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Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice
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Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 72 41 40 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 49
Documents by Best Scientists*: 51
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 92
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.485
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Veterinary Clinics of North America-food Animal Practice?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Immunology, Disease, Intensive care medicine, Surgery and Veterinary medicine. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Immunology and the similar topic of Virology. The Disease study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Environmental health.

The majority of Veterinary medicine studies are focused on the issues of Herd. Research in Herd discussed is concerned with the study of Animal science as a whole.

  • Immunology (11.70%)
  • Disease (11.41%)
  • Intensive care medicine (11.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The clinical manifestations of bovine viral diarrhea infection. (474 citations)
  • Colostrum Management for Dairy Calves (433 citations)
  • Ruminant Adaptation to Negative Energy Balance: Influences on the Etiology of Ketosis and Fatty Liver (427 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Veterinary Clinics of North America-food Animal Practice:

The main points discussed in the published papers deal with Immunology, Disease, Virology, Veterinary medicine and Herd. The Immunology study tackled in the journal publications is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Mastitis. The Disease research tackled in the most cited publications is interrelated with Bovine respiratory disease which concerns subjects like Respiratory disease.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, Moraxella bovis, Small ruminant, Intensive care medicine and Disease are tackled in Veterinary Clinics of North America-food Animal Practice. While Veterinary Clinics of North America-food Animal Practice focused on Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, it was also able to explore topics like Epidemiology, Environmental health, Moraxella, Microbiology and Host (biology). It focuses on Small ruminant but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Culling, Biotechnology and Reproductive management.

The journal focuses on Intensive care medicine but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Herd which is concerned with Hygiene, Transmission (medicine) and Sex organ. The concepts on Disease presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Prevalence, Pain management and Noxious stimulus. The research on Immunology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Disease epidemiology and Blinding.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A Review of Global Prevalence and Economic Impacts of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis. (3 citations)
  • Evaluating the Welfare of Small Ruminants: Practical Management Advice. (2 citations)
  • The Role of Environmental Factors in the Epidemiology of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis. (1 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 Veterinary Clinics of North America-food Animal Practice (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David E. Anderson (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • André Desrochers (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jan K. Shearer (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Robert J. Callan (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Brad J. White (11 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 Veterinary Clinics of North America-food Animal Practice (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kansas State University (114 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Colorado State University (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Texas A&M University (59 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Université de Montréal (55 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, 3.57% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 59.26% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 33.33% of all publications and 0.00% 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

  • Biology, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Anthelmintic Resistance in Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Livestock.

    Ray M. Kaplan

    (2020)
    214 Citations
  • Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Ruminants.

    Monica Santin

    (2020)
    176 Citations
  • Neosporosis, Toxoplasmosis, and Sarcocystosis in Ruminants: An Update.

    David S. Lindsay;J.P. Dubey

    (2020)
    122 Citations
  • Ectoparasites of Cattle

    Adalberto A. Pérez de León;Robert D. Mitchell;David W. Watson

    (2020)
    91 Citations
  • Biology, Epidemiology, and Control of Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Small Ruminants.

    Anne M. Zajac;Javier Garza

    (2020)
    90 Citations
  • Biology and Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Cattle

    Johannes Charlier;Johan Höglund;Eric R. Morgan;Peter Geldhof

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • Sustainable Approaches to Parasite Control in Ruminant Livestock.

    Joan M. Burke;James E. Miller

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Respiratory Bacterial Microbiota in Cattle: From Development to Modulation to Enhance Respiratory Health.

    Edouard Timsit;Chris McMullen;Samat Amat;Samat Amat;Samat Amat;Trevor W. Alexander

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Helminth vaccines in ruminants from development to application

    Edwin Claerebout;Peter Geldhof

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Refugia-Based Strategies for Parasite Control in Livestock

    (2020)
    34 Citations

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