Francis Butler

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
183 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Francis Butler is a scholar working on Food Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis Butler has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Food Science, 44 papers in Animal Science and Zoology and 43 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Francis Butler's work include Meat and Animal Product Quality (41 papers), Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (33 papers) and Food Safety and Hygiene (27 papers). Francis Butler is often cited by papers focused on Meat and Animal Product Quality (41 papers), Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (33 papers) and Food Safety and Hygiene (27 papers). Francis Butler collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Portugal and United Kingdom. Francis Butler's co-authors include Nigel P. Brunton, Úrsula Gonzales-Barrón, Ankit Patras, Sara Da Pieve, Ronan Gormley, Brijesh K. Tiwari, Derek F. Keenan, J.J. Sheridan, Christian Rößle and T. R. Gormley and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Food Chemistry and Trends in Food Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Francis Butler

181 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Impact of high pressure processing on total antioxidant activity, phenolic, ascorbic acid, anthocyanin content and colour of strawberry and blackberry purées

2009 477 citations Nigel P. Brunton, Francis Butler et al. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francis Butler Ireland	37	2.6k	1.3k	1.0k	780	760	183	5.3k
Ana Allende Spain	51	3.3k 1.3×	3.3k 2.5×	2.4k 2.4×	249 0.3×	420 0.6×	187	8.6k
Micha Peleg United States	53	6.3k 2.4×	2.6k 1.9×	1.6k 1.6×	1.2k 1.6×	2.0k 2.7×	338	11.1k
Nigel Cook United Kingdom	37	1.4k 0.5×	791 0.6×	673 0.7×	471 0.6×	234 0.3×	88	5.9k
Donald W. Schaffner United States	44	3.7k 1.4×	3.1k 2.3×	699 0.7×	529 0.7×	243 0.3×	224	5.9k
Kumaragurubaran Karthik India	43	1.1k 0.4×	200 0.1×	912 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	230 0.3×	124	6.1k
Glòria Sánchez Spain	45	1.2k 0.5×	573 0.4×	363 0.4×	578 0.7×	214 0.3×	158	6.6k
M.H. Zwietering Netherlands	54	6.5k 2.5×	5.8k 4.3×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 2.0×	747 1.0×	276	13.4k
F.M. Rombouts Netherlands	54	5.1k 1.9×	3.5k 2.6×	3.1k 3.0×	1.1k 1.4×	1.8k 2.3×	170	12.2k
József Baranyi United Kingdom	37	3.4k 1.3×	4.5k 3.4×	720 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	236 0.3×	99	7.3k
Vivian C. H. Wu United States	33	1.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	571 0.6×	254 0.3×	226 0.3×	136	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Francis Butler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francis Butler

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francis Butler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francis Butler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francis Butler based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Francis Butler. Francis Butler is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Bouzembrak, Yamine, Ningjing Liu, Anand Gavai, et al.. (2024). Data driven food fraud vulnerability assessment using Bayesian Network: Spices supply chain. Food Control. 164. 110616–110616. 9 indexed citations

Mousavi, Zeinab E., Kevin Hunt, Leonard Koolman, Francis Butler, & Séamus Fanning. (2023). Cronobacter Species in the Built Food Production Environment: A Review on Persistence, Pathogenicity, Regulation and Detection Methods. Microorganisms. 11(6). 1379–1379. 16 indexed citations

Hunt, Kevin, Francis Butler, Sinéad Keaveney, et al.. (2023). Detection of Hepatitis A RNA, Hepatitis E RNA, Human Adenovirus F DNA, and Norovirus RNA in Fresh and Frozen Berry Products at Point of Retail in Ireland. Food and Environmental Virology. 15(3). 246–254. 2 indexed citations

McEvoy, David, Conor G. McAloon, Áine B. Collins, et al.. (2021). Relative infectiousness of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infected persons compared with symptomatic individuals: a rapid scoping review. BMJ Open. 11(5). e042354–e042354. 39 indexed citations

Hoorfar, Jeffrey, Kieran Jordan, & Francis Butler. (2011). Food Chain Integrity : A Holistic Approach to Food Traceability, Safety, Quality and Authenticity. Elsevier eBooks. 24 indexed citations

Hoorfar, Jeffrey, et al.. (2011). Food chain integrity. Woodhead Publishing Limited eBooks. 11 indexed citations

Jordan, Kieran, et al.. (2010). Predictive models developed in cheese for growth of Listeria monocytogenes. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 2 indexed citations

Schvartzman, Sol, et al.. (2010). Comparison of growth limits of Listeria monocytogenes in milk, broth and cheese. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 109(5). no–no. 20 indexed citations

Gonzales-Barrón, Úrsula, et al.. (2010). Modeling Prevalence and Counts from Most Probable Number in a Bayesian Framework: An Application to Typhimurium in Fresh Pork Sausages. Journal of Food Protection. 73(8). 1416–1422. 11 indexed citations

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Gonzales-Barrón, Úrsula, et al.. (2010). A consumer-phase exposure assessment of Salmonella Typhimurium from Irish fresh pork sausages: II. Cooking and consumption modules. Food Control. 21(12). 1693–1702. 8 indexed citations

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Gonzales-Barrón, Úrsula, Francis Butler, Kevin McDonnell, & Shane Ward. (2009). The end of the identity crisis? Advances in biometric markers for animal identification.. 62(3). 204–208. 14 indexed citations

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Gonzales-Barrón, Úrsula, et al.. (2009). An Appraisal of the Use of Meat-Juice Serology Monitoring Data for Estimating Prevalence of Cecal Salmonella Carriage of Pigs at Slaughter by Means of Herd-Level and Animal-Level Simulation. Journal of Food Protection. 72(2). 286–294. 4 indexed citations

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Rößle, Christian, Mark A.E. Auty, Nigel P. Brunton, Ronan Gormley, & Francis Butler. (2009). Evaluation of fresh-cut apple slices enriched with probiotic bacteria. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies. 11(1). 203–209. 76 indexed citations

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McDonnell, Kevin, et al.. (2009). A framework for beef traceability from farm to slaughter using global standards: An Irish perspective. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 66(1). 62–69. 80 indexed citations

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Gonzales-Barrón, Úrsula, et al.. (2007). A Preliminary Investigation on Face Recognition as a Biometric Identifier of Sheep. Transactions of the ASABE. 50(1). 313–320. 50 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Ultan, et al.. (2006). Electronic Tracking and Tracing in Food and Feed Traceability. Logforum. 2(2). 1–17. 7 indexed citations

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Butler, Francis, et al.. (2002). Effect of Temperature and Air Speed on the Rapid Chilling of Lamb. 2002 Chicago, IL July 28-31, 2002. 1 indexed citations

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Gibney, Amanda, et al.. (1999). Rheology and adhesion of fish batter coatings made from flour from Irish grown wheat varieties. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research. 38(2). 241–249. 5 indexed citations

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Allen, Paul, et al.. (1998). A note on the effects of carcass fat type on sensory and texture attributes of low- and high-fat beefburgers.. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research. 37(2). 249–253. 2 indexed citations

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Allen, Paul, et al.. (1997). Effects of varying the fat content, and substitution of water for lean, on sensory and texture attributes of beefburgers.. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research. 36(2). 231–239. 8 indexed citations

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