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Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology

Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology is a research topic within Nutrition and Dietetics. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role of fructans, such as inulin and oligofructose, in nutrition and health. It covers their impact on gut microbiota, calcium absorption, immune modulation, and their potential as prebiotics and dietary fiber. The papers also discuss the health benefits and applications of fructans in functional foods.

  • Fructans
  • Inulin
  • Oligofructose
  • Prebiotics
  • Health Benefits
  • Dietary Fiber
  • Gut Microbiota
  • Calcium Absorption
  • Immunomodulation
  • Functional Food
Research works
44k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+21%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
41% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.1k and 736 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.1k works
  2. 2 India 736 works
  3. 3 United States 401 works
  4. 4 Brazil 379 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 346 works
  6. 6 Russia 281 works
  7. 7 Mexico 249 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 245 works
  9. 9 Poland 192 works
  10. 10 Iran 188 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.

China: 41.1%India: 14.4%United States: 7.8%Brazil: 7.4%6 others listed: 29.3%41%largest
China2,105 · 41.1%India736 · 14.4%United States401 · 7.8%Brazil379 · 7.4%6 others listed1,501 · 29.3%

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

Which institutions lead Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology research, followed by Nanchang University and Jiangnan University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 107 works
  2. 2 Nanchang UniversityChina 100 works
  3. 3 Jiangnan UniversityChina 82 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 72 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 50 works
  6. 6 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 47 works
  7. 7 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 44 works
  8. 8 Henan University of TechnologyChina 41 works
  9. 9 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 40 works
  10. 10 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 39 works

Who are the leading researchers in Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology include Walter Churchill Willett, Reza Malekzadeh and George M. Whitesides.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  2. 2 Reza Malekzadeh Iran 278k citations
  3. 3 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  4. 4 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  5. 5 Carlo La Vecchia Italy 258k citations
  6. 6 Jeffrey I. Gordon United States 250k citations
  7. 7 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  8. 8 David Botstein United States 221k 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 Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology?

The most cited paper in Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology is "Methods for Dietary Fiber, Neutral Detergent Fiber, and Nonstarch Polysaccharides in Relation to Animal Nutrition" (Peter J. Van Soest, James B. Robertson, B.A. Lewis, 1991), with 28,661 citations. Next come "The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic" (9,518) and "Dietary Modulation of the Human Colonic Microbiota: Introducing the Concept of Prebiotics" (7,690).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Methods for Dietary Fiber, Neutral Detergent Fiber, and Nonstarch Polysaccharides in Relation to Animal Nutrition Peter J. Van Soest, James B. Robertson, B.A. Lewis · Journal of Dairy Science Open access Oct 1991 28,661
2 The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic Colin Hill, Francisco Guarner, Gregor Reid et al. · Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology ReviewOpen access 10 Jun 2014 9,518
3 Dietary Modulation of the Human Colonic Microbiota: Introducing the Concept of Prebiotics Glenn R. Gibson, Marcel B. Roberfroid · Journal of Nutrition Jun 1995 7,690
4 Universal chemical assay for the detection and determination of siderophores B. Schwyn, J. B. Neilands · Analytical Biochemistry 1987 6,619
5 Expert consensus document: The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of prebiotics Glenn R. Gibson, Robert W. Hutkins, Mary Ellen Sanders et al. · Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology ReviewOpen access 14 Jun 2017 5,560
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Where is Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology research done?

The largest centres of Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Wuxi (China), Nanjing (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi and Yangling.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 258 works
  2. 2 WuxiChina 161 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 96 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 94 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 91 works
  6. 6 ZhengzhouChina 85 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 74 works
  8. 8 Mexico CityMexico 73 works
  9. 9 TehranIran 71 works
  10. 10 ShanghaiChina 71 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 160.9 works21×
  2. YanglingCN · 36.7 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanchang University, Northwest A&F University and Nanjing University of Finance and Economics score highest, combining citation 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 23.9%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanjing University o…Northwest A&F Univer…Nanchang UniversityJiangnan University
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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.

Citation 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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Nanchang UniversityChina 76.320.1%18.8×100 +62.2%
2Northwest A&F UniversityChina 70.723.2%13.4×37 +60.2%
3Nanjing University of Finance and EconomicsChina 68.730.7%16.4×15 +123.9%
4Jiangnan UniversityChina 65.514.0%19.7×82 +54.4%
5Jiangsu UniversityChina 64.126.8%4.0×22 +55.1%
6Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 63.522.0%19.4×29 +86.3%
7Henan University of TechnologyChina 63.220.4%28.9×41 +51.4%
8Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 62.122.2%15.3×25 +127.3%
9Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 60.730.8%12.3×22 +83.1%
10South China University of TechnologyChina 60.228.8%3.0×23 +19.8%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology, country by country

Is Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.040% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology 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.

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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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