OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Food Protection is 25. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Costs of Overly Broad Recalls	218
Evaluation of 16s Long Read Metabarcoding for Characterizing the Microbiome and Salmonella Contamination of Retail Poultry Meat	100
Impact of the Probiotic Organism Megasphaera elsdenii on Escherichia coli O157:H7 Prevalence in Finishing Cattle	83
Food Safety Practices of Food Handlers in China and their Correlation with Self-reported Foodborne Illness	70
Simultaneous Discrimination of Cereulide-Producing Bacillus cereus and Psychrotolerant B. cereus Group by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry	64
Analysis of Method Performance for Quantitative Assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in Queso Fresco Cheese	57
Wholegenome sequencing as the gold standard approach for control of Listeria monocytogenes in the food chain	49
Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Their Antibiotic Resistance Patterns in Dairy Farms and Their Microbial Ecosystems	47
Use of Whole Genome Sequencing by the Federal Interagency Collaboration for Genomics for Food and Feed Safety in the United States	46
Development of a Flexible Produce Supply Chain Food Safety Risk Model: Comparing Tradeoffs Between Improved Process Controls and Additional Product Testing for Leafy Greens as a Test Case	42
Effect of Nitrite-Embedded Packaging Film on Growth of Listeria monocytogenes in Nitrite-free and Conventionally-cured Bologna Sausage	42
Genomic Diversity and Potential Transmission and Persistence of Salmonella in the Cambodian Vegetable Supply Chain	41
Prevalence of Histamine-Forming Bacteria in Two Kinds of Salted Fish at Town Markets of Guangdong Province of South China	37
Viable Campylobacter jejuni on Eggshells and Its Potential to Cross-contaminate Egg White and Yolk When Using a Manual Separation Technique, Determined by Culture and Propidium Monoazide (PMA) qPCR	37
Influence of Free Chlorine and Contact Time on the Reduction of Salmonella Cross-Contamination of Tomatoes in a Model Flume System	35
Dietetics Student Perceptions of Food Safety Communication to Vulnerable Populations: An International Study	35
Detection of Staphylococcus Enterotoxin sea and seb in Milk Samples by Duplex Droplet Digital PCR	33
Optimizing Salmonella Recovery From Commercial Poultry Environmental Samples With Selective Preenrichment	32
Real-time Detection of Foodborne Pathogens and Biofilm in the Food Processing Environment with Bactiscan, A Macro-scale Fluorescence Device	32
Formation and Control of Listeria monocytogenes Growth and Accumulation on Food Processing Surfaces in the Fresh Produce Industry	31
Unmasking Hidden Gluten: Evaluating the Compliance of Gluten-Free Products and Consumer Exposure in Lebanon	30
Poultry Processing Interventions Reduce Salmonella Serovar Complexity on Postchill Young Chicken Carcasses as Determined by Deep Serotyping	29
Updated Assessment of State Food Safety Laws for Norovirus Outbreak Prevention in the United States	27
Phenotypic Characteristics That May Contribute to Persistence of Salmonella Strains in the Pistachio Supply Chain	26
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Chemical Sanitizer Efficacy Against Biofilms of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella enterica, and STEC on Food Processing Surfaces	25

Response to Questions Posed by the Food Safety and Inspection Service: Enhancing Salmonella Control in Poultry Products