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Hibiscus Plant Research Studies

Hibiscus Plant Research Studies is a research topic within Pharmacology. Science Explorer counts 5k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the phytochemical and pharmacological properties of Hibiscus sabdariffa L., including its antioxidant capacity, anthocyanin content, and potential therapeutic effects on hypertension, hepatotoxicity, hyperlipidemia, and obesity. The research also explores the bioactive compounds present in Hibiscus sabdariffa and their potential health benefits.

  • Hibiscus Sabdariffa
  • phytochemical
  • pharmacological
  • antioxidant
  • anthocyanins
  • hypertension
  • hepatoprotective
  • obesity
  • polyphenols
  • bioactive compounds
Research works
5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
523
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+30%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now

Which countries lead Hibiscus Plant Research Studies research?

By volume, India and Nigeria publish the most (336 and 232 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 336 works
  2. 2 Nigeria 232 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 191 works
  4. 4 China 71 works
  5. 5 Egypt 63 works
  6. 6 Mexico 62 works
  7. 7 United States 58 works
  8. 8 Pakistan 54 works
  9. 9 Malaysia 53 works
  10. 10 Brazil 51 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: 28.7%Nigeria: 19.8%Indonesia: 16.3%China: 6.1%6 others listed: 29.2%29%largest
India336 · 28.7%Nigeria232 · 19.8%Indonesia191 · 16.3%China71 · 6.1%6 others listed342 · 29.2%

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

Which institutions lead Hibiscus Plant Research Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Hibiscus Plant Research Studies research, followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia and Rivers State University.

Who are the leading researchers in Hibiscus Plant Research Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Hibiscus Plant Research Studies include Amirhossein Sahebkar, David Julian McClements and Dorairaj Prabhakaran.

  1. 1 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  2. 2 David Julian McClements United States 185k citations
  3. 3 Dorairaj Prabhakaran India 132k 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 Hibiscus Plant Research Studies?

The most cited paper in Hibiscus Plant Research Studies is "Inhibition of nitrite formation from hydroxylammoniumchloride: A simple assay for superoxide dismutase" (Erich F. Elstner, Adelheid Heupel, 1976), with 1,911 citations. Next come "Antioxidant Properties of Various Solvent Extracts of Total Phenolic Constituents from Three Different Agroclimatic Origins of Drumstick Tree ( Moringa oleifera Lam.) Leaves" (1,415) and "PlantL-ascorbic acid: chemistry, function, metabolism, bioavailability and effects of processing" (1,352).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Inhibition of nitrite formation from hydroxylammoniumchloride: A simple assay for superoxide dismutase Erich F. Elstner, Adelheid Heupel · Analytical Biochemistry Feb 1976 1,911
2 Antioxidant Properties of Various Solvent Extracts of Total Phenolic Constituents from Three Different Agroclimatic Origins of Drumstick Tree ( Moringa oleifera Lam.) Leaves Perumal Siddhuraju, Klaus Becker · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 7 Mar 2003 1,415
3 PlantL-ascorbic acid: chemistry, function, metabolism, bioavailability and effects of processing Mark W. Davey, Marc Van Montagu, Dirk Inz� et al. · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 15 May 2000 1,352
4 Effect of Extraction Solvent/Technique on the Antioxidant Activity of Selected Medicinal Plant Extracts Bushra Sultana, Farooq Anwar, Muhammad Ashraf · Molecules Open access 15 Jun 2009 1,238
5 Castor oil: A vital industrial raw material David S. Ogunniyi · Bioresource Technology 25 May 2005 1,115
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Hibiscus Plant Research Studies research done?

The largest centres of Hibiscus Plant Research Studies research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Port Harcourt (Nigeria), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Giza (Egypt).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 18 works
  2. 2 Port HarcourtNigeria 18 works
  3. 3 DhakaBangladesh 17 works
  4. 4 GizaEgypt 16 works
  5. 5 Mexico CityMexico 16 works
  6. 6 SurabayaIndonesia 15 works
  7. 7 IbadanNigeria 15 works
  8. 8 ChennaiIndia 15 works
  9. 9 SemarangIndonesia 14 works
  10. 10 CairoEgypt 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Hibiscus Plant Research Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, University of Nigeria and Rivers State 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%5%10%mean 4.11667%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universiti Putra Mal…University of IbadanUniversity of NigeriaRivers State Univers…
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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
1Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia 95.211.9%13.5×10 +0.7%
2University of NigeriaNigeria 49.72.5%26.0×10 -11.8%
3Rivers State UniversityNigeria 49.30.6%40.9×10 +38.2%
4University of IbadanNigeria 42.88.7%19.7×8 -4.7%
5University of IndonesiaIndonesia 13.21.0%5.1×9 -37.0%
6Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 13.00.0%6.3×8 +110.1%

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 Hibiscus Plant Research Studies, country by country

Is Hibiscus Plant Research Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hibiscus Plant Research Studies.

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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 Hibiscus Plant Research Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0075% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Hibiscus Plant Research Studies0.0078% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hibiscus Plant 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.

still counting5%10%15%Hibiscus Plant Research Studies11.1% in 2025200020102020

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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