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Archives of Animal Nutrition
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Archives of Animal Nutrition

1745-039X

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gaan20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 106 29 52 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 42
Documents by Best Scientists*: 59
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 60
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.571
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Archives of Animal Nutrition?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Animal science, Food science, Dry matter, Rumen and Biochemistry. The work on Animal science tackled in it brings together disciplines like Urea, Weight gain and Agronomy. The majority of Agronomy studies presented zero in on Silage.

Archives of Animal Nutrition explores issues in Food science which can be linked to other research areas like Amino acid and Nutrient. Lysine and Methionine are Amino acid topics of special interest in the journal. The studies in Rumen featured incorporate elements of Hay and Straw.

The majority of Biochemistry studies in the journal are focused on the subject of Metabolism.

  • Animal science (36.11%)
  • Food science (26.70%)
  • Dry matter (12.86%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • FATTY ACID METABOLISM IN FRESHWATER FISH WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS (260 citations)
  • Effect of dietary supplementation with oregano essential oil on performance of broilers after experimental infection with Eimeria tenella. (235 citations)
  • INDIGENOUS BACTERIA AND BACTERIAL METABOLIC PRODUCTS IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OF BROILER CHICKENS (196 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Archives of Animal Nutrition:

The journal articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Food science, Animal science, Animal feed, Biochemistry and Digestion. The most cited articles hold forums on Food science that merge themes from other disciplines such as Feed conversion ratio, Dry matter and Soybean meal. The journal articles focus on Animal science but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Endocrinology, Internal medicine, Excretion, Agronomy and Rumen.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Enzyme
  • Biochemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Archives of Animal Nutrition primarily tackles Food science, Animal science, Antioxidant, Meal and Broiler. Food science research presented in Archives of Animal Nutrition encompasses a variety of subjects, including Nutrient digestibility, Gut flora and Immune system. Topics in Animal science explored in Archives of Animal Nutrition were investigated in conjunction with research in Organic matter, Energy balance, Pasture, Forage and Grazing.

The journal explores topics in Forage which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Dry matter, Crop, Silage, Beef cattle and Blood serum. The studies on Antioxidant discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Feed conversion ratio and Milk yield. The presented Meal research focuses mostly on Soybean meal and, on occasion, topics in Rapeseed, Metabolism, Butyric acid and Nitrogen balance.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Effects of 3-nitrooxypropanol and varying concentrate feed proportions in the ration on methane emission, rumen fermentation and performance of periparturient dairy cows. (2 citations)
  • Effects of dietary supplementation of compound enzymes on performance, nutrient digestibility, serum antioxidant status, immunoglobulins, intestinal morphology and microbiota community in weaned pigs. (2 citations)
  • Effects of cereal and protein source on performance, apparent ileal protein digestibility and intestinal characteristics in weaner piglets. (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 Archives of Animal Nutrition (based on the number of publications) are:

  • H. Bergner (111 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • M. Kirchgessner (84 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • A. Hennig (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • sc. S. Poppe (76 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sven Dänicke (70 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • Leipzig University (217 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Humboldt University of Berlin (131 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (69 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Hohenheim (67 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • China Agricultural University (67 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less 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, 7.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 29.17% of all publications and 25.00% 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

  • Effects of 3-nitrooxypropanol and varying concentrate feed proportions in the ration on methane emission, rumen fermentation and performance of periparturient dairy cows.

    Matthias Schilde;Dirk von Soosten;Liane Hüther;Ulrich Meyer

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Effect of microbial phytase supplementation on P digestibility in pigs: a meta-analysis.

    Pia Rosenfelder-Kuon;Wolfgang Siegert;Markus Rodehutscord

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Effects of maternal 25-hydroxycholecalciferol during the last week of gestation and lactation on serum parameters, intestinal morphology and microbiota in suckling piglets

    Lianhua Zhang;Sujie Liu;Miao Li;Xiangshu Piao

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Effect of fibre sources on performance, serum parameters, intestinal morphology, digestive enzyme activities and microbiota in weaned pigs

    Qinghui Shang;Xiaokang Ma;Hansuo Liu;Sujie Liu

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Validation of the RumiWatch Converter V0.7.4.5 classification accuracy for the automatic monitoring of behavioural characteristics in dairy cows

    Matthias Steinmetz;Dirk von Soosten;Jürgen Hummel;Ulrich Meyer

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Effects of dietary supplementation of compound enzymes on performance, nutrient digestibility, serum antioxidant status, immunoglobulins, intestinal morphology and microbiota community in weaned pigs.

    Shenfei Long;Jiangxu Hu;Shad Mahfuz;Hong Ma

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Efficacy of dietary supplemental insoluble fibrous materials in ameliorating adverse effects of coccidial challenge in broiler chickens.

    Amin Sadeghi;Majid Toghyani;Sayed Ali Tabeidian;Amir Davar Foroozandeh

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Functionality and DNA-damage properties of blood cells in lactating cows exposed to glyphosate contaminated feed at different feed energy levels.

    Karina Schnabel;Rolf Schmitz;Jana Frahm;Ulrich Meyer

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Effects of cereal and protein source on performance, apparent ileal protein digestibility and intestinal characteristics in weaner piglets.

    Carola Ellner;Beatriz Martínez-Vallespín;Eva-Maria Saliu;Jürgen Zentek

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Plant extract supplementation as a strategy for substituting dietary antibiotics in broiler chickens exposed to low ambient temperature.

    Hassan Shirzadi;Farid Shariatmadari;Mohammad Amir Karimi Torshizi;Shaban Rahimi

    (2020)
    11 Citations

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