OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Food Additives & Contaminants Part B-Surveillance is 4. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Biomonitoring of toxic and essential trace elements in different tissues of fish species in Türkiye	19
Synthetic colourants in capsule dietary supplements on the Korean market	19
N-nitrosamines in Qingdao dried aquatic products and dietary risk assessment	19
Fumonisins in infant cereals marketed as complementary food in Argentina	18
Elemental composition of spices and herb products on the Kosovo market	17
Quaternary ammonium compounds in medicinal herbs and health risk assessment	16
Pesticide residues in tomatoes from different agro-ecological zones of Pakistan in 2023 and 2024	16
Seasonal variations and human health risk assessment of trace elements in the bivalve ecosystem in the Sea of Marmara	14
Sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, and natamycin levels in doogh from Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan region of Iraq and health risk assessment	14
Various Aspergilli and mycotoxins in traditional products in Oran, Algeria	13
Aflatoxin B ₁ in compound feed and feed ingredients from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	12
Benzoates and in situ formed benzene in food supplements and risk assessment	12
Nitrate levels in vegetables from markets in Tehran, Iran	12
Polychlorinated biphenyls residues in bivalve shellfish from Niger Delta: distribution pattern, tissue burden and food safety assessment	10
Pesticide residues in rice planted in South and Southwest China	10
Mercury levels in Nile perch fillets in processing industries in Uganda	10
Evaluation of aflatoxins and ochratoxin A levels in Indonesian nutmeg	10
Pesticides in widely consumed vegetables in Bangladesh and its health risk	10
Antibiotic residues in animal products in Hatay, Turkey	9
Impurities of natural salts of the earth	9
Aflatoxins in maize, milk and dairy products from Serbia	9
Acrylamide and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in breadsticks in Aydin, Türkiye	9
Characterisation of new sources of acrylamide in food marketed in Belgium	9
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in spices and dried herbs and associated risk for the Belgian population	9
Untargeted screening of pesticide residues in coix seed by LC-MS/MS and dietary risk assessment	9

Pyrrolizidine-producing weeds in tea gardens as an indicator of alkaloids in tea	8
Aflatoxin contamination in red pepper from producers in Addis Ababa	8
Organophosphate esters and their metabolites in eggs from Vietnam	8
A survey of toxic elements in ready to eat baby foods in the US market 2021	8
Aflatoxins in dried chilli products in Gansu Province and health risk	8
Metals release from stainless steel knives in simulated food contact	8
Organotin compounds in seafood by ultrasonic assisted extraction and gas chromatography-triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry	8
Aflatoxin B ₁ in senna pods from field to storage in Tamil Nadu, India	8
Pesticides in multigrains and risk assessment for Koreans by age group	7
Mycotoxins in preharvest, postharvest, and stored wheat grains collected from two climatic regions in Algeria	7
Pesticide residues in fresh and processed edible mushrooms from Czech markets	7
Pesticide residues in jam from Slovenian stores in 2025	7
Nine high-intensity sweeteners in beverages in a single LC-MS/MS analysis	7
Illegal synthetic dyes in spices: a Singapore case study	7
PCBs in honey, milk, and eggs from Algiers (Algeria) and its health risks	7
Health risk assessment of ethyl carbamate in fruit spirits	6
Cadmium, lead, mercury, and arsenic in fresh fruits and fruit products intended for human consumption in the Republic of Serbia, 2015–2017	6
Risk assessment of eighteen elements leaching from ceramic tableware in China	6
Nickel in foodstuffs available on the Luxembourgish market and dietary intake	6
Environmental monitoring and health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) through honeybees ( Apis mellifera ), honey and pollen	6
Nitrite and chloride in meat and meat products in the Kosovo market	6
Aflatoxin B₁ in peanuts and peanut butter in Kosovo and human health risk	6
Natural co-occurrence of aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in liquorice roots	6
Geographical origin traceability of Sengcu rice using elemental markers and multivariate analysis	5
Nitroimidazole residues in Egyptian honey using UPLC-Orbitrap-HRMS	5
Antibiotic residues in pasteurised and Raw Cow’s milk in Dhaka, Bangladesh	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
Simultaneous determination of eight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and six Polychlorinated Biphenyls in canned sardines and human health risk	5
Lead, cadmium and arsenic species in spices from markets in Hanoi, Vietnam	5
Occurrence and exposure risk assessment of pesticide residues in green tea samples cultivated in Hangzhou area, China	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
Cadmium, lead, mercury and arsenic in fresh vegetables and vegetable products intended for human consumption in the Republic of Serbia, 2015–2017	5
Pesticides in rice-based products commercialised in Argentina	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 and associated health risks of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in supplements marketed in Ghana for improved sexual performance	4
Occurrence of pre- and postharvest multi-mycotoxins in durum wheat grains collected in 2020 and 2021 in two climatic regions of Tunisia	4
Lead and cadmium in commercial vegetables in Gansu Province, China and health risk assessment	4
Macro- and trace elements in plants from Mauritania and risk assessment	4
Multi-class food additives determination in food and beverages from the Czech market by UPLC-MS/MS	4
Heavy metal migration from cardboard and Pyrex packages into pizza	4
POPs and PAHs in fish oil-based food supplements at the Czech market	4
Correction	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 fish from the Uruguay River and markets in Argentina and health risk assessment	4
Acrylamide in heat-treated carbohydrate-rich foods in Turkey	4
Screening the quality of legal and illegal dietary supplements by LC-MS/MS	4

Occurence of antimicrobial residues in milk and labneh consumed in Lebanon