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Frontiers in Animal Science
H-index 18

Frontiers in Animal Science

2673-6225

Published by: Frontiers Media S.A.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/animal-science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 51 142 168 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 190
Documents by Best Scientists*: 210
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 17
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.633
Impact Factor: 2.4

Top Publications

  • International perceptions of animals and the importance of their welfare

    Unknown

    (2022)
    96 Citations
  • What Do We Know and Need to Know About Weaning in Sheep? An Overview of Weaning Practises, Stress and Welfare

    Unknown

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • Towards a Positive Welfare Protocol for Cattle: A Critical Review of Indicators and Suggestion of How We Might Proceed

    Linda J. Keeling;Christoph Winckler;Sara Hintze;Björn Forkman

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • Individual Detection and Tracking of Group Housed Pigs in Their Home Pen Using Computer Vision

    Lisette. E. van der Zande;Oleksiy Guzhva;T. Bas Rodenburg;T. Bas Rodenburg

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • 3-Nitrooxypropanol Decreased Enteric Methane Production From Growing Beef Cattle in a Commercial Feedlot: Implications for Sustainable Beef Cattle Production

    Aklilu W. Alemu;Liana K. D. Pekrul;Adam L. Shreck;Calvin W. Booker

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Critical Temperature-Humidity Index Thresholds for Dry Cows in a Subtropical Climate

    Véronique Ouellet;Izabella M. Toledo;Bethany Dado-Senn;Geoffrey E. Dahl

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Sustainability of the Dairy Industry: Emissions and Mitigation Opportunities

    Carlyn B. Peterson;Frank M. Mitloehner

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Automated Monitoring of Cattle Heat Stress and Its Mitigation

    Md. Ashraful Islam;Sabrina Lomax;Amanda Doughty;Mohammed Rafiq Islam

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Consumer attitudes towards egg production systems and hen welfare across the world

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • Current Perspectives on Achieving Pronounced Enteric Methane Mitigation From Ruminant Production

    (2022)
    23 Citations

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