Hot papers in agricultural and food sciences 2006-07

Paper %3Cbr /%3EAuthor(s), Journal	Citations
1 Standardization of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Protocols for the Subtyping of Escherichia Coli O157: H7 Salmonella, and Shigella For Pulsenet Ribot, E. M., Fair, M. A, Gautom, R., Cameron, D. N., Hunter, S. B., Swaminathan, B., Barrett, T. J. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 3 (1): 59-67 Spring 2006	24
2 Regulation of Iron Metabolism by Hepcidin Nemeth, E., Ganz, T. Annual Review of Nutrition 26: 323-342 2006	22
3 Unmetabolized Folic Acid in Plasma Is Associated with Reduced Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxicity among Postmenopausal Women Troen, A. M., Mitchell, B., Sorensen, B., Wener, M. H., Johnston, A., Wood, B., Selhub, J., McTiernan, A., Yasui, Y., Oral, E., Potter, J. D., Ulrich, C. M. The Journal of Nutrition 136 (1): 189-194 January 2006	21
4 The Role and Application of Enterococci in Food and Health Moreno, M. R. F., Sarantinopoulos, P., Tsakalidou, E., De Vuyst, L. International Journal of Food Microbiology 106 (1): 1-24 January 2006	20
5 Visible, Near Infrared, Mid Infrared or Combined Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy for Simultaneous Assessment of Various Soil Properties Viscarra Rossel, R. A., Walvoort, D. J. J., McBratney, A. B., Janik, L. J., Skjemstad, J. O. Geoderma 131 (1-2): 59-75 March 2006	19
6 Garlic and Cardiovascular Disease: A Critical Review Rahman, K., Lowe, G. M.
The Journal of Nutrition 136 (3): 736S-740S Suppl. S March 2006	18
7 Phenolic Compounds in Plants and Agri-Industrial By-Products: Antioxidant Activity, Occurrence, and Potential Uses Balasundram, N., Sundram, K., Samman, S.
Food Chemistry 99 (1): 191-203 2006	16
8 Trends in Serum Folate, Rbc Folate, and Circulating Total Homocysteine Concentrations in the United States: Analysis of Data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1988-1994, 1999-2000, and 2001-2002 Ganji, V., Kafai, M. R. The Journal of Nutrition 136 (1): 153-158 January 2006	15
9 A Review of the Effects and Mechanisms of Polyphenolics in Cancer Nichenametla, S. N., Taruscio, T. G., Barney, D. L., Exon, J. H. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 46 (2): 161-183 2006	15
10 Extraction of Active Ingredients from Green Tea (Camellia sinensis): Extraction Efficiency of Major Catechins and Caffeine Perva-Uzunalic, A., Skerget, M., Knez, Z., Weinreich, B., Otto, F., Gruner, S. Food Chemistry 96 (4): 597-605 June 2006	11

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1997 to December 2007, surveys only journal articles (original research reports and review articles) indexed by Thomson Scientific. Articles are assigned to a category based on the journals in which they were published and Thomson Scientific’s journal-to-category field definition scheme. Both articles tabulated and citation counts to those articles are for the period indicated. Hot papers are limited to those articles published in the past two years. A paper is selected as a hot paper if it meets a citation frequency threshold determined for its field and bimonthly group. Citation frequency distributions are compiled for each field and cohort. Thresholds are set by finding the closest citation count that would select the top fraction of papers in each field and period. The fraction is set to retrieve about 0.1 per cent of papers. For more information on Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators, see http://scientific.thomson.com/products/esi.