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Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
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Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

1019-9128

Published by: African Online Scientific Information Systems

https://journals.jsava.aosis.co.za/index.php/jsava

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 249 12 11 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 19
Documents by Best Scientists*: 17
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 40
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.255
Impact Factor: 0.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of The South African Veterinary Association-tydskrif Van Die Suid-afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging?

The main points discussed in Journal of The South African Veterinary Association-tydskrif Van Die Suid-afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging deals with Veterinary medicine, Pathology, Internal medicine, Animal science and Surgery. In the journal, Prevalence and Outbreak are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Veterinary medicine research. The majority of Pathology studies in Journal of The South African Veterinary Association-tydskrif Van Die Suid-afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging are focused on the subject of Histopathology.

Issues in Internal medicine were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Gastroenterology and Endocrinology.

  • Veterinary medicine (27.10%)
  • Pathology (9.44%)
  • Internal medicine (8.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Review of African swine fever: transmission, spread and control. (170 citations)
  • The pathophysiology of canine babesiosis: new approaches to an old puzzle. (133 citations)
  • A review of the factors affecting the costs of bovine mastitis : review article (118 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of The South African Veterinary Association-tydskrif Van Die Suid-afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging:

The journal papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Veterinary medicine, Virology, Internal medicine, Pathology and Babesiosis. The journal articles with studies in Veterinary medicine featured incorporate elements of Prevalence, Seroprevalence and Outbreak. While work presented in the published articles provide substantial information on Internal medicine, it also covers topics in Gastroenterology and Endocrinology.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of The South African Veterinary Association-tydskrif Van Die Suid-afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging mostly deals with topics like Veterinary medicine, Anesthesia, Brassica rapa, Grazing and Brucellosis. In particular, the Veterinary medicine works presented emphasize discussions on Ehrlichia. Pulmonary compliance and Atelectasis are some topics wherein Anesthesia research discussed in the journal have an impact.

While Brassica rapa is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Outbreak and Blood chemistry. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Blood chemistry, it also covered topics in Dairy cattle, Herd and Histopathology. The concepts on Brucellosis presented in Journal of The South African Veterinary Association-tydskrif Van Die Suid-afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging can also apply to other research fields, including Rift Valley fever, Tuberculosis, Disease, Prevalence and Foot-and-mouth disease.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Corrigendum: Hepatogenous photosensitisation in cows grazing turnips (Brassica rapa) in South Africa. (0 citations)
  • Pathological findings in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) in South Africa. (0 citations)
  • Evaluation of two different etorphine doses combined with azaperone in blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) immobilisation (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 The South African Veterinary Association-tydskrif Van Die Suid-afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Remo G. Lobetti (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ivan Gerard Horak (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Van Heerden J (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Barend Louis Penzhorn (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert M. Kirberger (24 papers) published 1 paper 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 The South African Veterinary Association-tydskrif Van Die Suid-afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Pretoria (666 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Limpopo (72 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stellenbosch University (61 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of the Free State (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Zimbabwe (27 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, 21.43% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 45.45% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.18% of all publications and 36.36% 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

  • Antibiotic use practices of veterinarians and para-veterinarians and the implications for antibiotic stewardship in Nigeria.

    Adah Ogwuche;Abel B. Ekiri;Isabella Endacott;Beatty-Viv Maikai

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Parasites of veterinary importance from domestic animals in uMkhanyakude district of KwaZulu-Natal province.

    Lehlohonolo S. Mofokeng;Oriel M. Taioe;Nico J. Smit;Oriel M.M. Thekisoe

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Documenting the absence of bovine brucellosis in dairy cattle herds in the southern region of Malawi and the associated knowledge, attitudes and practices of farmers

    John P Kothowa;Ruth L Mfune;Jacques Godfroid;Bernard M Hang'Ombe

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • The effect of dietary energy and protein level on feather, skin and nodule growth of the ostrich (Struthio camelus)

    Tertuis S. Brand;Werne J. Kritzinger;Daniel A. Van der Merwe;Anieka Muller

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Evaluation of two different etorphine doses combined with azaperone in blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) immobilisation

    Eugenio Gaudio;Liesel L. Laubscher;Leith C.R. Meyer;Louwrens C. Hoffman;Louwrens C. Hoffman

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Liver moisture content in animals and possible causes of variations in hepatic dry matter content

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • The effect of varying dietary nutrient densities on the relative growth of ostrich body components

    Tertius S. Brand;Werné J. Kritzinger;Leanne Jordaan;Louwrens C. Hoffman

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Model of Success: World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology African Foundation (1997–2019)

    Rosina C. Krecek;Annemarie Avenant-Oldewage;Maggie Fisher;Barend Louis Penzhorn

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Low-cost uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) as a novel tool for welfare assessments on open pen commercial crocodile farms

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Seroprevalence and associated risk factors for <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> infection of goats and sheep in the Khomas region of Namibia

    (2023)
    0 Citations

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