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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

1088-8705

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/haaw20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 131 29 33 8
Ecology and Evolution 757 6 5 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 47
Documents by Best Scientists*: 43
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 54
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.446
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science?

The topics of Animal welfare, Welfare, Veterinary medicine, Animal science and Demography are the focal point of discussions in the journal. Some problems in Animal welfare that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Animal husbandry, Environmental health and Developmental psychology. Social psychology, Captivity, Animal Welfare (journal), Public economics and Socioeconomics are some topics wherein Welfare research discussed in it have an impact.

The study on Social psychology featured in Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science expounds on the topic of Aggression in particular. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science features studies on Animal Welfare (journal), including topics such as Animal welfare science.

  • Animal welfare (29.23%)
  • Welfare (24.48%)
  • Veterinary medicine (14.39%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Behavioral Reasons for Relinquishment of Dogs and Cats to 12 Shelters (318 citations)
  • Human and Animal Factors Related to Relinquishment of Dogs and Cats in 12 Selected Animal Shelters in the United States (289 citations)
  • Characteristics of Shelter-Relinquished Animals and Their Owners Compared With Animals and Their Owners in U.S. Pet-Owning Households (214 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science:

The most cited articles investigate areas of study like Animal welfare, Veterinary medicine, Welfare, Social psychology and Demography. The most cited articles tackle research in various disciplines, including Animal welfare and Nonhuman animal. The works on Demography tackled in the most cited papers bring together disciplines like Logistic regression and CATS.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Ecology
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Animal welfare, Welfare, Demography, Animal science and Zoology. The journal explores issues in Animal welfare which can be linked to other research areas like Production (economics), Law, Legislation, Social psychology and Foraging. The journal addresses concerns in Welfare which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Herd, Public economics, Socioeconomics and Environmental health.

In the journal, Observational study, Time budget and Primate are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Demography research. It explores Animal science concepts, specifically Completely randomized design and Broiler but expands to research in Skin lesion. The Zoology works, particularly on Captivity are tackled in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Thermoregulatory capacity of Santa Inês hair ewes of different genotypes associated with coat colors raised in a hot environment. (4 citations)
  • Understanding Dog Bites: The Important Role of Human Behavior. (4 citations)
  • An Examination of Shaping with an African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) (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 Applied Animal Welfare Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Viktor Reinhardt (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Suzanne T. Millman (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Philip H. Kass (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Terry L. Maple (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mollie A. Bloomsmith (10 papers) published 2 papers 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 Applied Animal Welfare Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Guelph (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Tufts University (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Purdue University (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Davis (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Bristol (14 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, 6.82% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.20% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.98% of all publications and 63.41% 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

  • Elephant Tourism in Thailand: A Review of Animal Welfare Practices and Needs.

    Pakkanut Bansiddhi;Janine L Brown;Janine L Brown;Chatchote Thitaram;Veerasak Punyapornwithaya

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • The Effects of Choice-Based Design and Management on the Behavior and Space Use of Zoo-Housed Amur Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica).

    Charles P. Ritzler;Charles P. Ritzler;Kristen E. Lukas;Kristen E. Lukas;Laura M. Bernstein-Kurtycz;Laura M. Bernstein-Kurtycz;Diana C. Koester;Diana C. Koester

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Effects of Oral Meloxicam and Topical Lidocaine on Pain associated Behaviors of Piglets Undergoing Surgical Castration.

    M C Burkemper;M D Pairis-Garcia;L E Moraes;R M Park

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • An Estimate of the Number of Dogs in US Shelters in 2015 and the Factors Affecting Their Fate.

    Kimberly Woodruff;David R Smith

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • A Prospective Study of Growth Rate, Disease Incidence, and Mortality in Kittens Less than 9 Weeks of Age in Shelter and Foster Care

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Small Flocks Show Higher Levels of Welfare in Mexican Semi-Intensive Sheep Farming Systems

    Jaime Mondragón-Ancelmo;Patricia García Hernández;Rolando Rojo Rubio;Ignacio Arturo Domínguez Vara

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Zookeepers – The most important animal in the zoo?

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Can Tail and Ear Postures Be Suitable to Capture the Affective State of Growing Pigs

    K L Krugmann;F J Mieloch;J Krieter;I Czycholl

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • The Effect of Epicatechin-(4β-8)-Catechin on Some Biomarkers of Fatigue in Packed Donkeys (Equus Asinus) during the Dry Season in Northern Nigeria.

    Folashade Helen Olaifa;Joseph Olusegun Ayo;Tangang Aluwong;Peter Ibrahim Rekwot

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • The Use of a “Go/Go” Cognitive Bias Task and Response to a Novel Object to Assess the Effect of Housing Enrichment in Sheep (Ovis aries)

    Emma Stephenson;Marie J Haskell

    (2020)
    6 Citations

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