Medicinal Plant Research

Medicinal Plant Research is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1951. 10.0% 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
In the world top 10%: 2.3k
Top-10% rate: 10.0%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +32%
Largest producer: Indonesia

Medicinal Plant Research

Which countries lead Medicinal Plant Research research?

By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (7.9k and 555 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Indonesia 7.9k works
2 India 555 works
3 Nigeria 176 works
4 ?? 166 works
5 Iraq 135 works
6 United States 121 works
7 Malaysia 120 works
8 China 106 works
9 Egypt 85 works
10 Türkiye 82 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.

Indonesia7,861 · 83.6%India555 · 5.9%Nigeria176 · 1.9%??166 · 1.8%6 others listed649 · 6.9%

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

Which institutions lead Medicinal Plant Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Udayana University publishes the most Medicinal Plant Research research, followed by Airlangga University and IPB University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 240 works
2 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 145 works
3 IPB UniversityIndonesia 144 works
4 Universitas Muslim IndonesiaIndonesia 134 works
5 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 130 works
6 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 125 works
7 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 125 works
8 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 124 works
9 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 123 works
10 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 119 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medicinal Plant Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medicinal Plant Research include Amirhossein Sahebkar and Barry S. Taylor.

1 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
2 Barry S. Taylor United States 130k 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 Medicinal Plant Research?

The most cited paper in Medicinal Plant Research is "Clove (Syzygium aromaticum): a precious spice" (Diego Francisco Cortés-Rojas, Cláudia R. F. Souza, WANDERLEY PEREIRA DE OLIVEIRA, 2014), with 775 citations. Next come "Therapeutic Potential of Quercetin: New Insights and Perspectives for Human Health" (715) and "Antioxidant Activity and Total Phenolic Content of Moringa oleifera Leaves in Two Stages of Maturity" (696).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Clove (Syzygium aromaticum): a precious spice Diego Francisco Cortés-Rojas, Cláudia R. F. Souza, WANDERLEY PEREIRA DE OLIVEIRA · Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine Open access	Feb 2014	775
2	Therapeutic Potential of Quercetin: New Insights and Perspectives for Human Health Bahare Salehi, Laura Machín, Lianet Monzote et al. · ACS Omega Open access	14 May 2020	715
3	Antioxidant Activity and Total Phenolic Content of Moringa oleifera Leaves in Two Stages of Maturity Sarangapani Sreelatha, Palghat Raghunathan Padma · Plant Foods for Human Nutrition	10 Nov 2009	696
4	Biosynthesis and antibacterial activity of ZnO nanoparticles using Trifolium pratense flower extract Renata Dobrucka, Jolanta Długaszewska · Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Open access	31 May 2015	651
5	Flavonoids as natural phenolic compounds and their role in therapeutics: an overview Rakesh Eshwarlal Mutha, Anilkumar Uttamchand Tatiya, Sanjay Javerilal Surana · Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Open access	20 Jan 2021	628

All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Medicinal Plant Research research done?

The largest centres of Medicinal Plant Research research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia), Makassar (Indonesia) and Semarang (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-now

1 JakartaIndonesia 638 works
2 MedanIndonesia 552 works
3 MakassarIndonesia 428 works
4 SemarangIndonesia 419 works
5 BandungIndonesia 409 works
6 SurabayaIndonesia 383 works
7 DenpasarIndonesia 327 works
8 BogorIndonesia 320 works
9 SurakartaIndonesia 291 works
10 YogyakartaIndonesia 278 works

