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Bioactive Compounds in Plants

Bioactive Compounds in Plants is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 3.7k research works in it since 1952. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the research and health benefits of citrus flavonoids, particularly nobiletin and tangeretin. The papers cover a wide range of topics including anti-inflammatory actions, neuroprotective effects, antioxidant properties, and potential benefits in conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and memory impairment. The research also explores the metabolism and pharmacokinetics of these flavonoids.

  • Nobiletin
  • Tangeretin
  • Polymethoxyflavones
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Neuroprotective
  • Antioxidant
  • Cancer
  • Memory
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Metabolism
Research works
3.7k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
375
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+29%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
41% of the 10 largest, 2022-now

Which countries lead Bioactive Compounds in Plants research?

By volume, China and Indonesia publish the most (414 and 170 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 414 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 170 works
  3. 3 India 161 works
  4. 4 United States 55 works
  5. 5 South Korea 50 works
  6. 6 Iran 44 works
  7. 7 Japan 38 works
  8. 8 Egypt 33 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 29 works
  10. 10 Malaysia 28 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: 40.5%Indonesia: 16.7%India: 15.8%United States: 5.3%6 others listed: 21.7%41%largest
China414 · 40.5%Indonesia170 · 16.7%India161 · 15.8%United States55 · 5.3%6 others listed222 · 21.7%

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

Which institutions lead Bioactive Compounds in Plants research?

By volume in 2022-now, Airlangga University publishes the most Bioactive Compounds in Plants research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Who are the leading researchers in Bioactive Compounds in Plants?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Bioactive Compounds in Plants include Kai You Wang, David Julian McClements and Han Zhang.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 David Julian McClements United States 185k citations
  3. 3 Han Zhang China 161k citations
  4. 4 Eric B. Rimm United States 153k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Bioactive Compounds in Plants?

The most cited paper in Bioactive Compounds in Plants is "Lenalidomide plus Dexamethasone for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma" (Meletios Athanasios Dimopoulos, Andrew G Spencer, Michael Attal et al., 2007), with 1,463 citations. Next come "Citrus flavonoids: Molecular structure, biological activity and nutritional properties: A review" (1,183) and "Update on Uses and Properties of Citrus Flavonoids: New Findings in Anticancer, Cardiovascular, and Anti-inflammatory Activity" (1,166).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Lenalidomide plus Dexamethasone for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma Meletios Athanasios Dimopoulos, Andrew G Spencer, Michael Attal et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 21 Nov 2007 1,463
2 Citrus flavonoids: Molecular structure, biological activity and nutritional properties: A review Elisa Tripoli, Maurizio La Guardia, Santo Giammanco et al. · Food Chemistry 2007 1,183
3 Update on Uses and Properties of Citrus Flavonoids: New Findings in Anticancer, Cardiovascular, and Anti-inflammatory Activity O. Benavente-García, Jesús José André Quintana Castillo · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2 Jul 2008 1,166
4 Analysis and design of OFDM/OQAM systems based on filterbank theory Pierre Siohan, Cyrille Siclet, Nicolas Lacaille · IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing May 2002 992
5 Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of the Citrus Flavonoids Hesperidin and Hesperetin: An Updated Review of their Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Models Hamideh Parhiz, Ali Roohbakhsh, Fatemeh Soltani et al. · Phytotherapy Research 13 Nov 2014 918
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Where is Bioactive Compounds in Plants research done?

The largest centres of Bioactive Compounds in Plants research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Guangzhou.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 38 works
  2. 2 GuangzhouChina 33 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 20 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 18 works
  5. 5 ChengduChina 18 works
  6. 6 JakartaIndonesia 16 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 16 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 15 works
  9. 9 ChongqingChina 14 works
  10. 10 SurabayaIndonesia 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GuangzhouCN · 33.1 works2.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Bioactive Compounds in Plants than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Bioactive Compounds in Plants?

Among universities, judged by research, Airlangga 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.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 10.00.4%8.9×9 +102.2%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Bioactive Compounds in Plants, country by country

Is Bioactive Compounds in Plants research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bioactive Compounds in Plants.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bioactive Compounds in Plants as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0044% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Bioactive Compounds in Plants over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Bioactive Compounds in Plants10.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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