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Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift
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Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift

0303-9021

Published by: Universiteit Gent

https://vdt.ugent.be/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 218 17 33 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 25
Documents by Best Scientists*: 39
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 22
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.136
Impact Factor: 0.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift?

The concepts of Veterinary medicine, Surgery, Pathology, Gynecology and Internal medicine are tackled in the journal. The study on Internal medicine presented in Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift intersects with the topics under Endocrinology.

  • Veterinary medicine (12.58%)
  • Surgery (11.34%)
  • Pathology (9.42%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Enterococcus cecorum osteomyelitis and arthritis in broiler chickens. (46 citations)
  • Enterococcus cecorum septicemia as a cause of bone and joint lesions resulting in lameness in broiler chickens. (40 citations)
  • Leukocytic defense mechanisms in the udder (36 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Veterinary medicine, Pathology, Virology, Broiler and Internal medicine. Issues in Veterinary medicine were discussed in the most cited publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cysticercosis and Helminths, Taenia, Cestode infections. While work presented in the published articles provide substantial information on Broiler, it also covers topics in Antibiotic resistance, Antimicrobial use and Surgery, Lameness.

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:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Gynecology, Anatomy, Internal medicine, Theology and Gastroenterology. The journal facilitated discussions that integrated Gynecology and Parietal bone fracture. Foreign-Body Migration, Foreign body and Uterus are some topics wherein Anatomy research discussed in it have an impact.

The journal explores Internal medicine concepts, specifically Exercise intolerance, Disease and Recurrent airway obstruction but expands to research in Moderate asthma and Mould spores. The in-depth study on Theology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Animal rights. Gastroenterology research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Colonic adenocarcinoma and Hepatocyte growth factor.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Complete recovery of right forebrain signs from presumptive cerebrovascular origin in an eight-year-old sport horse (0 citations)
  • Is there a rationale to supplement hepatotropic factors to dogs with multiple acquired portosystemic shunts secondary to congenital portosystemic shunt attenuation (0 citations)
  • Lungworm infection with Otostrongylus circumlitus in a free-ranging harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) (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 Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Aart de Kruif (115 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Piet Deprez (90 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Freddy Haesebrouck (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard Ducatelle (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Frank Gasthuys (56 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 Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Liège (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ghent University (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Edinburgh (4 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Caen Lower Normandy (1 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, 95.65% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 100.00% 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 0.00% 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

  • Prenatal programming of later performance in dairy cattle = Prenatale programmering van latere prestaties bij melkvee

    Mieke Van Eetvelde;Geert Opsomer

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Prenatal programming of later performance in dairy cattle

    M. Van Eetvelde;G. Opsomer

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • The ADKAR® change management model for farmer profiling with regard to antimicrobial stewardship in livestock production

    M. A. M. Houben;Nele Caekebeke;A. van den Hoogen;Moniek Ringenier

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • A comparative study of techniques used for the diagnosis of effusive feline infectious peritonitis

    Arnaut Hellemans;Delphine Acar;Veerle Stroobants;Sebastiaan Theuns

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Rare presentation of a squamous cell carcinoma originating from gastric compartment 1 in an alpaca

    K. Rosiers;M. Strubbe;T. Flahou;H. Versnaeyen

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Evaluatie van de opleiding in antibioticabeleid en antibioticaresistentie door studenten van twee Belgische Faculteiten Diergeneeskunde

    (2022)
    1 Citations
  • Detection of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola in wild barred grass snakes (Natrix helvetica) in the Netherlands

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Zout in biggenvoeder

    S. Millet;S. De Smet

    (2020)
    0 Citations
  • Geen slachthuizen, wel vleeshuizen in onze oude steden: casus Gent (1251-1857)

    (2020)
    0 Citations
  • ESCCAP-wormbestrijding bij hond en kat:

    Robbie Nijsse;Edwin Claerebout;M. Leistra;P. Overgaauw

    (2020)
    0 Citations

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