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Moringa oleifera research and applications

Moringa oleifera research and applications is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 20.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the extensive research conducted on Moringa oleifera, exploring its antioxidant properties, medicinal uses, nutritional characterization, phytochemical composition, and therapeutic potential. The studies cover a wide range of applications including anti-inflammatory activity and the identification of bioactive compounds.

  • Moringa oleifera
  • antioxidant properties
  • medicinal uses
  • nutritional characterization
  • phytochemicals
  • therapeutic potential
  • anti-inflammatory activity
  • phytochemistry
  • bioactive compounds
  • nutritional quality
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+115%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Moringa oleifera research and applications research?

By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (960 and 884 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 960 works
  2. 2 India 884 works
  3. 3 China 493 works
  4. 4 Nigeria 453 works
  5. 5 Egypt 395 works
  6. 6 Pakistan 211 works
  7. 7 United States 170 works
  8. 8 Saudi Arabia 167 works
  9. 9 Iraq 162 works
  10. 10 Brazil 159 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.

Indonesia: 23.7%India: 21.8%China: 12.2%Nigeria: 11.2%6 others listed: 31.2%24%largest
Indonesia960 · 23.7%India884 · 21.8%China493 · 12.2%Nigeria453 · 11.2%6 others listed1,263 · 31.2%

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

Which institutions lead Moringa oleifera research and applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, King Saud University publishes the most Moringa oleifera research and applications research, followed by IPB University and Saveetha University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 48 works
  2. 2 IPB UniversityIndonesia 34 works
  3. 3 Saveetha UniversityIndia 34 works
  4. 4 National Research CentreEgypt 33 works
  5. 5 Zagazig UniversityEgypt 30 works
  6. 6 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 29 works
  7. 7 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 29 works
  8. 8 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 29 works
  9. 9 University of BaghdadIraq 29 works
  10. 10 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 27 works

Where is Moringa oleifera research and applications research done?

The largest centres of Moringa oleifera research and applications research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Giza (Egypt), Chennai (India) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Abeokuta.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 96 works
  2. 2 Giza Egypt 93 works
  3. 3 Chennai India 84 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 82 works
  5. 5 Cairo Egypt 78 works
  6. 6 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 73 works
  7. 7 Surabaya Indonesia 63 works
  8. 8 Semarang Indonesia 62 works
  9. 9 Baghdad Iraq 52 works
  10. 10 Malang Indonesia 51 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AbeokutaNG · 22.0 works27×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Moringa oleifera research and applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Moringa oleifera research and applications?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, Zagazig University and Alexandria 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 33.28%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →King Saud University: 48, 37.4%Zagazig University: 30, 32.2%Alexandria University: 27, 32.3%Yunnan Agricultural University: 16, 54.3%Kafrelsheikh University: 11, 35.5%University of Agriculture Faisalabad: 16, 31.8%Al-Azhar University: 23, 29.6%IPB University: 34, 6.1%Government College University, Faisalabad: 10, 45.5%Damanhour University: 10, 28.1%Yunnan Agricultural …King Saud UniversityAlexandria UniversityZagazig 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 82.237.4%9.2×48 +236.9%
2 Zagazig UniversityEgypt 73.332.2%13.9×30 +1208.0%
3 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 72.332.3%10.1×27 +778.3%
4 Yunnan Agricultural UniversityChina 65.054.3%26.6×16 —
5 Kafrelsheikh UniversityEgypt 63.935.5%15.9×11 +177.6%
6 University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan 63.131.8%17.8×16 +118.6%
7 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 61.129.6%10.4×23 —
8 IPB UniversityIndonesia 59.96.1%10.3×34 +644.1%
9 Government College University, FaisalabadPakistan 59.745.5%11.0×10 —
10 Damanhour UniversityEgypt 58.428.1%25.7×10 +180.2%

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 Moringa oleifera research and applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 115% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Moringa oleifera research and applications.

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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.