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Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods

Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 19k 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 sensory analysis in food science research, exploring topics such as consumer perception, emotional response to food, product characterization, and the influence of cultural diversity on food preferences. The papers cover various methods including multivariate analysis, preference mapping, temporal dominance of sensations, and cross-cultural studies.

  • Sensory Analysis
  • Consumer Perception
  • Food Choice
  • Emotional Response
  • Product Characterization
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Neophobia
  • Preference Mapping
  • Temporal Dominance of Sensations
  • Cross-Cultural Study
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
21% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods

Which countries lead Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (416 and 363 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 416 works
  2. 2 Brazil 363 works
  3. 3 China 306 works
  4. 4 Italy 152 works
  5. 5 India 141 works
  6. 6 France 135 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 127 works
  8. 8 Spain 127 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 111 works
  10. 10 Japan 109 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: 20.9%Brazil: 18.3%China: 15.4%Italy: 7.7%6 others listed: 37.8%21%largest
United States416 · 20.9%Brazil363 · 18.3%China306 · 15.4%Italy152 · 7.7%6 others listed751 · 37.8%

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

Which institutions lead Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods research, followed by Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement and Wageningen University & Research.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 35 works
  2. 2 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 25 works
  3. 3 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 23 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal de LavrasBrazil 20 works
  5. 5 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 18 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 17 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 15 works
  8. 8 Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 11 works
  9. 9 Binus UniversityIndonesia 11 works
  10. 10 Cornell UniversityUnited States 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods include Walter Churchill Willett, Robert John Tibshirani and Julian P. T. Higgins.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  2. 2 Robert John Tibshirani United States 396k citations
  3. 3 Julian P. T. Higgins United Kingdom 390k citations
  4. 4 Amos Tversky United States 327k citations
  5. 5 Karl John Friston United Kingdom 310k citations
  6. 6 Donald B. Rubin United States 301k citations
  7. 7 Trevor Hastie United States 301k citations
  8. 8 Ralph B. D’Agostino United States 255k 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 Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods?

The most cited paper in Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods is "A power primer." (Jacob Cohen, 1992), with 42,833 citations. Next come "Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses" (37,775) and "ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis" (14,905).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A power primer. Jacob Cohen · Psychological Bulletin 1992 42,833
2 Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses Franz Faul, Edgar Erdfelder, Axel Buchner et al. · Behavior Research Methods Open access Nov 2009 37,775
3 ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis Cedric E. Ginestet · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society) 2011 14,905
4 Multivariate Data Analysis Xianggui Qu · Technometrics Feb 2007 14,841
5 The Application of Electronic Computers to Factor Analysis Henry F. Kaiser · Educational and Psychological Measurement Apr 1960 12,470
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods research done?

The largest centres of Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Tokyo (Japan) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lavras and Wageningen.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 61 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 41 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 39 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 38 works
  5. 5 SeoulSouth Korea 30 works
  6. 6 WageningenNetherlands 25 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 23 works
  8. 8 JakartaIndonesia 22 works
  9. 9 BrasíliaBrazil 21 works
  10. 10 LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LavrasBR · 20.3 works38×
  2. WageningenNL · 24.8 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods than the world average.

See Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods on the map

Where is the best place to study Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods?

Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, Beijing Technology and Business University and Acadia 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 18.68%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Beijing Technology a…Acadia UniversityUniversity of AucklandWageningen Universit…
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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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 73.618.8%21.4×23 -21.9%
2Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 71.135.2%18.3×11 +456.5%
3Acadia UniversityCanada 58.527.9%153.6×10 +25.5%
4University of AucklandNew Zealand 50.019.3%6.0×10 +56.1%
5Universidade Federal de LavrasBrazil 46.95.0%41.8×20 -15.8%
6Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 45.016.6%8.3×9 +62.1%
7Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 44.08.0%8.0×18 -51.3%
8North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 34.027.6%5.0×8 -39.4%
9Universidade de São PauloBrazil 31.49.6%2.4×15 -34.8%
10The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 31.418.8%2.9×11 -14.2%

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 Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods, country by country

Is Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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 Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods 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.

still counting5%10%15%Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods10.4% in 2025200020102020

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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