Medicinal Plant Research
Medicinal Plant Research is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1951. 5.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the bioactivities and medicinal properties of various plant extracts, focusing on their potential applications in cancer therapy, antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory effects, and natural antiviral agents. The research covers phytochemical analysis, pharmacological properties, and ethnobotanical uses of these medicinal plants.
- Medicinal Plants
- Bioactive Compounds
- Antioxidant Activity
- Cancer Therapy
- Pharmacological Properties
- Natural Antiviral Agents
- Phytochemical Analysis
- Anti-Inflammatory Effects
- Ethnobotanical Uses
- Herbal Medicine
- Research works
- 23k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 1.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +192% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Medicinal Plant Research research?
By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (7.4k and 514 works in 2022–2025).
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Medicinal Plant Research research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Udayana University publishes the most Medicinal Plant Research research, followed by IPB University and Airlangga University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 225 works
- 2 IPB UniversityIndonesia 140 works
- 3 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 139 works
- 4 Universitas Muslim IndonesiaIndonesia 128 works
- 5 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 123 works
- 6 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 120 works
- 7 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 117 works
- 8 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 116 works
- 9 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 116 works
- 10 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 113 works
Who are the leading researchers in Medicinal Plant Research?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Medicinal Plant Research include Rainer W. Bussmann.
- 1 Rainer W. Bussmann Georgia 916 citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Medicinal Plant Research research done?
The largest centres of Medicinal Plant Research research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia), Makassar (Indonesia) and Bandung (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lubuk Pakam, Pandeglang and Cimahi.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Jakarta Indonesia 605 works
- 2 Medan Indonesia 500 works
- 3 Makassar Indonesia 406 works
- 4 Bandung Indonesia 391 works
- 5 Semarang Indonesia 387 works
- 6 Surabaya Indonesia 357 works
- 7 Denpasar Indonesia 313 works
- 8 Bogor Indonesia 298 works
- 9 Surakarta Indonesia 275 works
- 10 Yogyakarta Indonesia 263 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Lubuk PakamID · 84.0 works90×
- PandeglangID · 21.5 works80×
- CimahiID · 50.6 works34×
- KediriID · 99.4 works26×
- SamarindaID · 119.9 works25×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medicinal Plant Research than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Medicinal Plant Research?
Among universities, judged by research, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Padjadjaran University and IPB 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia | 63.1 | 5.3% | 20.5× | 123 | +768.9% |
| 2 | Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia | 63.1 | 5.2% | 15.3× | 116 | +405.7% |
| 3 | IPB UniversityIndonesia | 63.0 | 3.9% | 26.9× | 140 | +285.2% |
| 4 | Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia | 62.4 | 7.8% | 13.8× | 72 | +503.2% |
| 5 | Airlangga UniversityIndonesia | 61.8 | 2.3% | 17.5× | 139 | +378.8% |
| 6 | Udayana UniversityIndonesia | 61.1 | 0.5% | 33.5× | 224 | +203.7% |
| 7 | Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia | 60.8 | 5.8% | 22.9× | 90 | +180.2% |
| 8 | Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia | 58.8 | 2.3% | 10.2× | 85 | +212.8% |
| 9 | Andalas UniversityIndonesia | 58.4 | 1.5% | 23.9× | 111 | +312.8% |
| 10 | Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia | 58.3 | 1.2% | 31.3× | 113 | +1340.5% |
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 Medicinal Plant Research research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 192% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Medicinal Plant Research.
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.