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Medicinal Plant Studies

Medicinal Plant Studies is a research topic within Complementary and alternative medicine. Science Explorer counts 1.1k research works in it since 1956. 10.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the medicinal uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacological properties of Clinacanthus Nutans, a plant known for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and cytotoxic properties. The papers cover topics such as its potential in treating hepatocellular carcinoma, ethnopharmacological uses, bioactive compounds, and phytochemical constituents.

  • Clinacanthus Nutans
  • medicinal uses
  • phytochemistry
  • anti-inflammatory effects
  • antioxidant activities
  • cytotoxicity
  • ethnopharmacological uses
  • phytochemical constituents
  • hepatocellular carcinoma
  • bioactive compounds
Research works
1.1k
fractional, since 1956
In the world top 10%
122
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+52%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Nigeria
57% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Medicinal Plant Studies

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Medicinal Plant Studies research?

By volume, Nigeria and India publish the most (201 and 31 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Nigeria 201 works
  2. 2 India 31 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 30 works
  4. 4 United States 22 works
  5. 5 China 21 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 18 works
  7. 7 Thailand 11 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 7 works
  9. 9 ?? 5 works
  10. 10 Vietnam 5 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.

Nigeria: 57.3%India: 8.9%Malaysia: 8.6%United States: 6.2%6 others listed: 19.1%57%largest
Nigeria201 · 57.3%India31 · 8.9%Malaysia30 · 8.6%United States22 · 6.2%6 others listed67 · 19.1%

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

Which institutions lead Medicinal Plant Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti publishes the most Medicinal Plant Studies research, followed by Nnamdi Azikiwe University and University of Calabar.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-EkitiNigeria 8 works
  2. 2 Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNigeria 8 works
  3. 3 University of CalabarNigeria 7 works
  4. 4 Rivers State UniversityNigeria 7 works
  5. 5 Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia 7 works
  6. 6 University of Port HarcourtNigeria 6 works
  7. 7 Imo State UniversityNigeria 6 works
  8. 8 Federal College of Education, KanoNigeria 5 works
  9. 9 University of NigeriaNigeria 5 works
  10. 10 Federal University of Technology OwerriNigeria 5 works

What are the most cited papers in Medicinal Plant Studies?

The most cited paper in Medicinal Plant Studies is "Life cycle assessment of hydrogen fuel production processes" (Christopher J. Koroneos, 2004), with 434 citations. Next come "Immunomodulatory and Antimicrobial Effects of Some Traditional Chinese Medicinal Herbs: A Review" (412) and "Lack of PTEN expression in non-small cell lung cancer could be related to promoter methylation." (410).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Life cycle assessment of hydrogen fuel production processes Christopher J. Koroneos · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 9 Mar 2004 434
2 Immunomodulatory and Antimicrobial Effects of Some Traditional Chinese Medicinal Herbs: A Review Benny Kwong‐Huat Tan, Jayachandran Vanitha · Current Medicinal Chemistry Jun 2004 412
3 Lack of PTEN expression in non-small cell lung cancer could be related to promoter methylation. Jean‐Charles Soria, Ho‐Young Lee, Janet I. Lee et al. · PubMed May 2002 410
4 Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda Patience Tugume, Esezah Kyomugisha Kakudidi, Mukadasi Buyinza et al. · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Open access 13 Jan 2016 390
5 Effects of temperature, time, and solvent ratio on the extraction of phenolic compounds and the anti-radical activity of Clinacanthus nutans Lindau leaves by response surface methodology Intan Soraya Che Sulaiman, Mahiran Basri, Hamid Reza Fard Masoumi et al. · Chemistry Central Journal Open access 14 Jun 2017 333
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Where is Medicinal Plant Studies research done?

The largest centres of Medicinal Plant Studies research in 2022-now are Port Harcourt (Nigeria), Owerri (Nigeria), Ado-Ekiti (Nigeria) and Calabar (Nigeria).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Port HarcourtNigeria 14 works
  2. 2 OwerriNigeria 13 works
  3. 3 Ado-EkitiNigeria 11 works
  4. 4 CalabarNigeria 9 works
  5. 5 AwkaNigeria 8 works
  6. 6 KanoNigeria 7 works
  7. 7 IbadanNigeria 7 works
  8. 8 UyoNigeria 7 works
  9. 9 AbujaNigeria 7 works
  10. 10 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 6 works
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Where is the best place to study Medicinal Plant Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti 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.

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
1The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-EkitiNigeria 5.02.5%186.5×8 -

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 Medicinal Plant Studies, country by country

Is Medicinal Plant Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Medicinal Plant 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 Medicinal Plant Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00091% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Medicinal Plant Studies0.0025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Medicinal Plant 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%Medicinal Plant Studies10.9% in 20252020

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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