidney of finishing crossbred Angus steers	49
Dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: Effects on reproductive and productive performance and meat quality in rabbit breeding	47
Supplementation of specific insoluble fibres partially attenuates compromised growth performance of broilers fed wheat-based reduced crude protein diets	46
Dose-dependent inhibitory effects of an investigational feed additive containing bromoform on methane emissions from cattle fed fresh pasture	46
Dietary N-carbamylglutamate and L-arginine supplementation improves redox status and suppresses apoptosis in the colon of intrauterine growth-retarded suckling lambs	45
Dietary supplementation with 2-hydroxy-4-methyl(thio) butanoic acid and DL-methionine improves productive performance, egg quality and redox status of commercial laying ducks	44
Inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase improves carbohydrate utilization in Nile tilapia by regulating PDK2/4-PDHE1α axis and insulin sensitivity	44
The role of seaweed as a potential dietary supplementation for enteric methane mitigation in ruminants: Challenges and opportunities	43
Fat deposition and partitioning for meat production in cattle and sheep	43