OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Food Microbiology is 35. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Pre-oxidation of spent lettuce wash water by continuous Advanced Oxidation Process to reduce chlorine demand and cross-contamination of pathogens during post-harvest washing	86
Plant-based antimicrobials inactivate Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica on melons grown in different regions of the United States	76
The impact of primary and secondary processing steps on Campylobacter concentrations on chicken carcasses and portions	73
Impact of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and non-Saccharomyces yeasts to improve traditional sparkling wines production	72
Extracellular matrix affects mature biofilm and stress resistance of psychrotrophic spoilage Pseudomonas at cold temperature	69
The synergistic bactericidal effect of simultaneous 222 nm krypton-chlorine excilamp and 307 nm UVB light treatment on sliced cheese and its mechanisms	67
Editorial Board	64
Delayed lactose utilization among Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli of serogroup O121	62
Editorial Board	60
Thermal inactivation of Salmonella during hard and soft cookies baking process	56
Heightened variability observed in resistance and virulence genes across salmonella Kentucky isolates from poultry environments in British Columbia, Canada	55
Editorial Board	55
Biofilm formation of the food spoiler Brochothrix thermosphacta on different industrial surface materials using a biofilm reactor	52
Growth models for Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7 and L. monocytogenes give different predictions for pathogen growth in cut leafy greens transportation, but are consistent in identifying higher risk cond	50
To each their own: Delving into the vitaminic preferences of non-Saccharomyces wine yeasts	49
Editorial Board	49
Use of sequentially inoculation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Hanseniaspora uvarum strains isolated from honey by-products to improve and stabilize the quality of mead produced in Sicily	48
Prevalence of ciprofloxacin resistance and associated genetic determinants differed among Campylobacter isolated from human and poultry meat sources in Pennsylvania	48
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica virulence potential can be linked to higher survival within a dynamic in vitro human gastrointestinal model	44
Experimentally observed Campylobacter jejuni survival kinetics in chicken meat products during model gastric digestion tended to be lower than model predictions	43
Dynamic changes of bacteria and screening of potential spoilage markers of lamb in aerobic and vacuum packaging	42
Proanthocyanidins and volatile aroma of cranberry juice are modulated by its microbiota and processing environment	42
Serodiversity, antibiotic resistance, and virulence genes of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in oysters collected in coastal areas of northwestern Mexico between 2012 and 2020	42
Zoonotic parasitic organisms on vegetables: Impact of production system characteristics on presence, prevalence on vegetables in northwestern Iran and washing methods for removal	41
One-step dynamic analysis of growth kinetics of Bacillus cereus from spores in simulated fried rice – Model development, validation, and Marko Chain Monte Carlo simulation	41

A universal mechanism on desiccation tolerance of Cronobacter based on intracellular trehalose accumulation regulated by EnvZ/OmpR	40
Physiological and transcriptomic insights into sugar stress resistance in osmophilic yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii	40
Ensuring safety and improving keeping quality of meatballs by addition of sesame oil and sesamol as natural antimicrobial and antioxidant agents	38
Effect of Penicillium candidum and Penicillium nalgiovense and their combination on the physicochemical and sensory quality of dry-aged beef	37
A loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay to detect Bacteroidales and assess risk of fecal contamination	36
Herd-level contamination of Neospora caninum, Toxoplasma gondii and Brucella in milk of Iranian dairy farms	36
Review on development of assigned value microbiological reference materials used in food testing	36
Characterization of core microbiota of barley seeds from different continents for origin tracing and quarantine pathogen assessment	35
Distribution and prevalence of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus and staphylococcal enterotoxins in raw ruminants’ milk: A systematic review	35
Mechanism of Polygonum hydropiper reducing ethyl carbamate in Chinese rice wine (Huangjiu) brewing	35