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. 5.5% 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 fractional, since 1955
- In the world top 10%
- 1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +198% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Natural Products and Applications research?
By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (6.7k and 176 works in 2022–2025).
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Natural Products and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, State University of Padang publishes the most Natural Products and Applications research, followed by Udayana University and Lambung Mangkurat University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 State University of Padang Indonesia 146 works
- 2 Udayana University Indonesia 126 works
- 3 Lambung Mangkurat University Indonesia 107 works
- 4 Tanjungpura University Indonesia 101 works
- 5 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur Indonesia 98 works
- 6 Universitas Jember Indonesia 97 works
- 7 Lampung University Indonesia 96 works
- 8 Diponegoro University Indonesia 96 works
- 9 Mulawarman University Indonesia 95 works
- 10 Sriwijaya University Indonesia 92 works
Who are the leading researchers in Natural Products and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Natural Products and Applications include Asep Bayu Dani Nandiyanto.
- 1 Asep Bayu Dani Nandiyanto 580 citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Natural Products and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Natural Products and Applications research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025
- 1 Jakarta Indonesia 531 works
- 2 Medan Indonesia 383 works
- 3 Semarang Indonesia 356 works
- 4 Surabaya Indonesia 341 works
- 5 Makassar Indonesia 295 works
- 6 Bandung Indonesia 291 works
- 7 Malang Indonesia 268 works
- 8 Padang Indonesia 264 works
- 9 Surakarta Indonesia 220 works
- 10 Yogyakarta Indonesia 214 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Lubuk PakamID · 52.9 works74×
- ReuleuetID · 77.2 works41×
- SamarindaID · 122.1 works33×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Natural Products and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Natural Products and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, Sriwijaya University, Universitas Sumatera Utara and IPB 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sriwijaya University Indonesia | 77.3 | 8.8% | 23.2× | 92 | +231.5% |
| 2 | Universitas Sumatera Utara Indonesia | 75.3 | 7.8% | 19.1× | 88 | +406.2% |
| 3 | IPB University Indonesia | 75.3 | 7.1% | 22.0× | 87 | +264.1% |
| 4 | Hasanuddin University Indonesia | 72.3 | 9.4% | 9.2× | 43 | +316.7% |
| 5 | Universitas Syiah Kuala Indonesia | 71.5 | 6.4% | 23.2× | 70 | +220.8% |
| 6 | University of Mataram Indonesia | 70.5 | 6.2% | 14.5× | 83 | +323.5% |
| 7 | Riau University Indonesia | 70.0 | 6.4% | 17.5× | 66 | +456.2% |
| 8 | Padjadjaran University Indonesia | 69.7 | 5.6% | 11.6× | 67 | +510.2% |
| 9 | Tadulako University Indonesia | 69.3 | 7.2% | 24.6× | 50 | +481.8% |
| 10 | State University of Semarang Indonesia | 69.2 | 5.8% | 12.6× | 67 | +217.3% |
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 Natural Products and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 198% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Natural Products and Applications.
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.