Alan Imeson

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Alan Imeson is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Imeson has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Food Science, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Alan Imeson's work include Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (4 papers), Microencapsulation and Drying Processes (3 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (2 papers). Alan Imeson is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (4 papers), Microencapsulation and Drying Processes (3 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (2 papers). Alan Imeson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Alan Imeson's co-authors include D.A. Ledward, John R. Mitchell, P. R. Watson, B.L. Wedzicha, A. C. Smith, Peter Richmond, Amber B. Ray, M. W. Kearsley, Bertram J. F. Hudson and Robert Macrae and has published in prestigious journals such as Carbohydrate Polymers, Meat Science and Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

In The Last Decade

Alan Imeson

11 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Food Stabilisers, Thickeners and Gelling Agents

2009 404 citations Alan Imeson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Imeson United Kingdom	8	744	351	241	230	131	11	1.2k
Robert K. Richardson United Kingdom	17	845 1.1×	347 1.0×	324 1.3×	131 0.6×	27 0.2×	20	1.0k
Ali Rafe Iran	27	1.3k 1.8×	467 1.3×	478 2.0×	245 1.1×	142 1.1×	70	1.8k
Ali R. Taherian Canada	21	1.5k 2.0×	640 1.8×	354 1.5×	223 1.0×	126 1.0×	36	1.9k
Laura Piazza Italy	18	491 0.7×	227 0.6×	309 1.3×	119 0.5×	83 0.6×	64	971
Mahir Turhan Türkiye	14	679 0.9×	232 0.7×	270 1.1×	258 1.1×	58 0.4×	31	1.2k
P. A. Munro New Zealand	20	1.7k 2.3×	338 1.0×	270 1.1×	158 0.7×	383 2.9×	48	2.5k
David R. Picout United Kingdom	17	593 0.8×	439 1.3×	349 1.4×	145 0.6×	67 0.5×	20	1.1k
Rommy N. Zúñiga Chile	24	929 1.2×	184 0.5×	231 1.0×	277 1.2×	155 1.2×	53	1.5k
Pedro M. Silva Portugal	16	636 0.9×	151 0.4×	200 0.8×	166 0.7×	105 0.8×	23	998

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Imeson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Imeson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Imeson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Imeson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Imeson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alan Imeson. Alan Imeson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Imeson, Alan. (2009). Food Stabilisers, Thickeners and Gelling Agents. 404 indexed citations breakdown →

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Imeson, Alan. (1997). Thickening and Gelling Agents for Food. 444 indexed citations

3.

Imeson, Alan. (1992). Thickening and Gelling Agents for Food. 96 indexed citations

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Imeson, Alan, Peter Richmond, & A. C. Smith. (1985). The extrusion of soya with alginate using a twin-screw cooking extruder. Carbohydrate Polymers. 5(5). 329–341. 3 indexed citations

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Imeson, Alan, et al.. (1984). The effect of alginate inclusion on the extrusion behaviour of soya. Carbohydrate Polymers. 4(6). 443–460. 13 indexed citations

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Imeson, Alan, John R. Mitchell, & D.A. Ledward. (1980). Rheological properties of spinning dopes and spun fibres produced from plasma ‐ alginate mixtures. International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 15(3). 319–327. 3 indexed citations

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Imeson, Alan, D.A. Ledward, & John R. Mitchell. (1979). Effects of calcium and pH on spun fibres produced from plasma-alginate mixtures. Meat Science. 3(4). 287–294. 10 indexed citations

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Hudson, Bertram J. F., Alan Imeson, Robert Macrae, et al.. (1978). Food group symposium short paper reading meeting. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 29(12). 1091–1097. 1 indexed citations

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Imeson, Alan, P. R. Watson, John R. Mitchell, & D.A. Ledward. (1978). Protein recovery from blood plasma by precipitation with polyuronates. International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 13(4). 329–338. 29 indexed citations

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Wedzicha, B.L. & Alan Imeson. (1977). The yield of 3‐deoxy‐4‐sulphopentosulose in the sulphite inhibited non‐enzymic browning of ascorbic acid. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 28(8). 669–672. 12 indexed citations

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Imeson, Alan, D.A. Ledward, & John R. Mitchell. (1977). On the nature of the interaction between some anionic polysaccharides and proteins. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 28(8). 661–668. 156 indexed citations

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