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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Equipment-related wounds and associated risk factors in working equids of the Oromia national regional state in Ethiopia	40
Electric shock control of farmed animals: Welfare review and ethical critique	35
A comparison of the welfare of free-ranging native pony herds on common land with those used for conservation grazing in the UK	34
Physiological and behavioural assessments of stress levels in owls housed at owl cafes	23
A One Welfare approach to identify socioeconomic vulnerability in families during investigations into companion animal abuse in Pinhais, Brazil	23
Horse and donkey owners’ perspectives on fireworks and their impact on equids in the UK	20
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	20
Guinea pig meat production in South America: Reviewing existing practices, welfare challenges, and opportunities	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
Working donkey welfare assessment and owner survey in Meru County, Kenya	17
The relationships between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople on dairy goat farms	17
Pekin ducks are motivated to lay in their preferred nest substrate	17
Estimating global numbers of farmed fishes killed for food annually from 1990 to 2019	15
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	15
Standardised scoring system to assess the welfare of Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)	15
Defending and refining the Birch et al. (2021) precautionary framework for animal sentience	15
Exploring kitten socialisation practices and welfare implications within a Swedish breeding association	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	12
Socialising kitties: A quantitative survey of US cat owner attitudes towards kitten and adult cat socialisation programmes	12
Perceptions of barriers to providing good cat care in Malaysian clinical practices	12
Owners’ everyday interactions with their horse: Pain-related issues and those of veterinary concern	11
The use of technology as environmental enrichment in zoos: A scoping review	11
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

The cost of research: Lasting effects of capture, surgery and muscle biopsy on brown bear (Ursus arctos) movement and physiology	10
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	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
Pathophysiology of penetrating captive-bolt stunning of horses	10
Bearing Witness: Ruth Harrison and British Farm Animal Welfare (1920-2000) C Kirchhelle (2021). Published by Palgrave Macmillan, Crinan Street, London N1 9XW, UK. 297 pages Hardback (ISBN: 978-3030627	9
Welfare of extensively managed Swedish Gotland ponies	9
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians – ERRATUM	9
Public attitudes toward the use of technology to create new types of animals and animal products	9
Contrafreeloading and its influencing factors in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Implications for their feeding and welfare	9
Enclosures with flexible structures stimulate species-typical locomotion, but not locomotion quantity, in zoo-housed Bornean orangutans ( Pongo pygmaeus	8
Using a Delphi method to estimate the relevance of indicators for the assessment of shelter dog welfare	8
Welfare considerations during a conservation translocation of white-clawed crayfish ( Austropotamobius pallipes ): Proof of concept	8
Support for the ‘Pets as Ambassadors’ hypothesis in men: Higher animal empathy in Australian pet-owners vs non-owners and farmers	8
‘No one cares about the animal like me.’ Indian veterinarians’ experiences of improving animal welfare through Continuing Professional Development	8
The selection, training and welfare of post-racing thoroughbreds and other breeds used in Equine Assisted Services	7
Understanding the Bird of Prey N Fox (2022). Published by Cambria Publishing, Llandeilo, UK. 554 pages Hardback (ISBN: 9780957679139). Price £120.00.	7
Exercise as a welfare strategy? Insights from horse (Equus caballus) owners in the UK	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
Animal welfare organisations that rehome dogs from southern and eastern Europe to Germany: A homepage content analysis	7
A survey of handling and transportation of UK farmed deer	7
Waste not, want not: Value chain stakeholder attitudes to surplus dairy calf management in Australia	7
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	7
Small mammal owners’ experiences of housing challenges and animal welfare: A COM-B and word frequency analysis	7
Factors affecting animal welfare on commercial broiler chicken farms in West Java, Indonesia	7
Welfare and management practices of free-ranging yaks (Bos grunniens) in Bhutan	6
Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach – CORRIGENDUM	6
A systematic approach to defining and verifying descriptors used in the Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of sows	6
One welfare: Linking poverty, equid ownership and equid welfare in the brick kilns of India	6
Less activity means improved welfare? How pair housing influences pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) behaviour	6
Disturbed areas promote more parental care and less nesting preference in females of broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) – ADDENDUM	6
Is pet ownership associated with values and attitudes towards animals?	6
Is a mounted award ceremony in equestrian sport relevant to animal welfare?	6
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion	6
Thermal imaging: A potential tool for early detection of tail lesions in pigs?	5
Expanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices?	5
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Households with children at greatest risk of relinquishing a cat or dog	5
Digital Livestock Technologies as boundary objects: Investigating impacts on farm management and animal welfare	5
Effect of dog-owner interaction on post-operative pain perception and stress of dogs and variability in their behavioural patterns	5
Visitor effects on the welfare of captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) during the pandemic lockdowns	5
Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people	5
Risk factors for signs of tail biting in intact-tailed weaner pigs: A cross-sectional study	5
A review of welfare indicators for sea turtles undergoing rehabilitation, with emphasis on environmental enrichment	5
Welfare concerns associated with captive lions (Panthera leo) and the implications for commercial lion farms in South Africa	5
Behaviour and welfare of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs used in contact wildlife tourism	5
On the use of body mass measures in severity assessment in laboratory passerine birds	5
Inconsistency in cervical dislocation: A UK survey of techniques and tools utilised for laboratory rodents	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
AWF volume 31 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	5
A preliminary survey on the occurrence of barbering in laboratory mice in Germany	5

Needle-free intradermal vaccination, an opportunity to improve commercial pig welfare	5
Moving hens into cages affects cognitive performance, extinction learning and motivation for rewards	5
Neutralisation techniques used by defendants charged with animal welfare offences in Finland	5