Frans van den Berg

11.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
139 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Frans van den Berg is a scholar working on Analytical Chemistry, Food Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frans van den Berg has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Analytical Chemistry, 44 papers in Food Science and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Frans van den Berg's work include Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (60 papers), Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (21 papers) and Meat and Animal Product Quality (20 papers). Frans van den Berg is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (60 papers), Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (21 papers) and Meat and Animal Product Quality (20 papers). Frans van den Berg collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Netherlands and Spain. Frans van den Berg's co-authors include Søren Balling Engelsen, Åsmund Rinnan, Dennis Sandris Nielsen, Giorgio Tomasi, Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, Anne Sofie Andreasen, Mogens Jakobsen, Waleed Abu Al‐Soud and Søren J. Sørensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Frans van den Berg

135 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

Gut Microbiota in Human Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Differs from Non-Diabetic Adults

2010 2.3k citations Nadja Larsen, Finn K. Vogensen et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Review of the most common pre-processing techniques for near-infrared spectra

2009 2.2k citations Åsmund Rinnan, Frans van den Berg et al. profile →
Correlation optimized warping and dynamic time warping as preprocessing methods for chromatographic data

2004 565 citations Frans van den Berg et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frans van den Berg Denmark	38	3.5k	3.0k	1.9k	1.3k	1.1k	139	8.9k
Federico Marini Italy	51	2.5k 0.7×	3.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	2.1k 1.6×	999 0.9×	274	9.8k
Johan A. Westerhuis Netherlands	42	4.8k 1.4×	2.8k 0.9×	905 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	733 0.7×	155	10.4k
Johan Trygg Sweden	51	8.8k 2.5×	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	2.1k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	178	15.6k
Colm P. O’Donnell Ireland	76	2.5k 0.7×	3.3k 1.1×	4.3k 2.2×	2.4k 1.8×	431 0.4×	474	21.3k
Søren Balling Engelsen Denmark	61	4.1k 1.2×	6.2k 2.1×	3.1k 1.6×	2.7k 2.1×	641 0.6×	299	15.1k
Douglas N. Rutledge France	41	1.5k 0.4×	3.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	134 0.1×	228	6.7k
Achim Köhler Norway	45	1.7k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	893 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	193 0.2×	211	6.7k
Harald Martens Norway	50	1.7k 0.5×	4.9k 1.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	145 0.1×	155	9.5k
Huub C. J. Hoefsloot Netherlands	40	4.7k 1.3×	1.2k 0.4×	572 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	613 0.6×	137	8.7k
Hesham R. El‐Seedi Sweden	59	3.6k 1.0×	928 0.3×	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	479 0.4×	412	12.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Frans van den Berg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frans van den Berg

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frans van den Berg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frans van den Berg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frans van den Berg 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 Frans van den Berg. Frans van den Berg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Patel, H. S., Siavash Bigdeli, Anders Nymark Christensen, et al.. (2025). Characterization and quantification of anisotropy in mozzarella cheese: Exploring the impact of structural anisotropy on functional properties using complementary analytical technologies. Food Structure. 44. 100425–100425. 2 indexed citations

Patel, H. S., et al.. (2025). Characterization of the anisotropy in proteinaceous semi-solid food matrices through polarized fluorescence spectroscopy. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 140. 107237–107237. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Yimin, Frans van den Berg, Mogens L. Andersen, et al.. (2025). Cleaning in place of whey protein fouling - mechanisms of removal. Journal of Food Engineering. 400. 112636–112636. 2 indexed citations

Patel, H. S., Frans van den Berg, Jens Petter Wold, & Søren Balling Engelsen. (2025). Quantifying anisotropy in mozzarella cheese using spatially resolved shortwave NIR spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 343. 126591–126591.

Wang, Hong, et al.. (2025). Dietary effects of plant-based meat analog and animal meat on serum metabolism, gut microbiota, and hepatic metabolic pathway in mice. Food Bioscience. 68. 106665–106665.

Berg, Frans van den, et al.. (2025). The effect of nitrogen injection on the structure and textural properties of casein-based extrudates. Food Hydrocolloids. 164. 111142–111142. 3 indexed citations

Johansson, M., Frans van den Berg, Anna Ström, et al.. (2024). Effect of cellulose-rich fibres on faba bean protein gels is determined by the gel microstructure. Food Hydrocolloids. 156. 110295–110295. 6 indexed citations

Li, Ruifen, Tomasz Pawel Czaja, Richard Ipsen, et al.. (2022). Water mobility and microstructure of acidified milk model gels with added whey protein ingredients. Food Hydrocolloids. 127. 107548–107548. 12 indexed citations

Wiese, Maria, et al.. (2018). CoMiniGut—a small volume in vitro colon model for the screening of gut microbial fermentation processes. PeerJ. 6. e4268–e4268. 63 indexed citations

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Wiese, Maria, et al.. (2018). The Smallest Intestine (TSI)—a low volume in vitro model of the small intestine with increased throughput. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 365(21). 34 indexed citations

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Ottosen, Niels Saabye, et al.. (2015). Investigation of UF and MF Membrane Residual Fouling in Full-Scale Dairy Production Using FT-IR to Quantify Protein and Fat. International Journal of Food Engineering. 11(1). 1–15. 5 indexed citations

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Ipsen, Richard, et al.. (2015). Influence of Reduced Cleaning-In-Place on Aged Membranes during Ultrafiltration of Whey. International Journal of Food Engineering. 11(4). 447–455. 1 indexed citations

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Eskildsen, Carl Emil, et al.. (2015). Prediction of total fatty acid parameters and individual fatty acids in pork backfat using Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics: Understanding the cage of covariance between highly correlated fat parameters. Meat Science. 111. 18–26. 55 indexed citations

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Knudsen, Jes C., et al.. (2014). Investigation of Consecutive Fouling and Cleaning Cycles of Ultrafiltration Membranes Used for Whey Processing. International Journal of Food Engineering. 10(3). 367–381. 13 indexed citations

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Wu, Jian, Sönke Rehder, Frans van den Berg, et al.. (2014). Chemical imaging and solid state analysis at compact surfaces using UV imaging. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 477(1-2). 527–535. 19 indexed citations

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Wu, Jian, Dengning Xia, Frans van den Berg, et al.. (2012). A novel image analysis methodology for online monitoring of nucleation and crystal growth during solid state phase transformations. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 433(1-2). 60–70. 16 indexed citations

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Larsen, Nadja, Finn K. Vogensen, Frans van den Berg, et al.. (2010). Gut Microbiota in Human Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Differs from Non-Diabetic Adults. PLoS ONE. 5(2). e9085–e9085. 2250 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rinnan, Åsmund, et al.. (2003). Direct decomposition of NMR relaxation profiles and prediction of sensory attributes of potato samples. European Food Research and Technology. 36(4). 423–432. 4 indexed citations

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Berg, Frans van den, et al.. (1997). Process analytical chemistry in the distillation industry using near-infrared spectroscopy. Pure Amsterdam UMC. 9(9). 51–57. 17 indexed citations

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Berg, Frans van den, et al.. (1997). Process Analytical Chemistry in the distillation industry using NIR. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 51–57. 1 indexed citations

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