OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Anthrozoos is 1. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The Dog as an Unaware Pedagogical Agent in a School Reading Course	31
The Gender Gap in Animal Experimentation Support: The Mediating Roles of Empathy and Speciesism	26
Like Music to our Ears: The Complexity of Bird Vocalizations as a Key Factor of Attractiveness	22
Discourses and Silences: Pets in Publicly Accessible Coroners’ Reports of Australian Suicides	20
Animal Welfare in China: Culture, Politics and Crisis	17
Mapping Human–Animal Interaction Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis	16
Woeful Walks? Dog Walking Not Associated with Mindfulness or Loneliness in Australians Living Alone During a COVID-19 Lockdown	13
Therapy Dogs in the Dialysis Clinic: A Qualitative Study Examining Hemodialysis Patients’ Attitudes Toward an Animal-Assisted Intervention	13
Four’s a Crowd? Attachment Styles in Childless Women and First-Time Mothers Toward Their Pet Dog	13
PAW-sitive for Whom? Examining the Treatment Acceptability of Prison-Animal Programs	11
Introduction to Human–Animal Interaction: Insights from Social and Life Sciences	10
With or Without You: Beneficial and Detrimental Associations Between Companion Dogs and Human Psychological Adjustment During a COVID-19 Lockdown Phase	10
Roaming the Campus: University Stakeholders’ Perceptions of, and Interactions with, Campus Cats and Dogs	10
Pet Ownership and Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Importance of Resilience and Attachment to Pets	10
The Effect of Farm-Animal-Assisted Education on Memory Retention in Elementary School Children: An Exploratory Study	10
Classification of Animals as Pet, Pest, or Profit: Consistency and Associated Variables Among Spanish University Students	10
Love in Cold Blood: Are Reptile Owners Emotionally Attached to Their Pets?	9
Unwanted Feeding and Other Interactions Between Passers-By and Horses: Owners’ Views During the COVID-19 Pandemic	9
Influence of Interactive Behaviors Induced by a Therapy Dog and Her Handler on the Physiology of Residents in Nursing Homes: An Exploratory Study	9
Livestock and Pets: Validation of 72 Pairs of Photographs Depicting Dogs, Cats, Miniature Rabbits, Pigs, and Cattle	9
When a Woman “Becomes a Dog”: Metaphors of Menstruation in Central Kerala, India	9
The Pet Paradox: Uncovering the Role of Animal Companions During the Serious Health Events of People Experiencing Homelessness	9
“She is Like a Sister to Me”: Children’s Lived Experience With Their Dog	9
Differences in General and Specific Attitudes Toward Animals by Diet and Gender	9
The Impact of Pet Ownership on Healthcare-Seeking Behavior in Individuals Experiencing Homelessness	8

Animal Abuse & Interpersonal Violence: A Psycho-Criminological Understanding	8
“Horrendous”: People’s Experience of Their Dog’s Death From 1080 Baiting	8
Trainer Views of Working Marine Mammals; Bonds, Trust, and Welfare: A Qualitative Exploration Using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis	8
A Measurement Equivalence Study of the Family Bondedness Scale: Comparison Between Black/African American and White Pet Owners	8
A Comparison of People’s Attachments to Romantic Partners and Pet Cats	7
Measuring Asian Social Media Sentiments Toward Bat Exploitation	7
The Difference is in the Details: Attachment and Cross-Species Parenting in the United States and India	7
What is Beneficial in Our Relationships with Pets? Exploring the Psychological Factors Involved in Human–Pet Relations and Their Associations with Human Wellbeing	7
Personality Aspects and Attitudes About Animal Welfare Legislation	7
Understanding and Conceptualizing Childhood Animal Harm: A Meta-Narrative Systematic Review	7
Working Like a Dog: A Mixed-Method Study of Public Support for Police Dogs and Their Utilities	7
Unleashing the Personality Divide: Resilience in Dog Owners, Neuroticism in Cat Owners	7
Companionship and Worries in Uncertain Times: Australian Parents’ Experiences of Children and Pets During COVID-19	7
“A Love–Hate Relationship with What I Do”: Protecting the Mental Health of Animal Care Workers	7
From Pets to Pests: Testing the Scope of the “Pets as Ambassadors” Hypothesis	7
Dogs in Schools: Can Spending Time with Dogs Improve Executive Functioning in a Naturalistic Sample of Young Children?	6
Shaving the Beasts: Wild Horses and Ritual in Spain	6
A Scoping Review of the Risks Posed by Companion Animals to Older Adults	6
Mountain Turtles and Giant Crabs: Cosmological Implications and Supernatural Understandings of Rare Creatures on an Eastern Indonesian Island	6
Animal-Themed Tattoo Narratives: Insights into Ontological Perspectives	6
The Importance of the Koala in Aboriginal Society in Nineteenth-Century Queensland (Australia): A Reconsideration of the Archival Record	6
