
Trends in small animal reproduction : a bibliometric analysis of the literature
- Author
- Penelope Banchi (UGent) , Ada Rota, Alessia Bertero, Guillaume Domain (UGent) , Hiba Ali Hassan, Joke Lannoo (UGent) and Ann Van Soom (UGent)
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- Abstract
- Simple Summary Reproduction in small animals is an expanding research area, with focus on breeding improvement and clinical management of domestic carnivores. The aim of the present study was to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the literature of the last decade on small animal reproduction, to point out main sources, most prolific countries, and emerging and neglected topics. Results show that research in biotechnologies for assisted reproduction has a central and increasing role in this field. Diversity in author keywords was also pointed out and a consensus to better categorize research in this field is proposed to reduce this problem in the future. Small animal reproduction (SAR) is a main research field in veterinary medicine and bibliometric analyses are useful to investigate trends in specific research areas. The objective of the present study was to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the literature of the last decade on SAR. A search equation was created, and documents were retrieved from the Web of Science database. Documents were manually revised, categorized and R software version 4.1.2 with Bibliometrix R package version 3.1 and MS Excel were used to perform the analyses. The included documents (n = 1470) were mainly research articles (78%). The top countries for the number of documents and citations were Brazil, United States, Italy, Poland, and Korea. These also account for the most prolific authors and institutions. Analyses by author keywords, categories, and recent reviews of the literature suggest that research on the canine species is more abundant than research on the feline one and that reproductive biotechnologies are a main research focus. Some clinical topics are still considered niche or neglected themes (e.g., semen collection in tomcats, neonatology). However, heterogeneity and ambiguity in keywords and categories are undeniable. This study offers interesting insights, providing definitions for main keywords in the field of SAR.
- Keywords
- DOMESTIC CAT, FEMALE DOGS, CANINE, SCIENCE, CRYOPRESERVATION, ANTIOXIDANTS, MORTALITY, KNOWLEDGE, small animal, reproduction, canine, feline, bibliometric
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8749621
- MLA
- Banchi, Penelope, et al. “Trends in Small Animal Reproduction : A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature.” ANIMALS, vol. 12, no. 3, 2022, doi:10.3390/ani12030336.
- APA
- Banchi, P., Rota, A., Bertero, A., Domain, G., Ali Hassan, H., Lannoo, J., & Van Soom, A. (2022). Trends in small animal reproduction : a bibliometric analysis of the literature. ANIMALS, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12030336
- Chicago author-date
- Banchi, Penelope, Ada Rota, Alessia Bertero, Guillaume Domain, Hiba Ali Hassan, Joke Lannoo, and Ann Van Soom. 2022. “Trends in Small Animal Reproduction : A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature.” ANIMALS 12 (3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12030336.
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- Banchi, Penelope, Ada Rota, Alessia Bertero, Guillaume Domain, Hiba Ali Hassan, Joke Lannoo, and Ann Van Soom. 2022. “Trends in Small Animal Reproduction : A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature.” ANIMALS 12 (3). doi:10.3390/ani12030336.
- Vancouver
- 1.Banchi P, Rota A, Bertero A, Domain G, Ali Hassan H, Lannoo J, et al. Trends in small animal reproduction : a bibliometric analysis of the literature. ANIMALS. 2022;12(3).
- IEEE
- [1]P. Banchi et al., “Trends in small animal reproduction : a bibliometric analysis of the literature,” ANIMALS, vol. 12, no. 3, 2022.
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