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Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research

Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 5.8k research works in it since 1951. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the isolation, structure, biological activities, and synthesis of diterpenoids from medicinal plants, with a focus on their potential anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and cytotoxic properties. It also delves into the ethnopharmacological aspects of these compounds and their traditional uses.

  • Diterpenoids
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Biological Activities
  • Isolation
  • Synthesis
  • Anticancer
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Antiviral
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Ethnopharmacology
Research works
5.8k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
590
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
59% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research

Which countries lead Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (560 and 109 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 560 works
  2. 2 India 109 works
  3. 3 Brazil 76 works
  4. 4 United States 58 works
  5. 5 Japan 32 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 32 works
  7. 7 South Korea 24 works
  8. 8 Egypt 23 works
  9. 9 Vietnam 21 works
  10. 10 Iran 19 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: 58.7%India: 11.4%Brazil: 7.9%United States: 6.1%6 others listed: 15.9%59%largest
China560 · 58.7%India109 · 11.4%Brazil76 · 7.9%United States58 · 6.1%6 others listed151 · 15.9%

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

Which institutions lead Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research research, followed by Shenyang Pharmaceutical University and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 35 works
  2. 2 Shenyang Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 23 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 14 works
  4. 4 Lanzhou UniversityChina 11 works
  5. 5 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 11 works
  6. 6 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 9 works
  7. 7 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 9 works
  8. 8 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 9 works
  9. 9 Sichuan UniversityChina 9 works
  10. 10 Yunnan UniversityChina 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research include Kai You Wang, Hua Zhang and Jin Li.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  3. 3 Jin Li China 132k 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 Natural Diterpenoids Research?

The most cited paper in Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research is "Brine Shrimp: A Convenient General Bioassay for Active Plant Constituents" (Brian F. Meyer, N. R. Ferrigni, J. E. Putnam et al., 1982), with 4,843 citations. Next come "Nod1, an Apaf-1-like Activator of Caspase-9 and Nuclear Factor-κB" (736) and "Synopsis of the plants known as medicinal and poisonous in Northeast of Brazil" (664).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Brine Shrimp: A Convenient General Bioassay for Active Plant Constituents Brian F. Meyer, N. R. Ferrigni, J. E. Putnam et al. · Planta Medica May 1982 4,843
2 Nod1, an Apaf-1-like Activator of Caspase-9 and Nuclear Factor-κB Naohiro Inohara, Takeyoshi Koseki, Luis del Peso et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access May 1999 736
3 Synopsis of the plants known as medicinal and poisonous in Northeast of Brazil Maria de Fátima Agra, Patrícia França de Freitas, José Maria Barbosa‐Filho · Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia Open access Mar 2007 664
4 Caspases: pharmacological manipulation of cell death Inna N. Lavrik · Journal of Clinical Investigation Open access Oct 2005 648
5 Prokaryotic Hopanoids and other Polyterpenoid Sterol Surrogates Guy Ourisson, Michel Rohmer, Karl Poralla · Annual Review of Microbiology Oct 1987 579
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Where is Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research research done?

The largest centres of Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chengdu (China), Kunming (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kunming, Shenyang and Chengdu.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 72 works
  2. 2 ChengduChina 34 works
  3. 3 KunmingChina 33 works
  4. 4 GuangzhouChina 31 works
  5. 5 ShenyangChina 28 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 23 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 22 works
  8. 8 GuiyangChina 15 works
  9. 9 LanzhouChina 14 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KunmingCN · 33.3 works12×
  2. ShenyangCN · 27.8 works7.6×
  3. ChengduCN · 33.8 works3.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University and Lanzhou 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%mean 12.825%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Chengdu University o…Lanzhou UniversityChinese Academy of M…Shenyang Pharmaceuti…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

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
1Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 61.728.7%32.5×9 +85.0%
2Shenyang Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 56.46.7%158.6×23 +26.5%
3Lanzhou UniversityChina 51.017.7%14.3×11 +137.4%
4Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 47.49.7%11.8×14 -4.2%
5Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 36.88.3%12.2×11 +23.4%
6Sichuan UniversityChina 29.014.0%3.4×9 +19.9%
7Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 28.812.8%3.9×9 -59.6%
8Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 19.74.7%32.0×9 +10.1%

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 Natural Diterpenoids Research, country by country

Is Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research.

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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 Natural Diterpenoids Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0043% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research 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 Natural Diterpenoids Research10.3% in 2025200020102020

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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