WOODCLIFF LAKE, New Jersey, January 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. (RIFM) announced that for the second consecutive year, a RIFM study on fragrance ingredients appears in the top ten list of most cited papers from the scientific journal Food and Chemical Toxicology. A toxicologic and dermatologic assessment of cyclic and non-cyclic terpene alcohols when used as fragrance ingredients, Belsito, D., Bickers, D., Bruze, M., Calow, P., Greim, H., Hanifin, J.M., Rogers, A.E., Saurat, J.H., Sipes, I.G., Tagami, H., 2008 Food and Chemical Toxicology 46 (2), pp. 446-475, ranks number two for the period 2008-2012. Scientific publishing giant Elsevier released its top cited papers 2008-2012 based on statistics from Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources covering nearly 18,000 titles from more than 5,000 publishers.

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More RIFM studies are highlighted in the statistics provided by Elsevier. The fourth most downloaded from Food and Chemical Toxicology in 2010 is the RIFM Special Review Supplement, A safety assessment of saturated branched chain alcohols when used as fragrance ingredients, Belsito, D., Bickers, D., Bruze, M., Calow, P., Greim, H., Hanifin, J.M., Rogers, A.E., Saurat, J.H., Sipes, I.G., Tagami, H., 2010 Food and Chemical Toxicology 48 (Suppl 4), pp. S1-S46. RIFM's Human Health research studies on fragrance ingredients are available from the RIFM web site at http://www.rifm.org in the RIFM Human Health Science Program area or the Publications section.

The first and second most downloaded from Food and Chemical Toxicology in 2011 are A toxicological and dermatological assessment of macrocyclic lactone and lactide derivatives when used as fragrance ingredients, Belsito, D., Bickers, D., Bruze, M., Calow, P., Dagli, M.L., Fryer, A.D., Greim, H., Miyachi, Y., Saurat, J.H., Sipes, I.G., 2011 Food and Chemical Toxicology, 49, (Suppl 2), pp. S219-S241 and A toxicological and dermatological assessment of macrocyclic ketones when used as fragrance ingredients, Belsito, D., Bickers, D., Bruze, M., Calow, P., Dagli, M.L., Fryer, A.D., Greim, H., Miyachi, Y., Saurat, J.H., Sipes, I.G., 2011 Food and Chemical Toxicology, 49, (Suppl 2), pp. S126-S141. At this time, these studies are published online and only available through Food and Chemical Toxicology or Scopus but will soon be available from RIFM's web site.

RIFM is the international scientific authority for the safe use of fragrance materials. RIFM generates, evaluates and distributes scientific data on the safety assessment of fragrance raw materials found in personal and household care products. Through extensive research, testing and constant monitoring of all scientific literature available, RIFM maintains its Database as the most comprehensive source worldwide of physical-chemical, toxicological and eco-toxicological data associated with known fragrance and flavor materials. All of RIFM's scientific findings are evaluated by an independent Expert Panel-an international group of dermatologists, pathologists, toxicologists, reproduction, respiratory and environmental scientists. The Expert Panel evaluates the safety of fragrance ingredients under conditions of intended use and publishes their results in peer-reviewed scientific journals. The decisions of the Expert Panel regarding restrictions of use are also published in the IFRA Standards. For more information about RIFM and its activities, visit http://www.rifm.org or e-mail rifm@rifm.org.

Contact: Marie Gartshore, Communications Manager
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SOURCE Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc.