Food Quality and Safety Studies
Food Quality and Safety Studies is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 8.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the antioxidant activity, quality characteristics, and health functionality of various Korean traditional foods, including kimchi, rice wine (makgeolli), cookies, noodles, and herbal extracts. It investigates the fermentation process, microbial properties, and physicochemical composition of these foods, often incorporating medicinal plants to enhance their health benefits.
- Antioxidant Activity
- Quality Characteristics
- Korean Traditional Food
- Fermentation
- Health Functionality
- Microbial Properties
- Physicochemical Composition
- Medicinal Plants
- Kimchi
- Rice Wine
- Research works
- 36k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 8.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -38% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Food Quality and Safety Studies research?
By volume, China and South Korea publish the most (1.9k and 507 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.9k works
- 2 South Korea 507 works
- 3 Indonesia 296 works
- 4 India 246 works
- 5 Japan 211 works
- 6 United States 173 works
- 7 Türkiye 125 works
- 8 Egypt 89 works
- 9 Thailand 71 works
- 10 Russia 69 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.
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Which institutions lead Food Quality and Safety Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangnan University publishes the most Food Quality and Safety Studies research, followed by Beijing Technology and Business University and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Jiangnan UniversityChina 42 works
- 2 Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 34 works
- 3 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 34 works
- 4 Tea Research InstituteChina 30 works
- 5 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 29 works
- 6 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and TechnologyChina 28 works
- 7 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 27 works
- 8 Anhui Agricultural UniversityChina 25 works
- 9 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 23 works
- 10 Guizhou UniversityChina 22 works
Who are the leading researchers in Food Quality and Safety Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Food Quality and Safety Studies include Thomas Hofmann and Da‐Wen Sun.
- 1 Thomas Hofmann Germany 3.5k citations
- 2 Da‐Wen Sun Ireland 2.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Food Quality and Safety Studies research done?
The largest centres of Food Quality and Safety Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Hangzhou (China) and Wuxi (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jeonju and Cheongju-si.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- JeonjuKR · 37.9 works22×
- Cheongju-siKR · 24.6 works19×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Food Quality and Safety Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Food Quality and Safety Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Anhui Agricultural University, Jiangnan University and Beijing Technology and Business 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anhui Agricultural UniversityChina | 69.2 | 60.1% | 32.2× | 25 | -67.2% |
| 2 | Jiangnan UniversityChina | 68.6 | 45.1% | 15.8× | 42 | -79.9% |
| 3 | Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina | 66.4 | 46.5% | 36.0× | 34 | -49.3% |
| 4 | Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina | 63.4 | 43.2% | 28.2× | 29 | -87.8% |
| 5 | Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina | 63.3 | 49.7% | 14.4× | 22 | -81.9% |
| 6 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 61.8 | 41.4% | 15.4× | 27 | -82.6% |
| 7 | Guizhou UniversityChina | 57.1 | 40.9% | 9.5× | 22 | -79.9% |
| 8 | Hunan Agricultural UniversityChina | 56.3 | 38.0% | 31.1× | 21 | -86.6% |
| 9 | Yunnan Agricultural UniversityChina | 56.3 | 43.2% | 35.8× | 17 | -93.5% |
| 10 | Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina | 56.2 | 42.2% | 14.2× | 18 | -71.8% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Food Quality and Safety Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 38% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.