Animal

Top Research Topics at Animal?

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Animal science, Food science, Dry matter, Internal medicine and Endocrinology. Topics in Animal science explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Feed conversion ratio, Lactation and Rumen. The study on Lactation featured in Animal expounds on the topic of Ice calving in particular.

The featured Rumen study falls within the wider topic of Fermentation. Food science and Fatty acid are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal. The journal holds forums on Dry matter that merges themes from other disciplines such as Silage and Forage.

Weaning research discussed connects with the study of Litter (animal).

• Animal science (38.07%)
• Food science (8.64%)
• Dry matter (8.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Methane mitigation in ruminants: from microbe to the farm scale (579 citations)
• Impact of Heat Stress on Poultry Production (454 citations)
• Adaptation to hot climate and strategies to alleviate heat stress in livestock production. (437 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Animal:

The journal publications focus largely on the fields of Animal science, Food science, Internal medicine, Endocrinology and Veterinary medicine. The most cited publications hold forums on Animal science that merge themes from other disciplines such as Feed conversion ratio and Lactation. The most cited articles focus on Veterinary medicine but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Welfare and Animal welfare.

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 foci of the journal are Animal science, Feed conversion ratio, Food science, Animal welfare and Broiler. While the journal focused on Animal science, it was also able to explore topics like Rumen, Lactation and Grazing. Animal explores research in Grazing and the adjacent study of Pasture.

Animal links adjacent topics like Animal welfare with Welfare.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• SARS-CoV-2 in Danish Mink Farms: Course of the Epidemic and a Descriptive Analysis of the Outbreaks in 2020 (25 citations)
• “More Attention than Usual”: A Thematic Analysis of Dog Ownership Experiences in the UK during the First COVID-19 Lockdown (17 citations)
• Yucca schidigera Usage for Healthy Aquatic Animals: Potential Roles for Sustainability (16 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Animal (based on the number of publications) are:

• Clive J. C. Phillips (58 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Donagh P. Berry (49 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Jan van der Straet (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Sandra Edwards (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Paul D. McGreevy (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Animal (based on the number of publications) are:

• Institut national de la recherche agronomique (437 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
• Wageningen University and Research Centre (230 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Aarhus University (186 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Teagasc (175 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (156 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 15 more than 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, 6.82% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.43% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.04% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.09% of all publications and 61.44% 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.