Tropical Animal Health and Production: a 55-year bibliographic analysis setting the course for a globalized international reference journal

In this paper, we carried out a bibliographic mapping analysis with data from Scopus on publications in Tropical Animal Health and Production (TAHP) from its creation. This analysis is important for the journal and its readership, as a self-evaluation in terms of the scope and impact of the journal and how it is changing as well as aiding the editors in shaping the future direction of the journal. A total of 6229 papers were found, with an average of 8.71 citations per paper. Article Influence, Percentage of papers in Open Access, Immediacy Index, and Journal Impact Factor have all risen in recent years, although improvements are still necessary. With a cited half-life of 7.2 years, the percentage of papers in international collaboration has stabilized since 2010 (around 40%), down from around a peak of 60% in 2006. The journal is a Q2 journal with 86.4% of its documents cited. Of all documents published, 2401 were classified in SDG3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) followed by SDG2 (Zero Hunger) with 136. We mapped citations, co-citations, and bibliographic coupling and identified major authors, sources, references, and countries publishing in TAHP. The journal continues to play a key role in advancing knowledge and understanding of animal health and production in tropical and sub-tropical regions and supporting the development of sustainable animal production and veterinary medicine in these vast regions of the globe.

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This paper presents a bibliographic mapping analysis of publications in the journal Tropical Animal Health and Production (TAHP) using data from Scopus. The analysis provides valuable insights for self-evaluation, scope assessment, and future direction of the journal. The findings indicate improvements in metrics such as Article Influence, Percentage of papers in Open Access, Immediacy Index, and Journal Impact Factor. However, further enhancements are still needed. The journal plays a crucial role in advancing knowledge of animal health and production in tropical and sub-tropical regions.