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Garlic and Onion Studies

Garlic and Onion Studies is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 17.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biological properties, health benefits, and potential therapeutic uses of garlic and its bioactive compounds. It covers topics such as antioxidant effects, cardiovascular health, cancer prevention, antimicrobial properties, and the chemistry of sulfur compounds in garlic.

  • Garlic
  • Bioactive Compounds
  • Antioxidant
  • Cardiovascular Health
  • Cancer Prevention
  • Antimicrobial
  • Allicin
  • Sulfur Compounds
  • Aged Garlic Extract
  • Health Benefits
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+35%
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Which countries lead Garlic and Onion Studies research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (468 and 315 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 468 works
  2. 2 China 315 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 295 works
  4. 4 United States 169 works
  5. 5 Egypt 142 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 136 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 107 works
  8. 8 Iran 99 works
  9. 9 South Korea 78 works
  10. 10 Brazil 74 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: 24.8%China: 16.7%Indonesia: 15.6%United States: 9.0%6 others listed: 33.8%25%largest
India468 · 24.8%China315 · 16.7%Indonesia295 · 15.6%United States169 · 9.0%6 others listed637 · 33.8%

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

Which institutions lead Garlic and Onion Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Agricultural Research Center publishes the most Garlic and Onion Studies research, followed by Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research and Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 24 works
  2. 2 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 21 works
  3. 3 Directorate of Onion and Garlic ResearchIndia 13 works
  4. 4 Federal Scientific Center for Vegetable GrowingRussia 13 works
  5. 5 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 12 works
  6. 6 IPB UniversityIndonesia 12 works
  7. 7 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 12 works
  8. 8 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 11 works
  9. 9 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia 11 works
  10. 10 Indian Agricultural Research InstituteIndia 10 works

Where is Garlic and Onion Studies research done?

The largest centres of Garlic and Onion Studies research in 2022–2025 are Giza (Egypt), Beijing (China), New Delhi (India) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Addis Ababa and Giza.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Giza Egypt 48 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 41 works
  3. 3 New Delhi India 36 works
  4. 4 Tehran Iran 32 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 30 works
  6. 6 Jakarta Indonesia 28 works
  7. 7 Cairo Egypt 28 works
  8. 8 Surabaya Indonesia 25 works
  9. 9 Medan Indonesia 25 works
  10. 10 Dhaka Bangladesh 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Addis AbabaET · 22.3 works11×
  2. GizaEG · 47.6 works11×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Garlic and Onion Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Garlic and Onion Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry and Punjab Agricultural 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.

0%10%20%mean 4.59%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research: 21, 4.6%Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry: 10, 9.4%Punjab Agricultural University: 12, 4.5%Zagazig University: 9, 2.3%IPB University: 12, 2.9%Cairo University: 10, 17.1%University of Brawijaya: 12, 1.5%Universitas Sumatera Utara: 11, 2.2%Sebelas Maret University: 9, 1.1%Airlangga University: 8, 0.3%Dr. Yashwant Singh P…Ethiopian Institute …Punjab Agricultural …Zagazig University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 64.24.6%61.0×21 +412.7%
2 Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestryIndia 54.19.4%62.7×10 +277.8%
3 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 52.74.5%25.6×12 +283.3%
4 Zagazig UniversityEgypt 45.62.3%8.1×9 +323.0%
5 IPB UniversityIndonesia 43.62.9%7.7×12 +666.7%
6 Cairo UniversityEgypt 35.917.1%4.6×10 +2.0%
7 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 30.91.5%5.0×12 +254.5%
8 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 23.22.2%5.9×11 —
9 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 9.91.1%3.5×9 —
10 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 9.00.3%3.3×8 —

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 Garlic and Onion Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Garlic and Onion Studies.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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