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19 May 2025
Coatings | Highly Cited Papers in 2024 in the “Coatings for Food Technology and System” Section


The Section “Coatings for Food Technology and System” of Coatings (ISSN: 2079-6412) aims to cover fundamental and applied aspects related to Coatings for the food sector. This Section expects contributions that can provide an advancement in knowledge and understanding of phenomena connected with the design, development, and performance of Coatings primarily intended for direct or indirect quality preservation and shelf life extension of foods.

As all of the articles published in our journal are of an open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full texts. We are pleased to invite you to read the most highly cited papers in 2024. We hope these papers will be useful for this field, and the list of papers is as follows:

1. “Preservative Effects of Flaxseed Gum-Sodium Alginate Active Coatings Containing Carvacrol on Quality of Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) during Cold Storage”
by Xinru Yang, Shiyuan Fang, Yao Xie, Jun Mei and Jing Xie
Coatings 2024, 14(3), 338; https://doi.org/10.3390/Coatings14030338
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/3/338

2. “Migration and Safety Aspects of Plastic Food Packaging Materials: Need for Reconsideration?”
by Andreas Panou and Ioannis Konstantinos Karabagias
Coatings 2024, 14(2), 168; https://doi.org/10.3390/Coatings14020168
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/2/168

3. “Chitosan-Based Films with Essential Oil Components for Food Packaging”
by Magdalena Woźniak, Joanna Młodziejewska, Karolina Stefanowska, Lucyna Mrówczyńska, Anna Sip, Renata Dobrucka and Izabela Ratajczak
Coatings 2024, 14(7), 830; https://doi.org/10.3390/Coatings14070830
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/7/830

4. “Mechanisms of Action and Preservation Effects of Packaging Systems for Mushrooms: Novel Approaches to Preserve Irish Edible Mushrooms”
by Tigist Tadesse Shonte, Mehraj Fatema Mulla, Lorraine Foley and Shivani Pathania
Coatings 2024, 14(2), 172; https://doi.org/10.3390/Coatings14020172
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/2/172

5. “Evaluation of Edible Coatings from Components from Chlorella vulgaris and Comparison with Conventional Coatings”
by Alexandra Mari, Charilaos Fafalis and Magdalini Krokida
Coatings 2024, 14(5), 621; https://doi.org/10.3390/Coatings14050621
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/5/621

6. “Optimisation of the Encapsulation of Grape Pomace Extract by Spray Drying Using Goat Whey Protein as a Coating Material”
by Gabriela Perković, Mirela Planinić, Gordana Šelo, Josipa Martinović, Radenko Nedić, Matej Puš and Ana Bucić-Kojić
Coatings 2024, 14(9), 1101; https://doi.org/10.3390/Coatings14091101
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/9/1101

7. “Camelina sativa Oilseed Cake as a Potential Source of Biopolymer Films: A Chemometric Approach to Synthesis, Characterization, and Optimization”
by Danijela Šuput, Lato Pezo, Slađana Rakita, Nedeljka Spasevski, Ružica Tomičić, Nevena Hromiš and Senka Popović
Coatings 2024, 14(1), 95; https://doi.org/10.3390/Coatings14010095
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/1/95

8. “Development of pH Indicator Composite Films Based on Anthocyanins and Neutral Red for Monitoring Minced Meat and Fish in Modified Gas Atmosphere (MAP)”
by Marwa Faisal, Tomas Jacobson, Lene Meineret, Peter Vorup, Heloisa N. Bordallo, Jacob Judas Kain Kirkensgaard, Peter Ulvskov and Andreas Blennow
Coatings 2024, 14(6), 725; https://doi.org/10.3390/Coatings14060725
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/6/725

9. “Nanocomposite Coatings of Pectin and Oxide Zinc Nanoparticles to Increase Papaya Shelf Life”
by Joelma Saures dos Santos, Caroline Cagnin, Bheatriz Silva Morais de Freitas, Richard Marins da Silva, Glaydson Brasileiro Lopes de Jesus, Celso Martins Belisário, Mariana Buranelo Egea, Josemar Gonçalves de Oliveira Filho and Geovana Rocha Plácido
Coatings 2024, 14(8), 990; https://doi.org/10.3390/Coatings14080990
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/8/990

10. “The Antifungal and Antiviral Activity of Coatings Containing Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and Verbascum L. or Formitopsis betulina Extracts and Their Influence on the Quality of Strawberries after Storage”
by Małgorzata Mizielińska, Magdalena Ordon, Weronika Burdajewicz, Paweł Nawrotek, Józef Sternal and Marcin Okręglicki
Coatings 2024, 14(3), 260; https://doi.org/10.3390/Coatings14030260
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/3/260

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