OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Animal is 30. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	148
Association between the prion protein genotype and animal performance traits in a large multibreed sheep population	71
Editorial Board	71
Application of milk mid-infrared spectroscopy for prediction of energy balance and associated traits in Fleckvieh and Holstein Friesian dairy cows	68
Editorial: Animal welfare from a transdisciplinary perspective	68
From the biochemical pieces to the nutritional puzzle: using meta-reactions in teaching and research	68
Genome-wide association study of fitness traits in local Alpine cattle breeds: insights into longevity, fertility, and udder health	60
Novel pathways linked to the expression of temperament in Merino sheep: a genome-wide association study	57
Predicting feed efficiency of Angus steers using the gastrointestinal microbiome	57
Using dynamic modelling to enhance the assessment of the beef water footprint	57
Telling tails: a closer look into the hanging tail posture of pigs in relation to their emotional state expressed during a novelty test in isolation	55
Qualitative investigation of the underlying influences for the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in sick calves	53
Early addition of enzyme-treated soybean in the diet improves amino acid absorption and protein digestibility by promoting digestive enzyme activity in broilers	52
Animal board invited review: Dietary transition from animal to plant-derived foods: Are there risks to health?	51
Effects of lactic acid bacteria-fermented formula milk supplementation on colonic microbiota and mucosal transcriptome profile of weaned piglets	50
The welfare of dairy cows managed with Halter virtual fencing and herding technology compared with those managed with electric fencing and stockperson herding	45
Energy metabolism and ruminal fermentation of prolific ewes in response to scheduled increase, relative to lambing, of dietary energy source and concentration	43
Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition	42
Review: Environment of the ovulatory follicle: modifications and use of biotechnologies to enhance oocyte competence and increase fertility in cattle	41
Hydrogenated fat-embedded calcium gluconate improves apparent total tract digestibility in lactating dairy cows in a dose-dependent manner	41
Effectiveness of virtual fencing in a mountain environment and its impact on heifer behaviour and welfare	41
Review: Ecosystem service indicators in insect farming − a novel One Health perspective	39
Liver mitochondrial content is reduced in response to dietary crude protein and phosphorus deficiencies in wethers	37
Resolving and functional analysis of RNA editing sites in sheep ovaries and associations with litter size	36
Replacing cereals with almond hulls in a 40% forage diet improves fatty acid composition of lamb fat and prevents the trans-10 shifted biohydrogenation pathways	35

Climatic impact on ram lamb reproductive development: the effect of solar radiation	34
Animal board invited review: Quantification of resilience in farm animals	33
Longitudinal pattern of growth performance and feeding behaviour in pigs fed varying dietary crude protein levels and categorised by final feed efficiency	32
Estimation of the genetic parameters of sheep growth traits based on machine vision acquisition	30
Review: Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare	30
Animal board invited review: A biocultural perspective of animal farming systems in Europe	30
Editorial: Selected keynote lectures of the 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Innsbruck, Austria)	30
Effects of group size on agonistic interactions in dairy cows: a descriptive study	30