Nieke Westerik

911 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 623 citations indexed

About

Nieke Westerik is a scholar working on Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nieke Westerik has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 623 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Food Science, 6 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Nieke Westerik's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (9 papers), Gut microbiota and health (4 papers) and Infant Nutrition and Health (4 papers). Nieke Westerik is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (9 papers), Gut microbiota and health (4 papers) and Infant Nutrition and Health (4 papers). Nieke Westerik collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Canada and Uganda. Nieke Westerik's co-authors include Remco Kort, Baltasar Mayo, Nam Soo Han, Robert W. Hutkins, Akihito Endo, Jyoti Prakash Tamang, Paul D. Cotter, Shao‐Quan Liu, Wilbert Sybesma and Gregor Reid and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Food Chemistry and Frontiers in Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Nieke Westerik

12 papers receiving 605 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.

Fermented foods in a global age: East meets West

2020 403 citations Jyoti Prakash Tamang, Paul D. Cotter et al. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety profile →

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Emiliano Salvucci Argentina

Maria Kechagia Greece

Micaela Medrano Argentina

Hafiz Arbab Sakandar China

Menghe Bilige China

Massalin Nakphaichit Thailand

Qiuhua Bao China

Car Reen Kok United States

Heping Zhang China

Mousumi Ray India

Emiliano Salvucci Argentina

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Countries citing papers authored by Nieke Westerik

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nieke Westerik

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nieke Westerik

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

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Sybesma, Wilbert, et al.. (2025). Effects of probiotic yogurt on relative respiratory tract infections, urine, saliva biomarkers, and fecal bacterial load in Ugandan children: a randomized controlled trial. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 9478–9478. 1 indexed citations

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Reid, Gregor, et al.. (2020). Empowering women through probiotic fermented food in East Africa. Journal of Global Health. 10(1). 10330–10330. 9 indexed citations

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Westerik, Nieke, et al.. (2020). A Comparative Interrupted Times Series on the Health Impact of Probiotic Yogurt Consumption Among School Children From Three to Six Years Old in Southwest Uganda. Frontiers in Nutrition. 7. 574792–574792. 3 indexed citations

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Tamang, Jyoti Prakash, Paul D. Cotter, Akihito Endo, et al.. (2020). Fermented foods in a global age: East meets West. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 19(1). 184–217. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

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Westerik, Nieke, et al.. (2019). Improving Health and Wealth by Introduction of an Affordable Bacterial Starter Culture for Probiotic Yoghurt Production in Uganda. Challenges. 10(1). 2–2. 14 indexed citations

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Westerik, Nieke, Remco Kort, Wilbert Sybesma, & Gregor Reid. (2018). Lactobacillus rhamnosus Probiotic Food as a Tool for Empowerment Across the Value Chain in Africa. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1501–1501. 56 indexed citations

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Westerik, Nieke, Gregor Reid, Wilbert Sybesma, & Remco Kort. (2018). The Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus for Alleviation of Helicobacter pylori-Associated Gastric Pathology in East Africa. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1873–1873. 26 indexed citations

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Westerik, Nieke, Alex Paul Wacoo, Wilbert Sybesma, & Remco Kort. (2016). Novel Production Protocol for Small-scale Manufacture of Probiotic Fermented Foods. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 12 indexed citations

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Westerik, Nieke, Alex Paul Wacoo, Wilbert Sybesma, & Remco Kort. (2016). Novel Production Protocol for Small-scale Manufacture of Probiotic Fermented Foods. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 6 indexed citations

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Sman, R.G.M. van der, et al.. (2016). More efficient mushroom canning through pinch and exergy analysis. Journal of Food Engineering. 195. 105–113. 8 indexed citations

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Kort, Remco, Nieke Westerik, Lenard Serrano, et al.. (2015). A novel consortium of Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Streptococcus thermophilus for increased access to functional fermented foods. Microbial Cell Factories. 14(1). 195–195. 63 indexed citations

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Westerik, Nieke, Elke Scholten, & Milena Corredig. (2014). The effect of calcium on the composition and physical properties of whey protein particles prepared using emulsification. Food Chemistry. 177. 72–80. 22 indexed citations

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