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Table 2.

Top 10 articles published in 2000-2009 with highest number of citations intensity, presented as the average number of citations per each year after publication*

Rank Authors Title Bibliographical reference Cumulative citations Citations per year
1
Machida M, Asai K, Sano M, et al.
Genome sequencing and analysis of Aspergillus oryzae
Nature 2005;438:1157-1161
266
44.3
2
Jarup L
Hazards of heavy metal contamination
British Medical Bulletin 2003;68:167-182
236
33.7
3
Ma JF, Yamaji N, Mitani N, et al.
Transporters of arsenite in rice and their role in arsenic accumulation in rice grain
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 2008;105:9931-9935
80
26.7
4
Li JF, Huang YF, Ding Y, et al.
Shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Nature 2010;464:392-395
21
21.0
5
van Boekel MAJS
On the use of the Weibull model to describe thermal inactivation of microbial vegetative cells
International journal of Food Microbiology 2002;74:139-159
145
16.1
6
Koopmans M, Duizer E
Foodborne viruses: an emerging problem
International Journal of Food Microbiology 2004;90:23-41
128
16.0
7
Tompkin RB
Control of Listeria monocytogenes in the food-processing environment
Journal of Food Protection 2002;65:709-725
141
15.7
8
Adak GK, Long SM, O'Brien SJ
Trends in indigenous foodborne disease and deaths, England and Wales: 1992 to 2000
Gut 2002;67:832-841
125
15.6
9
Bocio A, Llobet JM, Domingo JL, et al.
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in foodstuffs: Human exposure through the diet
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2003;51:3191-3195
120
15.0
10 Zhao CW, Ge BL, De Villena J, et al. Prevalence of Campylobacter spp., Escherichia coli, and Salmonella serovars in retail chicken, turkey, pork, and beef from the Greater Washington, DC, area Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2001;67:5431-5436 130 13.0

*Citations were calculated for the years after publication, including the year of publication, up to the end of 2010. The exception was the article by Koopmans and Duizer, which had 1 citation in 2003 although the official paper publication was in 2004.