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Gómez-Llorente, HAuthorPerez-Esteve, EAuthorBarat, JmAuthorFernandez-Segovia, ICorresponding Author

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October 30, 2024
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Nanotechnology in the agri-food sector: Consumer perceptions

Publicated to:Nanoimpact. 26 100399- - 2022-04-06 26(), DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2022.100399

Authors: Gomez-Llorente, Hector; Hervas, Pau; Perez-Esteve, Edgar; Barat, Jose M; Fernandez-Segovia, Isabel

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Univ Politecn Valencia, Dept Tecnol Alimentos, Camino Vera S-N - Author

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to evaluate Spanish consumers' opinions on using nanotechnology in food processing and packaging. For this purpose, a literature review was carried out in the main research database to determine the most widespread uses of nanotechnology in the food industry and the most promising developments. Of all the nanotechnology uses in food, five areas of application were identified: developing new ingredients or additives, formulating new antimicrobial systems, and designing new processing methods, sensors and packaging with nanostructured materials. Subsequently, a consumers' opinion study was carried out by means of a survey, in which the opinions and purchase intention of a representative product of all five categories were evaluated, as well as the neophobia level to new food technologies. All the products obtained positive evaluations, and the applications in which nanotechnology did not form part of food were generally better valued than those in which it did form part. The respondents had a medium neophobia level, with an average score of 4.59 (out of 7 points), being consumers with more knowledge about new technologies the least neophobic and those who gave products higher scores. This study provides relevant information for using nanotechnology in the food processing and packaging sector.

Keywords

AttitudesBenefitsConsumer behaviorConsumer opinionFearsFoodFood handlingFood industryFood processingNanotechnologyNeophobiaPackagingPublic acceptanceSatisfactionSystemsTechnology neophobia scaleWillingness-to-pay

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Nanoimpact due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Safety Research.

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: 1.17. 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:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 1.65 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 8.74 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-03, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 14
  • Scopus: 19
  • Europe PMC: 2

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 2025-07-03:

  • 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: 57 (PlumX).

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 (Gómez Llorente, Héctor) and Last Author (Fernández Segovia, Isabel).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Fernández Segovia, Isabel.