Topic · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Natural Products and Applications

Natural Products and Applications is a research topic within General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1955. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to agricultural research, including the extraction of plant secondary metabolites, the role of sorghum and millets in Ethiopian agriculture, the impact of oxidative stress on various diseases, and the evaluation of egg yolk color. Additionally, it includes papers on space science and the production and utilization of activated carbon.

agricultural research
plant secondary metabolites
sorghum
millets
oxidative stress
antioxidants
egg yolk color
phytomedicine
space science
activated carbon

Research works: 18k
In the world top 10%: 1.8k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +18%
Largest producer: Indonesia

Natural Products and Applications

Which countries lead Natural Products and Applications research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (7.3k and 188 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Indonesia 7.3k works
2 ?? 188 works
3 India 72 works
4 Malaysia 67 works
5 United States 62 works
6 Nigeria 47 works
7 Iraq 30 works
8 Australia 23 works
9 Thailand 23 works
10 China 20 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.

Indonesia7,278 · 93.2%??188 · 2.4%India72 · 0.9%Malaysia67 · 0.9%6 others listed205 · 2.6%

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

Which institutions lead Natural Products and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, State University of Padang publishes the most Natural Products and Applications research, followed by Udayana University and Lambung Mangkurat University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 State University of PadangIndonesia 155 works
2 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 134 works
3 Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia 116 works
4 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia 108 works
5 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 104 works
6 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 104 works
7 Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia 103 works
8 Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia 103 works
9 Universitas JemberIndonesia 102 works
10 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 99 works

What are the most cited papers in Natural Products and Applications?

The most cited paper in Natural Products and Applications is "Green synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles using gum karaya as a biotemplate and their antibacterial application" (Miroslav Černík, Vinod V.T. Padil, 2013), with 726 citations. Next come "High surface area activated carbon prepared from cassava peel by chemical activation" (457) and "Removal of heavy metal from industrial wastewater using chitosan coated oil palm shell charcoal" (376).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Green synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles using gum karaya as a biotemplate and their antibacterial application Miroslav Černík, Vinod V.T. Padil · International Journal of Nanomedicine Open access	Feb 2013	726
2	High surface area activated carbon prepared from cassava peel by chemical activation Yohanes Sudaryanto, Sandy Budi Hartono, Wenny Irawaty et al. · Bioresource Technology	17 Jun 2005	457
3	Removal of heavy metal from industrial wastewater using chitosan coated oil palm shell charcoal Saifuddin M. Nomanbhay, Kumaran Palanisamy · Electronic Journal of Biotechnology Open access	15 Apr 2005	376
4	The antibacterial properties of Malaysian tualang honey against wound and enteric microorganisms in comparison to manuka honey Hern‐Tze Tina Tan, Rosliza Abdul Rahman, Siew Hua Gan et al. · BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Open access	15 Sep 2009	326
5	Penetapan Kadar Fenolik dan Flavonoid Total Ekstrak Metanol Buah dan Daun Patikala (Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M.SM) Laboratorium Farmakognosi, Fakultas Farmasi Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Aktsar Roskiana Ahmad, Juwita Juwita et al. · Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research Open access	Apr 2015	304

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Where is Natural Products and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Natural Products and Applications research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia), Semarang (Indonesia) and Surabaya (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lubuk Pakam, Reuleuet and Samarinda.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 JakartaIndonesia 564 works
2 MedanIndonesia 438 works
3 SemarangIndonesia 388 works
4 SurabayaIndonesia 370 works
5 MakassarIndonesia 316 works
6 BandungIndonesia 310 works
7 MalangIndonesia 289 works
8 PadangIndonesia 285 works
9 BogorIndonesia 237 works
10 SurakartaIndonesia 236 works

