Herbal Medicine Research Studies
Herbal Medicine Research Studies is a research topic within Complementary and alternative medicine. Science Explorer counts 9.7k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
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- Echinacea
- Medicinal Properties
- Alkylamides
- Antioxidant Activity
- Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
- Immunostimulating Activity
- Cichoric Acid
- Anti-inflammatory Effect
- Pharmacology
- Herbal Medicine
- Research works
- 9.7k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 996 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +26% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
India
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Herbal Medicine Research Studies research?
By volume, India and China publish the most (392 and 278 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
India
392 works
- 2
China
278 works
- 3
United States
157 works
- 4
Germany
80 works
- 5
Russia
80 works
- 6
Brazil
76 works
- 7
South Korea
72 works
- 8
Türkiye
71 works
- 9
Iran
67 works
- 10
Poland
58 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 Herbal Medicine Research Studies research?
By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Herbal Medicine Research Studies research, followed by Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical College and Islamic Azad University, Tehran.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Russian Academy of SciencesRussia
16 works
- 2
Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical CollegeIndia
10 works
- 3
Islamic Azad University, TehranIran
10 works
- 4
Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina
9 works
- 5
Central Council for Research in HomoeopathyIndia
9 works
- 6
Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
9 works
- 7
Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia
8 works
- 8
Padjadjaran University
Indonesia
8 works
- 9
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina
7 works
- 10
Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia
7 works
Who are the leading researchers in Herbal Medicine Research Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Herbal Medicine Research Studies include Amirhossein Sahebkar, Richard Anthony Flavell and Peter John Barnes.
- 1
Amirhossein Sahebkar
Iran
258k citations
- 2
Richard Anthony Flavell
United States
237k citations
- 3
Peter John Barnes
United Kingdom
225k citations
- 4
Larissa Shamseer
Canada
219k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Herbal Medicine Research Studies research done?
The largest centres of Herbal Medicine Research Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), New Delhi (India), Moscow (Russia) and Seoul (South Korea).
Where is the best place to study Herbal Medicine Research Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Islamic Azad University, Tehran and Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical College 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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Islamic Azad University, TehranIran |
52.5 | 8.5% | 3.2× | 10 | -10.0% |
| 2 | Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical CollegeIndia |
50.0 | 0.0% | 227.5× | 10 | +137.5% |
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 Herbal Medicine Research Studies, country by countryIs Herbal Medicine Research Studies research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Herbal Medicine Research Studies.
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Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Herbal Medicine Research Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0095% in 2024.
Fractional works of Herbal Medicine Research Studies 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.
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
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