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Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences
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Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

1230-1388

Published by: Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition

http://www.jafs.com.pl/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 188 24 36 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 37
Documents by Best Scientists*: 46
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 42
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.374
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences?

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences investigates studies in Food science, Animal science, Biochemistry, Agronomy and Internal medicine. The studies on Food science discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Fatty acid and Animal nutrition. The majority of Fatty acid studies are focused on the issues of Polyunsaturated fatty acid.

Issues in Animal science were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Feed conversion ratio and Lactation, Milk yield. The journal is focused mainly on Biochemistry, particularly Amino acid. The works on Agronomy deal in particular with Silage.

The journal features Internal medicine research that overlaps with concepts in Endocrinology.

  • Food science (31.36%)
  • Animal science (24.14%)
  • Biochemistry (15.43%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A review of efficiency of nitrogen utilisation in lactating dairy cows and its relationship with environmental pollution (240 citations)
  • The impact of feed additives on the microbial ecology of the gut in young pigs (194 citations)
  • Environmental benefits of genetically modified crops: Global and European perspectives on their ability to reduce pesticide use (174 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences:

The most cited papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Food science, Animal science, Biochemistry, Agronomy and Broiler. Rumen is a focus of the presented Food science works in the journal articles and they dives deep in Rumen. The published papers address concerns in the field of Biochemistry by exploring it in line with topics in Caecum which intersect with Ileum subjects.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Enzyme
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Food science, Animal science, Quality (business), Rumen and Fermentation. Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences centers on topics in Food science, with a focus on Broiler. It features works in Animal science, more specifically Hay, and explores their relation to disciplines like Handling stress.

It explores issues in Rumen which can be linked to other research areas like Fertility, Pomace, Hormone, Total mixed ration and Residue (complex analysis). It addresses concerns in Fermentation which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Microorganism, Granule (cell biology), Animal feed and Enzyme. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Fatty acid, it also covered topics in East Friesian sheep, Sheep milk, Lipoprotein Lipase Gene, Lipoprotein lipase and Polymorphism (computer science).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The effects of probiotics on the performance, egg quality and blood parameters of laying hens: A meta-analysis (3 citations)
  • Milkability differences based on lactation peak and parity in Holstein cattle (0 citations)
  • Muscle fibre membrane lipid composition in musculus bicepsfemoris of pigs reared in indoor or outdoor systems (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 Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jan Kowalczyk (102 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marian Czauderna (69 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Malgorzata Szumacher-Strabel (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zenon Zduńczyk (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Adam Cieślak (38 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 Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Polish Academy of Sciences (186 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • China Agricultural University (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Agricultural University of Kraków (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zhejiang University (19 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Graded supplementation of chestnut tannins to dairy cows fed protein-rich spring pasture: effects on indicators of protein utilization

    Alexandra N. Kapp-Bitter;Uta Dickhoefer;E. Suglo;L. Baumgartner

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Effects of mixed essential oils from eucalyptus, thyme and anise on composition, coagulation properties and antioxidant capacity of the milk of dairy cows

    Katrin Giller;T. Rilko;Elisa Manzocchi;Stephan Hug

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Potential use of black soldier fly, &lt;i&gt;Hermetia illucens&lt;/i&gt; larvae in chicken feed as a protein replacer: a review

    (2023)
    8 Citations
  • Effects of on-farm supplemental feeding of probiotic Bacillus subtilis on milk production in lactating dairy cows under tropical conditions

    Watcharapong Choonkham;Jan Schonewille;John Bernard;Witaya Suriyasathaporn

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Milk yield and composition of Katahdin and Pelibuey ewes in tropical conditions

    A. J. Chay-Canul;G. M. Parra-Bracamonte;N. Lopez-Villalobos;J. B. Herrera-Ojeda

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Evaluation of distillers dried grains with solubles to partially replace soybean meal in the diet of growing-finishing pigs

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Rapid responses in bovine milk fatty acid composition and phenol content to various tanniferous forages

    Amy Birkinshaw;Angela Schwarm;Svenja Marquardt;Michael Kreuzer

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Assessment of Quillaja saponin as a feed supplement in maize-soybean-oilseed rape meal-based diet for enhanced growing pig performance

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • Effect of purified docosahexaenoic acid supplementation on production performance, meat quality, and intestinal microbiome of finishing pigs

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Effect of &lt;i&gt;Achyranthes japonika&lt;/i&gt; Nakai extract on growth performance, apparent nutrient digestibility, excreta microbial count and gas emission in broilers fed different protein diets

    (2022)
    3 Citations

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