S. K. Sood

943 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 702 citations indexed

About

S. K. Sood is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Biology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, S. K. Sood has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 702 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Food Science, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in S. K. Sood's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (13 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (8 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (4 papers). S. K. Sood is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (13 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (8 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (4 papers). S. K. Sood collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Germany. S. K. Sood's co-authors include Anita Kumari Garsa, Rashmi Kumariya, Y. S. Rajput, Nadeem Akhtar, Seema Patel, Suman Kapila, Anil Kumar, Jitender Mehla, Neha Saini and Ronda Venkateswarlu and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes.

In The Last Decade

S. K. Sood

19 papers receiving 682 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.

  1. Bacteriocins: Classification, synthesis, mechanism of action and resistance development in food spoilage causing bacteria
    2019 308 citations Rashmi Kumariya, Anita Kumari Garsa et al. Microbial Pathogenesis profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. K. Sood India 11 484 426 164 120 111 20 702
Anita Kumari Garsa India 10 440 0.9× 404 0.9× 151 0.9× 102 0.8× 108 1.0× 11 655
Rashmi Kumariya India 8 423 0.9× 375 0.9× 147 0.9× 93 0.8× 100 0.9× 13 612
Patricia Alvarez-Sieiro Spain 7 485 1.0× 402 0.9× 151 0.9× 79 0.7× 94 0.8× 8 634
Karim Naghmouchi Canada 16 486 1.0× 452 1.1× 130 0.8× 158 1.3× 131 1.2× 24 822
Laila Ben Said Canada 15 528 1.1× 460 1.1× 125 0.8× 159 1.3× 106 1.0× 23 815
Xiuzhu Chen China 6 432 0.9× 310 0.7× 114 0.7× 84 0.7× 153 1.4× 14 608
Samira Soltani Canada 8 347 0.7× 317 0.7× 97 0.6× 114 0.9× 64 0.6× 9 540
Ruth E. Wirawan New Zealand 8 431 0.9× 365 0.9× 86 0.5× 151 1.3× 69 0.6× 9 667
Catherine Cailliez‐Grimal France 17 638 1.3× 445 1.0× 189 1.2× 40 0.3× 126 1.1× 36 884
Marina A. Golowczyc Argentina 17 869 1.8× 538 1.3× 348 2.1× 49 0.4× 113 1.0× 25 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. K. Sood

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All Works

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Vij, Shilpa, et al.. (2022). Sustainable utilization of dairy waste paneer whey by Pediococcus pentosaceus NCDC 273 for lactic acid production. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 47. 102588–102588. 4 indexed citations
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Devi, Sundru Manjulata, et al.. (2019). Antibiotic resistance and virulence genes in nisin‐resistantEnterococcus faecalisisolated from raw buffalo milk modulate the innate functions of rat macrophages. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 127(3). 897–910. 8 indexed citations
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Kumariya, Rashmi, Anita Kumari Garsa, Y. S. Rajput, et al.. (2019). Bacteriocins: Classification, synthesis, mechanism of action and resistance development in food spoilage causing bacteria. Microbial Pathogenesis. 128. 171–177. 308 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meena, Sunita, Jitender Mehla, Raj Kumar, & S. K. Sood. (2016). Common Mechanism of Cross-Resistance Development in Pathogenic Bacteria Bacillus cereus Against Alamethicin and Pediocin Involves Alteration in Lipid Composition. Current Microbiology. 73(4). 534–541. 4 indexed citations
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Kumariya, Rashmi, et al.. (2015). Increased membrane surface positive charge and altered membrane fluidity leads to cationic antimicrobial peptide resistance in Enterococcus faecalis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1848(6). 1367–1375. 80 indexed citations
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Abiodun, Oyindamola O., et al.. (2015). In vitro antimicrobial activity of crude ethanol extracts and fractions of Terminalia catappa and Vitex doniana.. PubMed. 44(1). 21–6. 8 indexed citations
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Kumariya, Rashmi, S. K. Sood, Y. S. Rajput, & Anita Kumari Garsa. (2014). Gradual pediocin PA-1 resistance in Enterococcus faecalis confers cross-protection to diverse pore-forming cationic antimicrobial peptides displaying changes in cell wall and mannose PTS expression. Annals of Microbiology. 65(2). 721–732. 15 indexed citations
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Garsa, Anita Kumari, et al.. (2014). Industrial cheese whey utilization for enhanced production of purified pediocin PA-1. LWT. 59(2). 656–665. 24 indexed citations
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Jha, Pankaj, et al.. (2014). Changes associated with cell membrane composition of Staphylococcus aureus on acquisition of resistance against class IIa bacteriocin and its in vitro substantiation. European Food Research and Technology. 240(1). 101–107. 15 indexed citations
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Garsa, Anita Kumari, et al.. (2014). In vitro evaluation of the probiotic attributes of two pediococci strains producing pediocin PA-1 with selective potency as compared to nisin. European Food Research and Technology. 239(3). 491–499. 7 indexed citations
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Garsa, Anita Kumari, Rashmi Kumariya, S. K. Sood, Anil Kumar, & Suman Kapila. (2013). Bacteriocin Production and Different Strategies for Their Recovery and Purification. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 6(1). 47–58. 88 indexed citations
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Sood, S. K., et al.. (2012). Simple and rapid purification of pediocin PA-1 from Pediococcus pentosaceous NCDC 273 suitable for industrial application. Microbiological Research. 167(9). 544–549. 59 indexed citations
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Sood, S. K., et al.. (2012). Highly Specific Culture-Independent Detection of YGNGV Motif-Containing Pediocin-Producing Strains. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 5(1). 37–42. 9 indexed citations
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Mehla, Jitender & S. K. Sood. (2012). Connecting membrane fluidity and surface charge to pore-forming antimicrobial peptides resistance by an ANN-based predictive model. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(10). 4377–4384. 4 indexed citations
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