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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the "Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO)" and "Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)" in Spain (Project RTA2017-00024-C04-03) . Eduardo A. Sanchez-Torres acknowledges the FPU PhD contract (FPU18/01439) granted by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Funding for open access charge: Universitat Politecnica de Valencia.

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Airborne ultrasonic application on hot air-drying of pork liver. Intensification of moisture transport and impact on protein solubility

Publicated to:Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 86 106011- - 2022-05-01 86(), DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2022.106011

Authors: Sanchez-Torres, E A; Abril, B; Benedito, J; Bon, J; Toldra, M; Garcia-Perez, J V

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Univ Girona, Inst Food & Agr Technol INTEA, UdG, XIA, C Maria Aure lia Capmany 61, Girona 17003, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Dept Food Technol Cami Vera, UPV, Cami Vera S-N, Valencia 46022, Spain - Author

Abstract

Nowadays, there is increasing interest in developing strategies for the efficient and sustainable use of animal byproducts, such as pork liver. In order to stabilize the product, a prior dehydration stage may be required due to its high perishability. The water removal process of pork liver is energy costly and time consuming, which justifies its intensification using novel technologies. In this sense, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of the airborne application of power ultrasound on the hot air-drying of pork liver. For that purpose, drying experiments were carried out at 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 ?C on pork liver cylinders at 2 m.s(-1) with (US) and without ultrasonic application (AIR). The drying process was modeled from the diffusion theory and, in the dried pork liver, the protein solubility was analyzed in order to determine the effect of drying on the protein quality. The ultrasound application increased the drying rate, shortening the drying time by up to 40% at 30 ?C. The effect of power ultrasound at high temperatures (60 and 70 ?C) was of lesser magnitude. Drying at 70 ?C involved a noticeable reduction in the protein solubility for dried liver, while the impact of ultrasound application on the solubility was not significant (p > 0.05).

Keywords

Airborne ultrasound transmissioAirborne ultrasound transmissionAnimalsApplBioactive peptidesBy-productsCured hamDehydrationDesiccationFunctional-propertiesKineticsLiverMeatMeat by-productsMeat proteinNovel technologiesPork meatPower ultrasoundQualityRed meatSolubilitySwineTemperatureUltrasonics

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Ultrasonics Sonochemistry due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 1/31, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Acoustics. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.37. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 2.16 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-16, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 10
  • Scopus: 11
  • Europe PMC: 7

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-16:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 22 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Sanchez Torres, Eduardo Antonio) and Last Author (García Pérez, José Vicente).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been García Pérez, José Vicente.