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Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

In research, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,291 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Food Science — Food Science is 19.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,484
of 28,054 · #5,549 all time
Rank in United States
#1,268
of 4,192
Research works
2.3k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
82k
36.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #4,291 of 7,800 23.8%117 #2473

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Food Science takes 19.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Food ScienceSubfield · 31.4 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5.07× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.81× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.68× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.76× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.08× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.63× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 2.97× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.37× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition?

Ranked on the composite score, Jun‐Jie Yin, Magdi M. Mossoba and Shashi Sharma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

  1. 1 Jun‐Jie Yin United States · #195,147 worldwide 110 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Magdi M. Mossoba United States · #251,856 worldwide 189 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Shashi Sharma United States · #326,447 worldwide 64 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Jane M. Van Doren United States · #353,200 worldwide 187 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Marc W. Allard United States · #421,577 worldwide 101 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Carol West Suitor United States · #442,691 worldwide 57 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Eric W. Brown United States · #478,397 worldwide 98 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 M. P. Yurawecz United States · #492,673 worldwide 149 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Steven M. Gendel United States · #520,740 worldwide 70 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Eugene P. Mazzola United States · #629,915 worldwide 110 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Which keywords describe research at Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Food Safety, Pathogenicity, Epidemiology, Foodborne Illness, Infection, Public Health, Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Inactivation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology34▲ 4.0×40 topics
  2. Food Safety28▲ 45×13 topics
  3. Pathogenicity26▲ 180×5 topics
  4. Foodborne Illness24▲ 312×2 topics
  5. Public Health18▲ 5.7×15 topics
  6. Infection17▲ 32×4 topics
  7. Antimicrobial Resistance14▲ 33×6 topics
  8. Microbial Inactivation14▲ 193×2 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress13▲ 3.8×30 topics
  10. Health Effects13▲ 9.9×18 topics
  11. Genome Sequencing13▲ 38×5 topics
  12. Campylobacter12▲ 279×1 topic
  13. Salmonella12▲ 279×1 topic
  14. UV Radiation12▲ 121×2 topics
  15. Listeria monocytogenes12▲ 356×1 topic
  16. fresh produce12▲ 356×1 topic
  17. Pathogenesis8▲ 7.3×12 topics
  18. Risk Perception7▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Toxicity7▲ 8.0×16 topics
  20. Consumer Awareness7▲ 177×1 topic
  21. Hygiene Practices7▲ 177×1 topic
  22. Antioxidant Activity7▲ 5.1×17 topics
  23. Genomic Analysis7▲ 13×8 topics
  24. Gut Microbiota7▲ 9.1×7 topics
  25. Metabolic Disorders6▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Vaccine6▲ 6.7×6 topics
  27. Phylogenetic Analysis5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  28. Genomics5▲ 8.4×6 topics
  29. Toxicology5▲ 14×7 topics
  30. Probiotics5▲ 9.8×5 topics
  31. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 6.0×8 topics
  32. Environmental Exposure5▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Quality Assessment5▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Virulence Factors5▲ 15×7 topics
  35. Cancer Prevention5▲ 8.4×9 topics
  36. Norovirus5▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Rotavirus5▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Traceability5▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Food Authentication4▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Global Impact4▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety, Food Safety and Hygiene and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Salmonella and Campyloba…12Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 12 fractional worksListeria monocytogenes in Food Safety: 12 fractional worksFood Safety and Hygiene: 7 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 5 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 4 fractional worksVibrio bacteria research studies: 4 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 4 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 3 fractional worksEnterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research: 3 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 3 fractional works
Food ScienceBiotechnologyInfectious DiseasesMolecular Biology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 12 works
  2. 2 Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety Biotechnology 12 works
  3. 3 Food Safety and Hygiene Food Science 7 works
  4. 4 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 5 works
  5. 5 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Vibrio bacteria research studies Endocrinology 4 works
  7. 7 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 4 works
  8. 8 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  9. 9 Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research Endocrinology 3 works
  10. 10 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available34.4%not open65.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.2%domestic only82.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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