OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Animal Welfare is 3. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Physiological and behavioural assessments of stress levels in owls housed at owl cafes	43
A comparison of the welfare of free-ranging native pony herds on common land with those used for conservation grazing in the UK	28
Equipment-related wounds and associated risk factors in working equids of the Oromia national regional state in Ethiopia	27
Electric shock control of farmed animals: Welfare review and ethical critique	20
An assessment of animal welfare impacts in wild Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) management	18
A One Welfare approach to identify socioeconomic vulnerability in families during investigations into companion animal abuse in Pinhais, Brazil	18
Defending and refining the Birch et al. (2021) precautionary framework for animal sentience	17
Dogs: Understanding Your Very Best Friend J Bradshaw (2021). Published by Andersen Press, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA, UK. 128 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1839130878). Price £6.15.	17
Working donkey welfare assessment and owner survey in Meru County, Kenya	16
The relationships between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople on dairy goat farms	14
Working animal welfare and their multidimensional roles on livelihood improvement in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
The Climate Crisis and Other Animals - Richard Twine (2024). Published by Sydney University Press, Sydney, Australia. ISBN (paperback) 9781743328996. Price £19.59 (paperback)	13
Estimating global numbers of farmed fishes killed for food annually from 1990 to 2019	12
Pekin ducks are motivated to lay in their preferred nest substrate	11
The construction of a measure of behavioural complexity as a potential individual-based welfare indicator and its theoretical validation	10
Guinea pig meat production in South America: Reviewing existing practices, welfare challenges, and opportunities	10
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	10
Socialising kitties: A quantitative survey of US cat owner attitudes towards kitten and adult cat socialisation programmes	10
Assessment, causes and consequences of short opercula in laboratory-reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)	9
Welfare of fish now included in EU strategy for aquaculture	9
The cost of research: Lasting effects of capture, surgery and muscle biopsy on brown bear (Ursus arctos) movement and physiology	9
Mao's Bestiary: Medicinal Animals and Modern China LPY Chee (2021). Published by Duke University Press, 905 W Main Street, Durham, NC 27701, USA. 288 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1478014041). Price £20.	9
Humane stunning or stun/killing in the slaughter of wild-caught finfish: The scientific evidence base	9
Perceptions of barriers to providing good cat care in Malaysian clinical practices	9
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	9

Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians – ERRATUM	8
“I want them to live their best lives:” A qualitative exploration of owner experiences with walking their cats	8
Pathophysiology of penetrating captive-bolt stunning of horses	8
Contrafreeloading and its influencing factors in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Implications for their feeding and welfare	7
Welfare of extensively managed Swedish Gotland ponies	7
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	7
Support for the ‘Pets as Ambassadors’ hypothesis in men: Higher animal empathy in Australian pet-owners vs non-owners and farmers	7
Using a Delphi method to estimate the relevance of indicators for the assessment of shelter dog welfare	7
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	7
‘No one cares about the animal like me.’ Indian veterinarians’ experiences of improving animal welfare through Continuing Professional Development	7
Public attitudes toward the use of technology to create new types of animals and animal products	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:	6
Welfare and management practices of free-ranging yaks (Bos grunniens) in Bhutan	6
Exercise as a welfare strategy? Insights from horse (Equus caballus) owners in the UK	6
Waste not, want not: Value chain stakeholder attitudes to surplus dairy calf management in Australia	6
Understanding the Bird of Prey N Fox (2022). Published by Cambria Publishing, Llandeilo, UK. 554 pages Hardback (ISBN: 9780957679139). Price £120.00.	6
Review of the evidence of sentience in cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans	6
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	6
The selection, training and welfare of post-racing thoroughbreds and other breeds used in Equine Assisted Services	6
Is pet ownership associated with values and attitudes towards animals?	6
One welfare: Linking poverty, equid ownership and equid welfare in the brick kilns of India	5
A survey of handling and transportation of UK farmed deer	5
Small mammal owners’ experiences of housing challenges and animal welfare: A COM-B and word frequency analysis	5
A follow-up study of exercise test results and severity of brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome signs in brachycephalic dogs	5
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion	4
Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach – CORRIGENDUM	4
Disturbed areas promote more parental care and less nesting preference in females of broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) – ADDENDUM	4
Needle-free intradermal vaccination, an opportunity to improve commercial pig welfare	4
Digital Livestock Technologies as boundary objects: Investigating impacts on farm management and animal welfare	4
Is a mounted award ceremony in equestrian sport relevant to animal welfare?	4
A systematic approach to defining and verifying descriptors used in the Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of sows	4
Effect of dog-owner interaction on post-operative pain perception and stress of dogs and variability in their behavioural patterns	4
Visitor effects on the welfare of captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) during the pandemic lockdowns	4
Pigs: Welfare in Practice I Camerlink (2020). Published by 5m Publishing, 8 Smithy Wood Drive, Sheffield S35, 1QN, UK. 166 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1789181050). Price £ 14.95.	4
On the use of body mass measures in severity assessment in laboratory passerine birds	4
Less activity means improved welfare? How pair housing influences pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) behaviour	4
Behaviour and welfare of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs used in contact wildlife tourism	4
Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people	4
A review of welfare indicators for sea turtles undergoing rehabilitation, with emphasis on environmental enrichment	3
Book review of Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles, Second Edition – Editors’ Note	3
Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, Third Edition - Edited by M Dyson, P Jirkof, J Lofgren, E Nunamaker and D Pang (2023). Published by Elsevier, 230 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10169, USA.	3
Practical Canine Behaviour: For Veterinary Nurses and Technicians, Second Edition S Hedges (2021). Published by CABI, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. 312 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1789	3
Contactless body temperature assessment for signalling humane endpoints in a mouse model of sepsis	3
Expanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices?	3
AWF volume 31 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	3
A preliminary survey on the occurrence of barbering in laboratory mice in Germany	3
Condition of bob veal calves on arrival at an abattoir in Ohio	3
Can an animal welfare risk assessment tool identify livestock at risk of poor welfare outcomes?	3
Horses are worthy of care: Horse sector participants’ attitudes towards animal sentience, welfare, and well-being	3
Global distribution and gap analysis of equine housing research: The findings so far and where to go next	3

Individual variation in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) repertoires of abnormal behaviour	3
Evaluation of a commercial electrical stunning method for farmed grower saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) using non-invasive EEG measurements	3
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	3
Non-invasive assessment of positive affective state using infra-red thermography in rats	3
Evaluation of the longer-term impacts on working practices of veterinarians in India after attending a canine surgical neutering training programme	3
Development of a novel primate welfare assessment tool for research macaques	3
Public concern for animal welfare and its correlation with ethical ideologies after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China	3
Using the conditioned place preference paradigm to assess hunger in dairy calves: Preliminary results and methodological issues	3
Neutralisation techniques used by defendants charged with animal welfare offences in Finland	3
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Households with children at greatest risk of relinquishing a cat or dog	3
Cat management in an unregulated shelter environment: Relationship between care provision and cat health in Hong Kong	3
Welfare concerns associated with captive lions (Panthera leo) and the implications for commercial lion farms in South Africa	3