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Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects

Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 8.3k 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 focuses on the metabolism, functions, biosynthesis, deficiency, and therapeutic use of Coenzyme Q. It explores its role as an antioxidant, its association with mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and its potential in treating cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases.

  • Metabolism
  • Function
  • Antioxidant
  • Biosynthesis
  • Deficiency
  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Therapeutic Use
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases
Research works
8.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
841
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects

Which countries lead Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (261 and 190 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 261 works
  2. 2 United States 190 works
  3. 3 India 93 works
  4. 4 Iran 64 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 61 works
  6. 6 Japan 51 works
  7. 7 Italy 50 works
  8. 8 Brazil 43 works
  9. 9 Germany 39 works
  10. 10 Egypt 37 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: 29.4%United States: 21.4%India: 10.4%Iran: 7.2%6 others listed: 31.6%29%largest
China261 · 29.4%United States190 · 21.4%India93 · 10.4%Iran64 · 7.2%6 others listed281 · 31.6%

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

Which institutions lead Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Sun Yat-sen University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 14 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 9 works
  3. 3 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 9 works
  4. 4 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 8 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 8 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 6 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 5 works
  8. 8 University of BolognaItaly 5 works
  9. 9 Ministry of HealthIraq 5 works
  10. 10 Central South UniversityChina 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects include Guido Kroemer, John J.V. McMurray and Gregory Y.H. Lip.

  1. 1 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  2. 2 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom 349k citations
  3. 3 Gregory Y.H. Lip United Kingdom 311k citations
  4. 4 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  5. 5 Scott M. Grundy United States 257k citations
  6. 6 John Hardy United Kingdom 243k citations
  7. 7 Dennis W. Dickson United States 237k 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 Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects?

The most cited paper in Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects is "Oxidative Stress: Harms and Benefits for Human Health" (Gabriele Pizzino, Natasha Irrera, Mariapaola Cucinotta et al., 2017), with 4,835 citations. Next come "Coupling of Phosphorylation to Electron and Hydrogen Transfer by a Chemi-Osmotic type of Mechanism" (4,713) and "Mitochondrial formation of reactive oxygen species" (4,379).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Oxidative Stress: Harms and Benefits for Human Health Gabriele Pizzino, Natasha Irrera, Mariapaola Cucinotta et al. · Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity Open access 2017 4,835
2 Coupling of Phosphorylation to Electron and Hydrogen Transfer by a Chemi-Osmotic type of Mechanism Peter D. Mitchell · Nature Jul 1961 4,713
3 Mitochondrial formation of reactive oxygen species Julio F. Turrens · The Journal of Physiology Open access 25 Aug 2003 4,379
4 Tissue fractionation studies. 6. Intracellular distribution patterns of enzymes in rat-liver tissue C. De Duve, Berton C. Pressman, R. Gianetto et al. · Biochemical Journal Open access Aug 1955 4,175
5 Oxidative stress, aging, and diseases Ilaria Liguori, Gennaro Russo, Francesco Curcio et al. · Clinical Interventions in Aging Open access Apr 2018 4,013
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Where is Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects research done?

The largest centres of Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Tehran (Iran) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 33 works
  2. 2 GuangzhouChina 20 works
  3. 3 TehranIran 19 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 18 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 16 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 13 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 13 works
  8. 8 CairoEgypt 12 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 11 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 11 works
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Where is the best place to study Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects?

Among universities, judged by research, Sun Yat-sen 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.

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
1Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 10.014.8%3.6×9 +176.6%

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 Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects, country by country

Is Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects.

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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 Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0053% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects 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.

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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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