Balarabe B. Ismail

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Balarabe B. Ismail is a scholar working on Food Science, Forestry and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Balarabe B. Ismail has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Food Science, 11 papers in Forestry and 8 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Balarabe B. Ismail's work include African Botany and Ecology Studies (11 papers), Microbial Inactivation Methods (8 papers) and Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (7 papers). Balarabe B. Ismail is often cited by papers focused on African Botany and Ecology Studies (11 papers), Microbial Inactivation Methods (8 papers) and Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (7 papers). Balarabe B. Ismail collaborates with scholars based in China, Nigeria and United States. Balarabe B. Ismail's co-authors include Mingming Guo, Donghong Liu, Xinhui Zhang, Yunfeng Pu, Xingqian Ye, Donghong Liu, Tony Z. Jin, Qiao He, Lihua Fan and Xiaobin Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Balarabe B. Ismail

41 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Emerging chitosan-essential oil films and coatings for fo... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Emerging chitosan-essential oil films and coatings for food preservation - A review of advances and applications
    2021 223 citations Xinhui Zhang, Balarabe B. Ismail et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Balarabe B. Ismail China 22 588 539 358 237 219 45 1.6k
Michael Ramos Nunes Brazil 22 581 1.0× 558 1.0× 292 0.8× 191 0.8× 178 0.8× 48 1.5k
Josemar Gonçalves de Oliveira Filho Brazil 27 941 1.6× 844 1.6× 608 1.7× 299 1.3× 207 0.9× 100 2.0k
Margarida C. Vieira Portugal 19 567 1.0× 477 0.9× 449 1.3× 162 0.7× 219 1.0× 48 1.5k
Milena Martelli‐Tosi Brazil 19 419 0.7× 612 1.1× 253 0.7× 118 0.5× 123 0.6× 50 1.3k
Yahya Maghsoudlou Iran 26 1.2k 2.0× 608 1.1× 392 1.1× 256 1.1× 210 1.0× 90 2.0k
Alcilene Rodrigues Monteiro Brazil 26 911 1.5× 1.0k 1.9× 732 2.0× 173 0.7× 344 1.6× 83 2.4k
Elton G. Bonafé Brazil 26 504 0.9× 502 0.9× 322 0.9× 237 1.0× 235 1.1× 83 2.0k
Caroline Dellinghausen Borges Brazil 23 1.1k 1.9× 373 0.7× 555 1.6× 161 0.7× 346 1.6× 67 1.9k
Basharat Yousuf India 18 840 1.4× 648 1.2× 676 1.9× 253 1.1× 437 2.0× 22 1.8k
Muhammad Bilal Sadiq Pakistan 29 876 1.5× 516 1.0× 798 2.2× 411 1.7× 210 1.0× 90 2.4k

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All Works

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Ismail, Balarabe B., Qiao He, Donghong Liu, & Mingming Guo. (2025). Targeting bacterial cell envelope stress responses to advance the next generation of antimicrobial approaches. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 1–26.
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Fan, Lihua, Yixin Dong, Balarabe B. Ismail, et al.. (2025). The Antimicrobial Activity and Resistance Evolution of Nanomaterials: A Review. ACS Materials Letters. 7(3). 1085–1111. 9 indexed citations
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Ismail, Balarabe B., et al.. (2024). Advances in microscopy-based techniques applied to the antimicrobial resistance of foodborne pathogens. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 152. 104674–104674. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Yiming, et al.. (2024). A novel antimicrobial peptide WBp-1 from wheat bran: Purification, characterization and antibacterial potential against Listeria monocytogenes. Food Chemistry. 463(Pt 2). 141261–141261. 13 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wei, Balarabe B. Ismail, Yongkui Zhang, et al.. (2023). LC-MS/MS Based Volatile Organic Compound Biomarkers Analysis for Early Detection of Lung Cancer. Cancers. 15(4). 1186–1186. 27 indexed citations
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Fan, Lihua, Yanru Zhang, Balarabe B. Ismail, et al.. (2023). Bacillus spore germination: mechanisms, identification, and antibacterial strategies. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 64(30). 11146–11160. 15 indexed citations
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Ismail, Balarabe B., et al.. (2022). An Overview of the Effect of Covid-19 on Household Food Waste: How Does the Pandemic Affect Food Waste at the Household Level?. International journal on food system dynamics. 13(1). 1–16. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinhui, Mingming Guo, Balarabe B. Ismail, et al.. (2021). Informative and corrective responsive packaging: Advances in farm‐to‐fork monitoring and remediation of food quality and safety. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 20(5). 5258–5282. 30 indexed citations
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Ismail, Balarabe B., Donghong Liu, Yunfeng Pu, Qiao He, & Mingming Guo. (2021). High-intensity ultrasound processing of baobab fruit pulp: Effect on quality, bioactive compounds, and inhibitory potential on the activity of α-amylase and α-glucosidase. Food Chemistry. 361. 130144–130144. 26 indexed citations
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Watharkar, Ritesh Balaso, Yunfeng Pu, Balarabe B. Ismail, et al.. (2020). Change in physicochemical characteristics and volatile compounds during different stage of banana (Musa nana Lour vs. Dwarf Cavendish) ripening. Journal of Food Measurement & Characterization. 14(4). 2040–2050. 29 indexed citations
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Ismail, Balarabe B., et al.. (2020). Ultrasound-assisted adsorption/desorption for the enrichment and purification of flavonoids from baobab (Adansonia digitata) fruit pulp. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 65. 104980–104980. 57 indexed citations
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Fan, Lihua, Furong Hou, Aliyu Idris Muhammad, et al.. (2020). Proteomic responses of spores of Bacillus subtilis to thermosonication involve large-scale alterations in metabolic pathways. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 64. 104992–104992. 17 indexed citations
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Guo, Mingming, Jianjun Zhong, Qiao He, et al.. (2019). High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-fluorescence method for determination of bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) and its derivatives in canned foods. The Science of The Total Environment. 710. 134975–134975. 30 indexed citations
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Ismail, Balarabe B., Mingming Guo, Yunfeng Pu, et al.. (2018). Valorisation of baobab (Adansonia digitata) seeds by ultrasound assisted extraction of polyphenolics. Optimisation and comparison with conventional methods. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 52. 257–267. 104 indexed citations
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Ismail, Balarabe B., Yunfeng Pu, Mingming Guo, Xiaobin Ma, & Donghong Liu. (2018). LC-MS/QTOF identification of phytochemicals and the effects of solvents on phenolic constituents and antioxidant activity of baobab (Adansonia digitata) fruit pulp. Food Chemistry. 277. 279–288. 124 indexed citations
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Ismail, Balarabe B. & Huda Yusuf. (2014). CONSUMER CONCERNS ABOUT THE USE OF ADDITIVES IN PROCESSED FOODS. International Journal of Current Research and Review. 6(9). 65–72. 6 indexed citations

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