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Food Packaging and Shelf Life
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Food Packaging and Shelf Life

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 199 44 64 29

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 227
Documents by Best Scientists*: 301
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.603
Impact Factor: 10.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Food Packaging and Shelf Life?

The main points discussed in Food Packaging and Shelf Life deals with Food science, Chemical engineering, Shelf life, Food packaging and Active packaging. Issues in Food science were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Food spoilage, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant. Food Packaging and Shelf Life primarily discusses Antioxidant topics, particularly DPPH and Lipid oxidation.

Some problems in Chemical engineering that were presented in Food Packaging and Shelf Life overlapped with concepts under Ultimate tensile strength, Composite number and Starch. While Food Packaging and Shelf Life focused on Ultimate tensile strength, it was also able to explore topics like Solubility, Gelatin and Nuclear chemistry. The journal focused on Nuclear chemistry research but expanded to cover Silver nanoparticle.

Shelf life research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Coating and Horticulture, Postharvest. The studies in Food packaging featured incorporate elements of Chitosan, Biopolymer, Polymer, Casting and Polyvinyl alcohol. The journal links adjacent topics like Nanocomposite with Nanoparticle.

  • Food science (37.99%)
  • Chemical engineering (25.33%)
  • Shelf life (23.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Nanoparticles in food packaging: Biodegradability and potential migration to food—A review (145 citations)
  • Surface, mechanical and barrier properties of bio-based composite films based on chitosan and whey protein (111 citations)
  • Physico-chemical properties of edible films derived from native and phosphated cush-cush yam and cassava starches (104 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Food Packaging and Shelf Life:

The journal publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Food science, Chemical engineering, Food packaging, Shelf life and Active packaging. The journal articles with studies in Food science featured incorporate elements of Coating, Antimicrobial and Lipid oxidation, Antioxidant. While work presented in the published articles provide substantial information on Chemical engineering, it also covers topics in Ultimate tensile strength, Antibacterial activity, Polymer and Starch.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Food Packaging and Shelf Life (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Z.A. Nur Hanani (13 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lin Lin (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Pramod V. Mahajan (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Oluwafemi J. Caleb (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joseph P. Kerry (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Food Packaging and Shelf Life (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Fraunhofer Society (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Universiti Putra Malaysia (20 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Leibniz Association (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stellenbosch University (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 5.56% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.24% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.03% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.44% of all publications and 60.29% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Recent advances in the preparation, physical and functional properties, and applications of anthocyanins-based active and intelligent packaging films

    Huimin Yong;Jun Liu

    (2020)
    379 Citations
  • Recent advances on chitosan-based films for sustainable food packaging applications

    Hossein Haghighi;Fabio Licciardello;Patrizia Fava;Heinz Wilhelm Siesler

    (2020)
    369 Citations
  • Biodegradable zein active film containing chitosan nanoparticle encapsulated with pomegranate peel extract for food packaging

    Haiying Cui;Duraiarasan Surendhiran;Changzhu Li;Lin Lin

    (2020)
    181 Citations
  • Biodegradable active, intelligent, and smart packaging materials for food applications

    Unknown

    (2022)
    176 Citations
  • Fabrication of high stability active nanofibers encapsulated with pomegranate peel extract using chitosan/PEO for meat preservation

    Duraiarasan Surendhiran;Changzhu Li;Haiying Cui;Lin Lin

    (2020)
    153 Citations
  • A comprehensive review on gelatin: Understanding impact of the sources, extraction methods, and modifications on potential packaging applications

    (2022)
    149 Citations
  • Soft and hard sections from cellulose-reinforced poly(lactic acid)-based food packaging films: A critical review

    Azadeh Khosravi;Abdolhossein Fereidoon;Mohammad Mehdi Khorasani;Ghasem Naderi

    (2020)
    105 Citations
  • Poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene-succinate-co-adipate) (PLA/PBSA) blend films containing thymol as alternative to synthetic preservatives for active packaging of bread

    (2020)
    92 Citations

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