Supporting Rights to Emotional Support Animals as an Accommodation: A Scoping Review of Professional Guidelines for Verifying Eligibility	6
Blurring Boundaries: The Significance of Horse and Bull Iconography in Occitan and Provençal Cemeteries	5
Animals’ Relationships With Caregivers and Conspecifics are Associated With Zoo Visitors’ Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States	5
Quality of the Human–Animal Bond and Mental Wellbeing During a COVID-19 Lockdown	5
Animal Abuse Proclivity Among Women: Exploring Callousness, Sadism, and Psychopathy Traits	5
“Commenting” on Animal Cruelty: A Content Analysis of Social Media Discourse on Animal Law Enforcement in Australia	5
The Running Centaur: Horse-Racing in Global-Historical Perspective	5
Perception of Animal Mind in the Relationship Between Morality and Violence Against Animals: Moral Status Versus Anthropomorphization	5
“He’d Be Happier if He Wasn’t Chonky” – Qualitatively Exploring Canine Obesity Perceptions Using YouTube^™and Discussion Fora	5
A Cross-Species Examination of Pro-White Color Bias Using a Novel Implicit Association Test	4
The Attractiveness of Freshwater Species Correlates Positively With Conservation Support	4
The Effect of Visitor Number on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Macropods	4
Animals of Aotearoa: Kaupapa Māori Summaries	4
Applying the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) and BIAS Map to Understand Attitudinal and Behavioral Tendencies Toward the Conservation of Sharks	4
Skilled Decisions and Animals Used for Human Purposes: Results From Convenience and Representative US Samples	4
The Emotional Aspects of Dog Fostering: Both Ends of the Leash	4
Into the Animal Mind: Perceptions of Emotive and Cognitive Traits in Animals	4
Exploring Animal Abuse Proclivity, Everyday Sadism, and Attitudes Toward Animals in Cyprus	4
The Magic, Science, and Religion of Pet Cloning: An Homage to Malinowski	4
Development and Validation of an Index to Measure and Quantify Pet-Related Barriers to Healthcare Access and Utilization	4
Nature’s Best Friend: Viewing Pets as Having Greater Emotional Experience Increases Ecological Concern	4
Encountering Animals Cultivates Meaningful Shared Experiences Between Children and Parents	4
Assessing Attendance Frequency and Duration at a Drop-In Animal Visitation Program Among First-Semester University Students Separated From Their Pets	4
Non-Human Humanitarians: Animal Interventions in Global Politics	4
Moral Disengagement From Animal Harms Among Incarcerated Men, and Change Through Human–Animal Relationships in a Prison-Dog Program	4
Companion Animals and Adolescent Stress and Adaptive Coping During the COVID-19 Pandemic	3
Assessing the Visitor and Animal Outcomes of a Zoo Encounter and Guided Tour Program with Ambassador Cheetahs	3
University Cats? Predictors of Staff and Student Responsiveness Toward On-Campus Cat Visitations	3
Psychometric Evaluation of the Comfort from Companion Animals Scale in a Sexual and Gender Minority Sample	3

Camels in the Bedouin Community of Oman: Beyond the Human–Animal Binary	3
Effects of a Brief Separation From the Owner While in the Home Environment: Comparison of Fearful and Control Dogs	3
I am Homo Sapien: Perceptions of Evolutionary Theory, Animal Identity, and Human–Animal Relationships Among US Law and Policy Students	3
Human–Animal Interactions and the Promotion of Social and Emotional Competencies: A Scoping Review	3
Greyhounds, Hunters, and Hares: The Construction of Fluid Animality in Interspecies Relations	3
Children’s Comfort From Pets During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Attachment and Children’s Treatment of Pets	3
When Having a Pet Becomes a Luxury You Can No Longer Afford	3
Between Freedom and Abandonment: Social Representations of Free-Roaming Donkeys in the Brazilian Northeast	3
Emotional Support Animal Partnerships: Behavior, Welfare, and Clinical Involvement	3
Giving to Animal Charities: A Nine-Country Study	3
Addressing Barriers to Action: Increasing Cat Guardians’ Compliance with Professional Environmental Enrichment Advice	3
Affecting Change: The Effect of a Human–Animal Interaction on Donation Giving	2
Peticide: An Analysis of Online News Media Articles of Human Suicide Involving Pet Animals	2
Visual Processing of the Faces of Humans and Dogs by Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Eye-Tracking Study	2
The Chicken for the Egg: Australian Motivations for Raising Backyard Chickens	2
Human–Animal Relations in Bronze Age Crete: A History through Objects	2
A Cross-Cultural Study of Veterinarians’ Attitudes to the Euthanasia of Companion Animals	2
A Leash on Life: An Exploratory Study on the Effects of a Shelter-Dog Walking Program for Veterans on Dogs’ Stress	2
