Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Top Research Topics at Applied Animal Behaviour Science?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Animal science, Animal-assisted therapy, Veterinary medicine, HUBzero and Pet therapy. Issues in Animal science were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Ecology, Grazing and Lactation. The journal features Ecology research that overlaps with concepts in Zoology.

It focuses on Grazing as well as the interrelated topic of Pasture. Animal-assisted therapy research presented falls under the umbrella topic of Animal welfare. The work on Animal welfare addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Welfare.

The HUBzero study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Agonistic behaviour. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Pet therapy and Human animal bond.

• Animal science (42.75%)
• Animal-assisted therapy (32.31%)
• Veterinary medicine (21.57%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Sources of stress in captivity (618 citations)
• Fish welfare: Current issues in aquaculture (616 citations)
• Environmental enrichment: increasing the biological relevance of captive environments (607 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Applied Animal Behaviour Science:

The published articles focus largely on the fields of Animal-assisted therapy, Animal science, HUBzero, Veterinary medicine and Animal welfare. The journal papers cover Animal-assisted therapy research under the subject of Pet therapy. While the most cited publications focused on Animal science, they were also able to explore topics like Feather pecking and Straw.

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

• Internal medicine
• Ecology
• Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Animal science, Welfare, Zoology, Demography and Weaning are the subjects of interest in the journal. The majority of Animal science studies presented zero in on Broiler. It connects research in Welfare with the related topic of Animal welfare.

Foraging and Environmental enrichment are some topics wherein Zoology research discussed in the journal have an impact. The study on Demography presented in Applied Animal Behaviour Science intersects with the topics under Aggression.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• One welfare impacts of COVID-19 - A summary of key highlights within the one welfare framework. (8 citations)
• Lateralized emotional functioning in domestic animals (6 citations)
• Learning from lockdown - assessing the positive and negative experiences, and coping strategies of researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic (6 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 Applied Animal Behaviour Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Paul H Hemsworth (87 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jeffrey Rushen (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Alistair Lawrence (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Christine J Nicol (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Daniel M. Weary (58 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (188 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Institut national de la recherche agronomique (156 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, Davis (151 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Bristol (147 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Wageningen University and Research Centre (138 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 12.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.36% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.45% of all publications and 59.09% 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.