Micha Peleg

14.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
338 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Micha Peleg is a scholar working on Food Science, Biotechnology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Micha Peleg has authored 338 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Food Science, 74 papers in Biotechnology and 53 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Micha Peleg's work include Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (80 papers), Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (56 papers) and Microbial Inactivation Methods (51 papers). Micha Peleg is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (80 papers), Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (56 papers) and Microbial Inactivation Methods (51 papers). Micha Peleg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Israel. Micha Peleg's co-authors include Maria G. Corradini, Mark D. Normand, Martin Cole, Osvaldo H. Campanella, A. Nussinovitch, Claude M. Penchina, C. H. MANNHEIM, J. R. Rosenau, G.V. Barbosa Cánovas and Ann Barrett and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Water Research and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Micha Peleg

337 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

An Empirical Model for the Description of Moisture Sorption Curves

1988 954 citations Micha Peleg Journal of Food Science profile →
Reinterpretation of Microbial Survival Curves

1998 598 citations Micha Peleg et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Micha Peleg United States	53	6.3k	2.6k	2.0k	1.6k	1.2k	338	11.1k
Shyam S. Sablani United States	51	5.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	834 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	912 0.7×	283	9.9k
Hao Feng United States	55	4.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	2.1k 1.3×	829 0.7×	244	9.2k
Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy Canada	63	8.7k 1.4×	3.9k 1.5×	2.1k 1.0×	4.1k 2.6×	2.4k 1.9×	529	15.4k
Shaojin Wang China	54	5.5k 0.9×	3.7k 1.4×	1.0k 0.5×	2.2k 1.4×	882 0.7×	334	9.1k
Theodore P. Labuza United States	52	5.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	196	10.3k
Gustavo V. Barbosa‐Cánovas United States	70	8.1k 1.3×	7.3k 2.8×	1.6k 0.8×	3.2k 2.0×	2.0k 1.6×	303	15.7k
Giovanna Ferrari Italy	55	5.3k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	775 0.4×	1.9k 1.2×	735 0.6×	272	10.4k
Keshavan Niranjan United Kingdom	44	3.0k 0.5×	966 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	554 0.4×	161	6.2k
José Miguel Aguilera Chile	63	7.1k 1.1×	562 0.2×	3.1k 1.5×	3.0k 1.9×	1.3k 1.0×	267	13.2k
P. Walstra Netherlands	55	9.9k 1.6×	768 0.3×	2.3k 1.1×	880 0.6×	2.1k 1.7×	178	13.7k

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Peleg, Micha. (2024). Microbial Inactivation Kinetics Models, Survival Curves Shapes, and the Temporal Distributions of the Individual Germs Deactivation. Food Engineering Reviews. 16(2). 163–178. 4 indexed citations

Peleg, Micha & I. Sam Saguy. (2024). Colorimetric Quick Response (QR) Tags and Other Time-Temperature Indicators (TTIs) for Remote Quality Assessment: Theoretical Kinetics Aspects. Food Engineering Reviews. 16(3). 356–370. 2 indexed citations

Peleg, Micha. (2023). On Modeling the Temperature Effects on Biopolymers and Foods Undergoing Glass Transition without the WLF Equation. Food Engineering Reviews. 15(3). 381–392. 1 indexed citations

Peleg, Micha. (2023). Selected challenges to modeling the kinetics of microbial inactivation and chemical reactions during food preservation. Current Opinion in Food Science. 51. 101029–101029. 7 indexed citations

Peleg, Micha. (2022). Deterministic and stochastic survival models of injured ozonated Giardia cysts. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 106(9-10). 3439–3448. 1 indexed citations

Tejada‐Ortigoza, Viridiana, Jorge Welti‐Chanes, Osvaldo H. Campanella, & Micha Peleg. (2020). Estimating equilibrium moisture content from relatively short sorption experiments. LWT. 132. 109832–109832. 4 indexed citations

Dai, Yu-Mei, Mark D. Normand, Jochen Weiß, & Micha Peleg. (2010). Modeling the Efficacy of Triplet Antimicrobial Combinations: Yeast Suppression by Lauric Arginate, Cinnamic Acid, and Sodium Benzoate or Potassium Sorbate as a Case Study. Journal of Food Protection. 73(3). 515–523. 27 indexed citations

Corradini, Maria G., Mark D. Normand, & Micha Peleg. (2010). Stochastic and Deterministic Model of Microbial Heat Inactivation. Journal of Food Science. 75(2). R59–70. 19 indexed citations

Peleg, Micha & Maria G. Corradini. (2004). Demonstration of the Weibull-Log logistic survival model's applicability to non isothermal inactivation of E. coli K12 MG1655. Journal of Food Protection. 67. 13 indexed citations

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Peleg, Micha, Karen Mattick, J.D. Legan, & T. J. Humphrey. (2001). Calculating Salmonella inactivation in non-isothermal heat treatments from non-linear isothermal survival curves. Journal of Food Protection. 64. 15 indexed citations

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Mattick, Karen, J.D. Legan, T. J. Humphrey, & Micha Peleg. (2001). Calculating Salmonella Inactivation in Nonisothermal Heat Treatments from Isothermal Nonlinear Survival Curves. Journal of Food Protection. 64(5). 606–613. 72 indexed citations

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Corradini, Maria G., Mark D. Normand, A. Nussinovitch, Joseph Horowitz, & Micha Peleg. (2001). Estimating the Frequency of High Microbial Counts in Commercial Food Products Using Various Distribution Functions. Journal of Food Protection. 64(5). 674–681. 15 indexed citations

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Peleg, Micha, Maria G. Corradini, & R. Engel. (2000). Assessment of the consistency loss in semi liquid foods by compression and shear. Journal of Texture Studies. 31. 3 indexed citations

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Nussinovitch, A., et al.. (2000). Analysis of the Fluctuating Microbial Counts in Commercial Raw Milk—A Case Study. Journal of Food Protection. 63(9). 1240–1247. 11 indexed citations

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Peleg, Micha & Thongchai Suwonsichon. (1998). Imperfect squeezing flow viscosimetry of mustard with suspended particulates. Journal of Food Engineering. 39. 1 indexed citations

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Barbosa‐Cánovas, Gustavo V., Albert Ibarz, & Micha Peleg. (1993). Propiedades reológicas de alimentos fluidos: revisión. Alimentaria. 39–89. 6 indexed citations

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Ribas, Albert Ibarz, Gustavo V. Barbosa‐Cánovas, & Micha Peleg. (1993). Propiedades reológicas de alimentos fluídos. Alimentaria: Revista de tecnología e higiene de los alimentos. 39–89. 7 indexed citations

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Peleg, Micha & Mark D. Normand. (1992). Estimation of the water activity of multicomponent dry mixtures. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 3. 2 indexed citations

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Peleg, Micha & Ann Barrett. (1992). Relationship between extrudate cell structure and texture. Journal of Food Science. 57. 3 indexed citations

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Eberhard, P., et al.. (1991). Melting properties of cheese. Bulletin. International Dairy Federation. 23 indexed citations

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