OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of npj Science of Food is 10. 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
Decellularised plant scaffolds facilitate porcine skeletal muscle tissue engineering for cultivated meat biomanufacturing	222
Dietary methionine supplementation improves cognitive dysfunction associated with transsulfuration pathway upregulation in subacute aging mice	114
The power, potential, benefits, and challenges of implementing high-throughput sequencing in food safety systems	73
Fish oil-loaded silver carp scale gelatin-stabilized emulsions with vitamins for the delivery of curcumin	72
Milk-derived extracellular vesicles and gut health	54
The ENaC taste receptor’s perceived mechanism of mushroom salty peptides revealed by molecular interaction analysis	52
Ablation of the gut microbiota alleviates high-methionine diet-induced hyperhomocysteinemia and glucose intolerance in mice	51
Food fraud threats in UK post-harvest seafood supply chains; an assessment of current vulnerabilities	51
Using 2D qNMR analysis to distinguish between frozen and frozen/thawed chicken meat and evaluate freshness	47
Molecular structure and characteristics of phytoglycogen, glycogen and amylopectin subjected to mild acid hydrolysis	42
Insights into the evaluation, influential factors and improvement strategies for poultry meat quality: a review	41
Limosilactobacillus reuteri fermented brown rice alleviates anxiety improves cognition and modulates gut microbiota in stressed mice	38
Approach for quick exploration of highly effective broad-spectrum biocontrol strains based on PO8 protein inhibition	37
Association of human gut microbiota composition and metabolic functions with Ficus hirta Vahl dietary supplementation	37
Real-time, selective, and low-cost detection of trace level SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein for cold-chain food quarantine	35
Author Correction: Emerging challenges and opportunities in innovating food science technology and engineering education	32
Sucrose substitution in cake systems is not a piece of cake	31
Nutritional-environmental trade-offs in potato storage and processing for a sustainable healthy diet	31
Spatial distribution of antioxidant activity in baguette and its modulation of proinflammatory cytokines in RAW264.7 macrophages	28
Author Correction: Applying federated learning to combat food fraud in food supply chains	28
Awakening the natural capability of psicose production in Escherichia coli	28
The importance and mitigation of mycotoxins and plant toxins in Southeast Asian fermented foods	27
Characterization of spring and durum wheat using non-destructive synchrotron phase contrast X-ray microtomography during storage	26
Fermented food consumption modulates the oral microbiota	26
First principles modelling of the ion binding capacity of finger millet	26

Sugar-sweetened beverage but not diluted cloudy apple juice consumption induces post-prandial endotoxemia in healthy adults	26
Tailoring the natural rare sugars D-tagatose and L-sorbose to produce novel functional carbohydrates	25
Effects of gelatin type and concentration on the preparation and properties of freeze-dried fish oil powders	25
Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains L7 contribute to flavor and deacidification in Suanyu, a Chinese traditional fermented fish	25
A multiplex microarray lateral flow immunoassay device for simultaneous determination of five mycotoxins in rice	24
Inkjet-based surface structuring: amplifying sweetness perception through additive manufacturing in foods	24
It is time to reevaluate the lard in glucose homeostasis and diabetes pathogenesis	24
Prebiotic inulin ameliorates SARS-CoV-2 infection in hamsters by modulating the gut microbiome	24
Cowpea legumin preservative impacts on beef ribeye and implications on antibiotic resistant food borne pathogens	23
The anti-melanoma roles and mechanisms of tricholoma isoflavone derivative CA028	23
Barley β-glucan consumption improves glucose tolerance by increasing intestinal succinate concentrations	23
Microbial community structure of plant-based meat alternatives	23
Vitamin A stability during storage of fortified gari produced using different fortification strategies	23
Evaluating the prebiotic effect of oligosaccharides on gut microbiome wellness using in vitro fecal fermentation	22
Designing a monitoring program for aflatoxin B1 in feed products using machine learning	22
