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Chromatography in Natural Products

Chromatography in Natural Products is a research topic within Analytical Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in counter-current chromatography techniques, particularly in the isolation and purification of bioactive compounds from Nelumbo nucifera and other natural sources. It includes topics such as solvent system selection, phytochemical profiling, antioxidant activity, and high-speed counter-current chromatography for plant analysis.

  • Counter-Current Chromatography
  • Natural Product Isolation
  • Nelumbo Nucifera
  • High-Speed Counter-Current Chromatography
  • Plant Analysis
  • Solvent System Selection
  • Phytochemical Profile
  • Antioxidant Activity
  • Bioactive Compounds
  • Chromatographic Separation
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
55% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Chromatography in Natural Products

Which countries lead Chromatography in Natural Products research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (892 and 243 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 892 works
  2. 2 India 243 works
  3. 3 United States 122 works
  4. 4 Russia 96 works
  5. 5 Germany 56 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 44 works
  7. 7 Poland 41 works
  8. 8 Japan 41 works
  9. 9 South Korea 39 works
  10. 10 France 39 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: 55.3%India: 15.0%United States: 7.6%Russia: 6.0%6 others listed: 16.1%55%largest
China892 · 55.3%India243 · 15.0%United States122 · 7.6%Russia96 · 6.0%6 others listed260 · 16.1%

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

Which institutions lead Chromatography in Natural Products research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Chromatography in Natural Products research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 50 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 33 works
  3. 3 Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 23 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 21 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 18 works
  6. 6 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 15 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 14 works
  8. 8 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 13 works
  9. 9 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 11 works
  10. 10 China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Chromatography in Natural Products?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Chromatography in Natural Products include Heng Li, Kai You Wang and Hua Zhang.

  1. 1 Heng Li United States 270k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  4. 4 David Julian McClements United States 185k 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 Chromatography in Natural Products?

The most cited paper in Chromatography in Natural Products is "Chemistry and Biological Activities of Flavonoids: An Overview" (Shashank Kumar, Abhay Kumar Pandey, 2013), with 4,993 citations. Next come "The Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine from Natural Products" (2,460) and "Techniques for extraction and isolation of natural products: a comprehensive review" (2,301).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chemistry and Biological Activities of Flavonoids: An Overview Shashank Kumar, Abhay Kumar Pandey · The Scientific World JOURNAL Open access 2013 4,993
2 The Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine from Natural Products Hai-Dan Yuan, Qianqian Ma, Ye Li et al. · Molecules Open access 29 Apr 2016 2,460
3 Techniques for extraction and isolation of natural products: a comprehensive review Qingwen Zhang, Ligen Lin, Wen‐Cai Ye · Chinese Medicine Open access 17 Apr 2018 2,301
4 REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFORMATION IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS Constantine N. Anagnostopoulos, John Spizizen · Journal of Bacteriology Open access May 1961 2,210
5 Gas-liquid partition chromatography: the separation and micro-estimation of volatile fatty acids from formic acid to dodecanoic acid Alan T. James, A. J. P. Martin · Biochemical Journal Open access Mar 1952 1,823
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Where is Chromatography in Natural Products research done?

The largest centres of Chromatography in Natural Products research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Hangzhou (China), Nanjing (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nanchang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 135 works
  2. 2 HangzhouChina 50 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 43 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 41 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 38 works
  6. 6 TianjinChina 37 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 34 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 33 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 29 works
  10. 10 JinanChina 26 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NanchangCN · 20.4 works5.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Chromatography in Natural Products than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Chromatography in Natural Products?

Among universities, judged by research, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College 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%30%mean 16.37%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Chengdu University o…Zhejiang UniversityTianjin University o…Chinese Academy of 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
1Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 74.827.5%28.0×14 +61.9%
2Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 69.414.7%80.3×23 +20.7%
3Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 57.213.9%8.8×18 -11.2%
4Zhejiang UniversityChina 46.321.2%1.8×9 -12.7%
5China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 45.817.6%24.5×10 -22.3%
6Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 43.19.1%30.9×15 +3.1%
7Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 42.013.2%21.0×10 +64.5%
8Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 40.818.9%25.4×12 -46.0%
9Shandong University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 39.520.3%35.5×8 +92.5%
10Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 33.27.3%18.4×10 +29.7%

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 Chromatography in Natural Products, country by country

Is Chromatography in Natural Products research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Chromatography in Natural Products.

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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 Chromatography in Natural Products as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0088% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Chromatography in Natural Products0.0097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Chromatography in Natural Products 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%Chromatography in Natural Products10.2% 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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