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Alfalfa but not milk in lamb's diet improves meat fatty acid profile and α-tocopherol content.

Publicated to:Food Research International. 107 708-716 - 2018-05-01 107(), DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.03.007

Authors: Alvarez-Rodriguez, J; Ripoll, G; Lobon, S; Sanz, A; Blanco, M; Joy, M

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Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA)-IA2, Unidad de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Avda. Montañana, 930. 50059 Zaragoza, Spain. - Author
Ctr Invest & Tecnol Agroalimentaria Aragon CITA I, Unidad Prod & Sanidad Anim, Avda Montanana 930, Zaragoza 50009, Spain - Author
Univ Lleida, Dept Ciencia Anim, Avda Rovira Roure 191, Lleida 25198, Spain - Author
Universitat de Lleida, Departament de Ciència Animal, Avda. Rovira Roure, 191. 25198 Lleida, Spain. Electronic address: jalvarez@ca.udl.cat. - Author

Abstract

Keywords

Age factorsAlpha-tocopherolAnimal feedAnimal husbandryAnimal nutritional physiological phenomenaAnimalsAnimals, newbornColorFatty acids, omega-3FemaleFresh forageLactationLamb meat qualityLamb nutritionLight lambLinoleic acids, conjugatedMedicago sativaMilkNutritional statusNutritive valueRed meatSheep, domesticSuckling periodVitamin e

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Food Research International due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2018, it was in position 27/135, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Food Science & Technology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.47, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-01, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 11
  • Scopus: 13
  • Europe PMC: 5
  • Google Scholar: 11

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-01:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 46.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 46 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Joy Torrens, Margalida).