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Animal Health Research Reviews
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Animal Health Research Reviews

1466-2523

Published by: Cambridge University Press

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/animal-health-research-reviews

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 110 18 17 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 21
Documents by Best Scientists*: 20
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 72
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.011
Impact Factor: 5.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Animal Health Research Reviews?

The journal explores disciplines such as Disease, Virology, Immunology, Microbiology and Virus. While Animal Health Research Reviews focused on Disease, it was also able to explore topics like Veterinary medicine, Bovine respiratory disease and Environmental health. The Bovine respiratory disease works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Respiratory disease, Intensive care medicine and Beef cattle.

Issues in Environmental health were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Livestock and Epidemiology. It focuses on Virology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Antibody and Antigen. The journal covers various topics on Immunology such as Immune system, Immunity and Pathogenesis.

The studies in Microbiology featured incorporate elements of Bacteria and Bacterial adhesin, Virulence. Animal Health Research Reviews covers research in Virus, particularly Classical swine fever and how they are related with concepts in Pestivirus. The presented research on Antibiotic resistance deals specifically with Antimicrobial but it also addresses topics in Drug resistance.

  • Disease (21.48%)
  • Virology (20.00%)
  • Immunology (20.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Escherichia coli in postweaning diarrhea in pigs: an update on bacterial types, pathogenesis, and prevention strategies. (573 citations)
  • Porcine circovirus diseases. (508 citations)
  • Biology and epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii in man and animals (361 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Animal Health Research Reviews:

The published papers focus on Microbiology, Immunology, Virology, Immune system and Disease. While Microbiology is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Bacterial adhesin and Virulence. The most cited papers hold forums on Virology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Meningitis and Streptococcus suis.

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

  • Virus
  • Internal medicine
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Disease, Immune system, Productivity, Livestock and Immunology. The concepts on Disease presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Respiratory disease, Environmental health, Diagnostic biomarker, Canis and Rabies virus. It addresses concerns in Immune system which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Olfactory system, Communication and Odor.

The journal explores issues in Productivity which can be linked to other research areas like Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 and Livelihood. Topics in Livestock were tackled in line with various other fields like Infectious disease (medical specialty), Epidemiology, Health care, Parapoxvirus and Public health. Animal Health Research Reviews links adjacent topics like Immunology with Paratuberculosis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Skewness in the literature on infectious livestock diseases in an emerging economy - the case of Vietnam. (1 citations)
  • Application of the MISTEACHING(S) disease susceptibility framework to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae to identify research gaps: an exemplar of a veterinary pathogen. (0 citations)
  • Microbial colonization of the gastrointestinal tract of dairy calves - a review of its importance and relationship to health and performance. (0 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 Animal Health Research Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jan M. Sargeant (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Annette M. O'Connor (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charlotte B. Winder (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chong Wang (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dapeng Hu (9 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 Animal Health Research Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Iowa State University (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Guelph (39 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Kansas State University (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ontario Veterinary College (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (18 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 22.22% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 66.67% 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

  • The livestock farming digital transformation: implementation of new and emerging technologies using artificial intelligence

    (2022)
    53 Citations
  • Necrotic enteritis in chickens: a review of pathogenesis, immune responses and prevention, focusing on probiotics and vaccination

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Food for thought: nano-selenium in poultry nutrition and health.

    Peter F Surai;Ivan I Kochish

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Applications of butyric acid in poultry production: the dynamics of gut health, performance, nutrient utilization, egg quality, and osteoporosis

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Risk factors for bovine respiratory disease in beef cattle.

    David R Smith

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • A review of strategies to impact swine feed biosecurity.

    Savannah C Stewart;Steve S Dritz;Jason C Woodworth;Chad Paulk

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Generalizability and comparability of prevalence estimates in the wild bird literature: methodological and epidemiological considerations.

    Nadine A Vogt;Christian P G Stevens;David L Pearl;Eduardo N Taboada

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • The role of the bovine respiratory bacterial microbiota in health and disease.

    Trevor W Alexander;Edouard Timsit;Samat Amat

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Economics of respiratory disease in dairy replacement heifers

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Canine leptospirosis in stray and sheltered dogs: a systematic review

    (2022)
    11 Citations

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