Free Radicals and Antioxidants
Free Radicals and Antioxidants is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 17.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on predicting the antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds through theoretical methods, DFT calculations, and analysis of radical scavenging mechanisms. It explores the effects of solvents, reaction kinetics, and redox potentials in the context of oxidative stress and free radicals.
- Antioxidant
- Phenolic Compounds
- Radical Scavenging
- DFT Calculations
- Oxidative Stress
- Free Radicals
- Hydrogen Atom Transfer
- Solvent Effects
- Reaction Kinetics
- Redox Potentials
- Research works
- 37k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +7% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Free Radicals and Antioxidants research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (603 and 512 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 603 works
- 2 India 512 works
- 3 Russia 287 works
- 4 United States 233 works
- 5 Türkiye 203 works
- 6 Iran 107 works
- 7 Japan 104 works
- 8 Poland 104 works
- 9 Brazil 98 works
- 10 Saudi Arabia 97 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.
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Which institutions lead Free Radicals and Antioxidants research?
By volume in 2022–2025, King Saud University publishes the most Free Radicals and Antioxidants research, followed by Lomonosov Moscow State University and University of Rajasthan.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 23 works
- 2 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 15 works
- 3 University of RajasthanIndia 14 works
- 4 Ufa Institute of ChemistryRussia 13 works
- 5 University of BelgradeSerbia 12 works
- 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 12 works
- 7 Central University of RajasthanIndia 12 works
- 8 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 11 works
- 9 University of BaghdadIraq 10 works
- 10 Saveetha UniversityIndia 10 works
Who are the leading researchers in Free Radicals and Antioxidants?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Free Radicals and Antioxidants include John A. Pople, Donald G. Truhlar and Catherine Rice‐Evans.
- 1 John A. Pople United States 11k citations
- 2 Donald G. Truhlar United States 8.4k citations
- 3 Catherine Rice‐Evans United Kingdom 6.3k citations
- 4 Martin Karplus United States 4.7k citations
- 5 William L. Jorgensen United States 4.5k citations
- 6 Michael J. S. Dewar United States 4.3k citations
- 7 Barry Halliwell United Kingdom 4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Free Radicals and Antioxidants research done?
The largest centres of Free Radicals and Antioxidants research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Chennai (India) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).
Where is the best place to study Free Radicals and Antioxidants?
Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, Northeast Forestry University and University of Kragujevac 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia | 65.7 | 29.4% | 6.7× | 23 | +33.5% |
| 2 | Northeast Forestry UniversityChina | 47.0 | 46.9% | 8.2× | 9 | -53.1% |
| 3 | University of KragujevacSerbia | 45.4 | 19.9% | 18.7× | 8 | +51.2% |
| 4 | Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye | 43.8 | 12.5% | 8.8× | 8 | +335.0% |
| 5 | University of Da NangVietnam | 42.8 | 9.4% | 30.1× | 9 | — |
| 6 | Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia | 42.1 | 57.8% | 3.0× | 11 | -45.1% |
| 7 | Slovak University of Technology in BratislavaSlovakia | 38.5 | 11.5% | 18.7× | 9 | -7.2% |
| 8 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia | 38.4 | 10.8% | 4.7× | 15 | +26.3% |
| 9 | Central University of RajasthanIndia | 37.8 | 0.0% | 28.7× | 12 | — |
| 10 | University of RajasthanIndia | 36.7 | 2.4% | 27.2× | 14 | -68.2% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Free Radicals and Antioxidants research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Free Radicals and Antioxidants.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.