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Nuts composition and effects

Nuts composition and effects is a research topic within Nutrition and Dietetics. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the health benefits of nut consumption, focusing on its impact on cardiovascular health, diabetes risk, and antioxidant properties. It covers topics such as fatty acid profiles, phenolic compounds, and the effects of nuts on lipid profiles and endothelial function. The papers also include systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the association between nut consumption and various health outcomes.

  • Nut Consumption
  • Health Benefits
  • Antioxidants
  • Fatty Acids
  • Cardiovascular Health
  • Diabetes Risk
  • Phenolic Compounds
  • Lipid Profile
  • Endothelial Function
  • Meta-analysis
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Türkiye
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Nuts composition and effects

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

Which countries lead Nuts composition and effects research?

By volume, Türkiye and China publish the most (587 and 508 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Türkiye 587 works
  2. 2 China 508 works
  3. 3 United States 280 works
  4. 4 India 249 works
  5. 5 Iran 155 works
  6. 6 Italy 149 works
  7. 7 Brazil 143 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 108 works
  9. 9 Spain 95 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 75 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.

Türkiye: 25.0%China: 21.6%United States: 11.9%India: 10.6%6 others listed: 30.9%25%largest
Türkiye587 · 25.0%China508 · 21.6%United States280 · 11.9%India249 · 10.6%6 others listed725 · 30.9%

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

Which institutions lead Nuts composition and effects research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Nuts composition and effects research, followed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Selçuk University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 41 works
  2. 2 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 23 works
  3. 3 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 21 works
  4. 4 Ordu UniversityTürkiye 20 works
  5. 5 Cukurova UniversityTürkiye 20 works
  6. 6 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 18 works
  7. 7 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 17 works
  8. 8 Ege UniversityTürkiye 16 works
  9. 9 Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa ÜniversitesiTürkiye 16 works
  10. 10 Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nuts composition and effects?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nuts composition and effects include Walter Churchill Willett, Steven L. Salzberg and Cyrus Cooper.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  2. 2 Steven L. Salzberg United States 372k citations
  3. 3 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  4. 4 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  5. 5 Frank B. Hu United States 281k citations
  6. 6 JoAnn E. Manson United States 263k citations
  7. 7 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  8. 8 Carlo La Vecchia Italy 258k citations
  9. 9 Graham A. Colditz United States 233k 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 Nuts composition and effects?

The most cited paper in Nuts composition and effects is "A simple and efficient method for isolating RNA from pine trees" (Shujun Chang, Jeff Puryear, John W. G. CAIRNEY, 1993), with 3,633 citations. Next come "Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Nuts" (3,630) and "Tannins and Human Health: A Review" (1,999).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A simple and efficient method for isolating RNA from pine trees Shujun Chang, Jeff Puryear, John W. G. CAIRNEY · Plant Molecular Biology Reporter Jun 1993 3,633
2 Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Nuts Ramón Estruch et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 13 Jun 2018 3,630
3 Tannins and Human Health: A Review King‐Thom Chung, Tit-Yee Wong, Cheng–I Wei et al. · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition Aug 1998 1,999
4 Effects of a Mediterranean-Style Diet on Cardiovascular Risk Factors Ramón Estruch, Miguel Ángel Martínez-González, Dolores Corella et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 4 Jul 2006 1,685
5 High level of genetic differentiation for allelic richness among populations of the argan tree [Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels] endemic to Morocco Abdelhamid El Mousadik, Rémy J. Petit · Theoretical and Applied Genetics May 1996 1,524
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Where is Nuts composition and effects research done?

The largest centres of Nuts composition and effects research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Tehran (Iran), Ankara (Türkiye) and Istanbul (Türkiye).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 85 works
  2. 2 TehranIran 55 works
  3. 3 AnkaraTürkiye 43 works
  4. 4 IstanbulTürkiye 39 works
  5. 5 KonyaTürkiye 30 works
  6. 6 GizaEgypt 24 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 24 works
  8. 8 KunmingChina 24 works
  9. 9 IzmirTürkiye 22 works
  10. 10 AdanaTürkiye 22 works
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Where is the best place to study Nuts composition and effects?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Turin, Selçuk University and Nanchang 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%mean 13.18%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanchang UniversityUniversity of TurinUniversity of GeorgiaSelçuk University
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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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of TurinItaly 65.221.3%6.5×11 +101.7%
2Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 62.811.4%22.1×21 +11.0%
3Nanchang UniversityChina 56.730.0%3.7×8 +126.3%
4University of GeorgiaUnited States 55.514.1%9.5×13 +41.4%
5Ordu UniversityTürkiye 54.44.7%56.4×20 +46.4%
6University of California, DavisUnited States 54.317.2%5.5×14 -17.7%
7Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 53.223.5%11.1×10 +249.6%
8Cukurova UniversityTürkiye 52.00.3%25.8×20 +27.3%
9Ege UniversityTürkiye 48.52.7%15.5×16 +41.4%
10Atatürk UniversityTürkiye 47.56.6%13.0×14 +15.5%

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 Nuts composition and effects, country by country

Is Nuts composition and effects research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nuts composition and effects.

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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 Nuts composition and effects as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Nuts composition and effects 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.

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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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