K. E. Belk

12.3k citations

304 papers · 9.4k · 1 hit paper · h-index 51

Impact in

Animal Science and Zoology top 0.02%
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
Biotechnology top 0.1%
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety

Papers in

Animal Science and Zoology 182
- Meat and Animal Product Quality 173
Biotechnology 71
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety 67

Co-authors: Gary C. Smith (134 shared papers)John N. Sofos (89 shared papers)John A. Scanga (90 shared papers)J. Daryl Tatum (69 shared papers)Ifigenia Geornaras (73 shared papers)Paul S. Morley (34 shared papers)Dale R. Woerner (66 shared papers)Noelle Robertson Noyes (18 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Animal Science (76 papers)Journal of Food Protection (50 papers)Meat Science (26 papers)Journal of Food Science (13 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada South Korea

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K. E. Belk

298 papers receiving 9k citations

K. E. Belk's Hit Papers

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Research Guidelines for Cookery, Sensory Evaluation, and Instrumental Tenderness Measurements of Meat 2015 · 481 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2015 Research Guidelines for Cookery, Sensory Evaluation, and Instrumental Tenderness Measurements of Meat

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside K. E. Belk, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Research Guidelines for Cookery, Sensory Evaluation, and Instrumental Tenderness Measurements of Meat TOMMY L. WHEELER, LINDA S. PAPADOPOULOS, K. Miller, K. E. Belk, Michael E. Dikeman, Chris Richard Calkins, D. A. King, Mark F. Miller Hit paper breakdown →	2015	481
2	MEGARes 2.0: a database for classification of antimicrobial drug, biocide and metal resistance determinants in metagenomic sequence data Nucleic Acids Research ·Enrique Doster, Steven M. Lakin, Christopher Dean, Cory A. Wolfe, Jared G Young, Christina A. Boucher, K. E. Belk, Noelle Robertson Noyes	2019	319
3	MEGARes: an antimicrobial resistance database for high throughput sequencing Nucleic Acids Research ·Steven M. Lakin, Chris J. Dean, Noelle Robertson Noyes, Adam Dettenwanger, Anne Spencer Ross, Enrique Doster, Pablo Rovira, Zaid Abdo	2016	284
4	Impact of sequencing depth on the characterization of the microbiome and resistome Scientific Reports ·Rahat Zaheer, Noelle Robertson Noyes, Rodrigo Ortega Polo, Shaun R. Cook, Eric Marinier, Gary Van Domselaar, K. E. Belk, Paul S. Morley	2018	171
5	Microbial Populations on Animal Hides and Beef Carcasses at Different Stages of Slaughter in Plants Employing Multiple-Sequential Interventions for Decontamination Journal of Food Protection ·R.T. Bacon, K. E. Belk, John N. Sofos, R.P. Clayton, James O. Reagan, Gary C. Smith	2000	168
6	Relationships of consumer sensory ratings, marbling score, and shear force value to consumer acceptance of beef strip loin steaks Journal of Animal Science ·W. J. Platter, J. Daryl Tatum, K. E. Belk, Philip L. Chapman, John A. Scanga, Gary C. Smith	2003	148
7	National Beef Quality Audit–2005: Survey of targeted cattle and carcass characteristics related to quality, quantity, and value of fed steers and heifers1 Journal of Animal Science ·Lyda Guadalupe Garcia, K.L. Nicholson, T. W. Hoffman, T.E. Lawrence, D. S. Hale, D. B. Griffin, J.W. Savell, Deborah L. VanOverbeke	2008	147
8	Organic Acids and Their Salts as Dipping Solutions To Control Listeria monocytogenes Inoculated following Processing of Sliced Pork Bologna Stored at 4°C in Vacuum Packages Journal of Food Protection ·John Samelis, John N. Sofos, Mindy L. Kain, John A. Scanga, K. E. Belk, Gary C. Smith	2001	138
9	Control of Listeria monocytogenes with Combined Antimicrobials after Postprocess Contamination and Extended Storage of Frankfurters at 4° C in Vacuum Packages Journal of Food Protection ·John Samelis, Gerard K. Bedie, John N. Sofos, K. E. Belk, John A. Scanga, Gary C. Smith	2002	132
