OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Dairy Science is 45. 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
Selection of antibiotic-resistant bacterial populations in the dairy cow gut following intramuscular ceftiofur treatment for metritis	227
Effects of offering free-choice hay for the first 5 days postpartum on productivity, serum inflammatory markers, gut permeability, and colon gene expression in fresh dairy cows	106
Effects of systemic or uterine endotoxin challenge in Holstein cows at 5 or 40 days postpartum on clinical responses, uterine and systemic inflammation, and milk yield	106
INTERPRETIVE SUMMARIES, OCTOBER 2024	105
Signatures of selection reveal candidate genes involved in production traits in Chinese crossbred buffaloes	96
Recording antimicrobial use on Irish dairy farms: Barriers and facilitators to using technology and sharing data	80
Taking the diet of cows into consideration in designing payments to reduce enteric methane emissions on dairy farms	74
Evaluation of MYBL1 as the master regulator for pachytene spermatocyte genes dysregulated in interspecific hybrid dzo	69
Association between genomic daughter pregnancy rates and reproductive parameters in Holstein dairy cattle	68
Evaluation of a test-and-cull strategy to control bovine paratuberculosis based on the detection of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis DNA using the high-throughput Johne's fecal polymerase cha	67
Prevention of osteoporosis in ovariectomized mice with calcium yak caseinate	63
Circulating progesterone concentrations and pregnancy outcomes in high-producing lactating dairy cows treated with human chorionic gonadotropin on day 2 of the estrus cycle	63
Replacing soybean meal with microalgae biomass in diets with contrasting carbohydrate profiles can reduce in vitro methane production and improve short-chain fatty acid production	62
Dietary macronutrient composition and partial soybean meal replacement with slow-release urea: Effects on performance, digestibility, rumen fermentation, and nitrogen metabolism in dairy cows	60
Genetic parameters of sole lesion recovery in Holstein cows	60
Associations between measures of network centrality and Johne's disease among dairy herds in Ontario, Canada	59
A transgenerational study on the effect of great-granddam birth month on granddaughter EBV for production traits in Italian Simmental cattle	59
Effect of milk replacer feeding rate and frequency of preweaning dairy calves in the southeastern United States: Glucose metabolism	58
The effects of dexamethasone administration on physiological, behavioral, and production parameters in dairy cows after a difficult calving	57
Modeling missing pedigree with metafounders and validating single-step genomic predictions in a small dairy cattle population with a great influence of foreign genetics	56
Quantifying and mapping digital dermatitis–associated bacteria in lesion and nonlesion body sites and dairy farm environment	56
Quantifying the effects of the mitochondrial genome on milk production traits in dairy cows: Empirical results and modeling challenges	56
Management-related factors in dry cows and their associations with colostrum quantity and quality on a large commercial dairy farm	55
Can milk replacer allowance affect animal performance, body development, metabolism, and skeletal muscle hypertrophy in preweaning dairy kids?	52
Postpartum longissimus dorsi muscle loss, but not back fat, is associated with resumption of postpartum ovarian activity in dairy cattle	52

Effects of prepartum supplementation of β-carotene on colostrum and calves	52
Effect of delactosed whey permeate on lactation performance and total-tract nutrient digestibility in high-producing dairy cows	51
Opportunities for genomic selection of cheese-making traits in Montbéliarde cows	51
Onboarding dairy farm employees: Improving the new employee experience	50
Characterization of circulating microRNA profiles of postpartum dairy cows with persistent subclinical endometritis	50
From block to shred: Understanding the factors influencing shreddability of mozzarella cheese	49
The effects of spring feeding strategy on pasture productivity, sward quality, and animal performance within intensive pasture-based dairy systems	49
State-level trends in the greenhouse gas emission intensity of US milk production	49
Imputation accuracy and carrier frequency of deleterious recessive defects in Australian dairy cattle	48
Effect of acid detergent lignin concentration for diets formulated to be similar in neutral detergent fiber content on energy utilization in lactating Jersey cows	47
Development of ruminating behavior in Holstein calves between birth and 30 days of age	47
Milk beverage base with lactose removed with ultrafiltration: Effect of fat and protein concentration on sensory and physical properties	46
Feed additives for methane mitigation: Assessment of feed additives as a strategy to mitigate enteric methane from ruminants—Accounting; How to quantify the mitigating potential of using antimethanoge	46
Characterization of Bifidobacterium bifidum growth and metabolism on whey protein phospholipid concentrate	46
Association of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis serostatus with age at first calving, calving interval, and milk production in dairy cows	46
Machine learning methods for genomic prediction of cow behavioral traits measured by automatic milking systems in North American Holstein cattle	46
Can meteorological data improve the short-term prediction of individual milk yield in dairy cows?	46
Milking system and diet forage type effect on milk quality of Italian Holstein-Friesian	45
Cellular proliferation and apoptosis in Staphylococcus aureus–infected heifer mammary glands experiencing rapid mammary gland growth	45
Effects of raw and roasted high oleic soybeans on milk production of high-producing dairy cows	45