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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

0044-605X

Published by: Springer

https://actavetscand.biomedcentral.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 96 35 59 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 57
Documents by Best Scientists*: 75
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 68
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.501
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica?

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica focuses largely on the fields of Veterinary medicine, Animal science, Internal medicine, Microbiology and Endocrinology. It explores issues in Veterinary medicine which can be linked to other research areas like Prevalence and Feces. While the journal focused on Animal science, it was also able to explore topics like Ice calving and Lactation.

Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Internal medicine and the similar topic of Gastroenterology.

  • Veterinary medicine (17.64%)
  • Animal science (16.18%)
  • Internal medicine (15.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Staining of cryptosporidia by a modified Ziehl-Neelsen technique (682 citations)
  • Fibre composition, enzyme activity and concentrations of metabolites and electrolytes in muscles of standardbred horses. (302 citations)
  • Pharmacological profiles of medetomidine and its antagonist, atipamezole. (223 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica:

The published articles facilitate discussions on Veterinary medicine, Animal science, Microbiology, Herd and Internal medicine. In addition to Veterinary medicine research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Prevalence, Mastitis, Salmonella and Dairy cattle. While the journal publications focused on Microbiology, they were also able to explore topics like Virology and Escherichia coli.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica is organized to address concerns in the fields of Zoology, Internal medicine, Herd, Veterinary medicine and Surgery. The studies on Zoology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Nematode and Serum biochemistry. The majority of Internal medicine studies are focused on the issues of Weight gain.

The journal facilitates discussions on Herd that incorporate concepts from other fields like Weaning and Anthelmintic. Specifically, studies on Pyrantel are prevalent in the Veterinary medicine works discussed. While work presented in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica provided substantial information on Caryospora bigenetica, it also covered topics in Polymerase chain reaction, Microbiology and Histopathology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Nervous system modulation through electrical stimulation in companion animals. (2 citations)
  • Experimental infection of indigenous North African goats with goatpox virus. (2 citations)
  • Serum biochemistry and haematology in wild and captive bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) from Svalbard, Norway (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 Veterinaria Scandinavica (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hans Kindahl (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stig Einarsson (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Nansen (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jørgen S. Agerholm (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mats Forsberg (23 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 Veterinaria Scandinavica (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (649 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Veterinary Institute (434 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Copenhagen (313 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Veterinary College, Mathura (233 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Royal Veterinary College (185 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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, 5.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 52.63% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.42% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.16% of all publications and 15.79% 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

  • Diagnostic studies of abortion in Danish cattle 2015–2017

    Godelind Alma Wolf-Jäckel;Godelind Alma Wolf-Jäckel;Mette Sif Hansen;Mette Sif Hansen;Gitte Larsen;Elisabeth Holm

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • Anthelmintic resistance of horse strongyle nematodes to ivermectin and pyrantel in Lithuania.

    Evelina Dauparaitė;Tomas Kupčinskas;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna;Saulius Petkevičius

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Anthelmintic resistance in small ruminants in the Nordic-Baltic region

    Agnė Beleckė;Tomas Kupčinskas;Inga Stadalienė;Johan Höglund

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Herd-level risk factors for cow and calf on-farm mortality in Estonian dairy herds

    Kaari Reimus;Karin Alvåsen;Ulf Emanuelson;Arvo Viltrop

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Infection with brainworm ( Elaphostrongylus rangiferi ) in reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus ssp.) in Fennoscandia

    Rebecca K. Davidson;Torill Mørk;Karin E. Holmgren;Antti Oksanen

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Detection of Leishmania infantum DNA and antibodies against Anaplasma spp., Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Ehrlichia canis in a dog kennel in South-Central Romania.

    Cristina Daniela Cazan;Angela Monica Ionică;Ioana Adriana Matei;Gianluca D'Amico

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Surveillance of important bacterial and parasitic infections in Danish wild boars (Sus scrofa).

    Heidi Huus Petersen;Nao Takeuchi-Storm;Heidi Larsen Enemark;Stine Thorsø Nielsen

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Detection and molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium spp. in Swedish pigs

    Emelie Pettersson;Emelie Pettersson;Harri Ahola;Jenny Frössling;Per Wallgren;Per Wallgren

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Left and right displaced abomasum and abomasal volvulus: comparison of clinical, laboratory and ultrasonographic findings in 1982 dairy cows

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Occurrence of faecal endoparasites in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in two grazing areas in northern Norway

    Lene Idland;Amalie Moen Juul;Ellen Karin Solevåg;Kristoffer Relling Tysnes

    (2021)
    13 Citations

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