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Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies

Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies is a research topic within Soil Science. Science Explorer counts 3.8k research works in it since 1950. 10.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the characterization, biological activities, and applications of humic substances, including Shilajit. The papers cover topics such as antioxidant properties, anti-inflammatory effects, antimicrobial activity, and therapeutic potential in various diseases.

  • Humic Substances
  • Shilajit
  • Antioxidant
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Biological Activities
  • Medical Drugs
  • Immunostimulatory Properties
  • Oxidative Damage
  • Antimicrobial Activity
  • Therapeutic Potential
Research works
3.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
413
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+72%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
55% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies

Which countries lead Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies research?

By volume, India and Indonesia publish the most (664 and 141 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 664 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 141 works
  3. 3 China 106 works
  4. 4 Russia 61 works
  5. 5 United States 60 works
  6. 6 Japan 42 works
  7. 7 Brazil 39 works
  8. 8 Iran 32 works
  9. 9 Iraq 32 works
  10. 10 Nigeria 30 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: 55.0%Indonesia: 11.7%China: 8.8%Russia: 5.1%6 others listed: 19.4%55%largest
India664 · 55.0%Indonesia141 · 11.7%China106 · 8.8%Russia61 · 5.1%6 others listed235 · 19.4%

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

Which institutions lead Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies research, followed by Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture and Desh Bhagat Ayurvedic College and Hospital.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 37 works
  2. 2 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia 28 works
  3. 3 Desh Bhagat Ayurvedic College and HospitalIndia 20 works
  4. 4 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 18 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 16 works
  6. 6 Government Ayurvedic College and HospitalIndia 14 works
  7. 7 Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural UniversityIndia 13 works
  8. 8 National Institute of AyurvedaIndia 12 works
  9. 9 Government Ayurved College, NandedIndia 11 works
  10. 10 Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestryIndia 8 works

What are the most cited papers in Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies?

The most cited paper in Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies is "Antimicrobial properties of phenolic compounds from berries" (Riitta Puupponen‐Pimiä, Liisa J. Nohynek, C. Elizabeth Meier et al., 2001), with 1,042 citations. Next come "Humic acids: Structural properties and multiple functionalities for novel technological developments" (781) and "Antimicrobial activity of some ethnomedicinal plants used by Paliyar tribe from Tamil Nadu, India" (704).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Antimicrobial properties of phenolic compounds from berries Riitta Puupponen‐Pimiä, Liisa J. Nohynek, C. Elizabeth Meier et al. · Journal of Applied Microbiology Apr 2001 1,042
2 Humic acids: Structural properties and multiple functionalities for novel technological developments Bruna Alice Gomes de Melo, Fernanda Lopes Motta, Maria Helena Andrade Santana · Materials Science and Engineering C 4 Dec 2015 781
3 Antimicrobial activity of some ethnomedicinal plants used by Paliyar tribe from Tamil Nadu, India Veeramuthu Duraipandiyan, Muniappan Ayyanar, S. Ignacimuthu · BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Open access 17 Oct 2006 704
4 Humic Substances in the Global Environment and Implications on Human Health Warren Albert Dick · Journal of Environmental Quality Open access May 1995 686
5 Influence of total nucleated cell dose from marrow harvests on outcome in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia undergoing autologous transplantation. Taner Demirer, Ted Alan Gooley, CD Buckner et al. · PubMed Jun 1995 647
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Where is Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies research done?

The largest centres of Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies research in 2022-now are Allahabad (India), New Delhi (India), Coimbatore (India) and Amloh (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Amloh and Allahabad.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 AllahabadIndia 34 works
  2. 2 New DelhiIndia 27 works
  3. 3 CoimbatoreIndia 25 works
  4. 4 AmlohIndia 20 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 19 works
  6. 6 JaipurIndia 18 works
  7. 7 GuwahatiIndia 18 works
  8. 8 BengaluruIndia 15 works
  9. 9 BikanerIndia 15 works
  10. 10 ChennaiIndia 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AmlohIN · 20.0 works149×
  2. AllahabadIN · 34.0 works50×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry and National Institute of Ayurveda 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%15%mean 5.28333%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Dr. Yashwant Singh P…National Institute o…Tamil Nadu Agricultu…Swami Keshwanand Raj…
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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
1Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 58.45.9%60.5×18 +15.6%
2Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestryIndia 48.012.8%112.4×8 -21.8%
3National Institute of AyurvedaIndia 40.96.5%159.3×12 +140.6%
4Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural UniversityIndia 38.91.6%262.1×13 +437.3%
5Government Ayurved College, NandedIndia 31.63.4%182.0×11 +28.6%
6Anand Agricultural UniversityIndia 10.21.5%155.3×8 -

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 Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies, country by country

Is Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 72% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Humic Substances and Bio-Organic 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 Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0046% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Humic Substances and Bio-Organic 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%Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies12.0% 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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