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Siew Young Quek

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
10873
World Ranking
13433
National Ranking
35

Siew Young Quek publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Siew Young Quek sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 165 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Siew Young Quek D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Siew Young Quek sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Siew Young Quek is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Food Science, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Plant Science, and Biochemistry. Their research output includes numerous studies spanning these interconnected disciplines.

The scientist has published frequently in several academic venues. Key publication venues include:

  • Food Chemistry
  • Foods
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • LWT
  • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Frequent collaborative partners in research projects include:

  • Xiao Chen
  • Kang Huang
  • Yaoyao Peng
  • Jiqian Xiang
  • Paul A. Kilmartin

The main research topics covered by Siew Young Quek involve:

  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Microencapsulation and Drying Processes
  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
  • Food composition and properties
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods

Recent publications showcase the scope and diversity of research interests. Selected papers include:

  • Essential Oils and Their Major Components: An Updated Review on Antimicrobial Activities, Mechanism of Action and Their Potential Application in the Food Industry (2022), published in Foods
  • Red seaweed: A promising alternative protein source for global food sustainability (2022), published in Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • Selenium-enriched plant foods: Selenium accumulation, speciation, and health functionality (2023), published in Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Recovery of phenolic antioxidants from green kiwifruit peel using subcritical water extraction (2020), published in Food and Bioproducts Processing
  • Modified porous starch for enhanced properties: Synthesis, characterization and applications (2023), published in Food Chemistry

Best Publications

  • The physicochemical properties of spray-dried watermelon powders

    Siew Young Quek;Ngan King Chok;Peter Swedlund

  • Antibacterial activity and mechanism of cinnamon essential oil against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus

    Yunbin Zhang;Xiaoyu Liu;Yifei Wang;Pingping Jiang

  • Encapsulation of food grade antioxidant in natural biopolymer by electrospinning technique: A physicochemical study based on zein-gallic acid system

    Yun Ping Neo;Sudip Ray;Jianyong Jin;Marija Gizdavic-Nikolaidis

  • THE USE OF SAGO WASTE FOR THE SORPTION OF LEAD AND COPPER

    S Y Quek;Wase D.A.J.;C F Forster

  • Essential Oils and Their Major Components: An Updated Review on Antimicrobial Activities, Mechanism of Action and Their Potential Application in the Food Industry

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  • Properties of Bread Dough with Added Fiber Polysaccharides and Phenolic Antioxidants: A Review

    Anusooya S. Sivam;Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse;SiewYoung Quek;Conrad O. Perera

  • The Potential Use of Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites in Food Packaging

    Sudip Ray;Siew Young Quek;Allan Easteal;Xiao Dong Chen

  • Efficient extraction and characterization of pectin from orange peel by a combined surfactant and microwave assisted process.

    Dong-Lin Su;Pei-Jun Li;Siew Young Quek;Zhi-Qin Huang

  • Subcritical water extraction of bioactive compounds from waste onion skin

    M.T. Munir;Hamid Kheirkhah;Saeid Baroutian;Siew Young Quek

  • Antifungal effects of thymol and salicylic acid on cell membrane and mitochondria of Rhizopus stolonifer and their application in postharvest preservation of tomatoes.

    Jie Kong;Ying Zhang;Jian Ju;Yunfei Xie

  • Effect of cooking method on the fatty acid profile of New Zealand King Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

    Danaé Larsen;Siew Young Quek;Laurence Eyres

  • Optimisation of gelatine extraction from hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) skins and measurement of gel strength and SDS–PAGE

    Nor Fazliyana Mohtar;Conrad Perera;Siew-Young Quek

  • Influence of solution and processing parameters towards the fabrication of electrospun zein fibers with sub-micron diameter

    Yun Ping Neo;Sudip Ray;Allan James Easteal;Marija Gizdavic Nikolaidis

  • Antioxidant capacity and major polyphenol composition of teas as affected by geographical location, plantation elevation and leaf grade.

    Chuang Zhang;Claire Li-Chieh Suen;Chao Yang;Siew Young Quek

  • Adsorption isotherm, thermodynamics and kinetics studies of polyphenols separation from kiwifruit juice using adsorbent resin

    Zhen Peng Gao;Zhen Peng Gao;Zhen Peng Gao;Zhi Fang Yu;Tian Li Yue;Siew Young Quek

  • Co-encapsulation of fish oil with phytosterol esters and limonene by milk proteins

    Qiong Chen;Duncan McGillivray;Jingyuan Wen;Fang Zhong

  • Physicochemical properties of bread dough and finished bread with added pectin fiber and phenolic antioxidants.

    Anusooya S. Sivam;Dongxiao Sun‐Waterhouse;Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse;SiewYoung Quek

  • Microencapsulation of astaxanthin with blends of milk protein and fiber by spray drying

    Qian Shen;Siew Young Quek

  • Kiwifruit flavour: A review

    Coralia V. Garcia;Coralia V. Garcia;Siew-Young Quek;Ralph J. Stevenson;Robert A. Winz

  • Effects of ultrasonic pretreatment on the structure and functionality of chicken bone protein prepared by enzymatic method.

    Zhou Yong Dong;Meng Yao Li;Gang Tian;Tie Hua Zhang

  • Properties and Stability of Spray-Dried and Freeze-Dried Microcapsules Co-Encapsulated with Fish Oil, Phytosterol Esters, and Limonene

    Qiong Chen;Fang Zhong;Jingyuan Wen;Duncan McGillivray

  • Separation of vitamin E from palm fatty acid distillate using silica: I Equilibrium of batch adsorption

    B.S. Chu;B.S. Baharin;Y.B. Che Man;S.Y. Quek

  • Evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial effects of shallot (Allium ascalonicum L.) fruit and ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague) seed extracts in semi-fried coated rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fillets for shelf-life extension

    Sara Raeisi;Majid Sharifi-Rad;Siew Young Quek;Bahareh Shabanpour

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Kilmartin
Paul A. Kilmartin University of Auckland
Yacine Hemar
Yacine Hemar University of Auckland
Y. B. Che Man
Y. B. Che Man Universiti Putra Malaysia
Xiao Dong Chen
Xiao Dong Chen Soochow University
John Shi
John Shi Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Allan B. Woolf
Allan B. Woolf Plant & Food Research
David Cameron-Smith
David Cameron-Smith Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse
Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse University of Auckland
C.F. Forster
C.F. Forster University of Birmingham
Javad Sharifi-Rad
Javad Sharifi-Rad Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo

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