Second-Class Animals: Systematic Discrimination of Farm Animals in German Biology Textbooks	2
Pet Attachment and Maintenance of Physical and Cognitive Function in Community-Residing Older Adults: Evidence From the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA)	2
Wellbeing Predictors in Animal Shelter Workers: Exploring the Roles of Job Demands, Job Resources, and Job Crafting	2
The Good, the Bad, the Helpful: Qualitative Exploration of the Australian Puppy-Raising Experience Through Longitudinal Surveys	2
Not-So-Prestigious: Social Status Sensitivity Reduces the Adoptability Ratings of Non-Pedigree Cats in an Online Task	2
Benefits and Challenges of Having a Service Dog Among Veterans in Recovery from Substance Use Harms	2
Hidden in Plain Sight: Uncovering the Obesogenic Environment Surrounding the UK’s Leisure Horses	2
“Has an Ugly Caw”: The Moral Implications of How Hunting Organizations Depict Nonhuman Animals	2
Do Canine and Human Personality Assessments Predict Successful Adoptions?	2
Are Brachycephalic Dogs Really Cute? Evidence from Online Descriptions	2
A Preliminary Exploration of the Psychological Risk Factors for Childhood Animal Cruelty: The Roles of Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Empathy	2
An Exploration of Type of Animal Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence	2
How Is Human Socioeconomic Position Linked With Dog Ownership Practices? A Study From Denmark	2
The Relation Between Pet Ownership, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life: Propensity Score Matched Analyses	2
Disputes Over Feeding Resources Provoke Agonistic Interactions Between Capuchins and Humans in Brasília National Park, Brazil	2
Impacts of Cartoon Animals on Human–Alloanimal Relations	2
Māori Concepts in Animal Ethics: Implications for the Three Rs	2
Black Dog Bias in the Courtroom: A Potential Disadvantage?	2
Training Dogs with Science or with Nature? An Exploration of Trainers’ Word Use, Gender, and Certification Across Dog-Training Methods	1
Willingness to Consume Fewer Animal Products: A Latent Profile Analysis	1
The Association Between Companion Animal Attachment and Depression: A Systematic Review	1
Predicting Support for Social Actions and Policies that Enable Pet Ownership Among People Living in Poverty	1
Human–Wildlife Interactions with Different Species in a Brazilian Park: A Naturalistic Approach	1
Avoidant Attachment Mediates Cultural Differences in Likelihood to Surrender Pets	1
Efficacy of an Animal-Assisted Therapy Program in the Development of Children With Down Syndrome	1
“They Ease Your Mind:” Horses as Co-Agents in Supernurturers’ Self-Care	1
Canine Comfort: The Protective Effects of Dog Ownership and Support for Victimized Adolescents	1
An Evaluation of a Canine Welfare Education Intervention for Primary School Children	1
“I Saw Her With My Heart”: Supernatural Experiences and Continuing Bonds After the Death of a Dog	1
Effect of Anthropomorphizing Food Animals on Intentions to Eat Meat	1
Investigating Factors Associated With Stress in Guardians of Dogs Under 12 Months of Age	1
Companion Dog Routine Inventory: Scale Validation and the Effect of Routine on the Human–Dog Relationship	1
Addressing Behavior and Policy Around Meat: Associating Factory Farming With Animal Cruelty “Works” Better Than Zoonotic Disease	1
Exploring Myths and Misconceptions About Cat Behavior in a Spanish Population Sample	1
Humans and Farm Animals in Documentary Film Narratives: A Romantic Perspective on the Problem of Capitalist Meat Production	1
Defining Crimes Against Companion Animals in Finland – Passive Neglect and Active Maltreatment	1
Ambiguity, Ambivalence, and Affective Encounters: An Ethnographic Account of Medical Detection Dog–Trainer Relationships	1
Examining the Human–Horse Bond From the Human Perspective	1
Systematic Reviews on Human–Animal Interaction Topics: A Look at Reporting Practices	1
“I Can’t Give Up When I Have Them to Care for”: People’s Experiences of Pets and Their Mental Health	1
Integrating Facility Dogs into Legal Contexts for Survivors of Sexual and Family Violence: Opportunities and Challenges	1
“Rabbit Rescuers”: A School-Based Animal Welfare Education Intervention for Young Children	1
Multispecies Entanglements in the Gulf: Reflections on Phenomenology, Object-Oriented Ontology, and the Nature of Cognition	1
Internal and External Validation of the Empathy Toward Animals Scale	1
Invisible Animals: Exploring Public Discourses to Understand the Contemporary Status of Donkeys in Britain	1
Dog-Assisted Physical Activity Intervention in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Feasibility and Efficacy Exploratory Study	1
#capuchinmonkeyson Social Media: A Threat for Species Conservation	1