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![Fereidoon Shahidi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
food science
agricultural science
nutraceuticals
functional foods
antioxidants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,265
46,255
0.401
![Navin Ramankutty](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7f/641552.jpg)
Food security
Land use change
Agriculture
Global environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,679
43,290
0.488
![Leann Birch](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
nutrition
child development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,861
18,567
0.248
![Soottawat Benjakul](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7c/4989576.jpg)
Food Science
Food Chemistry
Utilization of by-products from seafood industry
Shelf-life extension of seafoods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,725
37,278
0.559
![Eric A Decker](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Food Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,438
23,660
0.391
![PF Fox](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Cheese
Milk Proteins
Heat Stability of Milk
Enzymology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,153
13,024
0.265
![Ehsan Sadeghi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/cf/484838.jpg)
Food Safety and Quality Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,900
46,890
0.979
![Bhesh Bhandari](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9a/65514.jpg)
Food Materials Science/Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,879
29,231
0.637
![Nauman Khalid|Khalid Nauman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/73/414274.jpg)
Food Science
Human Nutrition
Public Health
Food Safety
Functional Foods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,316
41,684
0.962
![Roger Ruan](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
food engineering
pyrolysis
algae
waste utilization
nonthermal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,031
28,132
0.703
![Hendrickx Marc](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/66/1407202.jpg)
food science and technology
food science
food engineering
food technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,659
16,110
0.417
![Mohammad J Taherzadeh](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/89/1150744.jpg)
Filamentous Fungi
Food and feed
Anaerobic Digestion
Volatile fatty acids
Pretreatment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,610
22,334
0.594
![Nagendra P Shah](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dc/409463.jpg)
Food Science and Technology
Dairy Science
Food Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,456
13,884
0.381
![Joanne Slavin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ed/4677205.jpg)
food science
nutrition
agriculture
sustainability
food policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,228
13,669
0.377
![George John E Nychas](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/47/1789361.jpg)
Food Microbiology
food spoilage
food safety
Quorum Sensing
Biofilms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,399
14,830
0.431
![Zhenjiang Zech Xu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/41/1771917.jpg)
(meta)genomics
microbiome
ncRNA
data mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,696
30,890
0.917
![Michael Gänzle](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8a/641527.jpg)
Food Microbiology and Probiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,532
20,376
0.608
![Leif Skibsted](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
food science
chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,293
10,338
0.311
![Costas Biliaderis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1f/1789542.jpg)
Food Science
Food Technology
Food Chemistry
Food Physics
Biopolymer functionality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,096
10,340
0.322
![MN Clifford](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
food
chlorogenic acids
polyphenols
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,612
10,231
0.324
![Alejandro G Marangoni](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/94/641533.jpg)
Food Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,732
14,252
0.464
![Hadi Pourjafar](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Functional foods
Bacterial Nanocellulose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,581
29,232
0.956
![Xiong Yl](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0f/1398702.jpg)
Food science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,173
13,965
0.496
![Robert Gibson](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,940
7,644
0.274
![Ann Van Loey](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b4/1398690.jpg)
food technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,939
11,764
0.421
Fereidoon Shahidi
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St John’s, Canada
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,265
46,255
0.401
food science
agricultural science
nutraceuticals
functional foods
antioxidants
Navin Ramankutty
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,679
43,290
0.488
Food security
Land use change
Agriculture
Global environment
Leann Birch
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,861
18,567
0.248
nutrition
child development
Soottawat Benjakul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,725
37,278
0.559
Food Science
Food Chemistry
Utilization of by-products from seafood industry
Shelf-life extension of seafoods
Eric A Decker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,438
23,660
0.391
PF Fox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,153
13,024
0.265
Cheese
Milk Proteins
Heat Stability of Milk
Enzymology
Ehsan Sadeghi
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Kermanshah, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,900
46,890
0.979
Food Safety and Quality Control
Bhesh Bhandari
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,879
29,231
0.637
Food Materials Science/Engineering
Nauman Khalid|Khalid Nauman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,316
41,684
0.962
Food Science
Human Nutrition
Public Health
Food Safety
Functional Foods
Roger Ruan
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,031
28,132
0.703
food engineering
pyrolysis
algae
waste utilization
nonthermal processing
Hendrickx Marc
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,659
16,110
0.417
food science and technology
food science
food engineering
food technology
Mohammad J Taherzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,610
22,334
0.594
Filamentous Fungi
Food and feed
Anaerobic Digestion
Volatile fatty acids
Pretreatment
Nagendra P Shah
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,456
13,884
0.381
Food Science and Technology
Dairy Science
Food Microbiology
Joanne Slavin
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,228
13,669
0.377
food science
nutrition
agriculture
sustainability
food policy
George John E Nychas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,399
14,830
0.431
Food Microbiology
food spoilage
food safety
Quorum Sensing
Biofilms
Zhenjiang Zech Xu
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,696
30,890
0.917
(meta)genomics
microbiome
ncRNA
data mining
Michael Gänzle
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,532
20,376
0.608
Food Microbiology and Probiotics
Leif Skibsted
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
![Denmark](/flags/dk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,293
10,338
0.311
food science
chemistry
Costas Biliaderis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
![Greece](/flags/gr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,096
10,340
0.322
Food Science
Food Technology
Food Chemistry
Food Physics
Biopolymer functionality
MN Clifford
University of Surrey
Guildford, United Kingdom
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,612
10,231
0.324
food
chlorogenic acids
polyphenols
Alejandro G Marangoni
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,732
14,252
0.464
Food Materials Science
Hadi Pourjafar
University of Tehran
Tehran, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,581
29,232
0.956
Functional foods
Bacterial Nanocellulose
Xiong Yl
University of Kentucky
Lexington, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,173
13,965
0.496
Robert Gibson
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,940
7,644
0.274
Ann Van Loey
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,939
11,764
0.421