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Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity

Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 59k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the antimicrobial properties of essential oils, particularly their potential applications in food preservation. It covers topics such as the mode of action, in vitro evaluation, and synergistic interactions with food matrix components. Additionally, it explores the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of essential oils derived from medicinal plants.

  • Essential Oils
  • Antimicrobial Activity
  • Food Preservation
  • Antibacterial Agents
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Mode of Action
  • In Vitro Evaluation
  • Phytochemicals Screening
  • Antioxidant Activity
  • Natural Products
Research works
59k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity

Which countries lead Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (2.3k and 1.5k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 2.3k works
  2. 2 China 1.5k works
  3. 3 Brazil 1k works
  4. 4 Türkiye 985 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 683 works
  6. 6 Iran 615 works
  7. 7 United States 537 works
  8. 8 Egypt 490 works
  9. 9 Italy 468 works
  10. 10 Nigeria 376 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.

India: 25.9%China: 16.9%Brazil: 11.1%Türkiye: 10.9%6 others listed: 35.2%26%largest
India2,334 · 25.9%China1,520 · 16.9%Brazil1,001 · 11.1%Türkiye985 · 10.9%6 others listed3,169 · 35.2%

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

Which institutions lead Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity research?

By volume in 2022-now, King Saud University publishes the most Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity research, followed by Islamic Azad University, Tehran and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 104 works
  2. 2 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 102 works
  3. 3 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 87 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 85 works
  5. 5 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 78 works
  6. 6 National Research CentreEgypt 63 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 58 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 55 works
  9. 9 Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 53 works
  10. 10 State Museum of Natural History KarlsruheGermany 52 works

Who are the leading researchers in Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity include Róbert Langer, Xiaogang Wang and Amirhossein Sahebkar.

  1. 1 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  4. 4 Didier Raoult France 232k citations
  5. 5 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  6. 6 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 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity?

The most cited paper in Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity is "Essential oils: their antibacterial properties and potential applications in foods—a review" (Sara A. Burt, 2004), with 10,472 citations. Next come "Biological effects of essential oils – A review" (7,885) and "Methods for in vitro evaluating antimicrobial activity: A review" (7,292).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Essential oils: their antibacterial properties and potential applications in foods—a review Sara A. Burt · International Journal of Food Microbiology 9 Jun 2004 10,472
2 Biological effects of essential oils – A review Fadil Bakkali, Simone Averbeck, Dietrich Averbeck et al. · Food and Chemical Toxicology Open access Oct 2007 7,885
3 Methods for in vitro evaluating antimicrobial activity: A review Mounyr Balouiri, Moulay Sadiki, Saâd Ibnsouda Koraichi · Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis Open access 2 Dec 2015 7,292
4 Improving the thiobarbituric acid-reactive-substances assay for estimating lipid peroxidation in plant tissues containing anthocyanin and other interfering compounds D. Mark Hodges, John M. DeLong, Charles F. Forney et al. · Planta 17 Feb 1999 4,265
5 Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) for controlled drug delivery – a review of the state of the art R Müller · European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 3 Jul 2000 3,758
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Where is Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity research done?

The largest centres of Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Tehran (Iran), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Giza (Egypt).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 223 works
  2. 2 TehranIran 189 works
  3. 3 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 161 works
  4. 4 GizaEgypt 143 works
  5. 5 ChennaiIndia 130 works
  6. 6 CairoEgypt 127 works
  7. 7 New DelhiIndia 122 works
  8. 8 IstanbulTürkiye 111 works
  9. 9 São PauloBrazil 92 works
  10. 10 Mexico CityMexico 87 works
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Where is the best place to study Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, Jiangsu University and United Arab Emirates University score highest, combining citation 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 26.5%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jiangsu UniversityUnited Arab Emirates…Al-Azhar UniversityKing Saud 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.

Citation 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
1King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 74.018.3%7.9×104 +59.3%
2Jiangsu UniversityChina 64.342.3%1.4×16 +28.0%
3United Arab Emirates UniversityUnited Arab Emirates 63.241.4%3.2×10 +78.9%
4Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 58.125.0%6.0×31 +37.1%
5Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia 56.120.0%5.3×18 +108.8%
6An-Najah National UniversityPalestine 55.225.0%14.9×16 +90.9%
7Qassim UniversitySaudi Arabia 55.024.8%4.9×17 +55.9%
8Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah UniversityMorocco 54.514.8%11.2×41 +42.1%
9Henan University of TechnologyChina 54.531.4%5.4×15 +99.4%
10University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-NapocaRomania 52.022.0%29.7×21 +56.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, country by country

Is Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity.

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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 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.070% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity 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%Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity10.1% 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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