K. E. Belk

12.3k citations

293 papers · 9.0k · 1 hit paper · h-index 50

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Animal Science and Zoology top 0.02%
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
Biotechnology top 0.1%
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
- Microbial Inactivation Methods

Papers in

Animal Science and Zoology 139
- Meat and Animal Product Quality 129
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology 50
Food Science 120
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology 50
- Food Safety and Hygiene 43

Co-authors: Gary C. Smith (136 shared papers)John N. Sofos (89 shared papers)J.A. Scanga (90 shared papers)J. D. Tatum (71 shared papers)Ifigenia Geornaras (74 shared papers)Paul S. Morley (36 shared papers)Dale R. Woerner (69 shared papers)P. L. Chapman (16 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Animal Science (74 papers)Journal of Food Protection (50 papers)Meat Science (25 papers)Journal of Food Science (13 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Belgium

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K. E. Belk

289 papers receiving 8.5k citations

K. E. Belk's Hit Papers

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Research Guidelines for Cookery, Sensory Evaluation, and Instrumental Tenderness Measurements of Meat 2015 · 477 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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

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1	Research Guidelines for Cookery, Sensory Evaluation, and Instrumental Tenderness Measurements of Meat T. L. Wheeler, L. S. PAPADOPOULOS, K. Miller, K. E. Belk, Michael E. Dikeman, Chris R. Calkins, D. A. King, Mark F. Miller, Todd K. Shackelford, Bridget Wasser, Dustin T Yates Hit paper breakdown →	2015	477
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 Wolfe, Jared G Young, Christina Boucher, K. E. Belk, Noelle Noyes, Paul S. Morley	2019	286
3	MEGARes: an antimicrobial resistance database for high throughput sequencing Nucleic Acids Research ·Steven M. Lakin, Chris Dean, Noelle Noyes, Adam Dettenwanger, Anne Spencer Ross, Enrique Doster, Pablo Rovira, Zaid Abdo, Kenneth L. Jones, Jaime Ruiz, K. E. Belk, Paul S. Morley, Christina Boucher	2016	265
4	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, J. O. REAGAN, Gary C. Smith	2000	174
5	Impact of sequencing depth on the characterization of the microbiome and resistome Scientific Reports ·Rahat Zaheer, Noelle Noyes, Rodrigo Ortega Polo, Shaun R. Cook, Eric Marinier, Gary Van Domselaar, K. E. Belk, Paul S. Morley, Tim A. McAllister	2018	161
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. D. Tatum, K. E. Belk, P. L. Chapman, J.A. Scanga, Gary C. Smith	2003	150
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 ·L. G. Garcia, K.L. Nicholson, T. W. Hoffman, T.E. Lawrence, D. S. Hale, D. B. Griffin, J.W. Savell, D. L. VanOverbeke, James P. Morgan, K. E. Belk, Thomas G. Field, J.A. Scanga, J. D. Tatum, Gary C. Smith	2008	144
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, J.A. Scanga, K. E. Belk, Gary C. Smith	2001	137
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, J.A. Scanga, Gary C. Smith	2002	132
10	Effects of marbling and shear force on consumers' willingness to pay for beef strip loin steaks Journal of Animal Science ·W. J. Platter, J. D. Tatum, K. E. Belk, Stephen R. Koontz, P. L. Chapman, Gary C. Smith	2005	122
11	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. D. Tatum, J.A. Scanga, P. L. Chapman, Gary C. Smith, K. E. Belk	2006	120
12	Traceability from a US perspective Meat Science ·Gary C. Smith, J. D. Tatum, K. E. Belk, J.A. Scanga, Temple Grandin, John N. Sofos	2005	120
13	Factors contributing to the incidence of dark cutting beef. Journal of Animal Science ·J.A. Scanga, K. E. Belk, J. D. Tatum, Temple Grandin, Gary C. Smith	1998	120
14	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. D. Tatum, G. R. SCHMIDT, K. E. Belk, Gary C. Smith, N.C. Speer	2000	115
15	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	115
16	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, J.C. Brooks, James P. Morgan, T. H. Montgomery, K. E. Belk, Gary C. Smith	2002	114
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	112
18	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 Noyes, Enrique Doster, J. N. Martin, Lyndsey Linke, Roberta J. Magnuson, Hua Yang, Ifigenia Geornaras, Dale R. Woerner, Kenneth L. Jones, Jaime Ruiz, Christina Boucher, Paul S. Morley, K. E. Belk	2016	106
19	Antimicrobial Activity of ɛ‐Polylysine against Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Listeria monocytogenes in Various Food Extracts Journal of Food Science ·Ifigenia Geornaras, Yohan Yoon, K. E. Belk, Gary C. Smith, John N. Sofos	2007	102
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. D. Tatum, K. E. Belk, J.A. Scanga, Gary C. Smith	2003	101

About K. E. Belk

K. E. Belk is a scholar working on Animal Science and Zoology, Food Science, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology and Small Animals, having authored 293 papers that have together received 9.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Meat and Animal Product Quality (129 papers), Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (76 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (50 papers), Animal Nutrition and Physiology (50 papers), Food Safety and Hygiene (43 papers), Microbial Inactivation Methods (28 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (25 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Animal Science and Zoology (4.0k citations), Biotechnology (1.9k citations), Food Science (3.5k citations), Endocrinology (573 citations) and Small Animals (726 citations). K. E. Belk has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Gary C. Smith, John N. Sofos, J.A. Scanga, J. D. Tatum, Ifigenia Geornaras, Paul S. Morley, Dale R. Woerner, P. L. Chapman, Noelle Noyes and Patricia A. Kendall. 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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