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Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science
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Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 173 20 24 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 30
Documents by Best Scientists*: 37
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 45
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.314
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A-animal Science?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Animal science, Food science, Veterinary medicine, Internal medicine and Endocrinology. It explores topics in Animal science which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Feed conversion ratio and Lactation. The in-depth study on Feed conversion ratio also explores topics in the intersecting field of Weight gain.

The study on Lactation presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Milk production. The work on Food science tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Dry matter and Fatty acid. Dry matter research discussed in it aim to provide more information in the subject of Agronomy.

It investigates Veterinary medicine research which frequently intersects with Heritability. Many of the studies tackled connect Internal medicine with a similar field of study like Mink. Most of the Herd studies addressed also intersect with Dairy cattle.

  • Animal science (47.66%)
  • Food science (17.41%)
  • Veterinary medicine (15.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Genotype by Environment Interaction in Nordic Dairy Cattle Studied Using Reaction Norms (183 citations)
  • Zinc Oxide for Weanling Piglets (136 citations)
  • Genetic and Environmental Correlations Among Female Fertility Traits and Milk Production in Different Parities of Swedish Red and White Dairy Cattle (129 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A-animal Science:

The journal papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Animal science, Food science, Veterinary medicine, Lactation and Herd. The journal papers center on topics in Animal science, with a focus on Litter (animal). The most cited publications hold forums on Food science that merge themes from other disciplines such as Amino acid, Feces, Dry matter and Fish meal.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Ecology
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A-animal Science is to expand the discussion of research in Animal science, Food science, Peer review, Dairy cattle and Agricultural science. Issues in Animal science were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Grading (tumors), Acclimatization and Plant maturity. Topics in Food science were tackled in line with various other fields like Quail and Vitis vinifera.

Market share, Exploratory research, Purchasing and Preference are some topics wherein Peer review research discussed in the journal have an impact. The research on Dairy cattle tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Herd and Exploratory factor analysis. The studies in Agricultural science featured incorporate elements of Breed, Livestock and Crossbreed.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Objective carcass grading for bovine animals based on carcass length (1 citations)
  • Evaluation of live-body weight and the number of eggs produced for introduced and local chickens in Ethiopia (1 citations)
  • Physiological and behavioural responses of Swedish domestic goats and their kids (Capra hircus) to 15 days of heat exposure (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A-animal Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gunnar Klemetsdal (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Erling Strandberg (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Lotta Rydhmer (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Odd Magne Harstad (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Martin Riis Weisbjerg (15 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A-animal Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (129 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Norwegian University of Life Sciences (88 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Aarhus University (49 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Helsinki (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (19 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 7.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 76.92% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.69% of all publications and 15.38% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Propionic acid bacteria enhance ruminal feed degradation and reduce methane production in vitro

    Jikun Chen;Odd Magne Harstad;Tim McAllister;Peter Dörsch

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Evaluation of live-body weight and the number of eggs produced for introduced and local chickens in Ethiopia

    Setegn W. Alemu;Olivier Hanotte;Olivier Hanotte;Fasil G. Kebede;Fasil G. Kebede;Wondmeneh Esatu

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from beef cattle production systems

    Stine Samsonstuen;Bente A. Åby;Paul Crosson;Karen A. Beauchemin

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • An exploratory study of Muslim consumers’ halal meat purchasing intentions in Norway

    Muhammad Azher Bhatti;Sosheel Solomon Godfrey;Ryan H L Ip;Mari Øvrum Gaarder

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Associations between litter size and medical treatment of sows during farrowing and lactation

    Emma Andersson;J. Frossling;Rebecka Westin;Bo Algers

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Conservation of a native dairy cattle breed through terminal crossbreeding with commercial dairy breeds

    J. B. Clasen;M. Kargo;W.F. Fikse;E. Strandberg

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Potential of <i>Opuntia Ficus-Indica</i> Cladodes In M’sila (North ALGERIA) as feed for ruminants: chemical composition and <i>in vitro</i> assessment

    (2023)
    5 Citations
  • Morphometric characterization of purebred and crossbred Baoulé cattle in Burkina Faso

    B. Yougbaré;A. Soudré;D. Ouédraogo;B. L. Zoma

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Effects of proportion and digestibility of grass-clover silage on milk protein, mineral and fatty acid compositions in Danish Holstein cows

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • Clustering the relationship matrix as a supportive tool to maintain genetic diversity in the Scandinavian cold-blooded trotter

    Hanne Fjerdingby Olsen;Gunnar Klemetsdal

    (2020)
    4 Citations

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