A soluble garlic polysaccharide supplement alleviates fatigue in mice	22
Metabolic changes in response to varying whole-grain wheat and rye intake	22
Uncovering the antiinflammatory potential of Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum fermented Cannabis Sativa L seeds	21
Lipid complexation reduces rice starch digestibility and boosts short-chain fatty acid production via gut microbiota	20
Chemometric study on the effect of cooking on bioactive compounds in tomato pomace enriched sauces	20
Nutrient footprint versus EPA + DHA security in land-locked regions—more of local pond farmed, imported marine fish or fish oil capsules?	19
Applying federated learning to combat food fraud in food supply chains	19
Sustainable plant-based ingredients as wheat flour substitutes in bread making	19
Monitoring Indian “Superfood” Moringa oleifera Lam. – species-specific PCR-fingerprint-based authentication for more consumer safety	18
Untargeted mass spectrometry-based metabolomics approach unveils biochemical changes in compound probiotic fermented milk during fermentation	18
Utilization of plant-based foods for effective prevention of chronic diseases: a longitudinal cohort study	18
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum 299V-fermented soy whey improved the safety and shelf life of Pacific oysters (Magallana gigas)	17
Perforated imprinting on high moisture meat analogue confers long range mechanical anisotropy resembling meat cuts	17
TrkB phosphorylation in serum extracellular vesicles correlates with cognitive function enhanced by ergothioneine in humans	16
Protein microparticles visualize the contact network and rigidity onset in the gelation of model proteins	16
Author Correction: Microbial lysates repurposed as liquid egg substitutes	16
Effects of peroxidase and superoxide dismutase on physicochemical stability of fish oil-in-water emulsion	15
In vitro and in silico characterization of adiponectin-receptor agonist dipeptides	15
Mechanism of peptides from rice hydrolyzed proteins hindering starch digestion subjected to hydrothermal treatment	15
Sugar substitutes and taste enhancers need more science, sensitivity- and allergy-guided labeling	14
Review of visual analytics methods for food safety risks	14
Cocoa bean fingerprinting via correlation networks	14
PO2/TransformON, an ontology for data integration on food, feed, bioproducts and biowaste engineering	13
Water usability as a descriptive parameter of thermodynamic properties and water mobility in food solids	13
New colours for old in the blue-cheese fungus Penicillium roqueforti	12
Ginger essential oil and citral ameliorates atherosclerosis in ApoE−/− mice by modulating trimethylamine-N-oxide and gut microbiota	12
Sweetened caffeine drinking revealed behavioral rhythm independent of the central circadian clock in male mice	12
Cell-based, cell-cultured, cell-cultivated, cultured, or cultivated. What is the best name for meat, poultry, and seafood made directly from the cells of animals?	11
Evaluation of enzymatic protocols to optimize efficiency of bovine adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cell isolation	11
Exploring similarities and differences in anti-atherosclerotic potential bioactives among Dendrobium species by UPLC-Q-Exactive Orbitrap MS	11
Network pharmacology study on the mechanism of berberine in Alzheimer’s disease model	11
Anti-inflammatory activity of collagen peptide in vitro and its effect on improving ulcerative colitis	11
Rapid analysis of meat floss origin using a supervised machine learning-based electronic nose towards food authentication	11
Consumers’ perspectives on antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance in food animals: a systematic review	11
Spillover effects of food recalls: A milk recall scenario experiment in China	10

Spent media analysis suggests cultivated meat media will require species and cell type optimization	10
Advancements in plant based meat analogs enhancing sensory and nutritional attributes	10
Determination of acrolein generation pathways from linoleic acid and linolenic acid: increment by photo irradiation	10
Fluorinated compounds in paper and paperboard based food packaging materials	10
Gamma-aminobutyric acid as a potential postbiotic mediator in the gut–brain axis	10
Author Correction: Ginseng glucosyl oleanolate inhibit cervical cancer cell proliferation and angiogenesis via PI3K/AKT/HIF-1α pathway	10
Integrating science to address food and health within Global Agenda 2030	10