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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Physiological and behavioural assessments of stress levels in owls housed at owl cafes	42
An assessment of animal welfare impacts in wild Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) management	27
A One Welfare approach to identify socioeconomic vulnerability in families during investigations into companion animal abuse in Pinhais, Brazil	25
A comparison of the welfare of free-ranging native pony herds on common land with those used for conservation grazing in the UK	20
Equipment-related wounds and associated risk factors in working equids of the Oromia national regional state in Ethiopia	18
Electric shock control of farmed animals: Welfare review and ethical critique	18
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
Defending and refining the Birch et al. (2021) precautionary framework for animal sentience	16
The relationships between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople on dairy goat farms	16
Working animal welfare and their multidimensional roles on livelihood improvement in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Pekin ducks are motivated to lay in their preferred nest substrate	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
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	12
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	11
Guinea pig meat production in South America: Reviewing existing practices, welfare challenges, and opportunities	10
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
Assessment, causes and consequences of short opercula in laboratory-reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)	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
Estimating global numbers of farmed fishes killed for food annually from 1990 to 2019	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
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians – ERRATUM	8

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	8
‘No one cares about the animal like me.’ Indian veterinarians’ experiences of improving animal welfare through Continuing Professional Development	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
Support for the ‘Pets as Ambassadors’ hypothesis in men: Higher animal empathy in Australian pet-owners vs non-owners and farmers	7
Public attitudes toward the use of technology to create new types of animals and animal products	7
Contrafreeloading and its influencing factors in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Implications for their feeding and welfare	7
Welfare of extensively managed Swedish Gotland ponies	7
The selection, training and welfare of post-racing thoroughbreds and other breeds used in Equine Assisted Services	6
Understanding the Bird of Prey N Fox (2022). Published by Cambria Publishing, Llandeilo, UK. 554 pages Hardback (ISBN: 9780957679139). Price £120.00.	6
Is pet ownership associated with values and attitudes towards animals?	6
Welfare and management practices of free-ranging yaks (Bos grunniens) in Bhutan	6
Waste not, want not: Value chain stakeholder attitudes to surplus dairy calf management in Australia	6
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
A follow-up study of exercise test results and severity of brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome signs in brachycephalic dogs	6
A survey of handling and transportation of UK farmed deer	6
Determination of static space requirements for finishing bulls based on image analysis	6
Exercise as a welfare strategy? Insights from horse (Equus caballus) owners in the UK	6
Review of the evidence of sentience in cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans	6
One welfare: Linking poverty, equid ownership and equid welfare in the brick kilns of India	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
Is a mounted award ceremony in equestrian sport relevant to animal welfare?	5
Less activity means improved welfare? How pair housing influences pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) behaviour	5
Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach – CORRIGENDUM	5
A systematic approach to defining and verifying descriptors used in the Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of sows	5
Attitudes of Turkish veterinary students towards farm animal welfare	5
On the use of body mass measures in severity assessment in laboratory passerine birds	5
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion	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
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	4
Disturbed areas promote more parental care and less nesting preference in females of broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) – ADDENDUM	4
Effect of dog-owner interaction on post-operative pain perception and stress of dogs and variability in their behavioural patterns	4
Neutralisation techniques used by defendants charged with animal welfare offences in Finland	4
Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people	4
Behaviour and welfare of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs used in contact wildlife tourism	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
Visitor effects on the welfare of captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) during the pandemic lockdowns	4
Welfare concerns associated with captive lions (Panthera leo) and the implications for commercial lion farms in South Africa	4
Tamoxifen exacerbates morbidity and mortality in male mice receiving medetomidine anaesthesia	3
Can an animal welfare risk assessment tool identify livestock at risk of poor welfare outcomes?	3
Evaluation of stress markers in horses during hippotherapy sessions in comparison to being ridden by beginners	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
Individual variation in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) repertoires of abnormal behaviour	3
Expanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices?	3
Non-invasive assessment of positive affective state using infra-red thermography in rats	3
Welfare of broiler chickens reared under two different types of housing	3
Cortisol is not enough: A complex stress reaction in tethered goats	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

Evaluation of a commercial electrical stunning method for farmed grower saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) using non-invasive EEG measurements	3
Condition of bob veal calves on arrival at an abattoir in Ohio	3
Contactless body temperature assessment for signalling humane endpoints in a mouse model of sepsis	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
A review of welfare indicators for sea turtles undergoing rehabilitation, with emphasis on environmental enrichment	3
Global distribution and gap analysis of equine housing research: The findings so far and where to go next	3
Using the conditioned place preference paradigm to assess hunger in dairy calves: Preliminary results and methodological issues	3
Horses are worthy of care: Horse sector participants’ attitudes towards animal sentience, welfare, and well-being	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
AWF volume 31 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	3
A preliminary survey on the occurrence of barbering in laboratory mice in Germany	3
Advances in Pig Welfare, First Edition Edited by M Špinka (2018). Published by Woodhead Publishing, The Officer's Mess Business Centre, Royston Road, Duxford CB22 4QH, UK. 506 pages Hardback (ISBN: 97	3
Evaluation of the longer-term impacts on working practices of veterinarians in India after attending a canine surgical neutering training programme	3