Where it is the local speciality

Lubuk PakamID · 57.4 works77×
ReuleuetID · 83.1 works42×
SamarindaID · 133.8 works34×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Natural Products and Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Natural Products and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, IPB University, Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al Washliyah and Universitas Negeri Surabaya 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	IPB UniversityIndonesia	69.3	17.8%	24.1×	92	-6.1%
2	Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al WashliyahIndonesia	69.3	20.1%	60.2×	46	+256.0%
3	Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia	66.6	16.4%	10.9×	55	+32.5%
4	State University of GorontaloIndonesia	66.4	14.3%	20.2×	55	+82.3%
5	Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia	66.1	14.7%	27.0×	103	+8.7%
6	University of MataramIndonesia	65.7	12.2%	16.5×	91	+19.8%
7	Universitas Mathla'ul Anwar BantenIndonesia	64.0	25.9%	55.6×	11	+138.0%
8	Universitas Prima IndonesiaIndonesia	63.3	17.8%	31.7×	50	+12.9%
9	Lampung UniversityIndonesia	63.0	10.4%	27.8×	104	+41.2%
10	Jambi UniversityIndonesia	61.6	10.8%	19.6×	89	+40.0%
11	State University of MalangIndonesia	61.4	7.9%	14.8×	95	+53.2%
12	Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia	61.1	15.5%	21.2×	94	-18.9%
13	Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia	60.8	8.7%	37.4×	103	+26.3%
14	Universitas JemberIndonesia	60.6	7.7%	26.4×	102	+33.8%
15	Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia	60.5	7.3%	32.8×	108	+46.5%
16	State University of SemarangIndonesia	60.5	9.7%	14.9×	76	+29.4%
17	Universitas Sari Mutiara IndonesiaIndonesia	59.8	11.6%	70.0×	58	+91.7%
18	State University of PadangIndonesia	59.6	4.0%	21.3×	155	+131.0%
19	Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia	59.4	15.5%	25.4×	74	-12.3%
20	Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia	59.0	15.8%	11.7×	74	-20.9%
21	Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia	59.0	16.6%	12.4×	74	-34.2%
22	University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia	58.8	7.3%	22.8×	104	+188.3%
23	Universitas Muhamadiyah SorongIndonesia	58.8	21.9%	32.3×	16	+116.6%
24	Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia	58.0	16.7%	9.1×	59	-21.2%
25	Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia	57.7	5.8%	35.2×	116	+11.0%
26	Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia	56.8	12.4%	18.6×	100	-29.9%
27	Universitas GaluhIndonesia	56.7	17.6%	13.6×	12	+24.4%
28	Udayana UniversityIndonesia	56.3	6.3%	26.3×	134	+0.2%
29	Institut Teknologi KalimantanIndonesia	56.1	15.8%	34.7×	17	+60.2%
30	Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia	55.9	8.9%	14.5×	58	+9.5%
31	Malikussaleh UniversityIndonesia	54.9	3.5%	45.6×	83	+166.9%
32	Universitas Halu OleoIndonesia	54.9	7.4%	30.5×	69	+24.7%
33	Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Bhakti WiyataIndonesia	54.5	8.5%	46.0×	48	+45.0%
34	University of BrawijayaIndonesia	54.2	13.3%	13.6×	81	-33.2%
35	State University of MedanIndonesia	54.2	8.1%	11.6×	57	+24.3%
36	Sumatera Institute of TechnologyIndonesia	54.2	8.5%	60.7×	42	+174.0%
37	Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia	53.9	6.4%	31.1×	83	+11.4%
38	University of BengkuluIndonesia	53.9	4.8%	30.9×	77	+55.2%
39	Andalas UniversityIndonesia	53.9	10.3%	21.9×	75	-6.7%
40	Universitas Sulawesi BaratIndonesia	53.3	13.9%	22.0×	14	+174.7%
41	Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia	52.3	15.5%	9.6×	28	-1.8%
42	Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur	51.2	16.4%	22.7×	8	+43.6%
43	Universitas Kristen IndonesiaIndonesia	49.2	21.9%	13.2×	15	-29.4%
44	University of IndonesiaIndonesia	48.8	18.5%	3.1×	25	-51.6%
45	Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia	46.8	9.0%	10.6×	47	-9.0%
46	Airlangga UniversityIndonesia	46.4	11.6%	6.3×	37	-17.2%
47	National Institute of Science and TechnologyIndonesia	40.4	3.8%	62.4×	10	+16.2%
48	University of SurabayaIndonesia	37.7	8.8%	15.6×	12	+4.5%
49	Al-Azhar UniversityIndonesia	36.5	4.0%	7.2×	9	+65.5%
50	Weatherford CollegeUnited States	34.1	9.7%	1.2×	11	+266.4%
51	Muhammadiyah University of YogyakartaIndonesia	26.8	11.7%	4.7×	11	-17.7%

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 Natural Products and Applications, country by country

Is Natural Products and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Natural Products and Applications.

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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 Natural Products and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

Fractional works of Natural Products and Applications 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.

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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Which countries lead Natural Products and Applications research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Natural Products and Applications research?

By volume, 2022-now

What are the most cited papers in Natural Products and Applications?

Where is Natural Products and Applications research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Natural Products and Applications?

Is Natural Products and Applications research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion