OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Science of Food is 30. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Chemometric study on the effect of cooking on bioactive compounds in tomato pomace enriched sauces	142
Lipid complexation reduces rice starch digestibility and boosts short-chain fatty acid production via gut microbiota	95
Cyanidin-3-O-glucoside enhances GLP-1 secretion via PPARβ/δ-β-catenin-TCF-4 pathway in type 2 diabetes mellitus	85
Dietary methionine supplementation improves cognitive dysfunction associated with transsulfuration pathway upregulation in subacute aging mice	85
Molecular structure and characteristics of phytoglycogen, glycogen and amylopectin subjected to mild acid hydrolysis	81
Approach for quick exploration of highly effective broad-spectrum biocontrol strains based on PO8 protein inhibition	71
Effect on quality and safety of hydrophilic reducing compounds integration into taralli via wine enrichment	63
High-precision pest and disease detection in greenhouses using the novel IM-AlexNet framework	60
Silver coated porous silicon microarray SERS platform for detecting aflatoxin B1 fumonisin B1 and ochratoxin A	60
Microbial community structure of plant-based meat alternatives	58
The power, potential, benefits, and challenges of implementing high-throughput sequencing in food safety systems	55
Utilization of plant-based foods for effective prevention of chronic diseases: a longitudinal cohort study	49
Enhancing sustainability in meat production through insect biorefinery	47
Mimicking the myoseptum in cultivated fish by manufacturing edible microalgae-rich nanofibers	46
Microcarrier-seeded muscle cells exhibit delayed differentiation in simulated microgravity compared to a terrestrial bioreactor	45
Monobutyrin can alleviate hepatic lipid dysmetabolism and improve liver mitochondrial ultrastructure and autophagy in high-fat diet mice	43
Effects of peroxidase and superoxide dismutase on physicochemical stability of fish oil-in-water emulsion	43
A sense of ginger fraud: prevalence and deconstruction of the China-European union supply chain	38
A model framework to communicate the risks associated with aflatoxins	36
AI for food: accelerating and democratizing discovery and innovation	36
Evaluation of enzymatic protocols to optimize efficiency of bovine adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cell isolation	36
Precision cooking for printed foods via multiwavelength lasers	36
Evaluating the potential for contamination of leafy greens with Listeria when using retrofitted washing machines	35
Sex differences in CYP450-based sodium dehydroacetate metabolism and its metabolites in rats	34
A systematic review of experimental studies on Salmonella persistence in insects	32

Integratomic investigation to assess the liver lipidomic and antiinflammatory activity of lupin protein hydrolysate	32
Reprocessing seafood waste: challenge to develop aquatic clean meat from fish cells	32
Ginseng glucosyl oleanolate inhibit cervical cancer cell proliferation and angiogenesis via PI3K/AKT/HIF-1α pathway	31
Machine learning-based prediction of volatile compounds profiles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation simulating canned meat	31
A toolkit for quantifying individual response to herbal extracts in metabolic and inflammatory stress	30
Occurrence and risk assessment of hydroxymethylfurfural in Iranian traditional breads using green chemistry	30
Author Correction: Stronger gut microbiome modulatory effects by postbiotics than probiotics in a mouse colitis model	30