Food Drying and Modeling

Food Drying and Modeling is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the drying and dehydration processes of various food products, including fruits, vegetables, and herbs. It covers topics such as kinetics of drying, modeling of drying processes, use of microwave and solar energy for drying, quality changes during drying, and the application of ultrasound as a pre-treatment. The papers also discuss the impact of different drying methods on the color, texture, antioxidant properties, and overall quality of the dried food products.

Drying
Dehydration
Food
Kinetics
Modeling
Microwave
Quality
Solar
Ultrasound
Kinetic Models

Research works: 13k
In the world top 10%: 1.4k
Top-10% rate: 10.1%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +22%
Largest producer: China

Food Drying and Modeling

Which countries lead Food Drying and Modeling research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (806 and 515 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 China 806 works
2 India 515 works
3 Türkiye 245 works
4 Indonesia 212 works
5 United States 180 works
6 Brazil 175 works
7 Nigeria 115 works
8 Thailand 95 works
9 Iran 92 works
10 Mexico 73 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China806 · 32.1%India515 · 20.5%Türkiye245 · 9.8%Indonesia212 · 8.4%6 others listed729 · 29.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Food Drying and Modeling research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Food Drying and Modeling research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and China Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 48 works
2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 40 works
3 China Agricultural UniversityChina 30 works
4 Jiangsu UniversityChina 25 works
5 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 24 works
6 Jiangnan UniversityChina 23 works
7 McGill UniversityCanada 19 works
8 Warsaw University of Life SciencesPoland 19 works
9 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 18 works
10 Nanchang UniversityChina 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Food Drying and Modeling?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Food Drying and Modeling include Jun Wang, İbrahim Dinçer and Feiyu Kang.

1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
2 İbrahim Dinçer Canada 111k citations
3 Feiyu Kang China 109k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Food Drying and Modeling?

The most cited paper in Food Drying and Modeling is "Applications of spray-drying in microencapsulation of food ingredients: An overview" (Adem Gharsallaoui, Gaëlle Roudaut, Odile Chambin et al., 2007), with 2,414 citations. Next come "A NEW MODEL FOR SINGLE-LAYER DRYING" (1,557) and "Hot air and freeze-drying of high-value foods: a review" (1,407).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Applications of spray-drying in microencapsulation of food ingredients: An overview Adem Gharsallaoui, Gaëlle Roudaut, Odile Chambin et al. · Food Research International	3 Aug 2007	2,414
2	A NEW MODEL FOR SINGLE-LAYER DRYING Adnan Mi̇di̇lli̇, H. Kucuk, Ziya Yapar · Drying Technology	23 Jul 2002	1,557
3	Hot air and freeze-drying of high-value foods: a review Cristina Ratti · Journal of Food Engineering	Sep 2001	1,407
4	An Empirical Model for the Description of Moisture Sorption Curves Micha Peleg · Journal of Food Science	Jul 1988	1,178
5	Microwave food processing—A review S. Chandrasekaran, S. Ramanathan, Tanmay Basak · Food Research International	4 Mar 2013	982

All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Food Drying and Modeling research done?

The largest centres of Food Drying and Modeling research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Wuxi (China), Bangkok (Thailand) and Zhengzhou (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 103 works
2 WuxiChina 39 works
3 BangkokThailand 38 works
4 ZhengzhouChina 36 works
5 NanjingChina 34 works
6 New DelhiIndia 31 works
7 IstanbulTürkiye 31 works
8 ZhenjiangChina 27 works
9 ChennaiIndia 26 works
10 Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam 26 works

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Where is the best place to study Food Drying and Modeling?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, China Agricultural University and Northwest A&F University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Jiangsu UniversityChina	89.8	37.8%	9.3×	25	+76.4%
2	China Agricultural UniversityChina	83.0	29.3%	15.9×	30	+35.5%
3	Northwest A&F UniversityChina	65.2	16.3%	13.9×	18	+51.5%
4	Jiangnan UniversityChina	60.4	20.0%	11.4×	23	-8.8%
5	McGill UniversityCanada	60.0	17.2%	5.6×	19	+10.7%
6	Nanchang UniversityChina	60.0	29.2%	7.1×	18	-16.4%
7	Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina	59.4	29.4%	27.8×	14	-
8	National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and ManagementIndia	56.8	17.8%	144.7×	14	+55.0%
9	Henan University of TechnologyChina	56.3	19.2%	25.8×	18	+996.5%
10	Washington State UniversityUnited States	53.2	21.7%	11.3×	13	-13.1%
11	Warsaw University of Life SciencesPoland	48.8	14.4%	33.7×	19	-27.9%
12	National Institute of Technology RourkelaIndia	45.5	9.9%	18.5×	14	+58.7%
13	Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina	45.5	20.1%	7.1×	9	+23.0%
14	Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia	44.8	14.0%	23.6×	13	+17.1%
15	Yıldız Technical UniversityTürkiye	42.1	5.0%	16.8×	15	-13.7%
16	Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain	42.0	14.9%	9.0×	11	-22.4%
17	Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa ÜniversitesiTürkiye	41.3	1.9%	30.2×	18	+156.8%
18	Universidade Federal de LavrasBrazil	39.5	11.5%	24.6×	14	-12.9%
19	Tezpur UniversityIndia	38.3	15.7%	25.0×	9	+10.9%
20	Kasetsart UniversityThailand	37.8	13.2%	12.6×	9	+4.3%
21	Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina	36.8	8.5%	11.8×	10	+143.8%
22	Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇Türkiye	36.7	12.8%	15.0×	13	-20.3%
23	Institute of Chemical TechnologyIndia	33.1	4.7%	29.7×	9	+152.1%
24	Ladoke Akintola University of TechnologyNigeria	31.5	0.8%	31.5×	10	+26.1%
25	Henan University of Science and TechnologyChina	30.9	7.5%	11.4×	10	-0.9%
26	Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia	30.3	12.0%	6.6×	11	-33.4%
27	Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina	29.6	13.4%	4.6×	9	+374.7%
28	Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam	28.1	4.6%	5.9×	9	+335.0%
29	Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia	26.7	7.6%	4.9×	9	-33.6%
30	Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeBrazil	23.3	3.5%	17.0×	11	-64.7%
31	Weatherford CollegeUnited States	22.9	9.4%	1.8×	8	+118.4%
32	University of BrawijayaIndonesia	22.2	6.7%	3.8×	11	-6.6%
33	Ege UniversityTürkiye	21.4	3.6%	7.1×	8	-53.2%
34	Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia	20.4	4.8%	4.6×	12	-30.4%
35	Universitas JemberIndonesia	20.4	0.1%	5.0×	10	+143.8%
36	Islamic Azad University, TehranIran	19.5	7.5%	1.9×	11	-42.1%
37	Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia	11.7	0.3%	2.5×	8	+8.3%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Food Drying and Modeling, country by country

Is Food Drying and Modeling research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Food Drying and Modeling.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Food Drying and Modeling as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

Fractional works of Food Drying and Modeling over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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Which countries lead Food Drying and Modeling research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Food Drying and Modeling research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Food Drying and Modeling?

What are the most cited papers in Food Drying and Modeling?

Where is Food Drying and Modeling research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Food Drying and Modeling?

Is Food Drying and Modeling research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion