OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of npj Science of Food 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A brief review of the science behind the design of healthy and sustainable plant-based foods	145
The potential application of probiotics and prebiotics for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19	133
Formation of contractile 3D bovine muscle tissue for construction of millimetre-thick cultured steak	85
COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons	83
A review of multilayer and composite films and coatings for active biodegradable packaging	65
Muscle-derived fibro-adipogenic progenitor cells for production of cultured bovine adipose tissue	50
African fermented foods: overview, emerging benefits, and novel approaches to microbiome profiling	42
Stronger gut microbiome modulatory effects by postbiotics than probiotics in a mouse colitis model	31
Rosmarinic acid suppresses tau phosphorylation and cognitive decline by downregulating the JNK signaling pathway	29
Impact of mixed biofilm formation with environmental microorganisms on E. coli O157:H7 survival against sanitization	28
Effects of phenolic acids and quercetin-3-O-rutinoside on the bitterness and astringency of green tea infusion	28
Brain-transportable soy dipeptide, Tyr-Pro, attenuates amyloid β peptide25-35-induced memory impairment in mice	24
Dietary supplementation with biogenic selenium nanoparticles alleviate oxidative stress-induced intestinal barrier dysfunction	24
Production of scaffold-free cell-based meat using cell sheet technology	23
Monitoring the microbiome for food safety and quality using deep shotgun sequencing	21
Rational design of hyperstable antibacterial peptides for food preservation	21
Systematic review on effects of bioenergy from edible versus inedible feedstocks on food security	20
Real-time, selective, and low-cost detection of trace level SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein for cold-chain food quarantine	20
Precision cooking for printed foods via multiwavelength lasers	19
Microbiome-based environmental monitoring of a dairy processing facility highlights the challenges associated with low microbial-load samples	18
Sustainable plant-based ingredients as wheat flour substitutes in bread making	18
Policy, toxicology and physicochemical considerations on the inhalation of high concentrations of food flavour	17
Regulation of viable/inactivated/lysed probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum H6 on intestinal microbiota and metabolites in hypercholesterolemic mice	17
Vortex fluidic mediated encapsulation of functional fish oil featuring in situ probed small angle neutron scattering	17
Recent patent applications in beverages enriched with plant proteins	17

Advances in 3D peptide hydrogel models in cancer research	16
Comparative effects of high pressure processing and heat treatment on in vitro digestibility of pea protein and starch	16
Lycium barbarum polysaccharide modulates gut microbiota to alleviate rheumatoid arthritis in a rat model	15
Reprocessing seafood waste: challenge to develop aquatic clean meat from fish cells	15
Tissue-like cultured fish fillets through a synthetic food pipeline	15
Handheld SERS coupled with QuEChERs for the sensitive analysis of multiple pesticides in basmati rice	15
Effects of high fructose corn syrup on intestinal microbiota structure and obesity in mice	15
Identification of milk from different animal and plant sources by desorption electrospray ionisation high-resolution mass spectrometry (DESI-MS)	14
Determination of acrolein generation pathways from linoleic acid and linolenic acid: increment by photo irradiation	14
Immunomodulatory activity of a water-soluble polysaccharide extracted from mussel on cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppressive mice models	14
The power, potential, benefits, and challenges of implementing high-throughput sequencing in food safety systems	14
Identification of G protein-coupled receptor 55 (GPR55) as a target of curcumin	13
The flavor-enhancing action of glutamate and its mechanism involving the notion of kokumi	13
Triacylglycerols are preferentially oxidized over free fatty acids in heated soybean oil	13
Mechanism of peptides from rice hydrolyzed proteins hindering starch digestion subjected to hydrothermal treatment	13
Transforming agrifood production systems and supply chains with digital twins	13
Metabolomic profiling to detect different forms of beef fraud using rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry (REIMS)	12
Food nanoparticles from rice vinegar: isolation, characterization, and antioxidant activities	12
On-site colorimetric detection of Salmonella typhimurium	12
Snow flea antifreeze peptide for cryopreservation of lactic acid bacteria	11
Nomenclature of cell-cultivated meat & seafood products	11
Systematic evaluation of antimicrobial food preservatives on glucose metabolism and gut microbiota in healthy mice	11
Peanut and hazelnut occurrence as allergens in foodstuffs with precautionary allergen labeling in Canada	11
Side-stream products of malting: a neglected source of phytochemicals	11
Spent media analysis suggests cultivated meat media will require species and cell type optimization	11
Combing machine learning and elemental profiling for geographical authentication of Chinese Geographical Indication (GI) rice	10
