Felicia Wu

23.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
116 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Felicia Wu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Felicia Wu has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Plant Science, 15 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Felicia Wu's work include Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food (56 papers), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (32 papers) and Genetically Modified Organisms Research (18 papers). Felicia Wu is often cited by papers focused on Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food (56 papers), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (32 papers) and Genetically Modified Organisms Research (18 papers). Felicia Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Felicia Wu's co-authors include Yan Liu, John D. Groopman, James J. Pestka, Gordon S. Shephard, Nicole Mitchell, Hasan Güçlü, Chen Chen, Nikita Saha Turna, Gary P. Munkvold and Charles R. Hurburgh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Felicia Wu

113 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Global Burden of Aflatoxin-Induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Risk Assessment

2010 856 citations Felicia Wu et al. profile →
Public Health Impacts of Foodborne Mycotoxins

2014 457 citations Felicia Wu, John D. Groopman et al. profile →
Aflatoxins and growth impairment: A review

2011 369 citations Felicia Wu et al. profile →
Potential economic losses to the US corn industry from aflatoxin contamination

2016 267 citations Nicole Mitchell, Felicia Wu et al. Food Additives & Contaminants Part A profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Felicia Wu United States	41	4.5k	1.2k	1.1k	733	509	116	7.0k
Yun Yun Gong United Kingdom	55	5.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	556 0.8×	1.0k 2.0×	258	10.5k
Yan Li China	46	3.0k 0.7×	2.6k 2.2×	633 0.6×	853 1.2×	246 0.5×	387	8.5k
Pradeep Kumar India	41	3.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.2×	448 0.6×	243 0.5×	227	7.6k
José M. Soriano Spain	39	2.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	434 0.6×	175 0.3×	234	5.4k
Anil Kumar Sharma India	60	4.7k 1.0×	3.9k 3.4×	907 0.8×	554 0.8×	431 0.8×	833	15.8k
H.J. van der Fels‐Klerx Netherlands	49	2.5k 0.6×	924 0.8×	2.3k 2.0×	340 0.5×	512 1.0×	229	7.6k
Nélson Lima Portugal	47	2.8k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.8×	754 1.5×	226	6.2k
Carlos Augusto Fernandes de Oliveira Brazil	51	3.8k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	3.1k 2.8×	333 0.5×	301 0.6×	306	7.6k
Sanjay Kumar India	55	4.2k 0.9×	5.2k 4.4×	1.2k 1.1×	347 0.5×	261 0.5×	893	13.6k
Bruno De Meulenaer Belgium	56	3.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	4.0k 3.6×	584 0.8×	541 1.1×	293	10.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gamlath, Charitha J. & Felicia Wu. (2025). AI and Biotechnology to Combat Aflatoxins: Future Directions for Modern Technologies in Reducing Aflatoxin Risk. Toxins. 17(11). 524–524. 1 indexed citations

DiFonzo, Christina, David A. Hennessy, Jinhua Zhao, et al.. (2025). Too much of a good thing: Lessons from compromised rootworm Bt maize in the US Corn Belt. Science. 387(6737). 984–989. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Felicia, et al.. (2025). Assessing causal relationships between lead exposure and non-cancerous health effects through the Bradford Hill Criteria. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 66(11). 2191–2214.

Wu, Felicia, et al.. (2024). Aflatoxin M1 in milk and dairy products: The state of the evidence for child growth impairment. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 193. 115008–115008. 6 indexed citations

Anderson, Nathan, Linda J. Harris, Bradley P. Marks, et al.. (2024). Food Safety Research and Extension Needs for the U.S. Low-Moisture Food Industry. Journal of Food Protection. 87(10). 100358–100358. 3 indexed citations

Scharff, Robert L., et al.. (2023). Foodborne disease outbreaks in flour and flour‐based food products from microbial pathogens in the United States, and their health economic burden. Risk Analysis. 43(12). 2519–2526. 15 indexed citations

Wu, Felicia. (2022). Mycotoxin risks are lower in biotech corn. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 78. 102792–102792. 18 indexed citations

Schaafsma, A. W., et al.. (2020). The Change in Winter Wheat Response to Deoxynivalenol and Fusarium Head Blight Through Technological and Agronomic Progress. Plant Disease. 105(4). 840–850. 6 indexed citations

Ogunade, Ibukun M, O.C.M. Queiroz, Yun Jiang, et al.. (2018). Silage review: Mycotoxins in silage: Occurrence, effects, prevention, and mitigation. Journal of Dairy Science. 101(5). 4034–4059. 184 indexed citations

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Chen, Chen & Felicia Wu. (2017). The need to revisit ochratoxin A risk in light of diabetes, obesity, and chronic kidney disease prevalence. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 103. 79–85. 20 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Nicole, Ram K. Chandyo, Binob Shrestha, et al.. (2017). Aflatoxin exposure during the first 36 months of life was not associated with impaired growth in Nepalese children: An extension of the MAL-ED study. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0172124–e0172124. 48 indexed citations

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Wu, Felicia, John E. Linz, Muraleedharan G. Nair, et al.. (2017). Aflatoxin levels in sunflower seeds and cakes collected from micro- and small-scale sunflower oil processors in Tanzania. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0175801–e0175801. 37 indexed citations

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Wu, Wenda, et al.. (2016). Modeling the emetic potencies of food-borne trichothecenes by benchmark dose methodology. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 94. 178–185. 10 indexed citations

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Wu, Felicia, et al.. (2014). Ochratoxin A and Human Health Risk: A Review of the Evidence. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 55(13). 1860–1869. 287 indexed citations

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Wu, Felicia. (2014). Perspective: Time to face the fungal threat. Nature. 516(7529). S7–S7. 57 indexed citations

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Palliyaguru, Dushani L. & Felicia Wu. (2012). Global geographical overlap of aflatoxin and hepatitis C: controlling risk factors for liver cancer worldwide. Food Additives & Contaminants Part A. 30(3). 534–540. 29 indexed citations

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Wu, Felicia, et al.. (2010). Evaluating the technical feasibility of aflatoxin risk reduction strategies in Africa. Food Additives & Contaminants Part A. 27(5). 658–676. 43 indexed citations

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Wu, Felicia, et al.. (2010). Costs and efficacy of public health interventions to reduce aflatoxin-induced human disease. Food Additives & Contaminants Part A. 27(7). 998–1014. 75 indexed citations

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Wu, Felicia, J. David Miller, & Elizabeth A. Casman. (2004). The Economic Impact of Bt Corn Resulting from Mycotoxin Reduction. Journal of Toxicology Toxin Reviews. 23(2-3). 397–424. 44 indexed citations

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Wu, Felicia. (2004). Explaining Public Resistance to Genetically Modified Corn: An Analysis of the Distribution of Benefits and Risks. Risk Analysis. 24(3). 715–726. 25 indexed citations

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