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Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress

Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress is a research topic within Biochemistry. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1950. 19.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role of oxidative stress, antioxidants, lipid peroxidation, and carotenoids in various health conditions such as atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, cancer prevention, and eye health. It investigates the impact of reactive oxygen species, biomarkers of oxidative damage, and the potential use of vitamin E in mitigating oxidative stress-related diseases.

  • Oxidative Stress
  • Antioxidants
  • Lipid Peroxidation
  • Carotenoids
  • Vitamin E
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Biomarkers
  • Inflammation
  • Cancer Prevention
Research works
44k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+5%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 564 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.2k works
  2. 2 United States 564 works
  3. 3 India 320 works
  4. 4 Brazil 290 works
  5. 5 Italy 176 works
  6. 6 Spain 164 works
  7. 7 Iran 161 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 159 works
  9. 9 South Korea 155 works
  10. 10 Japan 145 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 36.4%United States: 16.8%India: 9.5%Brazil: 8.6%6 others listed: 28.6%36%largest
China1,221 · 36.4%United States564 · 16.8%India320 · 9.5%Brazil290 · 8.6%6 others listed959 · 28.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs publishes the most Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Zhejiang University.

Who are the leading researchers in Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress include Tommi Vasankari, Walter C. Willett and Catherine Rice‐Evans.

  1. 1 Tommi Vasankari Finland 6.9k citations
  2. 2 Walter C. Willett United States 6.8k citations
  3. 3 Catherine Rice‐Evans United Kingdom 6.3k citations
  4. 4 Dariush Mozaffarian United States 5.2k citations
  5. 5 Stefan Lorkowski Germany 4.7k citations
  6. 6 Bruce N. Ames United States 4.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress research done?

The largest centres of Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Nanjing (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 173 works
  2. 2 Guangzhou China 78 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 62 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 59 works
  5. 5 Tehran Iran 57 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 52 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 48 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 47 works
  9. 9 Shanghai China 46 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 46 works
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Where is the best place to study Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of Lodz, Sichuan Agricultural University and Guangdong Ocean University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 34.61%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of Lodz: 10, 43.0%Sichuan Agricultural University: 11, 26.2%Guangdong Ocean University: 8, 34.9%Huazhong Agricultural University: 13, 34.7%Nanjing Agricultural University: 14, 27.3%Northeast Agricultural University: 9, 56.5%Ocean University of China: 9, 41.8%Tabriz University of Medical Sciences: 9, 19.4%South China Agricultural University: 12, 27.4%Northwest A&F University: 9, 34.9%Medical University o…Guangdong Ocean Univ…Huazhong Agricultura…Sichuan Agricultural…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Medical University of LodzPoland 54.943.0%13.5×10 -31.5%
2 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 53.426.2%7.9×11 +130.6%
3 Guangdong Ocean UniversityChina 53.134.9%10.6×8 +60.3%
4 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 52.434.7%7.8×13 +3.7%
5 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 49.527.3%6.9×14 +47.4%
6 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 48.956.5%6.8×9 -51.0%
7 Ocean University of ChinaChina 43.741.8%3.6×9 +72.8%
8 Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 43.419.4%7.8×9 +91.5%
9 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 42.727.4%6.7×12 +13.6%
10 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 41.534.9%4.5×9 +68.5%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.