Strategies for oral delivery of bioactive peptides with focus on debittering and masking	10
Honey authenticity: the opacity of analytical reports - part 1 defining the problem	10
foodMASST a mass spectrometry search tool for foods and beverages	10
Toxicity evaluation of an essential oil mixture from the Cretan herbs thyme, Greek sage and Cretan dittany	10
#Healthy: smart digital food safety and nutrition communication strategies—a critical commentary	10
Stigmasterol attenuates hepatic steatosis in rats by strengthening the intestinal barrier and improving bile acid metabolism	10
Lipid profile migration during the tilapia muscle steaming process revealed by a transactional analysis between MS data and lipidomics data	9
In vitro and in silico characterization of adiponectin-receptor agonist dipeptides	9
The future of software-controlled cooking	9
Particulate matters, aldehydes, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons produced from deep-frying emissions: comparisons of three cooking oils with distinct fatty acid profiles	9
The COVID-19 may help enlightening how emotional food is	8
Increased in carbon isotope ratios of Brazilian fingernails are correlated with increased in socioeconomic status	8
‘Multi-omics’ data integration: applications in probiotics studies	8
Dietary inclusion of nitrite-containing frankfurter exacerbates colorectal cancer pathology and alters metabolism in APCmin mice	8
Single-nucleus and bulk RNA sequencing reveal cellular and transcriptional mechanisms underlying lipid dynamics in high marbled pork	8
Transcriptomic response of Campylobacter jejuni following exposure to acidified sodium chlorite	8
Wuliangye Baijiu but not ethanol reduces cardiovascular disease risks in a zebrafish thrombosis model	8
Association of human gut microbiota composition and metabolic functions with Ficus hirta Vahl dietary supplementation	8
Novel time-domain NMR-based traits for rapid, label-free Olive oils profiling	7
Oiling-out effect improves the efficiency of extracting aroma compounds from edible oil	7
Comparing the thermal stability of 10-carboxy-, 10-methyl-, and 10-catechyl-pyranocyanidin-3-glucosides and their precursor, cyanidin-3-glucoside	7
Decomposing the molecular complexity of brewing	7
Glucose-lowering effects of orally administered superoxide dismutase in type 2 diabetic model rats	6
Phenethylamine in chlorella alleviates high-fat diet-induced mouse liver damage by regulating generation of methylglyoxal	6

Protein microparticles visualize the contact network and rigidity onset in the gelation of model proteins	6
Metabolomics integrated with machine learning to discriminate the geographic origin of Rougui Wuyi rock tea	6
Oral intake of rice overexpressing ubiquitin ligase inhibitory pentapeptide prevents atrophy in denervated skeletal muscle	6
Rapid analysis of meat floss origin using a supervised machine learning-based electronic nose towards food authentication	6
Sensory lexicon and aroma volatiles analysis of brewing malt	6
Genomic analysis of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 from cattle and pork-production related environments	6
Reference proteomes of five wheat species as starting point for future design of cultivars with lower allergenic potential	6
The importance and mitigation of mycotoxins and plant toxins in Southeast Asian fermented foods	6
Using 2D qNMR analysis to distinguish between frozen and frozen/thawed chicken meat and evaluate freshness	5
An optimized antimicrobial peptide analog acts as an antibiotic adjuvant to reverse methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	5
Meat food fraud risk in Chinese markets 2012–2021	5
Untargeted mass spectrometry-based metabolomics approach unveils biochemical changes in compound probiotic fermented milk during fermentation	5
Identification of a highly stable bioactive 3-hydroxyproline-containing tripeptide in human blood after collagen hydrolysate ingestion	5
Applying federated learning to combat food fraud in food supply chains	5
Enviroscore: normalization, weighting, and categorization algorithm to evaluate the relative environmental impact of food and drink products	5
Consumer purchase intention towards a quick response (QR) code for antibiotic information: an exploratory study	5
An origin identification model for labeling of shiitake (Lentinula edodes)	5
Olive oil from the 79 A.D. Vesuvius eruption stored at the Naples National Archaeological Museum (Italy)	5
Design and application of self-healable polymeric films and coatings for smart food packaging	5
Integrating science to address food and health within Global Agenda 2030	5
A nationwide Chinese consumer study of public interest on agriculture	4
High protein-containing new food by cell powder meat	4
White button mushroom interrupts tissue AR-mediated TMPRSS2 expression and attenuates pro-inflammatory cytokines in C57BL/6 mice	4
How animal milk and plant-based alternatives diverge in terms of fatty acid, amino acid, and mineral composition	4
Comprehensive study of α-terpineol-loaded oil-in-water (O/W) nanoemulsion: interfacial property, formulation, physical and chemical stability	4
Detection of exogenous sugars in pineapple juice using compound-specific stable hydrogen isotope analysis	4
Rising levels of antioxidative phyllobilins in stored agricultural produce and their impact on consumer acceptance	4