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Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety

Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety is a research topic within Biotechnology. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 25.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the pathogenesis, virulence determinants, and food safety implications of Listeria monocytogenes. It covers topics such as bacterial contamination of fresh produce, microbial inactivation methods, epidemiology of foodborne illness outbreaks, and the molecular mechanisms of Listeria pathogenicity.

  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • foodborne illness
  • pathogenicity
  • fresh produce
  • virulence determinants
  • UV radiation
  • bacterial contamination
  • food safety
  • outbreaks
  • microbial inactivation
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+4%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (563 and 513 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 563 works
  2. 2 China 513 works
  3. 3 Brazil 145 works
  4. 4 India 143 works
  5. 5 South Korea 123 works
  6. 6 Spain 109 works
  7. 7 Italy 107 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 106 works
  9. 9 Japan 80 works
  10. 10 Germany 79 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.

United States: 28.6%China: 26.1%Brazil: 7.3%India: 7.3%6 others listed: 30.7%29%largest
United States563 · 28.6%China513 · 26.1%Brazil145 · 7.3%India143 · 7.3%6 others listed604 · 30.7%

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

Which institutions lead Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Georgia publishes the most Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety research, followed by Agricultural Research Service and Cornell University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of GeorgiaUnited States 20 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Research ServiceUnited States 17 works
  3. 3 Cornell UniversityUnited States 16 works
  4. 4 Washington State UniversityUnited States 14 works
  5. 5 Eastern Regional Research CenterUnited States 13 works
  6. 6 University of California, DavisUnited States 13 works
  7. 7 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 13 works
  8. 8 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 13 works
  9. 9 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 12 works
  10. 10 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety include Todd J. Ward and Colin Hill.

  1. 1 Todd J. Ward United States 5.3k citations
  2. 2 Colin Hill Ireland 2.5k citations

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

Where is Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety research done?

The largest centres of Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Athens.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 86 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 55 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 36 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C. United States 35 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 27 works
  6. 6 Paris France 26 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 26 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 25 works
  9. 9 Athens United States 24 works
  10. 10 Nanjing China 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AthensUS · 24.2 works17×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety?

Among universities, judged by research, Northwest A&F University, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology and Jiangsu 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.

0%20%40%mean 31.02%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northwest A&F University: 12, 42.3%University of Shanghai for Science and Technology: 12, 38.1%Jiangsu University: 11, 43.4%University of Georgia: 20, 16.1%Wageningen University & Research: 12, 20.1%Washington State University: 14, 19.4%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 13, 35.1%Nanjing Agricultural University: 10, 33.0%China Agricultural University: 11, 38.6%Oregon State University: 9, 24.1%Jiangsu UniversityNorthwest A&F Univer…University of Shangh…University of Georgia
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 74.142.3%10.3×12 +146.1%
2 University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyChina 59.438.1%8.9×12 +59.7%
3 Jiangsu UniversityChina 57.943.4%4.5×11 +398.4%
4 University of GeorgiaUnited States 57.816.1%14.6×20 +53.4%
5 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 53.220.1%10.8×12 -19.2%
6 Washington State UniversityUnited States 52.919.4%16.6×14 +54.8%
7 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 51.835.1%5.4×13 +98.0%
8 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 49.033.0%8.1×10 +51.7%
9 China Agricultural UniversityChina 48.038.6%6.5×11 -4.8%
10 Oregon State UniversityUnited States 47.124.1%10.1×9 +51.7%

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 Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety.

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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.

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.