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Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects

Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects is a research topic within Complementary and alternative medicine. Science Explorer counts 4.4k research works in it since 1950. 26.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of herbal medicine, such as Passiflora, Valerian, Kava extract, and Melissa Officinalis, for the treatment of mental health disorders including anxiety, depression, and insomnia. The research includes systematic reviews, meta-analyses, clinical trials, and pharmacological studies to evaluate the efficacy and safety of these herbal remedies.

  • Herbal Medicine
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Insomnia
  • Passiflora
  • Valerian
  • Kava Extract
  • Melissa Officinalis
  • GABAergic Effects
Research works
4.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
26.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+31%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (131 and 99 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 131 works
  2. 2 China 99 works
  3. 3 Brazil 86 works
  4. 4 United States 73 works
  5. 5 Iran 65 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 33 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 25 works
  8. 8 Germany 25 works
  9. 9 Nigeria 21 works
  10. 10 Poland 18 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: 22.8%China: 17.2%Brazil: 14.9%United States: 12.7%6 others listed: 32.5%23%largest
India131 · 22.8%China99 · 17.2%Brazil86 · 14.9%United States73 · 12.7%6 others listed186 · 32.5%

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Which institutions lead Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences publishes the most Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects research, followed by University of Florida and Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Iran 5 works
  2. 2 University of Florida United States 5 works
  3. 3 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research India 4 works
  4. 4 Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology India 4 works
  5. 5 Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran 4 works
  6. 6 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Iran 3 works
  7. 7 Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine China 3 works
  8. 8 Kunming University of Science and Technology China 3 works
  9. 9 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Brazil 3 works
  10. 10 Ilia State University Georgia 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects include Susanne Hempel.

  1. 1 Susanne Hempel 4.8k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects research done?

The largest centres of Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects research in 2022–2025 are Tehran (Iran), Beijing (China), New Delhi (India) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tehran.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tehran Iran 23 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 18 works
  3. 3 New Delhi India 8 works
  4. 4 São Paulo Brazil 8 works
  5. 5 Bogotá Colombia 7 works
  6. 6 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 7 works
  7. 7 Chengdu China 7 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 6 works
  9. 9 Bengaluru India 6 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 5 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TehranIR · 23.3 works4.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects than the world average.

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Is Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects.

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