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Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
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Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 34 81 139 19
Genetics 123 10 16 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 109
Documents by Best Scientists*: 177
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 63
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.625
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Genetics, Animal science, Statistics, Heritability and Selection (genetic algorithm). Genetics studies presented include Gene, Quantitative trait locus, Allele, Genotype and Single-nucleotide polymorphism. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Gene and the similar topic of Molecular biology.

The journal focuses on Animal science research which is adjacent to topics in Milk yield. Heritability research discussed connects with the study of Genetic correlation. Most of the works presented in it deals with Breed but it intersects with the subject of Genetic diversity.

  • Genetics (18.52%)
  • Animal science (15.99%)
  • Statistics (8.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Strategy for applying genome-wide selection in dairy cattle. (583 citations)
  • Genomic selection: Genomic selection (392 citations)
  • A note on ENDOG: a computer program for analysing pedigree information (354 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics:

The most cited publications aim to foster the development of research in Genetics, Animal science, Heritability, Breed and Statistics. The published articles address concerns in Genetics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Inbreeding and Genetic diversity. The published papers address concerns in the field of Statistics by exploring it in line with topics in Selection (genetic algorithm) which intersect with Genetic gain subjects.

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

  • Gene
  • Internal medicine
  • Genetics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics is organized to address concerns in the fields of Animal science, Selection (genetic algorithm), Heritability, Breed and Statistics. The main emphasis of the journal is the subject of Animal science, focusing on Crossbreed. The research on Heritability tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Genetic gain, Genetic correlation, Genetic variation, Maternal effect and Animal model.

Breed research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Evolutionary biology, SNP, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Genetic variability and Inbreeding. Statistics research presented in Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics encompasses a variety of subjects, including Variance (accounting) and Best linear unbiased prediction. Genome-wide association study research presented falls under the umbrella topic of Genetics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Validation of single-step GBLUP genomic predictions from threshold models using the linear regression method: An application in chicken mortality. (6 citations)
  • Microbiability of meat quality and carcass composition traits in swine. (5 citations)
  • Comparative evaluation of growth performance, carcass characteristics and timed series gene expression profile of GH and IGF-1 in two Egyptian indigenous chicken breeds versus Rhode Island Red. (4 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 Breeding and Genetics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • J. H. Weniger (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • L.R. Schaeffer (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Henner Simianer (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max F. Rothschild (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • R. Wassmuth (26 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 Breeding and Genetics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Göttingen (96 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Kiel (83 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Institut national de la recherche agronomique (79 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Hohenheim (74 papers) published 1 paper 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, 7.79% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.31% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.49% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.35% of all publications and 40.85% 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

  • Identification of rumen microbial biomarkers linked to methane emission in Holstein dairy cows

    Yuliaxis Ramayo-Caldas;Laura M. Zingaretti;Milka Popova;Jordi Estellé

    (2020)
    99 Citations
  • Weighted single-step genome-wide association study and pathway analyses for feed efficiency traits in Nellore cattle.

    Ludmilla C. Brunes;Ludmilla C. Brunes;Fernando Baldi;Fernando B. Lopes;Raysildo B. Lôbo

    (2021)
    87 Citations
  • Fine-scale estimation of inbreeding rates, runs of homozygosity and genome-wide heterozygosity levels in the Mangalarga Marchador horse breed.

    Wellington Bizarria dos Santos;Gustavo Pimenta Schettini;Mayara Gonçalves Fonseca;Guilherme Luis Pereira

    (2021)
    84 Citations
  • The interaction between microbiome and pig efficiency: A review.

    Christian Maltecca;Matteo Bergamaschi;Francesco Tiezzi

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • Genome-wide association for milk production and lactation curve parameters in Holstein dairy cows

    Hadi Atashi;Hadi Atashi;Mazdak Salavati;Jenne De Koster;Jim Ehrlich

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Selecting the hologenome to breed for an improved feed efficiency in pigs-A novel selection index.

    Ramona Weishaar;Robin Wellmann;Amelia Camarinha‐Silva;Markus Rodehutscord

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Structural equation models to disentangle the biological relationship between microbiota and complex traits: Methane production in dairy cattle as a case of study

    Alejandro Saborío-Montero;Mónica Gutiérrez-Rivas;Aser García-Rodríguez;Raquel Atxaerandio

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Effects of ignoring inbreeding in model-based accuracy for BLUP and SSGBLUP.

    Ignacio Aguilar;Eduardo N. Fernandez;Agustin Blasco;Olga Ravagnolo

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Cross-validation of best linear unbiased predictions of breeding values using an efficient leave-one-out strategy.

    Jian Cheng;Jack C M Dekkers;Rohan L Fernando

    (2021)
    31 Citations

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