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Flavonoids in Medical Research

Flavonoids in Medical Research is a research topic within Pharmacology. Science Explorer counts 11k 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 explores the therapeutic potential of flavonoids, particularly Baicalein, Apigenin, Wogonin, and Chrysin, found in plants such as Scutellaria baicalensis. The research covers a wide range of applications including anticancer properties, anti-inflammatory effects, neuroprotective capabilities, and pharmacokinetics of these flavonoids.

  • Flavonoids
  • Baicalein
  • Apigenin
  • Wogonin
  • Chrysin
  • Scutellaria baicalensis
  • Anticancer
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Neuroprotective
  • Pharmacokinetics
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+28%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
61% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Flavonoids in Medical Research

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Flavonoids in Medical Research research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.3k and 259 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 India 259 works
  3. 3 Iran 111 works
  4. 4 United States 111 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 73 works
  6. 6 South Korea 64 works
  7. 7 Egypt 56 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 44 works
  9. 9 Russia 40 works
  10. 10 Poland 38 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: 61.1%India: 12.7%Iran: 5.4%United States: 5.4%6 others listed: 15.4%61%largest
China1,252 · 61.1%India259 · 12.7%Iran111 · 5.4%United States111 · 5.4%6 others listed315 · 15.4%

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

Which institutions lead Flavonoids in Medical Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine publishes the most Flavonoids in Medical Research research, followed by Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 36 works
  2. 2 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 31 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 28 works
  4. 4 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 28 works
  5. 5 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 26 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 21 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 18 works
  8. 8 Shaanxi University of Chinese MedicineChina 15 works
  9. 9 Shandong University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 14 works
  10. 10 First Affiliated Hospital of Henan UniversityChina 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Flavonoids in Medical Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Flavonoids in Medical Research include Jun Wang, Amirhossein Sahebkar and Peter John Barnes.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  3. 3 Peter John Barnes United Kingdom 225k citations
  4. 4 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  5. 5 Edward L. Giovannucci United States 219k citations
  6. 6 David M. Pereira Portugal 183k 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 Flavonoids in Medical Research?

The most cited paper in Flavonoids in Medical Research is "Important Flavonoids and Their Role as a Therapeutic Agent" (Asad Ullah, Sidra Munir, Syed Lal Badshah et al., 2020), with 1,691 citations. Next come "The Flavonoids: Advances in Research." (1,430) and "The Therapeutic Potential of Apigenin" (1,248).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Important Flavonoids and Their Role as a Therapeutic Agent Asad Ullah, Sidra Munir, Syed Lal Badshah et al. · Molecules Open access 10 Nov 2020 1,691
2 The Flavonoids: Advances in Research. P. Mick Richardson, Jeffrey B. Harborne, T. J. Mabry · Brittonia 1984 1,430
3 The Therapeutic Potential of Apigenin Bahare Salehi, Alessandro Venditti, Mehdi Sharifi‐Rad et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 15 Mar 2019 1,248
4 Flavonoids: Promising anticancer agents Wenying Ren, Zhenhua Qiao, Hongwei Wang et al. · Medicinal Research Reviews 15 Apr 2003 1,157
5 Flavonoids as Potential Anti-Inflammatory Molecules: A Review Jameel Mohammed Al-Khayri, Gandasi Ravikumar Sahana, Praveen Nagella et al. · Molecules Open access 2 May 2022 1,082
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Flavonoids in Medical Research research done?

The largest centres of Flavonoids in Medical Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xianyang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 145 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 90 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 62 works
  4. 4 GuangzhouChina 62 works
  5. 5 ChengduChina 52 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 42 works
  7. 7 JinanChina 36 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 33 works
  9. 9 HarbinChina 30 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XianyangCN · 21.1 works38×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Flavonoids in Medical Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Flavonoids in Medical Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 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 11.83%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Chengdu University o…Tabriz University of…Shanghai University …Mashhad University o…
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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 71.017.4%47.6×26 +52.9%
2Mashhad University of Medical SciencesIran 70.510.8%22.3×11 +11.8%
3Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 69.611.4%61.6×36 +104.5%
4Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 65.114.2%16.2×9 +19.4%
5Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 63.113.5%41.3×21 +24.2%
6Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 61.811.0%51.5×28 +23.0%
7Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 54.717.5%36.8×12 +56.1%
8Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 53.97.1%12.3×28 -12.2%
9Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 48.36.1%60.5×31 -5.2%
10Saveetha UniversityIndia 46.69.3%5.6×12 +162.7%

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 Flavonoids in Medical Research, country by country

Is Flavonoids in Medical Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Flavonoids in Medical Research.

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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 Flavonoids in Medical Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0095% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Flavonoids in Medical Research 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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