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Coconut Research and Applications

Coconut Research and Applications is a research topic within Inorganic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 10k 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 chemical composition, biological properties, and health effects of coconut, with a focus on virgin coconut oil, lauric acid, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, genetic diversity, and nutritional properties. The research covers a wide range of topics including the potential therapeutic benefits of coconut in various health conditions.

  • Coconut
  • Virgin Coconut Oil
  • Lauric Acid
  • Antioxidant
  • Antimicrobial
  • Health Benefits
  • Fatty Acids
  • Polyphenolics
  • Genetic Diversity
  • Nutritional Properties
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
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
Indonesia
48% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Coconut Research and Applications

Which countries lead Coconut Research and Applications research?

By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (1.3k and 454 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 1.3k works
  2. 2 India 454 works
  3. 3 China 259 works
  4. 4 Brazil 181 works
  5. 5 Malaysia 132 works
  6. 6 United States 129 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 96 works
  8. 8 Philippines 84 works
  9. 9 Thailand 63 works
  10. 10 Sri Lanka 57 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: 48.1%India: 16.2%China: 9.2%Brazil: 6.4%6 others listed: 20.0%48%largest
Indonesia1,348 · 48.1%India454 · 16.2%China259 · 9.2%Brazil181 · 6.4%6 others listed561 · 20.0%

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

Which institutions lead Coconut Research and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Coconut Research and Applications research, followed by IPB University and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 71 works
  2. 2 IPB UniversityIndonesia 35 works
  3. 3 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 29 works
  4. 4 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 29 works
  5. 5 Sam Ratulangi UniversityIndonesia 28 works
  6. 6 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 27 works
  7. 7 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 26 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 26 works
  9. 9 Andalas UniversityIndonesia 24 works
  10. 10 Hainan UniversityChina 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Coconut Research and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Coconut Research and Applications include Walter Churchill Willett.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k 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 Coconut Research and Applications?

The most cited paper in Coconut Research and Applications is "Effects of dietary fatty acids and carbohydrates on the ratio of serum total to HDL cholesterol and on serum lipids and apolipoproteins: a meta-analysis of 60 controlled trials" (Ronald P. Mensink, Peter L. Zock, Arnold D.M. Kester et al., 2003), with 2,829 citations. Next come "Characterization of the Action of Selected Essential Oil Components on Gram-Negative Bacteria" (1,655) and "THE DETERMINATION OF SUGAR IN BLOOD AND SPINAL FLUID WITH ANTHRONE REAGENT" (1,453).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effects of dietary fatty acids and carbohydrates on the ratio of serum total to HDL cholesterol and on serum lipids and apolipoproteins: a meta-analysis of 60 controlled trials Ronald P. Mensink, Peter L. Zock, Arnold D.M. Kester et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ReviewOpen access May 2003 2,829
2 Characterization of the Action of Selected Essential Oil Components on Gram-Negative Bacteria Ilkka M. Helander, Hanna‐Leena Alakomi, Kyösti Latva‐Kala et al. · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Open access 11 Aug 1998 1,655
3 THE DETERMINATION OF SUGAR IN BLOOD AND SPINAL FLUID WITH ANTHRONE REAGENT Joseph H. Roe · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access 1955 1,453
4 The genome sequences of Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis, the diploid ancestors of cultivated peanut David J. Bertioli et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 22 Feb 2016 1,079
5 Antibacterial activity and mechanism of cinnamon essential oil against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus Yunbin Zhang, Xiaoyu Liu, Yifei Wang et al. · Food Control Open access 26 May 2015 939
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Coconut Research and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Coconut Research and Applications research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia), Makassar (Indonesia) and Semarang (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kāsaragod and Manado.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 110 works
  2. 2 MedanIndonesia 98 works
  3. 3 MakassarIndonesia 62 works
  4. 4 SemarangIndonesia 61 works
  5. 5 YogyakartaIndonesia 60 works
  6. 6 MalangIndonesia 58 works
  7. 7 SurabayaIndonesia 56 works
  8. 8 BandungIndonesia 54 works
  9. 9 BogorIndonesia 51 works
  10. 10 PadangIndonesia 50 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KāsaragodIN · 38.8 works223×
  2. ManadoID · 28.6 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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

Among universities, judged by research, Hainan University, Universiti Putra Malaysia and IPB 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 9.03%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hainan UniversityUniversiti Sains Mal…Universiti Putra Mal…IPB University
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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
1Hainan UniversityChina 77.230.8%18.0×23 +245.8%
2Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia 72.119.8%10.2×16 +21.5%
3IPB UniversityIndonesia 54.92.3%20.8×35 +21.6%
4Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia 54.424.7%4.2×8 -17.5%
5Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 52.43.2%43.8×29 +48.2%
6Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 51.03.7%9.1×26 +13.3%
7Sam Ratulangi UniversityIndonesia 45.50.1%31.5×28 +143.0%
8University of BrawijayaIndonesia 45.51.8%10.4×27 +8.3%
9Andalas UniversityIndonesia 44.50.7%15.5×24 +43.7%
10Universitas Muslim IndonesiaIndonesia 42.13.2%18.7×17 +212.6%

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 Coconut Research and Applications, country by country

Is Coconut Research and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Coconut 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 Coconut Research and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Coconut 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%Coconut Research and Applications10.2% 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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