OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Food Additives & Contaminants Part B-Surveillance is 3. 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
Synthetic colourants in capsule dietary supplements on the Korean market	26
Correction	18
N-nitrosamines in Qingdao dried aquatic products and dietary risk assessment	15
Detection, dietary exposure assessment and risk evaluation of quinolones and pyrrolizidine alkaloids in commercial honey from Brazil	15
Fumonisins in infant cereals marketed as complementary food in Argentina	15
Probabilistic estimation and statuses of total, bioaccessible and inorganic arsenic accumulation in commercial white and brown rice in Thailand	13
Biomonitoring of toxic and essential trace elements in different tissues of fish species in Türkiye	13
Pesticide residues in tomatoes from different agro-ecological zones of Pakistan in 2023 and 2024	13
Seasonal variations and human health risk assessment of trace elements in the bivalve ecosystem in the Sea of Marmara	12
Quaternary ammonium compounds in medicinal herbs and health risk assessment	12
Sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, and natamycin levels in doogh from Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan region of Iraq and health risk assessment	12
Nitrate levels in vegetables from markets in Tehran, Iran	11
Aflatoxin B ₁ in compound feed and feed ingredients from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	11
Benzoates and in situ formed benzene in food supplements and risk assessment	11
Mercury levels in Nile perch fillets in processing industries in Uganda	10
Pesticides in widely consumed vegetables in Bangladesh and its health risk	10
Polychlorinated biphenyls residues in bivalve shellfish from Niger Delta: distribution pattern, tissue burden and food safety assessment	9
Antibiotic residues in animal products in Hatay, Turkey	8
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in spices and dried herbs and associated risk for the Belgian population	8
Impurities of natural salts of the earth	8
Characterisation of new sources of acrylamide in food marketed in Belgium	8
Pesticide residues in rice planted in South and Southwest China	8
Monitoring and dietary exposure assessment of pesticide residues in strawberry in Beijing, China	8
Metals release from stainless steel knives in simulated food contact	7
Aflatoxin contamination in red pepper from producers in Addis Ababa	7

Organotin compounds in seafood by ultrasonic assisted extraction and gas chromatography-triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry	7
Aflatoxins in maize, milk and dairy products from Serbia	7
Dietary risk assessment of selected organophosphorus and pyrethoid pesticide residues in fresh harvested tomatoes at Makambako Town, Njombe region, Tanzania	7
Aflatoxin B ₁ in senna pods from field to storage in Tamil Nadu, India	7
A survey of toxic elements in ready to eat baby foods in the US market 2021	7
Untargeted screening of pesticide residues in coix seed by LC-MS/MS and dietary risk assessment	7
Organophosphate esters and their metabolites in eggs from Vietnam	7
Aflatoxins in dried chilli products in Gansu Province and health risk	7
Mycotoxins in preharvest, postharvest, and stored wheat grains collected from two climatic regions in Algeria	6
Nine high-intensity sweeteners in beverages in a single LC-MS/MS analysis	6
Illegal synthetic dyes in spices: a Singapore case study	6
Pesticides in multigrains and risk assessment for Koreans by age group	6
Pesticide residues in fresh and processed edible mushrooms from Czech markets	6
Dioxins and PCBs in freshwater fish and sediments from Polish lakes	6
Aflatoxin B₁ in imported cinnamon consumed in the Yazd province of Iran	6
Natural co-occurrence of aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in liquorice roots	6
Pyrrolizidine-producing weeds in tea gardens as an indicator of alkaloids in tea	6
Monitoring Alternaria toxins in Italian food to support upcoming regulation	5
Health risk assessment of ethyl carbamate in fruit spirits	5
Risk assessment of eighteen elements leaching from ceramic tableware in China	5
Cadmium and lead in fresh fruits and fruit products sold on the local market in the Republic of Serbia, 2018–2021	5
Nitrite and chloride in meat and meat products in the Kosovo market	5
Cadmium, lead, mercury, and arsenic in fresh fruits and fruit products intended for human consumption in the Republic of Serbia, 2015–2017	5
Nickel in foodstuffs available on the Luxembourgish market and dietary intake	5
Nitroimidazole residues in Egyptian honey using UPLC-Orbitrap-HRMS	4
Acrylamide in potato chips in Iran, health risk assessment and mitigation	4
Lead, cadmium and arsenic species in spices from markets in Hanoi, Vietnam	4
Antibiotic residues in pasteurised and Raw Cow’s milk in Dhaka, Bangladesh	4
Metals in honey, cow’s milk and eggs in North-East Algeria and health risk	4
ICP-MS determination of elemental abundance in traditional medicinal plants commonly used in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	4
Geographical origin traceability of Sengcu rice using elemental markers and multivariate analysis	4
Simultaneous determination of eight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and six Polychlorinated Biphenyls in canned sardines and human health risk	4
Elements in cultured fishes in Chittagong, Bangladesh and risk assessment	4
Pesticides in rice-based products commercialised in Argentina	4
Multi-class food additives determination in food and beverages from the Czech market by UPLC-MS/MS	4
Cadmium, lead, mercury and arsenic in fresh vegetables and vegetable products intended for human consumption in the Republic of Serbia, 2015–2017	4
Multi-element analysis of food dyes and assessment of consumer’s health	4
Occurrence and exposure risk assessment of pesticide residues in green tea samples cultivated in Hangzhou area, China	4
Ethylene oxide residues in spices, herbs, and related processed foods	4
Uranium isotopes in food and effect on health of Southern Kazakhstan citizens	4
Macro- and trace elements in plants from Mauritania and risk assessment	4
Heavy metals in meat products from Shandong, China and risk assessment	4
Acrylamide in heat-treated carbohydrate-rich foods in Turkey	3
POPs and PAHs in fish oil-based food supplements at the Czech market	3
UHPLC-Q-TOF analysis of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in North-Macedonian honey	3
Occurence of antimicrobial residues in milk and labneh consumed in Lebanon	3
Correction	3
Lead and cadmium in commercial vegetables in Gansu Province, China and health risk assessment	3
Occurrence of pre- and postharvest multi-mycotoxins in durum wheat grains collected in 2020 and 2021 in two climatic regions of Tunisia	3
Occurrence and associated health risks of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in supplements marketed in Ghana for improved sexual performance	3

Pesticides in fish from the Uruguay River and markets in Argentina and health risk assessment	3
Screening the quality of legal and illegal dietary supplements by LC-MS/MS	3