Daniel Onwude

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Daniel Onwude is a scholar working on Food Science, Plant Science and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Onwude has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Food Science, 29 papers in Plant Science and 14 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Daniel Onwude's work include Food Drying and Modeling (30 papers), Microencapsulation and Drying Processes (18 papers) and Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management (15 papers). Daniel Onwude is often cited by papers focused on Food Drying and Modeling (30 papers), Microencapsulation and Drying Processes (18 papers) and Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management (15 papers). Daniel Onwude collaborates with scholars based in Nigeria, Switzerland and Malaysia. Daniel Onwude's co-authors include Norhashila Hashim, Rimfiel Janius, Khalina Abdan, Guangnan Chen, Nazmi Mat Nawi, Thijs Defraeye, Seraina Schudel, Chandrima Shrivastava, Ayobami Olayemi Oladejo and Alfadhl Yahya Khaled and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Onwude

73 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Modeling the Thin‐Layer Drying of Fruits and Vegetables: A Review

2016 458 citations Daniel Onwude, Norhashila Hashim et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Onwude Nigeria	26	1.7k	655	452	346	276	78	2.5k
Yuchuan Wang China	25	1.4k 0.8×	390 0.6×	402 0.9×	436 1.3×	166 0.6×	72	2.5k
Jorge C. Oliveira Ireland	34	1.6k 1.0×	810 1.2×	269 0.6×	543 1.6×	361 1.3×	138	3.7k
Yousef Abbaspour‐Gilandeh Iran	31	941 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	294 0.7×	200 0.6×	661 2.4×	125	2.7k
Ali Motevali Iran	26	1.3k 0.8×	550 0.8×	385 0.9×	283 0.8×	100 0.4×	71	2.5k
Mohammad Hadi Khoshtaghaza Iran	24	1.0k 0.6×	790 1.2×	281 0.6×	284 0.8×	333 1.2×	84	2.4k
Rodolfo H. Mascheroni Argentina	28	1.5k 0.9×	589 0.9×	661 1.5×	340 1.0×	134 0.5×	118	2.3k
D. Marinos‐Kouris Greece	32	3.3k 2.0×	1.0k 1.6×	920 2.0×	345 1.0×	222 0.8×	75	4.2k
Norhashila Hashim Malaysia	35	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 2.2×	420 0.9×	330 1.0×	1.0k 3.8×	134	4.1k
Pankaj B. Pathare Oman	25	2.3k 1.4×	1.8k 2.8×	618 1.4×	320 0.9×	494 1.8×	93	4.5k
Busarakorn Mahayothee Thailand	27	1.0k 0.6×	809 1.2×	232 0.5×	87 0.3×	386 1.4×	65	1.9k

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Bühlmann, Andreas, et al.. (2025). Tackling postharvest tomato losses in tropical climates using a passive cooling blanket. Scientia Horticulturae. 350. 114313–114313.

Volpi, Michele, et al.. (2025). Evaluating the role of training data origin for country-scale cropland mapping in data-scarce regions: A case study of Nigeria. DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)). 17. 100091–100091.

Defraeye, Thijs, et al.. (2025). Enhancing postharvest storage in low- and middle-income countries: Evaluation of the passive evaporative cooling blanket for fruits and vegetables. Energy Sustainable Development. 88. 101787–101787.

Iranshahi, Kamran, et al.. (2024). Ionic wind amplifier for energy-efficient air propulsion: Prototype design, development, and evaluation. Cleaner Engineering and Technology. 19. 100728–100728. 3 indexed citations

Onwude, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Digital replica to unveil the impact of growing conditions on orange postharvest quality. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 14437–14437. 6 indexed citations

Hashim, Norhashila, et al.. (2024). Hyperspectral imaging for detection of macronutrients retained in glutinous rice under different drying conditions. Current Research in Food Science. 10. 100963–100963. 2 indexed citations

Ndukwu, Macmanus Chinenye, Fidelis I. Abam, Merlin Simo‐Tagne, et al.. (2024). Assessing hygrothermal effects on the evaporative cooling of fruits with waste palm fruit fibre pads. DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)). 10. 100131–100131. 1 indexed citations

Onwude, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Bottlenecks in Nigeria's fresh food supply chain: What is the way forward?. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 137. 55–62. 7 indexed citations

Defraeye, Thijs, et al.. (2023). A GIS-based interactive map enabling data-driven decision-making in Nigeria's food supply chain. MethodsX. 10. 102047–102047. 4 indexed citations

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Defraeye, Thijs, et al.. (2023). Passive evaporative coolers for postharvest storage of fruit and vegetables: Where to best deploy them and how well do they perform. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 6 indexed citations

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Hashim, Norhashila, et al.. (2023). Recent Advances in the Drying Process of Grains. Food Engineering Reviews. 15(3). 548–576. 51 indexed citations

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Iranshahi, Kamran, Daniel Onwude, Alex Martynenko, & Thijs Defraeye. (2021). Dehydration mechanisms in electrohydrodynamic drying of plant-based foods. Food and Bioproducts Processing. 131. 202–216. 21 indexed citations

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Onwude, Daniel, et al.. (2021). Scaling-up electrohydrodynamic drying for energy-efficient food drying via physics-based simulations. Journal of Cleaner Production. 329. 129690–129690. 17 indexed citations

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Onwude, Daniel, et al.. (2021). How much do process parameters affect the residual quality attributes of dried fruits and vegetables for convective drying?. Food and Bioproducts Processing. 131. 176–190. 23 indexed citations

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Defraeye, Thijs, Chandrima Shrivastava, Tarl Berry, et al.. (2021). Digital twins are coming: Will we need them in supply chains of fresh horticultural produce?. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 109. 245–258. 124 indexed citations

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Ndukwu, Macmanus Chinenye, et al.. (2021). Physics‐based numerical simulation of heat and moisture transport in red chili subjected to mix‐mode solar drying with phase change energy storage. Energy Storage. 3(6). 10 indexed citations

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Onwude, Daniel, et al.. (2020). A fully coupled multiphase model for infrared‐convective drying of sweet potato. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 101(2). 398–413. 16 indexed citations

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Onwude, Daniel, et al.. (2016). COLOR CHANGE KINETICS AND TOTAL CAROTENOID CONTENT OF PUMPKIN AS AFFECTED BY DRYING TEMPEARTURE. Italian Journal of Food Science. 29(1). 6 indexed citations

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Onwude, Daniel, Norhashila Hashim, Rimfiel Janius, Nazmi Mat Nawi, & Khalina Abdan. (2016). Modelling Effective Moisture Diffusivity of Pumpkin ( Cucurbita moschata ) Slices under Convective Hot Air Drying Condition. International Journal of Food Engineering. 12(5). 481–489. 30 indexed citations

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Onwude, Daniel, Norhashila Hashim, Rimfiel Janius, Nazmi Mat Nawi, & Khalina Abdan. (2016). Evaluation of a suitable thin layer model for drying of pumpkin under forced air convection. International Food Research Journal. 23(3). 1173–1181. 20 indexed citations

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