O. Cerf

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

O. Cerf is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Food Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, O. Cerf has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Biotechnology, 20 papers in Food Science and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in O. Cerf's work include Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (20 papers), Microbial Inactivation Methods (13 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (5 papers). O. Cerf is often cited by papers focused on Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (20 papers), Microbial Inactivation Methods (13 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (5 papers). O. Cerf collaborates with scholars based in France, Morocco and Australia. O. Cerf's co-authors include Brigitte Carpentier, Moez Sanaa, Robin Condron, Kenneth Davey, Mansel W. Griffiths, François Métro, Nawel Bemrah, J Hermier, M. Gay and Pascal Sandérs and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Food Science & Technology, Food Research International and International Journal of Food Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

O. Cerf

54 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Review — Persistence of L... 1977 2026 1993 2009 2011 1977 200 400 600
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.

  1. Review — Persistence of Listeria monocytogenes in food industry equipment and premises
    2011 607 citations Brigitte Carpentier, O. Cerf International Journal of Food Microbiology profile →
  2. A REVIEW Tailing of Survival Curves of Bacterial Spores
    1977 459 citations O. Cerf Journal of Applied Bacteriology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
O. Cerf France 20 1.4k 1.4k 681 353 307 56 2.8k
R.R. Beumer Netherlands 39 1.5k 1.1× 2.1k 1.6× 826 1.2× 705 2.0× 757 2.5× 109 3.7k
Min Suk Rhee South Korea 42 1.1k 0.8× 1.8k 1.3× 870 1.3× 542 1.5× 227 0.7× 191 5.0k
Michel Fédérighi France 35 1.4k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 602 0.9× 467 1.3× 445 1.4× 101 3.2k
Denise Lindsay South Africa 24 601 0.4× 933 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 388 1.1× 197 0.6× 58 2.2k
Brigitte Carpentier France 25 1.5k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.8× 299 0.8× 87 0.3× 37 2.9k
John Holah United Kingdom 25 591 0.4× 671 0.5× 678 1.0× 194 0.5× 276 0.9× 49 1.9k
Shlomo Sela Israel 36 1.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 823 1.2× 442 1.3× 781 2.5× 97 3.8k
Alejandro Castillo United States 33 1.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 341 0.5× 325 0.9× 205 0.7× 103 2.7k
I.S. Blair United Kingdom 40 1.9k 1.3× 2.7k 2.0× 719 1.1× 796 2.3× 693 2.3× 130 4.8k
Roy Betts United Kingdom 21 662 0.5× 917 0.7× 574 0.8× 324 0.9× 245 0.8× 34 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by O. Cerf

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Fields of papers citing papers by O. Cerf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of O. Cerf

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Condron, Robin, et al.. (2014). Guidelines for experimental design protocol and validation procedure for the measurement of heat resistance of microorganisms in milk. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 192. 20–25. 17 indexed citations
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Jordan, Kieran, Frédéric Auvray, Kathleen A. Glass, et al.. (2012). Review of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and their significance in dairy production. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 162(2). 190–212. 225 indexed citations
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Carpentier, Brigitte & O. Cerf. (2011). Review — Persistence of Listeria monocytogenes in food industry equipment and premises. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 145(1). 1–8. 607 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cerf, O., Brigitte Carpentier, & Pascal Sandérs. (2009). Tests for determining in-use concentrations of antibiotics and disinfectants are based on entirely different concepts: “Resistance” has different meanings. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 136(3). 247–254. 72 indexed citations
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Cerf, O., et al.. (2007). Assessment of the Prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Commercially Pasteurized Milk. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 4(4). 433–447. 26 indexed citations
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Cerf, O. & Robin Condron. (2006). Coxiella burnetii and milk pasteurization: an early application of the precautionary principle?. Epidemiology and Infection. 134(5). 946–951. 65 indexed citations
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Sanaa, Moez, Louis Coroller, & O. Cerf. (2004). Risk Assessment of Listeriosis Linked to the Consumption of Two Soft Cheeses Made from Raw Milk: Camembert of Normandy and Brie of Meaux. Risk Analysis. 24(2). 389–399. 68 indexed citations
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Cerf, O., et al.. (2003). Risk Modelling - an Explanation of Friday 13th Syndrome (Failure) in Well-operated Continuous Sterilisation Plant. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 757. 7 indexed citations
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Cerf, O.. (2002). Risques bactériens liés aux produits laitiers. Revue Française des Laboratoires. 2002(348). 67–69. 1 indexed citations
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Bastian, Suzanne, et al.. (2001). Review of epidemiological surveys on the prevalence of contamination of healthy cattle with Escherichia coli serogroup O157 : H7. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 203(4). 347–361. 60 indexed citations
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Cerf, O. & Kenneth Davey. (2001). An Explanation of Non-Sterile (Leaky) Milk Packs in Well-Operated UHT Plant. Food and Bioproducts Processing. 79(4). 219–222. 15 indexed citations
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Carpentier, Brigitte, et al.. (1998). Biofilms on dairy plant surfaces: what's new?. Bulletin. International Dairy Federation. 32–35. 6 indexed citations
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Cerf, O., et al.. (1996). Disinfection efficacy against pure-culture and mixed-population biofilms of Listeria innocua and Pseudomonas aeruginosa on stainless steel, teflon and rubber. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 5 indexed citations
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Cerf, O., et al.. (1994). La flore bactérienne des feuilles de salade fraîche. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2 indexed citations
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Carpentier, Brigitte & O. Cerf. (1993). Biofilms and their consequences, with particular reference to hygiene in the food industry. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 75(6). 499–511. 412 indexed citations
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Laporte, Éric, et al.. (1992). A dynamic simulator to control hygiene in food processing industries. 359–364. 1 indexed citations
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Bellon-Fontaine, M. -N., Nava Mozes, Henny C. van der Mei, et al.. (1990). A comparison of thermodynamic approaches to predict the adhesion of dairy microorganisms to solid substrata. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 17(1). 93–106. 83 indexed citations
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Lenoir, J., J.L. Bergere, O. Cerf, et al.. (1973). Les facteurs de production du système protéolytique de Penicillium caseicolum. Le Lait. 53(525-526). 246–279. 6 indexed citations
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