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Biological Stains and Phytochemicals

Biological Stains and Phytochemicals is a research topic within Pharmacology. Science Explorer counts 5.2k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biosynthesis and pharmacological activities of medicinal natural products, particularly emphasizing the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antitumor properties of compounds such as cassane diterpenoids and flavonoids. The research also delves into the mechanisms of action, including the involvement of heme oxygenase-1 in mediating certain effects.

  • Medicinal Natural Products
  • Biosynthetic Approach
  • Pharmacological Activities
  • Antioxidant Status
  • Cassane Diterpenoids
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Antimicrobial Activity
  • Heme Oxygenase-1
  • Antitumor Activity
  • Flavonoids
Research works
5.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
528
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+24%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Biological Stains and Phytochemicals

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

Which countries lead Biological Stains and Phytochemicals research?

By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (243 and 167 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 243 works
  2. 2 India 167 works
  3. 3 China 165 works
  4. 4 United States 58 works
  5. 5 Brazil 47 works
  6. 6 Thailand 42 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 37 works
  8. 8 Iran 22 works
  9. 9 South Korea 20 works
  10. 10 Japan 20 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.

Indonesia: 29.6%India: 20.3%China: 20.1%United States: 7.1%6 others listed: 22.9%30%largest
Indonesia243 · 29.6%India167 · 20.3%China165 · 20.1%United States58 · 7.1%6 others listed188 · 22.9%

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

Which institutions lead Biological Stains and Phytochemicals research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universitas Gadjah Mada publishes the most Biological Stains and Phytochemicals research, followed by Padjadjaran University and Chiang Mai University.

Who are the leading researchers in Biological Stains and Phytochemicals?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Biological Stains and Phytochemicals include Amirhossein Sahebkar.

  1. 1 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k 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 Biological Stains and Phytochemicals?

The most cited paper in Biological Stains and Phytochemicals is "CYTOCHEMISTRY AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY" (David D. Sabatini, Klaus G. Bensch, Russell J. Barrnett, 1963), with 4,109 citations. Next come "Silver stain for proteins in polyacrylamide gels: A modified procedure with enhanced uniform sensitivity" (4,100) and "Nonlinear magic: multiphoton microscopy in the biosciences" (3,908).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 CYTOCHEMISTRY AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY David D. Sabatini, Klaus G. Bensch, Russell J. Barrnett · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access Apr 1963 4,109
2 Silver stain for proteins in polyacrylamide gels: A modified procedure with enhanced uniform sensitivity James H. Morrissey · Analytical Biochemistry Nov 1981 4,100
3 Nonlinear magic: multiphoton microscopy in the biosciences Warren R. Zipfel, Rebecca M. Williams, Watt W. Webb · Nature Biotechnology 31 Oct 2003 3,908
4 Antigen retrieval in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues: an enhancement method for immunohistochemical staining based on microwave oven heating of tissue sections. Shan‐Rong Shi, Marc E. Key, Krishan L. Kalra · Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry Jun 1991 2,594
5 Quantification of histochemical staining by color deconvolution. Arnout C. C. Ruifrok, D. A. Johnston · PubMed Aug 2001 2,072
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Biological Stains and Phytochemicals research done?

The largest centres of Biological Stains and Phytochemicals research in 2022-now are Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Beijing (China), Bandung (Indonesia) and Semarang (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Yogyakarta.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 YogyakartaIndonesia 26 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 21 works
  3. 3 BandungIndonesia 19 works
  4. 4 SemarangIndonesia 16 works
  5. 5 BangkokThailand 15 works
  6. 6 JakartaIndonesia 15 works
  7. 7 MalangIndonesia 14 works
  8. 8 MakassarIndonesia 14 works
  9. 9 MedanIndonesia 14 works
  10. 10 ChennaiIndia 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. YogyakartaID · 25.9 works6.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Biological Stains and Phytochemicals than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Biological Stains and Phytochemicals?

Among universities, judged by research, Chiang Mai University, Padjadjaran University and Universitas Gadjah Mada 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 13.125%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Chiang Mai UniversityPadjadjaran UniversityUniversity of Brawij…Universitas Gadjah M…
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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
1Chiang Mai UniversityThailand 71.936.5%27.8×8 +111.8%
2Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 46.010.3%14.1×12 +39.0%
3Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 45.72.3%18.3×17 -8.6%
4University of BrawijayaIndonesia 10.33.4%9.3×8 +74.8%

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 Biological Stains and Phytochemicals, country by country

Is Biological Stains and Phytochemicals research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Biological Stains and Phytochemicals.

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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 Biological Stains and Phytochemicals as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0038% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Biological Stains and Phytochemicals0.0052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Biological Stains and Phytochemicals 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%Biological Stains and Phytochemicals11.0% 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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