OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Animal Welfare is 5. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Physiological and behavioural assessments of stress levels in owls housed at owl cafes	41
A comparison of the welfare of free-ranging native pony herds on common land with those used for conservation grazing in the UK	37
Potential new biomarkers in pig saliva for differentiating between the effects of different conditions of mixing and density at pre-slaughter: a preliminary proteomics study – ERRATUM	34
A One Welfare approach to identify socioeconomic vulnerability in families during investigations into companion animal abuse in Pinhais, Brazil	24
Horse and donkey owners’ perspectives on fireworks and their impact on equids in the UK	23
Electric shock control of farmed animals: Welfare review and ethical critique	20
Equipment-related wounds and associated risk factors in working equids of the Oromia national regional state in Ethiopia	20
Exploring kitten socialisation practices and welfare implications within a Swedish breeding association	18
The Climate Crisis and Other Animals - Richard Twine (2024). Published by Sydney University Press, Sydney, Australia. ISBN (paperback) 9781743328996. Price £19.59 (paperback)	18
Estimating global numbers of farmed fishes killed for food annually from 1990 to 2019	18
Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles, Second Edition - Edited by C Warwick, PC Arena and GM Burghart (2023). Published by Springer, Cham, Switzerland. 638 pages eBook (ISBN: 978-3-030-86012-7), Hard	17
Working donkey welfare assessment and owner survey in Meru County, Kenya	16
Socialising kitties: A quantitative survey of US cat owner attitudes towards kitten and adult cat socialisation programmes	16
Standardised scoring system to assess the welfare of Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)	15
Pekin ducks are motivated to lay in their preferred nest substrate	15
The relationships between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople on dairy goat farms	15
Guinea pig meat production in South America: Reviewing existing practices, welfare challenges, and opportunities	14
Working animal welfare and their multidimensional roles on livelihood improvement in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
The construction of a measure of behavioural complexity as a potential individual-based welfare indicator and its theoretical validation	13
Perceptions of barriers to providing good cat care in Malaysian clinical practices	12
Defending and refining the Birch et al. (2021) precautionary framework for animal sentience	12
Owners’ everyday interactions with their horse: Pain-related issues and those of veterinary concern	11
Pathophysiology of penetrating captive-bolt stunning of horses	11
Review of Tail Biting in Pigs – a comprehensive guide to its aetiology, impact and wider significance in pig management - Edited by Keelin O’Driscoll and Anna Valros, Published by Brill \| Wage	11
The use of technology as environmental enrichment in zoos: A scoping review	11

The cost of research: Lasting effects of capture, surgery and muscle biopsy on brown bear (Ursus arctos) movement and physiology	10
Key Questions in Animal Behaviour and Welfare: A Study and Revision Guide PA Rees (2022). Published by CABI Publishing, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. 256 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-17	10
“I want them to live their best lives:” A qualitative exploration of owner experiences with walking their cats	10
Humane stunning or stun/killing in the slaughter of wild-caught finfish: The scientific evidence base	10
Can eggshells indicate stressor exposure in free-range laying hens?	10
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians – ERRATUM	9
Welfare of extensively managed Swedish Gotland ponies	9
Contrafreeloading and its influencing factors in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Implications for their feeding and welfare	9
Public attitudes toward the use of technology to create new types of animals and animal products	9
‘No one cares about the animal like me.’ Indian veterinarians’ experiences of improving animal welfare through Continuing Professional Development	8
Enclosures with flexible structures stimulate species-typical locomotion, but not locomotion quantity, in zoo-housed Bornean orangutans ( Pongo pygmaeus	8
The selection, training and welfare of post-racing thoroughbreds and other breeds used in Equine Assisted Services	8
Support for the ‘Pets as Ambassadors’ hypothesis in men: Higher animal empathy in Australian pet-owners vs non-owners and farmers	8
Using a Delphi method to estimate the relevance of indicators for the assessment of shelter dog welfare	8
Cattle Welfare in Dairy and Beef Systems: A New Approach to Global Issues - Edited by Marie Haskell (2023). Animal Welfare Series, Volume 23. Published by Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 431 pages. ISBN	8
Welfare considerations during a conservation translocation of white-clawed crayfish ( Austropotamobius pallipes ): Proof of concept	8
Animal welfare organisations that rehome dogs from southern and eastern Europe to Germany: A homepage content analysis	8
Understanding the Bird of Prey N Fox (2022). Published by Cambria Publishing, Llandeilo, UK. 554 pages Hardback (ISBN: 9780957679139). Price £120.00.	7
A survey of handling and transportation of UK farmed deer	7
Factors affecting animal welfare on commercial broiler chicken farms in West Java, Indonesia	7
Small mammal owners’ experiences of housing challenges and animal welfare: A COM-B and word frequency analysis	7
Welfare and management practices of free-ranging yaks (Bos grunniens) in Bhutan	7
Waste not, want not: Value chain stakeholder attitudes to surplus dairy calf management in Australia	7
Treated Like Animals: Improving the Lives of the Creatures we Own, Eat and Use - By A Simmons (2023). Published by Pelagic Publishing, 20-22 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU, UK. 272 pages Hardback (ISBN:	7
Exercise as a welfare strategy? Insights from horse (Equus caballus) owners in the UK	7
One welfare: Linking poverty, equid ownership and equid welfare in the brick kilns of India	6
Disturbed areas promote more parental care and less nesting preference in females of broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) – ADDENDUM	6
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion	6
Effect of dog-owner interaction on post-operative pain perception and stress of dogs and variability in their behavioural patterns	6
Moving hens into cages affects cognitive performance, extinction learning and motivation for rewards	6
Is a mounted award ceremony in equestrian sport relevant to animal welfare?	6
A systematic approach to defining and verifying descriptors used in the Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of sows	6
Inconsistency in cervical dislocation: A UK survey of techniques and tools utilised for laboratory rodents	6
Behaviour and welfare of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs used in contact wildlife tourism	6
Is pet ownership associated with values and attitudes towards animals?	6
Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach – CORRIGENDUM	6
Less activity means improved welfare? How pair housing influences pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) behaviour	6
On the use of body mass measures in severity assessment in laboratory passerine birds	6
Needle-free intradermal vaccination, an opportunity to improve commercial pig welfare	6
Thermal imaging: A potential tool for early detection of tail lesions in pigs?	5
Living the good life? A systematic review of behavioural signs of affective state in the domestic horse (Equus caballus) and factors relating to quality of life. Part 2: Horse-human interaction	5
Expanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices?	5
AWF volume 31 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	5
Visitor effects on the welfare of captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) during the pandemic lockdowns	5
Risk factors for signs of tail biting in intact-tailed weaner pigs: A cross-sectional study	5
Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people	5
A preliminary survey on the occurrence of barbering in laboratory mice in Germany	5
Digital Livestock Technologies as boundary objects: Investigating impacts on farm management and animal welfare	5
Neutralisation techniques used by defendants charged with animal welfare offences in Finland	5
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Households with children at greatest risk of relinquishing a cat or dog	5

Laying the groundwork for reptile welfare assessment in zoos and private keeping: A literature-based proposal