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Edible Oils Quality and Analysis

Edible Oils Quality and Analysis is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the chemistry, health effects, antioxidant activity, and extraction methods related to olive oil. It covers topics such as the role of phenolic compounds, fatty acids, and polyphenols in olive oil, as well as its oxidative stability and potential health benefits. Additionally, it explores waste management strategies in the olive oil production process.

  • Olive Oil
  • Antioxidant Activity
  • Phenolic Compounds
  • Health Effects
  • Oxidative Stability
  • Fatty Acids
  • Polyphenols
  • Extraction Methods
  • Biological Activities
  • Waste Management
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Edible Oils Quality and Analysis

Which countries lead Edible Oils Quality and Analysis research?

By volume, China and Spain publish the most (659 and 250 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 659 works
  2. 2 Spain 250 works
  3. 3 Italy 236 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 209 works
  5. 5 India 202 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 170 works
  7. 7 United States 138 works
  8. 8 Iran 120 works
  9. 9 Brazil 115 works
  10. 10 Egypt 102 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: 30.0%Spain: 11.4%Italy: 10.7%Türkiye: 9.5%6 others listed: 38.5%30%largest
China659 · 30.0%Spain250 · 11.4%Italy236 · 10.7%Türkiye209 · 9.5%6 others listed846 · 38.5%

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

Which institutions lead Edible Oils Quality and Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas publishes the most Edible Oils Quality and Analysis research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Nanchang University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 44 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 43 works
  3. 3 Nanchang UniversityChina 31 works
  4. 4 Henan University of TechnologyChina 28 works
  5. 5 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 23 works
  6. 6 Jiangnan UniversityChina 23 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 21 works
  8. 8 Universidad de JaénSpain 19 works
  9. 9 National Research CouncilItaly 18 works
  10. 10 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Edible Oils Quality and Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Edible Oils Quality and Analysis include Walter Churchill Willett, Frank B. Hu and JoAnn E. Manson.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  2. 2 Frank B. Hu United States 281k citations
  3. 3 JoAnn E. Manson United States 263k citations
  4. 4 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  5. 5 Carlo La Vecchia Italy 258k citations
  6. 6 Peter John Barnes United Kingdom 225k citations
  7. 7 Dariush Mozaffarian United States 218k citations
  8. 8 Meir J. Stampfer United States 212k citations
  9. 9 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 Edible Oils Quality and Analysis?

The most cited paper in Edible Oils Quality and Analysis 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 "Mechanisms and Factors for Edible Oil Oxidation" (1,902) and "Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of olive extracts" (1,401).

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 Mechanisms and Factors for Edible Oil Oxidation Eunok Choe, DAVID B. S. MIN · Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety Sep 2006 1,902
3 Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of olive extracts Suzy McDonald, Paul D. Prenzler, Michael Antolovich et al. · Food Chemistry Apr 2001 1,401
4 Applications and opportunities for ultrasound assisted extraction in the food industry — A review Kamaljit Vilkhu, RAYMOND F. MAWSON, Lloyd Simons et al. · Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 27 Nov 2007 1,381
5 Lipid Oxidation in Oil‐in‐Water Emulsions: Impact of Molecular Environment on Chemical Reactions in Heterogeneous Food Systems David Julian McClements, Eric A. Decker · Journal of Food Science Nov 2000 1,343
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Edible Oils Quality and Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Edible Oils Quality and Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Wuxi (China), Seville (Spain) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sfax, Wuxi and Seville.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 79 works
  2. 2 WuxiChina 48 works
  3. 3 SevilleSpain 45 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 43 works
  5. 5 ZhengzhouChina 41 works
  6. 6 GizaEgypt 39 works
  7. 7 TehranIran 39 works
  8. 8 AthensGreece 39 works
  9. 9 MadridSpain 30 works
  10. 10 HangzhouChina 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SfaxTN · 21.3 works15×
  2. WuxiCN · 48.0 works13×
  3. SevilleES · 44.7 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Edible Oils Quality and Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Edible Oils Quality and Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanchang University, Universidade do Porto and Henan University of Technology 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%mean 18.37%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade do PortoJiangnan UniversityHenan University of …Nanchang 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
1Nanchang UniversityChina 76.814.8%12.6×31 +18.1%
2Universidade do PortoPortugal 71.722.8%5.8×13 +27.0%
3Henan University of TechnologyChina 65.615.8%42.1×28 +137.0%
4Jiangnan UniversityChina 62.718.3%11.6×22 -32.5%
5Wuhan Polytechnic UniversityChina 57.017.6%39.6×15 +189.2%
6Cadi Ayyad UniversityMorocco 56.717.2%16.8×10 +56.7%
7University of ThessalyGreece 56.520.3%11.9×9 +129.6%
8Universidad de JaénSpain 56.217.1%36.1×19 -22.6%
9Universidad de GranadaSpain 55.516.3%7.1×13 -5.6%
10Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 55.523.5%13.0×9 +8.6%

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 Edible Oils Quality and Analysis, country by country

Is Edible Oils Quality and Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Edible Oils Quality and Analysis.

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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 Edible Oils Quality and Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Edible Oils Quality and Analysis 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%Edible Oils Quality and Analysis10.3% 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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