10	National Beef Quality Audit-2000: survey of targeted cattle and carcass characteristics related to quality, quantity, and value of fed steers and heifers Journal of Animal Science ·D.R. McKenna, D. L. Roebert, P.K. Bates, Ty B Schmidt, D. S. Hale, D. B. Griffin, J.W. Savell, Jonathan C.W. Brooks	2002	123
11	Effects of marbling and shear force on consumers' willingness to pay for beef strip loin steaks Journal of Animal Science ·W. J. Platter, J. Daryl Tatum, K. E. Belk, Stephen R. Koontz, Philip L. Chapman, Gary C. Smith	2005	123
12	Effects of postmortem aging and USDA quality grade on Warner-Bratzler shear force values of seventeen individual beef muscles1 Journal of Animal Science ·S. L. Gruber, J. Daryl Tatum, John A. Scanga, Philip L. Chapman, Gary C. Smith, K. E. Belk	2006	121
13	Attachment and biofilm formation by Escherichia coli O157:H7 at different temperatures, on various food-contact surfaces encountered in beef processing International Journal of Food Microbiology ·Dimitra Dourou, Catherine Simpson Beauchamp, Yohan Yoon, Ifigenia Geornaras, K. E. Belk, Gary C. Smith, George‐John E. Nychas, John N. Sofos	2011	118
14	Traceability from a US perspective Meat Science ·Gary C. Smith, J. Daryl Tatum, K. E. Belk, John A. Scanga, Temple Grandin, John N. Sofos	2005	113
15	Use of Metagenomic Shotgun Sequencing Technology To Detect Foodborne Pathogens within the Microbiome of the Beef Production Chain Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Xiang Yang, Noelle Robertson Noyes, Enrique Doster, Jennifer N. Martin, Lyndsey Linke, Roberta J. Magnuson, Hua Yang, Ifigenia Geornaras	2016	113
16	Factors contributing to the incidence of dark cutting beef. Journal of Animal Science ·John A. Scanga, K. E. Belk, J. Daryl Tatum, Temple Grandin, Gary C. Smith	1998	112
17	Extent of Microbial Contamination in United States Pork Retail Products Journal of Food Protection ·E.A. Duffy, K. E. Belk, John N. Sofos, Gina R. Bellinger, A. Pape, Gary C. Smith	2001	111
18	Injection of beef strip loins with solutions containing sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium lactate, and sodium chloride to enhance palatability. Journal of Animal Science ·D. J. Vote, W. J. Platter, J. Daryl Tatum, G. R. SCHMIDT, K. E. Belk, Gary C. Smith, N.C. Speer	2000	110
19	Characterization of the resistome in manure, soil and wastewater from dairy and beef production systems Scientific Reports ·Noelle Robertson Noyes, Xiang Yang, Lyndsey Linke, Roberta J. Magnuson, Shaun R. Cook, Rahat Zaheer, Hua Yang, Dale R. Woerner	2016	107
20	Effects of repetitive use of hormonal implants on beef carcass quality, tenderness, and consumer ratings of beef palatability1,2 Journal of Animal Science ·W. J. Platter, J. Daryl Tatum, K. E. Belk, John A. Scanga, Gary C. Smith	2003	104

About K. E. Belk

K. E. Belk is a scholar working on Animal Science and Zoology, Biotechnology, Endocrinology, Food Science and Agronomy and Crop Science, having authored 304 papers that have together received 9.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Meat and Animal Product Quality (173 papers), Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (67 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (37 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (28 papers), Livestock Farming and Management (22 papers), Food Safety and Hygiene (18 papers), Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (16 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Animal Science and Zoology (4.1k citations), Biotechnology (1.5k citations), Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (340 citations), Endocrinology (585 citations) and Molecular Medicine (655 citations). K. E. Belk has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include Gary C. Smith, John N. Sofos, John A. Scanga, J. Daryl Tatum, Ifigenia Geornaras, Paul S. Morley, Dale R. Woerner, Noelle Robertson Noyes, Philip L. Chapman and Christina A. Boucher. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Animal Science, Journal of Food Protection, Meat Science, Journal of Food Science and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

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