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Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications

Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications is a research topic within Complementary and alternative medicine. Science Explorer counts 9.9k research works in it since 1950. 23.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the therapeutic effects of Ginkgo biloba extracts, particularly in the context of neuroprotection, dementia prevention, and cognitive enhancement. It covers topics such as the pharmacokinetics of Ginkgo biloba compounds, their antioxidant properties, and their potential in mitigating cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

  • Ginkgo Biloba
  • Neuroprotective
  • Dementia
  • Antioxidant
  • Cognitive Impairment
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Terpene Trilactones
  • Flavonoids
  • Memory Enhancement
Research works
9.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+25%
the tick is no change

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

Which countries lead Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (458 and 197 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 458 works
  2. 2 India 197 works
  3. 3 Brazil 178 works
  4. 4 United States 147 works
  5. 5 Nigeria 96 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 68 works
  7. 7 Japan 56 works
  8. 8 South Korea 53 works
  9. 9 France 47 works
  10. 10 Iran 42 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: 34.1%India: 14.7%Brazil: 13.3%United States: 11.0%6 others listed: 26.9%34%largest
China458 · 34.1%India197 · 14.7%Brazil178 · 13.3%United States147 · 11.0%6 others listed362 · 26.9%

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

Which institutions lead Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Nanjing Forestry University publishes the most Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications research, followed by Universidade Federal do Ceará and Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 25 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 14 works
  3. 3 Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrazil 9 works
  4. 4 Ladoke Akintola University of TechnologyNigeria 9 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 9 works
  6. 6 Université d'Abomey-CalaviBenin 7 works
  7. 7 Yangzhou UniversityChina 7 works
  8. 8 Université Félix Houphouët-BoignyCôte d'Ivoire 7 works
  9. 9 Zhejiang UniversityChina 6 works
  10. 10 Université Nangui AbrogouaCôte d'Ivoire 6 works

Where is Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications research done?

The largest centres of Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Hangzhou (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Fortaleza.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 62 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 48 works
  3. 3 Hangzhou China 24 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 22 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 21 works
  6. 6 Fortaleza Brazil 20 works
  7. 7 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 17 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 17 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 16 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 16 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FortalezaBR · 20.0 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing Forestry University, Universidade Federal do Ceará and Ladoke Akintola 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%20%40%mean 20.15%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nanjing Forestry University: 25, 45.9%Universidade Federal do Ceará: 14, 9.5%Ladoke Akintola University of Technology: 9, 1.0%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 9, 24.2%Nanjing Forestry Uni…Chinese Academy of M…Universidade Federal…Ladoke Akintola Univ…
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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 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 78.145.9%26.7×25 -49.8%
2 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 46.99.5%16.3×14 -11.6%
3 Ladoke Akintola University of TechnologyNigeria 46.91.0%47.2×9 +38.1%
4 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 29.524.2%4.5×9 +27.8%

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 Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications.

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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.

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.