Alejandro Amézquita

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Alejandro Amézquita is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Food Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Amézquita has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Biotechnology, 13 papers in Food Science and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Amézquita's work include Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (14 papers), Microbial Inactivation Methods (8 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers). Alejandro Amézquita is often cited by papers focused on Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (14 papers), Microbial Inactivation Methods (8 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers). Alejandro Amézquita collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Alejandro Amézquita's co-authors include Kristian K. Brandt, Edward Topp, Jason Snape, Peter McClure, M.M. Brashears, D. G. Joakim Larsson, Peter Collignon, P. Silley, Yong‐Guan Zhu and James M. Lazorchak and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Clinical Microbiology Reviews and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Amézquita

36 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Management Options for Reducing the Release of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes to the Environment

2013 623 citations Amy Pruden, D. G. Joakim Larsson et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for Environmental Development and Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance

2013 520 citations Nicholas J. Ashbolt, Alejandro Amézquita et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alejandro Amézquita United Kingdom	21	1.2k	662	613	563	535	36	2.5k
Paulo Martins da Costa Portugal	28	623 0.5×	387 0.6×	684 1.1×	318 0.6×	423 0.8×	111	2.4k
Rita Finley Canada	21	976 0.8×	794 1.2×	858 1.4×	161 0.3×	306 0.6×	47	2.4k
Magdalena Popowska Poland	20	611 0.5×	420 0.6×	571 0.9×	274 0.5×	563 1.1×	50	1.9k
Likou Zou China	32	741 0.6×	868 1.3×	458 0.7×	241 0.4×	855 1.6×	141	2.9k
Alexandra Moura France	34	766 0.7×	1.1k 1.6×	860 1.4×	1.1k 1.9×	784 1.5×	64	2.9k
Etinosa O. Igbinosa Nigeria	28	592 0.5×	620 0.9×	417 0.7×	248 0.4×	798 1.5×	90	3.1k
Saima Muzammil Pakistan	24	493 0.4×	470 0.7×	729 1.2×	159 0.3×	1.0k 1.9×	87	3.8k
Chang‐Jun Cha South Korea	23	609 0.5×	288 0.4×	293 0.5×	244 0.4×	920 1.7×	81	2.1k
Pascal Sandérs France	31	762 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	757 1.2×	164 0.3×	595 1.1×	130	3.4k
Patrı́cia Antunes Portugal	26	679 0.6×	1.6k 2.4×	1.1k 1.8×	441 0.8×	449 0.8×	71	2.6k

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McBain, Andrew J., Catherine O’Neill, Alejandro Amézquita, et al.. (2019). Consumer Safety Considerations of Skin and Oral Microbiome Perturbation. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 32(4). 16 indexed citations

Rantsiou, Kalliopi, et al.. (2017). Next generation microbiological risk assessment: opportunities of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for foodborne pathogen surveillance, source tracking and risk assessment. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 287. 3–9. 74 indexed citations

Valdez, Luis, Alejandro Amézquita, Steven P. Hooker, & David O. Garcia. (2017). Mexican-origin male perspectives of diet-related behaviors associated with weight management. International Journal of Obesity. 41(12). 1824–1830. 26 indexed citations

Besten, Heidy M.W. den, Alejandro Amézquita, Sara Bover‐Cid, et al.. (2017). Next generation of microbiological risk assessment: Potential of omics data for exposure assessment. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 287. 18–27. 55 indexed citations

Marc, Yvan Le & Alejandro Amézquita. (2016). A Systems Level Approach for Identification of Molecular Targets for Antimicrobial Intervention against Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, while Predicting Biofilm Formation. Procedia Food Science. 7. 113–116. 1 indexed citations

Brandt, Kristian K., Alejandro Amézquita, Thomas Backhaus, et al.. (2015). Ecotoxicological assessment of antibiotics: A call for improved consideration of microorganisms. Environment International. 85. 189–205. 219 indexed citations

Pitt, Tyrone L., et al.. (2014). Bacillus cereus in personal care products: risk to consumers. International Journal of Cosmetic Science. 37(2). 165–174. 25 indexed citations

Ashbolt, Nicholas J., Alejandro Amézquita, Thomas Backhaus, et al.. (2013). Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for Environmental Development and Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance. Environmental Health Perspectives. 121(9). 993–1001. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

Padilla, Pablo, et al.. (2013). Arqueoacústica maya. La necesidad del estudio sistemático de efectos acústicos en sitios arqueológicos. Estudios de Cultura Maya. 32. 3 indexed citations

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Pruden, Amy, D. G. Joakim Larsson, Alejandro Amézquita, et al.. (2013). Management Options for Reducing the Release of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes to the Environment. Environmental Health Perspectives. 121(8). 878–885. 623 indexed citations breakdown →

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Finn, Sarah, Orla Condell, Peter McClure, Alejandro Amézquita, & Séamus Fanning. (2013). Mechanisms of survival, responses and sources of Salmonella in low-moisture environments. Frontiers in Microbiology. 4. 331–331. 281 indexed citations

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Rushton, Laura, et al.. (2013). The effect of cationic microbicide exposure againstBurkholderia cepaciacomplex (Bcc); the use ofBurkholderia latastrain 383 as a model bacterium. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 115(5). 1117–1126. 37 indexed citations

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Finn, Sarah, Jay C. D. Hinton, Peter McClure, et al.. (2013). Phenotypic Characterization of Salmonella Isolated from Food Production Environments Associated with Low–Water Activity Foods. Journal of Food Protection. 76(9). 1488–1499. 18 indexed citations

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Membré, Jeanne‐Marie, et al.. (2006). A Probabilistic Modeling Approach in Thermal Inactivation: Estimation of Postprocess Bacillus cereus Spore Prevalence and Concentration. Journal of Food Protection. 69(1). 118–129. 45 indexed citations

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Wang, Lijun, et al.. (2006). Estimation of Heat Transfer Coefficients of Cooked Boneless Ham. Insecta mundi. 1(1). 1. 3 indexed citations

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Sánchez-Plata, Marcos X., Alejandro Amézquita, Erin E. Blankenship, et al.. (2005). Predictive Model for Clostridium perfringens Growth in Roast Beef during Cooling and Inhibition of Spore Germination and Outgrowth by Organic Acid Salts. Journal of Food Protection. 68(12). 2594–2605. 24 indexed citations

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Corradini, Maria G., Alejandro Amézquita, Mark D. Normand, & Micha Peleg. (2005). Modeling and predicting non-isothermal microbial growth using general purpose software. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 106(2). 223–228. 19 indexed citations

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Brashears, M.M., Alejandro Amézquita, & Divya Jaroni. (2005). Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Uses in Animal Feeding to Improve Food Safety. Advances in food and nutrition research. 50. 1–31. 48 indexed citations

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Amézquita, Alejandro & M.M. Brashears. (2002). Competitive Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat Products by Lactic Acid Bacteria. Journal of Food Protection. 65(2). 316–325. 99 indexed citations

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Brashears, M.M., Alejandro Amézquita, & Jayne Stratton. (2001). Validation of Methods Used To Recover Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. Subjected to Stress Conditions. Journal of Food Protection. 64(10). 1466–1471. 43 indexed citations

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