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Aquaculture Nutrition

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 62 17 36 14
Biology and Biochemistry 254 54 146 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 102
Documents by Best Scientists*: 189
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 102
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.875
Impact Factor: 3.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Aquaculture Nutrition?

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Animal science, Food science, Biochemistry, Feed conversion ratio and Fish meal. Issues in Animal science were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Endocrinology, Juvenile, Fishery, Shrimp and Weight gain. The research on Food science tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Dry matter, Antioxidant, Litopenaeus, Fatty acid and Fish oil.

The Fatty acid study tackling the subject of Polyunsaturated fatty acid is the focus of it. The journal connects research in Biochemistry with the related topic of Salmo. The Feed conversion ratio works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Carp, Nutrient, Oreochromis and Animal nutrition.

The work tackled in Aquaculture Nutrition goes beyond the discipline of Carp as it also encompasses Cyprinus. The journal deals with Animal nutrition in conjunction with Aquaculture and similar fields in Aquatic animal. While Fish meal is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Rainbow trout, Meal, Soybean meal and Plant protein.

  • Animal science (40.71%)
  • Food science (39.39%)
  • Biochemistry (24.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Carbohydrates in fish nutrition: effects on growth, glucose metabolism and hepatic enzymes (548 citations)
  • Effects of graded levels of standard soybean meal on intestinal structure, mucosal enzyme activities, and pancreatic response in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) (517 citations)
  • A feed is only as good as its ingredients – a review of ingredient evaluation strategies for aquaculture feeds (512 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Aquaculture Nutrition:

The published papers primarily focus on research topics in Animal science, Food science, Biochemistry, Feed conversion ratio and Fish meal. While the primary focus in the most cited papers is Animal science, they also dissect topics surrounding Salmo and Astaxanthin as a whole. The study of Food science in the published papers encompasses disciplines such as Fish oil, as well as fields such as Linseed oil, all of which overlap with one another.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Biochemistry
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Food science, Juvenile, Fish meal, Immune system and Zoology. More specifically, the research on Food science in it is related to Meal. Topics in Juvenile explored in Aquaculture Nutrition were investigated in conjunction with research in Lipid metabolism, Biochemistry, Gene expression, Gene and Grouper.

It holds forums on Fish meal that merges themes from other disciplines such as Amino acid and Animal science. The studies on Animal science discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Micropterus and Bass (fish). In it, Nile tilapia and Microbiology are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Immune system research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A comprehensive review on the health benefits and nutritional significance of fucoidan polysaccharide derived from brown seaweeds in human, animals and aquatic organisms (8 citations)
  • Comparative study on growth, survival and pigmentation of Solea aegyptiaca larvae by using four different microalgal species with emphasize on water quality and nutritional value (6 citations)
  • Dietary supplementation with biofloc promotes growth, improves immune and antioxidant status, and upregulates NF‐κB/Nrf2 signalling molecules and stress resistance in Rhynchocypris lagowskii Dybowski (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.

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

  • Kangsen Mai (55 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Rune Waagbø (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Xiao-Qiu Zhou (40 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Brett D. Glencross (36 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • L.-X. Tian (36 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 Aquaculture Nutrition (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (93 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad (85 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ocean University of China (75 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (58 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Sun Yat-sen University (55 papers) published 5 papers 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, 6.19% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.47% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.54% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.88% of all publications and 40.11% 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

  • A comprehensive review on the health benefits and nutritional significance of fucoidan polysaccharide derived from brown seaweeds in human, animals and aquatic organisms

    Muhammad Saeed;Muhammad A. Arain;Sarfraz Ali Fazlani;Illahi B. Marghazani

    (2021)
    109 Citations
  • A feed is still only as good as its ingredients: An update on the nutritional research strategies for the optimal evaluation of ingredients for aquaculture feeds

    Brett D Glencross

    (2020)
    85 Citations
  • Digestive enzyme activity and nutrient digestibility in meagre (Argyrosomus regius) fed increasing levels of black soldier fly meal (Hermetia illucens)

    Inês Guerreiro;Cláudia R. Serra;Filipe Coutinho;Ana Couto

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Overall performances of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) associated with using vegetable oil sources under suboptimal temperature

    Amel M. El Asely;Rasha M. Reda;Ayman S. Salah;Mohamed A. Mahmoud

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Effects of dietary turmeric administration on stress, immune, antioxidant and inflammatory responses of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) during copper exposure

    Hamid Rajabiesterabadi;Seyyed Morteza Hoseini;Zohreh Fazelan;Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Effect of Different Dietary Selenium Sources on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Capacity, Gut Microbiota, and Molecular Responses in Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

    (2022)
    43 Citations
  • Effects of Dietary Supplementation of PrimaLac, Inulin, and Biomin Imbo on Growth Performance, Antioxidant, and Innate Immune Responses of Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)

    (2022)
    43 Citations
  • Effects of myo‐inositol on growth performance, body composition, antioxidant status, non‐specific immunity and lipid metabolism of juvenile Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)

    Xianyong Bu;Zhideng Lin;Shubin Liu;Chunling Wang

    (2020)
    41 Citations

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