Champaign, IL (May 12, 2025)—The American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA®) is pleased to announce Qi-Lin Zhang and  Xiu-Zhang Li as a 2025 recipient of the Journal of Dairy Science (JDS®) Highly Cited Award. The award will be presented on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, during the awards program at the ADSA Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky.

The number of citations a published study receives provides an excellent indication of its importance to its research community. The JDS Highly Cited Award program has been established by ADSA to formally recognize contributors to JDS whose work significantly affects research and the dairy industry.

The JDS Highly Cited Award was awarded to Qi-Lin Zhang, Xiu-Zhang Li, and coauthors for their paper titled “A novel bacteriocin against Staphylococcus aureus from Lactobacillus paracasei isolated from Yunnan traditional fermented yogurt: Purification, antibacterial characterization, and antibiofilm activity” which was published in the March 2022 issue of the Journal of Dairy Science.

It is with great pleasure that ADSA presents Qi-Lin Zhang and  Xiu-Zhang Li with the 2025 JDS Highly Cited Award.

About the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA)
The American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) is an international organization of educators, scientists, and industry representatives who are committed to advancing the dairy industry and keenly aware of the vital role the dairy sciences play in fulfilling the economic, nutritive, and health requirements of the world’s population. It provides leadership in scientific and technical support to sustain and grow the global dairy industry through generation, dissemination, and exchange of information and services. Together, ADSA members have discovered new methods and technologies that have revolutionized the dairy industry. www.adsa.org