Shima Momen

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Shima Momen is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Biology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shima Momen has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Food Science, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Shima Momen's work include Proteins in Food Systems (20 papers), Microencapsulation and Drying Processes (13 papers) and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (5 papers). Shima Momen is often cited by papers focused on Proteins in Food Systems (20 papers), Microencapsulation and Drying Processes (13 papers) and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (5 papers). Shima Momen collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Canada and United States. Shima Momen's co-authors include Farhad Alavi, Zahra Emam‐Djomeh, Maryam Salami, Ali Akbar Moosavi‐Movahedi, Mehdi Mohammadian, Mohammed Aïder, Mohammad Saeid Yarmand, M R Fatahi Moghadam, Nader Sheibani and Denis Rodrigue and has published in prestigious journals such as Food Chemistry, Trends in Food Science & Technology and Food Hydrocolloids.

In The Last Decade

Shima Momen

19 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Enhancing the aqueous solubility of curcumin at acidic condition through the complexation with whey protein nanofibrils

2018 236 citations Mehdi Mohammadian, Maryam Salami et al. Food Hydrocolloids profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shima Momen Iran	14	870	227	171	149	127	20	1.1k
LI Bian-sheng China	9	632 0.7×	156 0.7×	179 1.0×	78 0.5×	95 0.7×	26	828
Shizhang Yan China	22	1.3k 1.4×	274 1.2×	312 1.8×	88 0.6×	160 1.3×	47	1.5k
Da Ma China	16	610 0.7×	276 1.2×	152 0.9×	37 0.2×	79 0.6×	29	954
Muhammad Aslam Khan China	15	528 0.6×	127 0.6×	124 0.7×	62 0.4×	93 0.7×	23	851
Zejian Xu China	20	639 0.7×	136 0.6×	184 1.1×	33 0.2×	80 0.6×	37	843
Qingguan Liu China	12	469 0.5×	134 0.6×	127 0.7×	106 0.7×	96 0.8×	20	668
Fan‐Bing Meng China	20	587 0.7×	278 1.2×	205 1.2×	29 0.2×	211 1.7×	50	980
Yaping An China	10	579 0.7×	112 0.5×	81 0.5×	87 0.6×	105 0.8×	10	873
Bertrand Muhoza China	15	606 0.7×	208 0.9×	136 0.8×	26 0.2×	109 0.9×	20	928

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20 of 20 papers shown

Momen, Shima, et al.. (2025). Effects of genetic diversity on physicochemical and functional properties of soybean proteins. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. 21. 101878–101878.

Lincoln, Lynette, et al.. (2025). Role of protein and lipid oxidation in hardening of high‐protein bars during storage. Journal of Food Science. 90(1). e17657–e17657. 1 indexed citations

Momen, Shima, Denis Rodrigue, & Mohammed Aïder. (2023). Fabrication and characterization of heat-set composite gels obtained from complexation of electro-activated whey/canola proteins mixture. Food Hydrocolloids. 141. 108751–108751. 5 indexed citations

Momen, Shima & Mohammed Aïder. (2022). Production of highly soluble and functional whey/canola proteins through complexation using alkaline electro-activation. Food Hydrocolloids. 137. 108395–108395. 13 indexed citations

Momen, Shima, Farhad Alavi, & Mohammed Aïder. (2021). Impact of alkaline electro-activation treatment on physicochemical and functional properties of sweet whey. Food Chemistry. 373(Pt A). 131428–131428. 12 indexed citations

Momen, Shima, Farhad Alavi, & Mohammed Aïder. (2021). Alkali-mediated treatments for extraction and functional modification of proteins: Critical and application review. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 110. 778–797. 110 indexed citations

Mohammadian, Mehdi, M R Fatahi Moghadam, Maryam Salami, et al.. (2020). Whey protein aggregates formed by non-toxic chemical cross-linking as novel carriers for curcumin delivery: Fabrication and characterization. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 56. 101531–101531. 34 indexed citations

