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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. 10.4% 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%
607
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+6%
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Which countries lead Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (461 and 80 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 461 works
  2. 2 India 80 works
  3. 3 Brazil 60 works
  4. 4 United States 42 works
  5. 5 Japan 27 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 23 works
  7. 7 Egypt 21 works
  8. 8 South Korea 20 works
  9. 9 Iran 17 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 14 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: 60.2%India: 10.4%Brazil: 7.8%United States: 5.5%6 others listed: 16.1%60%largest
China461 · 60.2%India80 · 10.4%Brazil60 · 7.8%United States42 · 5.5%6 others listed123 · 16.1%

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

Which institutions lead Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University publishes the most Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research research, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Who are the leading researchers in Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research include Leo A. Paquette.

  1. 1 Leo A. Paquette United States 1.2k citations

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

Where is Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research research done?

The largest centres of Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chengdu (China), Shenyang (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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 62 works
  2. 2 Chengdu China 29 works
  3. 3 Shenyang China 25 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 25 works
  5. 5 Kunming China 24 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 20 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 19 works
  8. 8 Lanzhou China 13 works
  9. 9 Guiyang China 12 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 11 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KunmingCN · 24.5 works12×
  2. ShenyangCN · 24.9 works8.6×
  3. ChengduCN · 29.2 works4.3×
  4. GuangzhouCN · 24.7 works2.8×
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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, Lanzhou University, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University and Southwest Jiaotong 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%10%20%mean 10.525%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Lanzhou University: 10, 18.5%Shenyang Pharmaceutical University: 21, 9.2%Southwest Jiaotong University: 9, 10.1%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 13, 4.3%Lanzhou UniversitySouthwest Jiaotong U…Shenyang Pharmaceuti…Chinese Academy of M…
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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 Lanzhou UniversityChina 63.918.5%16.1×10 +10.9%
2 Shenyang Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 56.89.2%160.6×21 -8.5%
3 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 56.110.1%11.4×9 +187.0%
4 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 41.94.3%13.2×13 +17.2%

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 Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.