Influential WoS indexed papers on Food Technology domain in 2015: An overview of the current influences of Food technology research

Abstract

In this research paper, we analyzed the hy-core of Food technology Thomson Reuters Web of Science indexed papers for the year 2015 using Bibliometric and Scientometric techniques to obtain an overview about the main journals, institutions, authors and countries that influence the most Food technology research area nowadays. This study confirmed that the main papers that currently influences Food technology research are either new papers defining innovative techniques and findings or old papers that are mainly cited because they are considered as fundamental in the field by the Food technology research communities. It also proved a major current influence of the old highly cited researchers, of the specialized nationwide research institutes, of the journals with high impact factors that publish papers about all the aspects of Food technology research, and of the United States specifically University of Massachusetts Amherst on Food technology research.