OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Anthrozoos is 4. 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
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
Woeful Walks? Dog Walking Not Associated with Mindfulness or Loneliness in Australians Living Alone During a COVID-19 Lockdown	13
PAW-sitive for Whom? Examining the Treatment Acceptability of Prison-Animal Programs	11
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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