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Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection

Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection is a research topic within Complementary and alternative medicine. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the chemical, pharmacological, and clinical profile of herbal medicines such as Centella asiatica and Bacopa monnieri in the context of neurological disorders. The research covers topics such as neuroprotective effects, cognitive enhancement, antioxidant activity, and potential therapeutic applications for conditions like Alzheimer's disease. It also explores the traditional use of Ayurvedic medicine for memory improvement and overall brain health.

  • Centella asiatica
  • Bacopa monnieri
  • Asiatic acid
  • Neuroprotective
  • Cognitive enhancement
  • Antioxidant activity
  • Triterpenoids
  • Ayurvedic medicine
  • Memory improvement
  • Alzheimer's disease
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+39%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection

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

Which countries lead Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (1.8k and 827 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 1.8k works
  2. 2 China 827 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 665 works
  4. 4 United States 257 works
  5. 5 Nigeria 205 works
  6. 6 Iran 183 works
  7. 7 South Korea 165 works
  8. 8 Saudi Arabia 162 works
  9. 9 Egypt 157 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 152 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: 40.0%China: 17.9%Indonesia: 14.4%United States: 5.6%6 others listed: 22.1%40%largest
India1,850 · 40.0%China827 · 17.9%Indonesia665 · 14.4%United States257 · 5.6%6 others listed1,024 · 22.1%

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

Which institutions lead Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection research?

By volume in 2022-now, Saveetha University publishes the most Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection research, followed by King Saud University and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 52 works
  2. 2 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 47 works
  3. 3 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 39 works
  4. 4 University of CalicutIndia 37 works
  5. 5 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 36 works
  6. 6 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 31 works
  7. 7 Desh Bhagat Ayurvedic College and HospitalIndia 31 works
  8. 8 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 30 works
  9. 9 National Institute of AyurvedaIndia 29 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection include John Q. Trojanowski, Amirhossein Sahebkar and Kaj Blennow.

  1. 1 John Q. Trojanowski United States 286k citations
  2. 2 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  3. 3 Kaj Blennow Sweden 247k citations
  4. 4 John Hardy United Kingdom 243k citations
  5. 5 John C. Morris United States 241k citations
  6. 6 Dennis W. Dickson United States 237k citations
  7. 7 Fred H. Gage United States 201k citations
  8. 8 Philip Scheltens Netherlands 194k citations
  9. 9 Henrik Zetterberg Sweden 193k citations
  10. 10 David Alan Bennett United States 190k 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 Neuroprotection?

The most cited paper in Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection is "Essential oils: their antibacterial properties and potential applications in foods—a review" (Sara A. Burt, 2004), with 10,472 citations. Next come "A review on plants extract mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles for antimicrobial applications: A green expertise" (3,028) and "Antimicrobial activity of metals: mechanisms, molecular targets and applications" (2,763).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Essential oils: their antibacterial properties and potential applications in foods—a review Sara A. Burt · International Journal of Food Microbiology 9 Jun 2004 10,472
2 A review on plants extract mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles for antimicrobial applications: A green expertise Shakeel Ahmed, Mudasir Ahmad, Babu Lal Swami et al. · Journal of Advanced Research Open access 9 Mar 2015 3,028
3 Antimicrobial activity of metals: mechanisms, molecular targets and applications Joseph A. Lemire, Joe Jonathan Harrison, Raymond Joseph Turner · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 13 May 2013 2,763
4 Curcumin: A Review of Its Effects on Human Health Susan Joyce Hewlings, Douglas Kalman · Foods Open access 22 Oct 2017 2,687
5 Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors: Pharmacology and Toxicology Mirjana B. Čolović, Danijela Z. Krstic, Tamara D. Lazarević Pašti et al. · Current Neuropharmacology Open access Apr 2013 2,613
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Where is Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection research done?

The largest centres of Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection research in 2022-now are Chennai (India), New Delhi (India), Beijing (China) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Amloh, Malappuram and Nanded.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ChennaiIndia 139 works
  2. 2 New DelhiIndia 106 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 89 works
  4. 4 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 71 works
  5. 5 JakartaIndonesia 67 works
  6. 6 BengaluruIndia 63 works
  7. 7 TehranIran 57 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 55 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 53 works
  10. 10 PuneIndia 52 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AmlohIN · 33.8 works62×
  2. MalappuramIN · 37.8 works43×
  3. NandedIN · 23.3 works22×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, Saveetha University and Al-Azhar University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 17.31%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Al-Azhar UniversityKing Saud UniversitySaveetha UniversityBanaras Hindu Univer…
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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.

Citation 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
1King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 80.622.9%8.8×46 +151.8%
2Saveetha UniversityIndia 70.317.2%10.0×52 +160.8%
3Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 67.634.6%5.3×11 +36.3%
4Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 57.18.4%8.6×36 +35.5%
5Cairo UniversityEgypt 53.322.2%3.8×16 +54.5%
6Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia 52.417.6%6.2×9 +151.7%
7Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 50.717.1%2.8×15 +116.2%
8Alexandria UniversityEgypt 46.920.4%3.9×10 +211.8%
9University of CalicutIndia 46.20.5%40.6×37 +199.5%
10Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia 46.112.2%8.7×15 +103.7%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Neuroprotection, country by country

Is Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection.

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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 Neuroprotection as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.027% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection0.025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection 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 Plants and Neuroprotection10.3% in 2025200020102020

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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