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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

1674-9782

Published by: Springer

https://jasbsci.biomedcentral.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 9 127 216 36
Biology and Biochemistry 224 55 86 26

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 243
Documents by Best Scientists*: 331
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 16
SCIMAGO H-index: 82
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.583
Impact Factor: 6.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of animal science and biotechnology?

Journal of animal science and biotechnology facilitates discussions on Animal science, Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Food science and Andrology. The studies in Animal science featured incorporate elements of Feed conversion ratio, Lactation and Rumen. The journal links adjacent topics like Feed conversion ratio with Broiler.

The Endocrinology study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Fatty acid. Fatty acid works presented in it have a specific focus on Polyunsaturated fatty acid. Studies on Food science discussed in the journal link to the field of Soybean meal.

Many of the studies tackled connect Andrology with a similar field of study like Embryo.

  • Animal science (23.61%)
  • Internal medicine (19.16%)
  • Endocrinology (18.79%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The biological stress of early weaned piglets. (364 citations)
  • Novel metabolic and physiological functions of branched chain amino acids: a review. (206 citations)
  • Essential oil and aromatic plants as feed additives in non-ruminant nutrition: a review (184 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of animal science and biotechnology:

The most cited publications primarily tackle Food science, Biotechnology, Internal medicine, Endocrinology and Animal science. While the primary focus in the most cited publications is Food science, they also dissect topics surrounding Soybean meal and Animal feed as a whole. The journal articles explore topics in Animal science which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Meal, Colostrum, Lactation and Hermetia illucens.

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Animal science, Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Cell biology and Food science are the focal point of discussions in Journal of animal science and biotechnology. It holds forums on Animal science that merges themes from other disciplines such as Feed conversion ratio, Lactation and Meal. Rumen and Fermentation are some topics wherein Feed conversion ratio research discussed in it have an impact.

The study of Lactation encompasses disciplines such as Andrology, as well as fields such as Gene expression, all of which overlap with one another. The Weaning, Intraperitoneal injection and Calcium studies presented in it fall under the field of Internal medicine, but it also has connections to other fields such as Context (language use). While Food science is the focus of Journal of animal science and biotechnology, it also provided insights into the studies of Amino acid, Metabolism and Bacteria.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Regulation of gene expression in chickens by heat stress. (10 citations)
  • Digestibility and metabolism of copper in diets for pigs and influence of dietary copper on growth performance, intestinal health, and overall immune status: a review. (8 citations)
  • MiR-146a-5p targeting SMAD4 and TRAF6 inhibits adipogenensis through TGF-β and AKT/mTORC1 signal pathways in porcine intramuscular preadipocytes (7 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 science and biotechnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Juan J. Loor (24 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Guoyao Wu (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Weiyun Zhu (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Yuming Guo (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Daiwen Chen (12 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 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 Journal of animal science and biotechnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • China Agricultural University (150 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing Agricultural University (36 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (36 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Northwest A&F University (34 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Sichuan Agricultural University (30 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more 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, 3.60% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 55.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.28% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.02% of all publications and 20.56% 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

  • Clostridium species as probiotics: potentials and challenges.

    Pingting Guo;Ke Zhang;Xi Ma;Pingli He

    (2020)
    373 Citations
  • Dietary fiber in poultry nutrition and their effects on nutrient utilization, performance, gut health, and on the environment: a review.

    Rajesh Jha;Pravin Mishra

    (2021)
    225 Citations
  • Dietary protocatechuic acid ameliorates inflammation and up-regulates intestinal tight junction proteins by modulating gut microbiota in LPS-challenged piglets

    Ruizhi Hu;Ziyu He;Ming Liu;Jijun Tan

    (2020)
    146 Citations
  • Dietary encapsulated essential oils and organic acids mixture improves gut health in broiler chickens challenged with necrotic enteritis

    Van Hieu Pham;Van Hieu Pham;Liugang Kan;Jinyu Huang;Yanqiang Geng

    (2020)
    129 Citations
  • Role of nutraceuticals during the transition period of dairy cows: a review

    Vincenzo Lopreiato;Matteo Mezzetti;Luca Cattaneo;Giulia Ferronato

    (2020)
    114 Citations
  • Effects of age on immune function in broiler chickens

    Bochen Song;Dazhi Tang;Shaojia Yan;Hao Fan

    (2021)
    113 Citations
  • Phenolic compounds as natural feed additives in poultry and swine diets: a review

    Shad Mahfuz;Qinghui Shang;Xiangshu Piao

    (2021)
    107 Citations
  • The health benefits of selenium in food animals: a review

    (2022)
    92 Citations
  • Effects of full replacement of dietary fishmeal with insect meal from Tenebrio molitor on rainbow trout gut and skin microbiota.

    Genciana Terova;Elisabetta Gini;Laura Gasco;Federico Moroni

    (2021)
    89 Citations
  • Black soldier fly and gut health in broiler chickens: insights into the relationship between cecal microbiota and intestinal mucin composition.

    Ilaria Biasato;Ilario Ferrocino;Sihem Dabbou;Rocchina Evangelista

    (2020)
    75 Citations

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