OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Food Additives & Contaminants Part B-Surveillance is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction	27
N-nitrosamines in Qingdao dried aquatic products and dietary risk assessment	16
Fumonisins in infant cereals marketed as complementary food in Argentina	16
Synthetic colourants in capsule dietary supplements on the Korean market	15
Biomonitoring of toxic and essential trace elements in different tissues of fish species in Türkiye	15
Detection, dietary exposure assessment and risk evaluation of quinolones and pyrrolizidine alkaloids in commercial honey from Brazil	15
Pesticide residues in tomatoes from different agro-ecological zones of Pakistan in 2023 and 2024	14
Probabilistic estimation and statuses of total, bioaccessible and inorganic arsenic accumulation in commercial white and brown rice in Thailand	14
Sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, and natamycin levels in doogh from Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan region of Iraq and health risk assessment	13
Quaternary ammonium compounds in medicinal herbs and health risk assessment	13
Seasonal variations and human health risk assessment of trace elements in the bivalve ecosystem in the Sea of Marmara	12
Benzoates and in situ formed benzene in food supplements and risk assessment	11
Nitrate levels in vegetables from markets in Tehran, Iran	11
Mercury levels in Nile perch fillets in processing industries in Uganda	11
Pesticides in widely consumed vegetables in Bangladesh and its health risk	11
Aflatoxin B ₁ in compound feed and feed ingredients from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	11
Evaluation of aflatoxins and ochratoxin A levels in Indonesian nutmeg	10
Monitoring and dietary exposure assessment of pesticide residues in strawberry in Beijing, China	10
Pesticide residues in rice planted in South and Southwest China	9
Impurities of natural salts of the earth	9
Polychlorinated biphenyls residues in bivalve shellfish from Niger Delta: distribution pattern, tissue burden and food safety assessment	9
Characterisation of new sources of acrylamide in food marketed in Belgium	8
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in spices and dried herbs and associated risk for the Belgian population	8
Antibiotic residues in animal products in Hatay, Turkey	8
Organophosphate esters and their metabolites in eggs from Vietnam	7

Aflatoxin B ₁ in senna pods from field to storage in Tamil Nadu, India	7
Aflatoxins in maize, milk and dairy products from Serbia	7
Illegal synthetic dyes in spices: a Singapore case study	7
Organotin compounds in seafood by ultrasonic assisted extraction and gas chromatography-triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry	7
Untargeted screening of pesticide residues in coix seed by LC-MS/MS and dietary risk assessment	7
Aflatoxin contamination in red pepper from producers in Addis Ababa	7
Aflatoxins in dried chilli products in Gansu Province and health risk	7
A survey of toxic elements in ready to eat baby foods in the US market 2021	7
Pesticides in multigrains and risk assessment for Koreans by age group	7
Metals release from stainless steel knives in simulated food contact	7
Dietary risk assessment of selected organophosphorus and pyrethoid pesticide residues in fresh harvested tomatoes at Makambako Town, Njombe region, Tanzania	7
Pyrrolizidine-producing weeds in tea gardens as an indicator of alkaloids in tea	7
Dioxins and PCBs in freshwater fish and sediments from Polish lakes	7
Nine high-intensity sweeteners in beverages in a single LC-MS/MS analysis	7
Risk assessment of eighteen elements leaching from ceramic tableware in China	6
Nitrite and chloride in meat and meat products in the Kosovo market	6
Nickel in foodstuffs available on the Luxembourgish market and dietary intake	6
Cadmium, lead, mercury, and arsenic in fresh fruits and fruit products intended for human consumption in the Republic of Serbia, 2015–2017	6
Pesticide residues in jam from Slovenian stores in 2025	6
Natural co-occurrence of aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in liquorice roots	6
Health risk assessment of ethyl carbamate in fruit spirits	6
Pesticide residues in fresh and processed edible mushrooms from Czech markets	6
Mycotoxins in preharvest, postharvest, and stored wheat grains collected from two climatic regions in Algeria	6
Aflatoxin B₁ in peanuts and peanut butter in Kosovo and human health risk	6
Nitroimidazole residues in Egyptian honey using UPLC-Orbitrap-HRMS	5
Multi-element analysis of food dyes and assessment of consumer’s health	5
Ethylene oxide residues in spices, herbs, and related processed foods	5
Geographical origin traceability of Sengcu rice using elemental markers and multivariate analysis	5
Uranium isotopes in food and effect on health of Southern Kazakhstan citizens	5
Occurrence and exposure risk assessment of pesticide residues in green tea samples cultivated in Hangzhou area, China	5
Cadmium and lead in fresh fruits and fruit products sold on the local market in the Republic of Serbia, 2018–2021	5
Acrylamide in potato chips in Iran, health risk assessment and mitigation	5
Antibiotic residues in pasteurised and Raw Cow’s milk in Dhaka, Bangladesh	5
Simultaneous determination of eight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and six Polychlorinated Biphenyls in canned sardines and human health risk	4
ICP-MS determination of elemental abundance in traditional medicinal plants commonly used in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	4
Metals in honey, cow’s milk and eggs in North-East Algeria and health risk	4
UHPLC-Q-TOF analysis of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in North-Macedonian honey	4
Occurrence of pre- and postharvest multi-mycotoxins in durum wheat grains collected in 2020 and 2021 in two climatic regions of Tunisia	4
Occurrence and associated health risks of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in supplements marketed in Ghana for improved sexual performance	4
Lead, cadmium and arsenic species in spices from markets in Hanoi, Vietnam	4
Elements in cultured fishes in Chittagong, Bangladesh and risk assessment	4
Heavy metals in meat products from Shandong, China and risk assessment	4
Pesticides in rice-based products commercialised in Argentina	4
POPs and PAHs in fish oil-based food supplements at the Czech market	4
Acrylamide in heat-treated carbohydrate-rich foods in Turkey	4
Pesticides in fish from the Uruguay River and markets in Argentina and health risk assessment	4
Cadmium, lead, mercury and arsenic in fresh vegetables and vegetable products intended for human consumption in the Republic of Serbia, 2015–2017	4
Multi-class food additives determination in food and beverages from the Czech market by UPLC-MS/MS	4
Macro- and trace elements in plants from Mauritania and risk assessment	4
Lead and cadmium in commercial vegetables in Gansu Province, China and health risk assessment	4

Occurence of antimicrobial residues in milk and labneh consumed in Lebanon	4
Screening the quality of legal and illegal dietary supplements by LC-MS/MS	4
Correction	3
Biogenic amines and volatile N-nitrosamines in Chinese smoked-cured bacon (Larou) from industrial and artisanal origins	3
Fusarium fungi and mycotoxins in staple food in Benin and human health risk	3
Fungal contamination, aflatoxigenic fungi and levels of aflatoxin B1 in spices marketed in the West Bank of Palestine	3
Spatiotemporal distribution of perfluoroalkyl acid in Chinese eggs	3
Arsenic, lead and cadmium in rice in Latin America and human health risks	3
Pesticides in fruits and vegetables from the Souss Massa region, Morocco	3
Cyclopiazonic acid in soft-ripened and blue cheeses marketed in the USA	3