| Zoo animals: behaviour, management, and welfare G Hosey, V Melfi, S Pankhurst Oxford University Press, USA, 2013 | 491 | 2013 |
| Human-animal interactions, relationships and bonds: A review and analysis of the literature G Hosey, V Melfi International Journal of Comparative Psychology 27 (1), 2014 | 304 | 2014 |
| There are big gaps in our knowledge, and thus approach, to zoo animal welfare: a case for evidence‐based zoo animal management VA Melfi Zoo Biology: Published in affiliation with the American Zoo and Aquarium …, 2009 | 248 | 2009 |
| Human–animal bonds between zoo professionals and the animals in their care G Hosey, V Melfi Zoo Biology 31 (1), 13-26, 2012 | 119 | 2012 |
| Is training zoo animals enriching? V Melfi Applied Animal Behaviour Science 147 (3-4), 299-305, 2013 | 88 | 2013 |
| Keeper-animal interactions: Differences between the behaviour of zoo animals affect stockmanship SJ Ward, V Melfi PloS one 10 (10), e0140237, 2015 | 82 | 2015 |
| The implications of husbandry training on zoo animal response rates SJ Ward, V Melfi Applied Animal Behaviour Science 147 (1-2), 179-185, 2013 | 74 | 2013 |
| A comparison of the activity budgets of wild and captive Sulawesi crested black macaques (Macaca nigra) VA Melfi, ATC Feistner Animal Welfare 11 (2), 213-222, 2002 | 73 | 2002 |
| A preliminary assessment of how zoo visitors evaluate animal welfare according to enclosure style and the expression of behavior VA Melfi, W McCormick, A Gibbs Anthrozoös 17 (2), 98-108, 2004 | 63 | 2004 |
| Are we ignoring neutral and negative human–animal relationships in zoos? G Hosey, V Melfi Zoo Biology 34 (1), 1-8, 2015 | 61 | 2015 |
| The appliance of science to zoo-housed primates V Melfi Applied animal behaviour science 90 (2), 97-106, 2005 | 56 | 2005 |
| Can training zoo-housed primates compromise their conservation? A case study using Abyssinian colobus monkeys (Colobus guereza) VA Melfi, S Thomas Anthrozoos: A Multidisciplinary Journal of The Interactions of People …, 2005 | 52 | 2005 |
| Environmental enrichment for a mixed‐species nocturnal mammal exhibit FE Clark, VA Melfi Zoo biology 31 (4), 397-413, 2012 | 50 | 2012 |
| A comparison of zoo animal behavior in the presence of familiar and unfamiliar people RA Martin, V Melfi Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 19 (3), 234-244, 2016 | 40 | 2016 |
| Measuring the strength of human–animal bonds in zoos G Hosey, L Birke, WS Shaw, V Melfi Anthrozoös 31 (3), 273-281, 2018 | 37 | 2018 |
| Anthrozoology: human-animal interactions in domesticated and wild animals G Hosey, V Melfi Oxford University Press, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
| Problematic animals in the zoo: The issue of charismatic megafauna G Hosey, V Melfi, SJ Ward Problematic Wildlife II: New Conservation and Management Challenges in the …, 2020 | 32 | 2020 |
| Zoo Animal Learning and Training V Melfi, NR Dorey, SJ Ward Wiley-Blackwell, 2020 | 30 | 2020 |
| Agricultural animals S Waiblinger, G Hosey, V Melfi Anthrozoology: Human-Animal Interactions in Domesticated and Wild Animals, 32-58, 2019 | 30 | 2019 |
| Is wounding aggression in zoo‐housed chimpanzees and ring‐tailed lemurs related to zoo visitor numbers? G Hosey, V Melfi, I Formella, SJ Ward, M Tokarski, D Brunger, S Brice, ... Zoo Biology 35 (3), 205-209, 2016 | 29 | 2016 |