Where it is the local speciality

Lubuk PakamID · 87.9 works92×
PandeglangID · 21.7 works79×
CimahiID · 54.2 works36×
KediriID · 105.8 works27×
SamarindaID · 127.9 works25×
DenpasarID · 327.2 works23×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medicinal Plant Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medicinal Plant Research?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, Udayana University and Airlangga 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	63.8	64.6%	1.3×	11	+95.6%
2	Udayana UniversityIndonesia	52.0	2.5%	36.8×	240	+18.0%
3	Airlangga UniversityIndonesia	51.7	10.0%	19.3×	146	+13.7%
4	Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia	51.0	36.8%	3.3×	15	+32.9%
5	Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia	50.7	10.6%	22.9×	130	+16.0%
6	IPB UniversityIndonesia	50.1	14.0%	29.5×	144	+0.8%
7	Andalas UniversityIndonesia	49.7	9.0%	27.1×	118	+38.8%
8	Universitas Prima IndonesiaIndonesia	48.5	8.2%	55.5×	111	+33.4%
9	Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al WashliyahIndonesia	47.2	14.2%	67.6×	66	+713.5%
10	Universitas Muslim IndonesiaIndonesia	46.9	1.5%	50.8×	134	+104.0%
11	Lampung UniversityIndonesia	46.7	2.9%	26.2×	124	+45.1%
12	Jambi UniversityIndonesia	46.6	8.9%	13.9×	81	+67.6%
13	Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia	46.4	1.9%	35.0×	119	+67.0%
14	University of MataramIndonesia	46.2	4.5%	14.6×	102	+28.6%
15	Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia	45.9	5.1%	28.3×	100	+24.1%
16	Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia	45.4	6.1%	21.3×	89	+32.3%
17	Universitas Sari Mutiara IndonesiaIndonesia	45.0	5.0%	84.8×	90	+169.8%
18	Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia	44.6	4.3%	20.4×	85	+28.6%
19	University of BengkuluIndonesia	44.3	4.6%	25.7×	81	+70.6%
20	Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia	44.1	6.8%	10.6×	71	+96.8%
21	Universitas JemberIndonesia	44.0	2.8%	21.2×	104	+14.7%
22	Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia	43.9	11.9%	16.5×	125	-13.6%
23	Universitas Mathla'ul Anwar BantenIndonesia	43.9	24.6%	85.5×	22	+260.7%
24	Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia	42.9	3.2%	14.9×	76	+78.0%
25	Universitas Nusa BangsaIndonesia	42.8	3.6%	18.9×	72	+301.6%
26	Riau UniversityIndonesia	42.8	6.4%	14.3×	67	+50.4%
27	Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Bhakti WiyataIndonesia	42.5	3.9%	56.0×	74	+97.1%
28	Universitas Halu OleoIndonesia	42.5	7.1%	23.8×	68	+12.7%
29	University of PattimuraIndonesia	42.1	4.0%	20.1×	66	+59.0%
30	Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia	41.4	11.2%	9.6×	78	-0.1%
31	Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia	40.8	10.6%	16.0×	78	-2.7%
32	State University of GorontaloIndonesia	40.8	4.9%	15.5×	54	+94.9%
33	Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia	40.3	12.6%	25.8×	95	-15.3%
34	University of BrawijayaIndonesia	40.2	9.5%	16.2×	123	-25.3%
35	Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia	39.7	7.8%	12.1×	101	-17.4%
36	Universitas Jenderal Achmad YaniIndonesia	39.7	3.8%	39.1×	54	+64.2%
37	Universitas Mahasaraswati DenpasarIndonesia	39.7	7.9%	33.3×	42	+152.7%
38	Mercu Buana UniversityIndonesia	39.4	3.8%	16.0×	48	+517.6%
39	Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Jakarta IIIndonesia	38.9	0.6%	47.3×	59	+231.9%
40	Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia	38.7	7.4%	6.6×	43	+83.4%
41	Hindu College of PharmacyIndia	38.6	28.0%	10.2×	9	+75.5%
42	Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia	38.4	2.3%	32.9×	125	-10.2%
43	Universitas Kader BangsaIndonesia	33.4	13.5%	38.8×	10	+98.2%
44	Tribhuvan UniversityNepal	33.3	28.9%	1.2×	8	+72.6%
45	Sanata Dharma UniversityIndonesia	32.9	18.7%	8.6×	9	+100.9%
46	Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia	31.7	13.9%	2.0×	13	+69.9%
47	Saveetha UniversityIndia	30.5	38.4%	1.8×	15	-21.1%
48	National Institute of Science and TechnologyIndonesia	29.7	2.1%	61.8×	12	+26.9%
49	University of BasrahIraq	28.9	19.6%	4.2×	8	+96.4%
50	University of NigeriaNigeria	26.7	11.0%	3.7×	8	+39.4%
51	Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia	26.6	24.2%	3.1×	11	-3.3%
52	Islamic Azad University, TehranIran	22.7	29.0%	1.1×	15	-40.6%

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 Medicinal Plant Research, country by country

Is Medicinal Plant Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Medicinal Plant Research.

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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 Medicinal Plant Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.040% in 2024.

Fractional works of Medicinal Plant Research 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

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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Which countries lead Medicinal Plant Research research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Medicinal Plant Research research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Medicinal Plant Research?

What are the most cited papers in Medicinal Plant Research?

Where is Medicinal Plant Research research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Medicinal Plant Research?

Is Medicinal Plant Research research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

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