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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. 24.1% 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%
4.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
24.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+87%
the tick is no change

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 (1.6k and 764 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 1.6k works
  2. 2 China 764 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 633 works
  4. 4 United States 237 works
  5. 5 Nigeria 194 works
  6. 6 Iran 177 works
  7. 7 Saudi Arabia 154 works
  8. 8 Egypt 153 works
  9. 9 South Korea 149 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 146 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: 38.6%China: 18.0%Indonesia: 14.9%United States: 5.6%6 others listed: 22.9%39%largest
India1,637 · 38.6%China764 · 18.0%Indonesia633 · 14.9%United States237 · 5.6%6 others listed974 · 22.9%

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

Which institutions lead Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Saveetha University publishes the most Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection research, followed by King Saud University and Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda College.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 51 works
  2. 2 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 46 works
  3. 3 Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda CollegeIndia 25 works
  4. 4 National Institute of AyurvedaIndia 23 works
  5. 5 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 23 works
  6. 6 Desh Bhagat Ayurvedic College and HospitalIndia 23 works
  7. 7 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 21 works
  8. 8 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 19 works
  9. 9 National Research CentreEgypt 18 works
  10. 10 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 18 works

Where is Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection research done?

The largest centres of Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection research in 2022–2025 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 and Malappuram.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chennai India 131 works
  2. 2 New Delhi India 94 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 84 works
  4. 4 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 69 works
  5. 5 Jakarta Indonesia 66 works
  6. 6 Bengaluru India 57 works
  7. 7 Tehran Iran 55 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 50 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 49 works
  10. 10 Surabaya Indonesia 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AmlohIN · 25.2 works55×
  2. MalappuramIN · 31.8 works41×
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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 Banaras Hindu 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.

0%20%40%60%mean 30.97%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →King Saud University: 46, 33.4%Saveetha University: 51, 26.2%Banaras Hindu University: 23, 29.1%Siksha O Anusandhan University: 10, 43.7%GLA University: 10, 33.8%Al-Azhar University: 11, 55.7%Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research: 14, 39.0%National Institute of Ayurveda: 23, 6.0%Federal University of Technology: 10, 8.5%Jamia Hamdard: 9, 34.3%Siksha O Anusandhan …King Saud UniversityBanaras Hindu Univer…Saveetha University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 80.633.4%9.0×46 +205.5%
2 Saveetha UniversityIndia 65.326.2%9.3×51 —
3 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 57.529.1%8.7×23 +89.4%
4 Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia 56.643.7%8.9×10 +86.4%
5 GLA UniversityIndia 53.033.8%9.7×10 —
6 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 52.955.7%5.0×11 —
7 Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia 52.239.0%7.9×14 —
8 National Institute of AyurvedaIndia 49.26.0%74.5×23 +108.0%
9 Federal University of TechnologyNigeria 49.28.5%11.7×10 +424.0%
10 Jamia HamdardIndia 48.634.3%16.5×9 -16.1%

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 Plants and Neuroprotection research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 87% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.