Ian Young

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
241 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Ian Young is a scholar working on Food Science, Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Young has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Food Science, 44 papers in Biophysics and 36 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ian Young's work include Food Safety and Hygiene (38 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (29 papers) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (19 papers). Ian Young is often cited by papers focused on Food Safety and Hygiene (38 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (29 papers) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (19 papers). Ian Young collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Netherlands and United States. Ian Young's co-authors include Lucas J. van Vliet, Yuval Garini, Lisa Waddell, Hans J. Tanke, Frans C. A. Groen, Judy Greig, George McNamara, Andrijana Rajić, G. Polder and P.W. Verbeek and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Ian Young

222 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian Young Canada	42	1.8k	1.2k	884	852	774	241	7.2k
Xin Gao Saudi Arabia	56	5.9k 3.3×	245 0.2×	742 0.8×	782 0.9×	214 0.3×	550	12.0k
May D. Wang United States	51	4.2k 2.3×	838 0.7×	2.4k 2.7×	692 0.8×	110 0.1×	412	12.7k
Michael A. Thompson United States	52	2.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	524 0.6×	33 0.0×	312	10.2k
Jun Liu China	71	8.2k 4.5×	180 0.2×	1.5k 1.7×	559 0.7×	189 0.2×	648	23.2k
David L. Wilson United States	49	1.9k 1.0×	386 0.3×	2.3k 2.6×	1.1k 1.3×	54 0.1×	539	10.1k
Kenji Suzuki Japan	58	2.5k 1.4×	191 0.2×	1.1k 1.2×	2.0k 2.4×	57 0.1×	529	13.4k
Daniel A. Fletcher United States	63	4.9k 2.7×	1.0k 0.9×	4.6k 5.2×	184 0.2×	91 0.1×	218	15.0k
Julie A. Theriot United States	63	5.5k 3.0×	1.4k 1.2×	2.3k 2.6×	84 0.1×	628 0.8×	163	13.5k
YongKeun Park South Korea	63	1.4k 0.8×	3.0k 2.6×	5.0k 5.7×	2.2k 2.6×	289 0.4×	324	13.3k
Barry R. Masters United States	37	1.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.8×	2.7k 3.0×	833 1.0×	70 0.1×	154	7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Young

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Young

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Young

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Young, Ian, et al.. (2025). Factors influencing food safety and good manufacturing practices in ready-to-eat meat processing plants in Ontario, Canada: A qualitative study. Food and Humanity. 4. 100538–100538. 1 indexed citations

Young, Ian, et al.. (2025). Public perceptions and expert opinions about microplastic and nanoplastic contamination in water. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 41001–41001.

Wong, Andrew L., et al.. (2024). Exploration of factors associated with complete mental health among postsecondary students. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 1 indexed citations

Young, Ian, et al.. (2024). Environmental factors associated with Escherichia coli concentration at freshwater beaches on Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. PLOS Water. 3(4). e0000143–e0000143. 1 indexed citations

Tustin, Jordan, et al.. (2024). Examining the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Iraqi Refugees in Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(3). 374–374. 1 indexed citations

Young, Ian, et al.. (2023). Enhancing quality of qualitative evidence in food safety and food security. Food and Humanity. 1. 28–31. 3 indexed citations

Edge, Sara, et al.. (2023). Resilience in the face of crisis: investigating COVID-19 impacts on urban community gardens in Greater Toronto Area, Canada. British Food Journal. 125(11). 4048–4061. 1 indexed citations

Young, Ian, et al.. (2020). The Effect of Food Handler Certification on Food Premises in Ontario, Canada. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 17(8). 472–478. 2 indexed citations

Devleesschauwer, Brecht, et al.. (2019). Associating sporadic, foodborne illness caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli with specific foods: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies. Epidemiology and Infection. 147. e235–e235. 20 indexed citations

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Young, Ian, et al.. (2019). The Missing Ingredient: Food Safety Messages on Popular Recipe Blogs. Food Protection Trends. 39(1). 28–39. 12 indexed citations

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Meldrum, Richard, et al.. (2019). Comparing Infrared and Probe Thermometers to Measure the Hot Holding Temperature of Food in a Retail Setting. Food Protection Trends. 39(1). 74–83.

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Young, Ian, et al.. (2017). Food Safety Knowledge among Previously Certified Canadian Food Handlers. Food Protection Trends. 37(4). 256–268. 1 indexed citations

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Raspe, Marcel, Katarzyna M. Kedziora, Bram van den Broek, et al.. (2016). siFLIM: single-image frequency-domain FLIM provides fast and photon-efficient lifetime data. Nature Methods. 13(6). 501–504. 47 indexed citations

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Young, Ian. (2016). Rapid Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Research on the Efficacy of Interventions to Control Nontyphoidal Salmonella spp. in Beef and Pork from Primary Production to Processing. 1 indexed citations

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Sivaramalingam, Bhairavi, Ian Young, Mai Pham, et al.. (2015). Scoping Review of Research on the Effectiveness of Food-Safety Education Interventions Directed at Consumers. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 12(7). 561–570. 33 indexed citations

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Coe, Jason B., et al.. (2014). A Scoping Review of Published Research on the Relinquishment of Companion Animals. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 17(3). 253–273. 121 indexed citations

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Rajić, Andrijana, Ian Young, & Scott A. McEwen. (2013). Improving the Utilization of Research Knowledge in Agri-food Public Health: A Mixed-Method Review of Knowledge Translation and Transfer. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 10(5). 397–412. 23 indexed citations

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Polder, G., G.W.A.M. van der Heijden, & Ian Young. (2000). Hyperspectral image analysis for measuring ripeness of tomatoes.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 45. 1155–1161. 25 indexed citations

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Gijlswijk, R.P.M. van, et al.. (1997). Influence of fluorochrome labeling density on the photobleaching kinetics of fluorescein in microscopy. Cytometry. 27(3). 213–223. 42 indexed citations

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Young, Ian, et al.. (1993). Depth-of-Focus in Microscopy. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 28 indexed citations

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