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Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds

Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 9.3k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the traditional use, chemical composition, pharmacology, and clinical efficacy of Rhodiola rosea and its active compound Salidroside. The research covers a wide range of topics including neuroprotective effects, stress management, antioxidant activity, and the potential therapeutic applications of Rhodiola rosea in treating conditions such as depression. It also explores the pharmacological studies and medicinal properties of this herbal medicine.

  • Rhodiola Rosea
  • Salidroside
  • Adaptogens
  • Neuroprotective Effects
  • Stress Management
  • Antioxidant Activity
  • Pharmacological Studies
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Depression Treatment
  • Herbal Medicine
Research works
9.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
938
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+36%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
50% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds

Which countries lead Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1k and 368 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1k works
  2. 2 India 368 works
  3. 3 United States 174 works
  4. 4 Russia 145 works
  5. 5 Iran 100 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 61 works
  7. 7 South Korea 59 works
  8. 8 Poland 48 works
  9. 9 Egypt 47 works
  10. 10 Ukraine 41 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.

China: 50.0%India: 17.6%United States: 8.3%Russia: 6.9%6 others listed: 17.1%50%largest
China1,044 · 50.0%India368 · 17.6%United States174 · 8.3%Russia145 · 6.9%6 others listed356 · 17.1%

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

Which institutions lead Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine publishes the most Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 30 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 29 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 23 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 22 works
  5. 5 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 22 works
  6. 6 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 19 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 14 works
  8. 8 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 14 works
  9. 9 Heilongjiang University of Chinese MedicineChina 13 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds include Jun Wang, Amirhossein Sahebkar and Peter John Barnes.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  3. 3 Peter John Barnes United Kingdom 225k 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 Plants and Bioactive Compounds?

The most cited paper in Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds is "Oxidative Stress and Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Review of Upstream and Downstream Antioxidant Therapeutic Options" (Bayani Uttara, Ajay Singh, Paolo Zamboni et al., 2009), with 3,398 citations. Next come "Mesenchymal stem cells suppress lymphocyte proliferation in vitro and prolong skin graft survival in vivo" (2,297) and "Oxidative Stress, Prooxidants, and Antioxidants: The Interplay" (1,720).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Oxidative Stress and Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Review of Upstream and Downstream Antioxidant Therapeutic Options Bayani Uttara, Ajay Singh, Paolo Zamboni et al. · Current Neuropharmacology Open access Mar 2009 3,398
2 Mesenchymal stem cells suppress lymphocyte proliferation in vitro and prolong skin graft survival in vivo Amelia M. Bartholomew, Cord Sturgeon, Mandy Siatskas et al. · Experimental Hematology Open access 2002 2,297
3 Oxidative Stress, Prooxidants, and Antioxidants: The Interplay Anu Rahal, Amit Kumar, Vivek Singh et al. · BioMed Research International Open access 2014 1,720
4 Brain uptake of radiolabeled amino acids, amines, and hexoses after arterial injection WH Oldendorf · American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content Dec 1971 1,694
5 Free radicals and antioxidants in human health: current status and future prospects. T.P.A. Devasagayam, Jai C. Tilak, Krutin K Boloor et al. · PubMed Oct 2004 1,569
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Where is Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds research done?

The largest centres of Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Chengdu (China) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 126 works
  2. 2 GuangzhouChina 53 works
  3. 3 ChengduChina 51 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 48 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 45 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 43 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 39 works
  8. 8 TehranIran 38 works
  9. 9 JinanChina 31 works
  10. 10 TianjinChina 30 works
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Where is the best place to study Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds?

Among universities, judged by research, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College 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%10%20%mean 16.31%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →China Pharmaceutical…Chengdu University o…Shanghai University …Chinese Academy of M…
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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
1Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 90.319.2%49.0×30 +131.5%
2Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 69.614.2%28.4×19 +90.7%
3Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 67.813.6%9.0×23 -1.2%
4China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 66.720.3%16.5×9 +28.1%
5Southern Medical UniversityChina 61.122.1%5.5×8 +99.5%
6Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 59.28.3%38.5×22 +20.9%
7Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 58.015.3%35.9×13 +103.4%
8Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina 57.218.9%16.4×10 +76.5%
9Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 56.216.7%4.3×9 +47.6%
10Shandong University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 55.414.5%37.1×11 +269.4%

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 Plants and Bioactive Compounds, country by country

Is Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds.

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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 Plants and Bioactive Compounds as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds 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.

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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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