OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Poultry Science 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Corticosterone stage-dependently inhibits progesterone production presumably via impeding the cAMP-StAR cascade in granulosa cells of chicken preovulatory follicles	205
Whole blood gas and biochemical reference intervals for Lohmann Silver layers	138
Effects of dietary supplement with licorice and rutin mixture on production performance, egg quality, antioxidant capacity, and gut microbiota in quails (Turnix tanki)	116
Organic iron absorption and expression of related transporters in the small intestine of broilers	109
RNA-sequence reveals differentially expressed genes affecting the crested trait of Wumeng crested chicken	101
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry: an effective approach for predicting broiler chicken body composition	94
Pigeon novel-miR-741 targets OTUD1 to inhibit proliferation and promote apoptosis of crop fibroblasts	88
Research Note: Morphine influences circulating and tissue concentrations of met-enkephalin and proenkephalin (PENK) expression and plasma concentrations of corticosterone in chickens	85
Synergistic effects of oral inoculation with a recombinant Lactobacillus plantarum NC8 strain co-expressing interleukin-2 and interleukin-17B on the efficacy of the infectious bronchitis vaccine in ch	81
The impact of early-life conditions on visual discrimination abilities in free-ranging laying hens	79
Values shared by journals of learned societies, associations and scientific institutions in animal science	74
Arbutin alleviates Mycoplasma gallinarum-induced damage caused by pulmonary fibrosis via the JAK2/STAT3 pathway	73
Omega-3 fatty acids mitigate histological changes and modulate the expression of ACACA, PFK1 and ET-1 genes in broiler chickens under environmental stress: a pulmonary artery, cardiomyocyte and liver	68
Floor eggs in goose breeders: patterns, genetic and environmental influences, and physiological indexes	66
In vivo pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study and cutoff of florfenicol against Riemerella anatipestifer in ducks	66
Production performance, egg quality, plasma biochemical constituents and lipid metabolites of aged laying hens supplemented with incomplete degradation products of galactomannan	64
Biodistribution of 89Zr-DFO-labeled avian pathogenic Escherichia coli outer membrane vesicles by PET imaging in chickens	64
New insights into the spleen injury by mitochondrial dysfunction of chicken under polystyrene microplastics stress	63
Effect of freezing on the quality of breast meat from broilers affected by wooden breast myopathy	60
Sex identification of ducklings based on acoustic signals	60
Identification of the differentially expressed genes in the leg muscles of Zhedong white geese (Anser cygnoides) reared under different photoperiods	59
Role of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway involved in self-renewing and maintaining biological properties of chicken primordial germ cells	56
An enhancement algorithm for head characteristics of caged chickens detection based on cyclic consistent migration neural network	56
Describing the relationships among meat quality traits in domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) populations	55
Effects of purple corn anthocyanin on slaughter performance, immune function, the caecal microbiota and the transcriptome in chickens	54

Genome-wide association study and candidate gene analysis of reproductive traits in Yili geese	54
Detection of CD36 gene polymorphism associated with chicken carcass traits and skin yellowness	53
Effect of different energy, protein levels and their interaction on productive performance, egg quality, digestibility coefficient of laying Japanese quails	53
The effect of Limosilactobacillus fermentum 2i3 and 0.6% addition of humic substances on production parameters and the immune system of broilers	53
Dietary ethylenediamine dihydroiodide mitigated Escherichia coli O78-induced immune and intestinal damage of ducks via suppression of NF-κB signal	51
Influence of dietary crude protein on growth performance and apparent and standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in corn-soybean meal-based diets fed to broilers	47
Amino acid digestibility and metabolizable energy of soybean meal of different origins in cecectomized laying hens	47
Effects of adaptation diet and exogenous enzymes on true metabolizable energy and cecal microbial ecology, short-chain fatty acid profile, and enzyme activity in roosters fed barley and rye diets	46
Characterization of the eukaryotic microbial communities in the chicken ileum in cage-free and conventional commercial housing systems	46
A succession of pulmonary microbiota in broilers during the growth cycle	46
Automated chick gender determination using optical coherence tomography and deep learning	45
Research Note: Preliminary results, first detection of Enterococcus cecorum from environmental samples by streaking on X-Gluc containing selective media	45
Effect of zinc supplementation on growth performance, intestinal development, and intestinal barrier function in Pekin ducks with lipopolysaccharide challenge	45
Optimization of processing parameters of 50 % aged paddy rice replace of corn in feed formula: effects of grinding sieve opening, conditioning temperature and time on the growth performance, meat qual	45
Energy utilization and requirement of broiler breeders during the production phase	45
Impact of fenbendazole resistance in Ascaridia dissimilis on the economics of production in turkeys	44
Tolerance and safety evaluation of L-glutamic acid, N,N-diacetic acid as a feed additive in broiler diets	44
Research Note: Longitudinal fecal shedding patterns and characterization of Salmonella enterica and mcr-positive Escherichia coli in meat-type ducks raised in an open-house system	43
The effects of cyclosporine A or activated charcoal co-administration on the pharmacokinetics of enrofloxacin in chickens	43
Xylanase supplementation of pelleted wheat-based diets increases growth efficiency and apparent metabolizable energy and decreases viscosity of intestinal contents in broilers	43
Management and environmental factors influence the prevalence and abundance of food-borne pathogens and commensal bacteria in peanut hull-based broiler litter	43
Research Note: Methods in detecting signs of life after gaseous stun in broilers	43
Effects of salpingitis simulation on the morphology and expression of inflammatory-related genes of oviduct in laying hens	43