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Porcine Health Management
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Porcine Health Management

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 49 53 82 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 81
Documents by Best Scientists*: 106
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 33
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.776
Impact Factor: 3.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Porcine Health Management?

The scientific interests tackled in Porcine Health Management are Herd, Veterinary medicine, Animal science, Vaccination and Weaning. Topics in Herd explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Outbreak and Environmental health. While Veterinary medicine is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Feces, Biosecurity, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Weight gain and Antibiotic resistance.

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Biosecurity, it also covered topics in Transmission (medicine), Pig farms and Antimicrobial. The concepts on Antimicrobial presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Antibiotics and Incidence (epidemiology). Topics in Animal science were tackled in line with various other fields like Birth weight, Parity (mathematics), Lactation, Reproduction and Body weight.

The studies on Vaccination discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Porcine circovirus, Virus and Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. The in-depth study on Weaning also explores topics in the intersecting field of Litter (animal). It facilitates discussions on Virology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Antibody and Virulence.

  • Herd (35.86%)
  • Veterinary medicine (34.60%)
  • Animal science (22.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Epidemiological considerations on African swine fever in Europe 2014–2018 (105 citations)
  • African swine fever: a global view of the current challenge. (99 citations)
  • Factors for improving reproductive performance of sows and herd productivity in commercial breeding herds (73 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Porcine Health Management:

The journal papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Veterinary medicine, Antimicrobial, Antibiotic resistance, Food science and Microbiology. The studies on Veterinary medicine discussed at the most cited publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Animal science and Insemination. The Animal science research presented in the most cited papers focuses mostly on Altrenogest and, on occasion, topics in Herd.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Virus
  • Bacteria

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Porcine Health Management explores disciplines such as Herd, Veterinary medicine, Animal science, Weaning and Biosecurity. Treatment status and Antimicrobial are some topics wherein Herd research discussed in it have an impact. Veterinary medicine research featured in Porcine Health Management incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Feces, Outbreak, Vaccination, Antimicrobial use and Risk factor.

The journal explores topics in Animal science which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Body weight, Lactation, Parity (mathematics) and Gestation. Porcine Health Management focuses on Weaning but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Mean age, Real-time polymerase chain reaction, Incidence (epidemiology) and Diarrhea. The studies in Biosecurity featured incorporate elements of Transmission (medicine), Vitamin, Pig farms and Acclimatization.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Biosecurity in pig farms: a review (7 citations)
  • Management practices related to the control of gastrointestinal parasites on Swedish pig farms (5 citations)
  • Future perspectives on swine viral vaccines: where are we headed? (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 Porcine Health Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Joaquim Segalés (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Edgar Garcia Manzanilla (10 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Dominiek Maes (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Heiko Nathues (9 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Carlos Piñeiro (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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 Porcine Health Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Autonomous University of Barcelona (26 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (25 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ghent University (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Teagasc (13 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Bern (12 papers) published 5 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, 3.51% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 43.64% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 25.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.55% of all publications and 16.36% 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

  • Biosecurity in pig farms: a review

    Laura Valeria Alarcón;Alberto Allepuz;Enric Mateu

    (2021)
    214 Citations
  • Infection dynamics and persistence of hepatitis E virus on pig farms - a review.

    M. Meester;T. J. Tobias;M. Bouwknegt;N. E. Kusters

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Farm data analysis for lifetime performance components of sows and their predictors in breeding herds.

    Yuzo Koketsu;Ryosuke Iida

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Effectiveness of alternative measures to reduce antimicrobial usage in pig production in four European countries.

    Svenja Raasch;Lucie Collineau;Merel Postma;Annette Backhans;Annette Backhans

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Are pigs overestimated as a source of zoonotic influenza viruses?

    (2022)
    35 Citations
  • A 10-year trend in piglet pre-weaning mortality in breeding herds associated with sow herd size and number of piglets born alive

    Yuzo Koketsu;Ryosuke Iida;Carlos Piñeiro

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Future perspectives on swine viral vaccines: where are we headed?

    Tanja Opriessnig;Tanja Opriessnig;Ashley A. Mattei;Anbu K. Karuppannan;Patrick G. Halbur

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Characterization and management of interaction risks between livestock and wild ungulates on outdoor pig farms in Spain

    (2022)
    31 Citations
  • The economic impact of endemic respiratory disease in pigs and related interventions - a systematic review

    (2023)
    30 Citations
  • Effect of space allowance and mixing on growth performance and body lesions of grower-finisher pigs in pens with a single wet-dry feeder.

    Jordi Camp Montoro;Laura Ann Boyle;David Solà-Oriol;Ramon Muns

    (2021)
    22 Citations

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