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Botanical Research and Applications

Botanical Research and Applications is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the properties, sources, applications, and stability of betalains, particularly in relation to their antioxidant activity, nutritional significance, and potential health benefits. The research covers a wide range of topics including the extraction, characterization, and bioavailability of betalains from various plant sources, with a focus on Opuntia species. Additionally, the cluster delves into the use of betalains as natural colorants and their potential role in functional foods.

  • Betalains
  • Antioxidant
  • Opuntia
  • Phytochemicals
  • Nutrition
  • Colorants
  • Cactus Pear
  • Bioactive Compounds
  • Health Benefits
  • Food Processing
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+26%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
20% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Botanical Research and Applications

Which countries lead Botanical Research and Applications research?

By volume, Brazil and Mexico publish the most (735 and 668 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 735 works
  2. 2 Mexico 668 works
  3. 3 China 555 works
  4. 4 India 536 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 314 works
  6. 6 United States 269 works
  7. 7 Spain 184 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 170 works
  9. 9 Colombia 154 works
  10. 10 Italy 130 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.

Brazil: 19.8%Mexico: 18.0%China: 14.9%India: 14.4%6 others listed: 32.9%20%largest
Brazil735 · 19.8%Mexico668 · 18.0%China555 · 14.9%India536 · 14.4%6 others listed1,221 · 32.9%

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

Which institutions lead Botanical Research and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Colegio de Postgraduados publishes the most Botanical Research and Applications research, followed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 72 works
  2. 2 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 59 works
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 59 works
  4. 4 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 43 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 42 works
  6. 6 Tecnológico Nacional de MéxicoMexico 39 works
  7. 7 Instituto Politécnico NacionalMexico 37 works
  8. 8 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 32 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 29 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Botanical Research and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Botanical Research and Applications include Amirhossein Sahebkar, David Julian McClements and David M. Pereira.

  1. 1 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  2. 2 David Julian McClements United States 185k citations
  3. 3 David M. Pereira Portugal 183k citations
  4. 4 Pamela S. Soltis United States 165k 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 Botanical Research and Applications?

The most cited paper in Botanical Research and Applications is "Salinity tolerance in halophytes*" (T. J. Flowers, Timothy D. Colmer, 2008), with 2,798 citations. Next come "Biosynthesis of plant pigments: anthocyanins, betalains and carotenoids" (2,570) and "Chemical studies of anthocyanins: A review" (2,557).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Salinity tolerance in halophytes* T. J. Flowers, Timothy D. Colmer · New Phytologist Open access 19 Jun 2008 2,798
2 Biosynthesis of plant pigments: anthocyanins, betalains and carotenoids Yoshikazu Tanaka, Nobuhiro Sasaki, Akemi Ohmiya · The Plant Journal May 2008 2,570
3 Chemical studies of anthocyanins: A review Araceli Castañeda Ovando, Ma de Lourdes Pacheco-Hernández, María Elena Páez-Hernández et al. · Food Chemistry 10 Sep 2008 2,557
4 FT-IR study of plant cell wall model compounds: pectic polysaccharides and hemicelluloses Marta Kačuráková · Carbohydrate Polymers Oct 2000 1,748
5 THE GENETICS AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF FLORAL PIGMENTS Erich Grotewold · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review 7 Feb 2006 1,664
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Where is Botanical Research and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Botanical Research and Applications research in 2022-now are Mexico City (Mexico), Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil) and Bogotá (Colombia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Montecillo and Texcoco.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico CityMexico 163 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 73 works
  3. 3 São PauloBrazil 63 works
  4. 4 BogotáColombia 50 works
  5. 5 RecifeBrazil 48 works
  6. 6 XalapaMexico 48 works
  7. 7 MontecilloMexico 46 works
  8. 8 MadridSpain 41 works
  9. 9 GuadalajaraMexico 40 works
  10. 10 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MontecilloMX · 46.3 works94×
  2. TexcocoMX · 26.4 works71×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Botanical Research and Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Botanical Research and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanchang University, Northeast Agricultural University and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 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 27.5%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Northeast Agricultur…China Agricultural U…Nanchang UniversityUniversidad Nacional…
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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
1Nanchang UniversityChina 58.337.7%2.6×10 +131.9%
2Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 55.941.7%6.0×8 +141.4%
3Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 55.23.1%11.2×59 +29.3%
4China Agricultural UniversityChina 53.939.1%3.1×9 +147.4%
5Warsaw University of Life SciencesPoland 53.934.7%10.0×9 +16.2%
6University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 52.631.6%3.1×10 +369.3%
7University of PalermoItaly 52.117.0%7.9×14 +17.2%
8Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 52.015.3%6.8×13 +83.0%
9Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 50.722.8%5.3×21 -8.3%
10Hainan UniversityChina 50.332.0%5.2×12 +109.3%

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 Botanical Research and Applications, country by country

Is Botanical Research and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Botanical Research and Applications.

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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 Botanical Research and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.029% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Botanical Research and Applications 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%Botanical Research and Applications10.3% 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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