B.A. Lewis

30.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 25.2k citations indexed

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B.A. Lewis is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Science and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, B.A. Lewis has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 25.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 8 papers in Food Science and 7 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in B.A. Lewis's work include Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (8 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (7 papers) and Food composition and properties (5 papers). B.A. Lewis is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (8 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (7 papers) and Food composition and properties (5 papers). B.A. Lewis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and France. B.A. Lewis's co-authors include P.J. Van Soest, James B. Robertson, F. Smith, George W. Hay, M.E. Mangino, Joe M. Regenstein, Arun Kilara, C.V. Morr, J.E. Kinsella and Bruce German and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

B.A. Lewis

32 papers receiving 23.5k citations

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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.

Methods for Dietary Fiber, Neutral Detergent Fiber, and Nonstarch Polysaccharides in Relation to Animal Nutrition

1991 23.1k citations P.J. Van Soest, James B. Robertson et al. Journal of Dairy Science profile →
A Collaborative Study to Develop a Standardized Food Protein Solubility Procedure

1985 420 citations B.A. Lewis et al. Journal of Food Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
B.A. Lewis United States	19	16.8k	7.1k	4.9k	4.3k	3.5k	33	25.2k
James B. Robertson United States	21	16.8k 1.0×	6.8k 1.0×	4.7k 1.0×	4.3k 1.0×	3.0k 0.8×	56	24.4k
P.J. Van Soest United States	66	35.3k 2.1×	13.1k 1.8×	9.5k 1.9×	10.2k 2.4×	5.8k 1.6×	153	51.1k
H.P.S. Makkar Germany	76	8.0k 0.5×	3.9k 0.5×	7.1k 1.4×	2.0k 0.5×	2.6k 0.7×	254	24.9k
E. R. Ørskov United Kingdom	56	13.2k 0.8×	3.4k 0.5×	2.6k 0.5×	4.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.4×	253	15.3k
K. A. Beauchemin Canada	80	18.3k 1.1×	5.5k 0.8×	2.7k 0.5×	5.8k 1.4×	1.8k 0.5×	477	23.5k
Michael Kreuzer Switzerland	59	8.5k 0.5×	3.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.3×	2.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	451	13.8k
C.J. Sniffen United States	49	9.8k 0.6×	2.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.3×	3.8k 0.9×	942 0.3×	134	11.4k
S. Tamminga Netherlands	55	7.5k 0.4×	3.0k 0.4×	1.4k 0.3×	2.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	291	10.6k
C. J. Newbold United Kingdom	60	8.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.2×	1.5k 0.3×	1.7k 0.4×	950 0.3×	245	12.2k
G.A. Broderick United States	58	9.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.3×	1.6k 0.3×	3.4k 0.8×	894 0.3×	176	11.1k

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Lewis, B.A.. (2004). Infectious Drug Resistance. PubMed. 77(2). 139–41. 1 indexed citations

Steadman, Kathryn J., et al.. (2001). Buckwheat Seed Milling Fractions: Description, Macronutrient Composition and Dietary Fibre. Journal of Cereal Science. 33(3). 271–278. 168 indexed citations

Weaver, Gary A., Jean A. Krause, Paul Jenkins, et al.. (1997). Acarbose Enhances Human Colonic Butyrate Production. Journal of Nutrition. 127(5). 717–723. 87 indexed citations

Soest, P.J. Van, James B. Robertson, & B.A. Lewis. (1991). Methods for Dietary Fiber, Neutral Detergent Fiber, and Nonstarch Polysaccharides in Relation to Animal Nutrition. Journal of Dairy Science. 74(10). 3583–3597. 23059 indexed citations breakdown →

Lewis, B.A., et al.. (1989). Determination of soluble fiber components: (1- > 3; 1- > 4)-β- and pectins. Animal Feed Science and Technology. 23(1-3). 15–25. 18 indexed citations

Kirk, Lily, et al.. (1987). Identification of ninhydrin-positive caprolactam metabolites in the rat. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 25(3). 233–239. 4 indexed citations

Lewis, B.A., et al.. (1985). Possible parameters in the urinary excretion of tritium. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 50(1). 25–30. 2 indexed citations

Robertson, James, P.J. Van Soest, B.A. Lewis, et al.. (1983). The Influence of Dietary Fiber Source on Human Intestinal Transit and Stool Output. Journal of Nutrition. 113(8). 1464–1479. 135 indexed citations

Sherbon, J.W., et al.. (1982). Effect of Chlorine Treatment on Wheat Flour and Starch: Measurement of Thermal Properties by Differential Scanning Calorimetry. Journal of Food Science. 47(5). 1508–1511. 7 indexed citations

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Fischer, Martin H., B.A. Lewis, & William N. Adkins. (1981). Urinary levels of blood group A trisaccharide: observations in two siblings with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Clinica Chimica Acta. 114(1). 11–19. 5 indexed citations

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Soest, P.J. Van, et al.. (1980). Utilization of Dietary Fiber from Alfalfa by Growing Swine. I. Apparent Digestibility of Diet Components in Specific Segments of the Gastrointestinal Tract1. Journal of Animal Science. 50(1). 175–191. 195 indexed citations

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Hackler, Laszlo, Jerry M. Rivers, P.J. Van Soest, et al.. (1980). Dietary fiber: the effect of particle size of wheat bran on colonic function in young adult men. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 33(8). 1734–1744. 134 indexed citations

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Lewis, B.A.. (1978). Physical and biological properties of structural and other nondigestible carbohydrates. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 31(10). S82–S85. 10 indexed citations

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Horisberger, M., B.A. Lewis, & F. Smith. (1972). Structure of a (1→3)-α-d-glucan (pseudonigeran) of Aspergillus niger NNRL 326 cell wall. Carbohydrate Research. 23(2). 183–188. 31 indexed citations

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Horisberger, M., B.A. Lewis, & F. Smith. (1972). Some reactions of 2-propynyl glycosides. Carbohydrate Research. 23(1). 144–147. 1 indexed citations

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Graham, E.F., et al.. (1967). d -MANNITOL, ERYTHRITOL AND GLYCEROL IN BOVINE SEMEN. Reproduction. 13(2). 189–197. 16 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Irwin, B.A. Lewis, & F. Smith. (1958). The Structure of the Dialdehyde Formed by Periodate Oxidation of Methyl α-L-Rhamnopyranoside^1,2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80(4). 939–941. 19 indexed citations

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Lewis, B.A. & F. Smith. (1957). THE HETEROGENEITY OF POLYSACCHARIDES AS REVEALED BY ELECTROPHORESIS ON GLASS-FIBER PAPER. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 79(14). 3929–3931. 42 indexed citations

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Lewis, B.A., et al.. (1957). The Constitution of Corn Starch Dextrin¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 79(15). 4209–4212. 22 indexed citations

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Lewis, B.A., et al.. (1954). Chromatographic Separation of Sugars with Hydrocellulose. Analytical Chemistry. 26(2). 264–266. 22 indexed citations

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