Alavi, Farhad & Shima Momen. (2020). Aspartic proteases from thistle flowers: Traditional coagulants used in the modern cheese industry. International Dairy Journal. 107. 104709–104709. 32 indexed citations

Salami, Maryam, Zahra Emam‐Djomeh, Mostafa I. Waly, et al.. (2020). A tailored nanostructure design to protect camel casein-curcumin complex against the upper gastrointestinal tract hydrolysis using aggregated whey proteins in order to increase its antioxidant activity. International Journal of Food Properties. 23(1). 1874–1885. 7 indexed citations

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Alavi, Farhad, et al.. (2019). Fabrication and characterization of acid-induced gels from thermally-aggregated egg white protein formed at alkaline condition. Food Hydrocolloids. 99. 105337–105337. 58 indexed citations

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Mohammadian, Mehdi, Maryam Salami, Farhad Alavi, et al.. (2019). Fabrication and Characterization of Curcumin-Loaded Complex Coacervates Made of Gum Arabic and Whey Protein Nanofibrils. Food Biophysics. 14(4). 425–436. 49 indexed citations

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Mohammadian, Mehdi, Maryam Salami, Zahra Emam‐Djomeh, Shima Momen, & Ali Akbar Moosavi‐Movahedi. (2018). Gelation of oil-in-water emulsions stabilized by heat-denatured and nanofibrillated whey proteins through ion bridging or citric acid-mediated cross-linking. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 120(Pt B). 2247–2258. 55 indexed citations

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Mohammadian, Mehdi, Maryam Salami, Shima Momen, et al.. (2018). Enhancing the aqueous solubility of curcumin at acidic condition through the complexation with whey protein nanofibrils. Food Hydrocolloids. 87. 902–914. 236 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alavi, Farhad, Zahra Emam‐Djomeh, Shima Momen, et al.. (2018). Effect of free radical-induced aggregation on physicochemical and interface-related functionality of egg white protein. Food Hydrocolloids. 87. 734–746. 84 indexed citations

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Momen, Shima, Maryam Salami, Farhad Alavi, et al.. (2018). Effect of dry heating on physico-chemical, functional properties and digestibility of camel whey protein. International Dairy Journal. 86. 9–20. 21 indexed citations

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Mohammadian, Mehdi, Maryam Salami, Shima Momen, Farhad Alavi, & Zahra Emam‐Djomeh. (2018). Fabrication of curcumin-loaded whey protein microgels: Structural properties, antioxidant activity, and in vitro release behavior. LWT. 103. 94–100. 85 indexed citations

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Alavi, Farhad, Zahra Emam‐Djomeh, Mohammad Saeid Yarmand, et al.. (2018). Cold gelation of curcumin loaded whey protein aggregates mixed with k-carrageenan: Impact of gel microstructure on the gastrointestinal fate of curcumin. Food Hydrocolloids. 85. 267–280. 167 indexed citations

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Momen, Shima, Maryam Salami, Farhad Alavi, Zahra Emam‐Djomeh, & Ali Akbar Moosavi‐Movahedi. (2018). The techno-functional properties of camel whey protein compared to bovine whey protein for fabrication a model high protein emulsion. LWT. 101. 543–550. 32 indexed citations

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Alavi, Farhad, Shima Momen, Zahra Emam‐Djomeh, Maryam Salami, & Ali Akbar Moosavi‐Movahedi. (2018). Radical cross-linked whey protein aggregates as building blocks of non-heated cold-set gels. Food Hydrocolloids. 81. 429–441. 52 indexed citations

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Alavi, Farhad, Shima Momen, Zahra Emam‐Djomeh, Maryam Salami, & Ali Akbar Moosavi‐Movahedi. (2018). Tailoring egg white proteins by a GRAS redox pair for production of cold-set gel. LWT. 98. 428–437. 10 indexed citations

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